FISH/FISHING: Provides for menhaden. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

SB 59 regulates commercial menhaden fishing in Louisiana by limiting bycatch. It requires that no commercial fisher taking menhaden may possess more than five percent, by weight, of any fish species other than menhaden or herring-like species. This directly affects commercial fishing operations harvesting menhaden along Louisiana's coast. The bill establishes a specific weight-based restriction to minimize the incidental capture of non-target fish during menhaden fishing.