Published on: 25298975. The purpose of these rules amendments is to provide additional conservation of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) that may encounter blue crab traps.
The effect of the rule amendments would be to reduce bycatch ....
Published on: 25275016. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address rule amendments for blue crab gear requirements. The effect of the rule amendments would be to modify recreational and commercial blue crab trap gear ....
Published on: 23972015. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address rule amendments for blue crab. The effect of the rule amendments would be to require blue crab trap modifications to reduce bycatch of diamondback terrapins ....
Published on: 21427802. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments for blue crab in the 2019 calendar year as a result of stock assessments or management or enforcement requirements.
Published on: 20768978. The purpose of this rulemaking is to create a Recreational Blue Crab Trap Registration system within the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (Commission) blue crab regulations (68B-45, Florida Administrative Code), which would improve estimates of participation and fishing effort in the recreational blue crab trap fishery, and would improve recreational harvest data collection by identifying the population of recreational harvesters targeting blue crabs with traps.
The effect of this rulemaking will be to require certain recreational harvesters to report their intention to harvest or attempt to harvest blue crabs using traps in Florida waters by completing the Recreational Blue Crab Trap Registration each year. Additionally, this rulemaking will require recreational harvesters to permanently mark each trap used to target blue crabs in Florida waters with unique recreational blue crab trap identification numbers assigned by the Commission.
Published on: 20630365. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments for blue crab in the 2018 calendar year resulting from stock assessments, management or enforcement requirements, including a proposed recreational blue crab trap registration, or to address amendments resulting from the agency’s comprehensive review of Division 68B.