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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 11, 2024) |
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68. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
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68B. Marine Fisheries |
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68B-7. Biscayne National Park |
1(1) Park-Specific Minimum Size Limits – Except as provided in subsection (2), a person may not harvest from the waters of Biscayne National Park or possess or land in or on waters of Biscayne National Park a fish that is smaller than the following minimum size limits
48(a) Gray Triggerfish – 14 inches fork length
56(b) Grunts –
591. Bluestriped grunt – 10 inches total length
672. White grunt – 8 inches total length
75(b) Red Grouper – 24 inches total length
83(c) Snappers –
861. Gray Snapper – 12 inches total length
942. Lane Snapper – 10 inches total length
1023. Mutton Snapper – 19 inches total length
1104. Schoolmaster – 12 inches total length
1175. Yellowtail Snapper – 14 inches total length
125(2) 126Transit of Undersize Fish – 131The size limit requirements of this rule will not apply to fish lawfully harvested from waters outside of Biscayne National Park when such fish are transported directly through Biscayne National Park waters with gear appropriately stowed. Transit shall be direct, continuous and expeditious from waters outside Biscayne National Park to the place where the vessel is regularly docked, moored, or otherwise stored. For the purpose of this subsection, appropriately stowed means hooks cannot be baited, and spear shafts shall not be inserted into any spearing device. All hook-and-line gear, spearing equipment, nets, and other harvesting equipment must be secured in a manner 233that makes their immediate use impracticable.
239Rulemaking Authority Art. IV. Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV. Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 7-1-20.
