Definitions, Bag Limits

 

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Marine Fisheries

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

68B-60.002Definitions

68B-60.004Bag Limits

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41 No. 149, August 3, 2015 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

 

68B-60.002 Definitions.

No change.

 

68B-60.004 Regional Bag and Vessel Limits.

The following bag and vessel limits apply in all state and adjacent federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico south of a line extended due west from the Collier-Lee County Line (26°19.823’N. Latitude) and all state and adjacent federal waters of the Atlantic Ocean south of a line extended due east from the Martin-St. Lucie County Line (27°15.781’N. Latitude) including the waters off Collier, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Martin Counties.

(1) Recreational Limits – Recreational Bag Limit – A recreational harvester may not harvest, possess, or land more than two great barracuda per day within the above described region.

(a) Recreational Bag Limit – A recreational harvester may not harvest, possess, or land more than two great barracuda per day within the above described region.

(b) Recreational Vessel Limit – The recreational harvesters aboard a vessel may not collectively harvest, possess, or land more than six great barracuda per day within the above described region, regardless of the number of persons onboard.

(2) Commercial Limits –

(a) Commercial Bag Limit – A commercial harvester may not harvest, possess, or land more than two 20 great barracuda per day within the above described region.

(b) Commercial Vessel Limit – The commercial harvesters aboard a vessel may not collectively harvest, possess, or land more than six 20 great barracuda per day within the above described region, regardless of the number of persons onboard.

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 11/1/15.