(A) Effective July 1, 2000, the following may not obtain or attempt to obtain a shrimp baiting license:
- (1) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, owns a vessel specified on a trawl license;
- (2) any person named as master of a vessel specified on a trawl license application;
- (3) any person licensed to use a channel net;
- (4) any person licensed to use a cast net for a commercial purpose; or
- (5) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, is licensed as a wholesale seafood dealer.
- (B) No person holding a shrimp baiting license may be a person specified in subsection (A).
- (C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 373, Section 1.