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Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act

Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act rather than just read about it. In short: The Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act (1986-LA R.S. 56:639.6) is a State of Louisiana law that also established the Louisiana Artificial Reef Development Council (Artificial Reef Council). This laid the foundation for the Louisiana artificial reefs program (LARP), that provides policy and procedures, as well as oversight of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, for the development and implementation of…

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Reference excerpt

The Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act (1986-LA R.S. 56:639.6) is a State of Louisiana law that also established the Louisiana Artificial Reef Development Council (Artificial Reef Council). This laid the foundation for the Louisiana artificial reefs program (LARP), that provides policy and procedures, as well as oversight of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, for the development and implementation of artificial reefs. The Louisiana Artificial Reef Trust Fund was also created. To fund is intended to support artificial reef, especially the Louisiana Rigs-to-Reefs program.

History The Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act was based on the National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-623, Title II) and the National artificial reef plan (33 USC 2103) that was amended in 2007 and sponsored by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC). The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is the lead agency for the Rigs-to-Reef (R2R) program. The Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act (1986) led to the adoption of the Artificial Reef Plan in 1987 that included the Louisiana Inshore and Nearshore Artificial Reef Plan. Louisiana was the first state to create an artificial reef program. The gulf coast states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas have Rigs-to-Reef programs. Other states like California also have Rigs-to-reef programs.

Rigs-to-Reefs

Louisiana has become the largest rigs-to-reef program in the world and in 1999 created the world's largest artificial reef in the area of the Freeport sulfur mine near Grand Isle, Louisiana.

Louisiana Artificial Reef Trust Fund The Louisiana Artificial Reef Trust Fund (Artificial Reef Development Fund by Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 56, § 639.8), created with the Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act, and in accordance to section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, section 4(e) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-623) sections 204–207, enacted November 8, 1984, which allows funding of artificial reefs, specifically rigs-to-reefs, with a goal of enhancing habitat and diversity of fishery resources and recreational and commercial fishing opportunities, managing and monitoring inshore, nearshore, offshore, and deepwater artificial reef sites. Governor Bobby Jindal began using Artificial Reef Funds (sweeping of funds), for coastal protection and restoration, into the general operating budget to balance the Louisiana budget. The Louisiana Wildlife Federation considered filing a suit to stop this.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act

In research: Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Artificial reefs, Fish conservation, Fisheries law, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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