68B-32.002. Definitions  


Effective on Friday, November 1, 2013
  • 1As used in Chapter 68B-32, F.A.C.:

    7(1) 8“Professional fishing guide” means the captain or operator of a boat or vessel who is licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard to carry paying passengers and whose passengers pay a fee to fish for tarpon.

    43(2) 44“Snagging” or “snatch hooking” means the intentional catch of a tarpon by any device intended to impale or hook the tarpon by any part of its body other than the mouth, or catching or attempting to catch a tarpon in any manner or method other than enticing or attracting a tarpon to strike with, and become hooked in, its mouth.

    104(3) “Tarpon” means a fish of the species 112Megalops atlanticus, 114or any part thereof.

    118Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 11-30-88, Amended 1-1-98, Formerly 46-32.002, Amended 3-28-04, 9-1-13, 11-1-13.

     

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