Published on: 18446410. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments to harvest restrictions applying in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Warren Bayou during the 2017 calendar year as a result of stock assessments, federal regulatory actions or other management or enforcement requirements.
Published on: 17014108. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments to miscellaneous issues, including seasonal harvest closures in Warren Bayou, and state wide issues related to fish feeding and lionfish in the 2016 calendar year as a result of stock assessments, federal regulatory actions or other management or enforcement requirements.
Published on: 15510220. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments to miscellaneous issues, including fish feeding and lionfish, in the 2015 calendar year as a result of stock assessments, federal regulatory actions or other management or enforcement requirements.
Published on: 10822695. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments in the 2012 calendar year for miscellaneous marine fisheries rules such as John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Warren Bayou or fish feeding as a result of stock assessments, federal regulatory actions or other management and enforcement requirements.
Published on: 8672593. The purpose of this rule amendment is to modify the Commission’s Rule for John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Park) to allow lionfish (Pterois volitans) to be taken from the park without size restrictions. In addition, these rule amendments will update outdated scientific names of organisms included in the rule. The rule changes would: 1) remove the prohibition of harvest on any members of the genus Pterois, 2) remove the minimum size limit for any members of the genus Pterois, and 3) update outdated scientific names for organisms included in the rule. The effect of these rule amendments is that lionfish will be able to be removed from John Pennekamp State Park with no restrictions. Staff at the Park requested that the FWC make this rule change. Allowing the harvest of lionfish from the Park will aid in the lionfish eradication efforts already underway in the Florida Keys. This removal is important to Florida’s ecosystems, as lionfish are not native to Florida waters, invasive and can be destructive to the ecosystems.
Published on: 8223483. The purpose and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule changes in the 2010 calendar year for John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park as a result of stock assessments, federal regulatory actions or other management and enforcement requirements.