Oysters
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Sustainable Oyster Population and Fishery Act of 2016 [HB-1603]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, to conduct a specified study related to the public oyster fishery; requiring the Department to identify specified oyster management strategies in a specified manner; requiring the Department to submit its final report to the Governor, the Oyster Advisory Commission, and the General Assembly by December 1, 2018; providing that the Act does not limit the Department's ability to manage the oyster fishery; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Environment - Water Appropriation Permit - Aquaculture Exemption [HB-1527]
Creating an exemption from the requirement to obtain a water appropriation permit under specified circumstances for specified use of tidal waters for oyster aquaculture purposes.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Oyster Advisory Commission - Membership and Appointments [HB-1205]
Altering the membership and appointment authority for the Oyster Advisory Commission in the Department of Natural Resources.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Oysters - Oyster Committees and Harvest Reserve Areas [SB-931]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to the designation of a harvest reserve area for oysters; repealing specified provisions of law relating to county oyster committees and a statewide committee of oystermen; requiring the licensed oyster harvesters of each tidewater county to elect a county commercial oyster committee; providing for the composition and chair of a county commercial oyster committee; requiring a county commercial oyster committee to establish a specified sustainable oyster harvest plan; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Aquaculture - Liability for Trespass [SB-808]
Establishing specified damages for which specified persons are liable for entering an area leased to another person for aquaculture purposes to harvest, damage, or transfer shellfish or to alter, damage, or remove any markings or equipment; requiring a person who enters an area leased to another person for aquaculture purposes to display a shellfish aquaculture harvester registration card or an operator card for the lease area on the request of a law enforcement officer; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties [SB-696]
repealing the offense for taking oysters with gear that is prohibited in a specified area; establishing an offense for taking oysters with a power dredge in a specified area; altering the administrative penalties that apply to a person for knowingly committing specified offenses related to oyster poaching by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to suspend or revoke the person's oyster license for a first offense under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount [SB-694]
Increasing the amount of a specified credit against the State income tax from $1 to $5 for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Food Fish and Shellfish - Labeling and Identification Requirements (Maryland Seafood Authenticity Act) [SB-557]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering for sale within the State specified food fish or shellfish unless the person identifies the species of food fish or shellfish in a specified manner; prohibiting a person from knowingly misidentifying the species of specified food fish or shellfish on a label, sign, or menu; prohibiting a person from knowingly selling or offering for sale within the State specified crab products identified as "blue crab" except under specified conditions; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount [HB-815]
Increasing from $1 to $2 the amount of a specified credit against the State income tax for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Food Fish and Shellfish - Labeling and Identification Requirements (Maryland Seafood Authenticity Act) [HB-760]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering for sale within the State specified food fish or shellfish unless the person identifies the species of food fish or shellfish in a specified manner; prohibiting a person from knowingly misidentifying the species of specified food fish or shellfish on a label, sign, or menu; prohibiting a person from knowingly selling or offering for sale within the State specified crab products identified as "blue crab" except under specified conditions; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oysters - Shell Seeding, Shell Replenishment, and Rotational Harvest [HB-638]
Authorizing a person to use a power dredge to harvest oysters from any natural oyster bar in the State during a specified time period, subject to specified requirements and exceptions; authorizing the licensed oyster harvesters of each county to elect a county commercial oyster committee; requiring an oyster committee to develop and submit to the Department of Natural Resources a specified rotational harvest plan on or before August 1 of each year, beginning in 2021; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Aquaculture - Liability for Trespass [HB-287]
Establishing specified damages for which specified persons are liable for entering an area leased to another person for aquaculture purposes to harvest, damage, or transfer shellfish or to alter, damage, or remove any markings or equipment; requiring a person who enters an area leased to another person for aquaculture purposes to display a shellfish aquaculture harvester registration card or an operator card for the lease area on the request of a law enforcement officer; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Oysters and Clams - Dredging by Auxiliary Yawl - Authorized Vessels [HB-1274]
Establishing specified standards for dredge boats that harvest oysters or clams while propelled by an auxiliary yawl boat.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties [HB-1036]
Repealing the offense for taking oysters with gear that is prohibited in a specified area; establishing an offense for taking oysters with a power dredge in a specified area; altering the administrative penalties that apply to a person for knowingly committing specified offenses related to oyster poaching by requiring under the Department of Natural Resources under specified circumstances to suspend the person's oyster license for 1 year under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Commercial Fisheries Offenses - Stay of Revocation [HB-1005]
Requiring a presiding officer after a specified administrative finding on specified commercial fisheries offenses related to oysters, crabs, or striped bass to stay a license revocation pending conviction for the offense, unless the presiding officer finds or concludes that the licensee wantonly or willfully committed the offense.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - County Oyster Committees [HB-1002]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to form a workgroup with representatives of county oyster committees to examine issues related to the composition and duties of county oyster committees; and requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2015.
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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session
Requesting that the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives create a joint interim committee to study oyster resource management in Texas waterways. [HCR-133]
Requesting that the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives create a joint interim committee to study oyster resource management in Texas waterways.
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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session
Urging the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to extend and expand its certificate of location program for oyster harvesting. [HCR-131]
Urging the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to extend and expand its certificate of location program for oyster harvesting.
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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the regulation of oyster resources. [HB-3335]
Relating to the regulation of oyster resources.
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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the management of commercial oyster boats in this state; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. [HB-1189]
Relating to the management of commercial oyster boats in this state; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty.