Published on: 25996890. The purpose of this rule development notice is to address possible amendments to gear specifications and prohibited gear regulations for the purpose of protecting goliath grouper spawning aggregations. The effect of the ....
Published on: 20077271. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments for gear specification and prohibited gear in the 2018 calendar year resulting from stock assessments or management or enforcement requirements.
Published on: 12994719. The purpose of this rule amendment is to consolidate and clarify the definitions for various legal fishing gears by moving gear descriptions currently located in some of the species-specific chapters of Divisions 68B, F.A.C. into the existing Gear Definitions rule in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (Commission) marine fisheries rules and clarifying several of the definitions currently found in the rule. These definitions for gears used in multiple species chapters will apply to all marine fisheries, unless otherwise stated in species-specific rules. The proposed rule will add the following definitions to rule 68B-4.002: Frame Net, Paired Trawl, Otter Trawl, Snagging, Spearing, and Trawl. The definitions of Hook and Line Gear and Multiple Hook will be clarified.
The effects of this rule will be simplified rule language and improved rule clarity and enforceability.
Published on: 12419412. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments in the 2013 calendar year for marine fisheries gear definitions as a result of stock assessments, federal regulatory actions or other management and enforcement requirements, or to address amendments resulting from the agency’s comprehensive review of Division 68B.