Recreational Blue Crab Trap Registration Requirement

 

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Marine Fisheries

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

68B-45.011Recreational Blue Crab Trap Registration Requirement

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. 44 No. 157, August 13, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

68B-45.011 Recreational Blue Crab Trap Registration Requirement.

The purpose and intent of this rule is to improve recreational harvest data collection capabilities and estimates of trap effort for the recreational blue crab trap fishery by identifying the population of recreational harvesters participating in this trap fishery.

(1) No change.

(2) Commission-issued pProof of registration required in subsection (1) must be in the personal possession of the recreational harvester while the recreational harvester is harvesting or attempting to harvest blue crabs with a trap authorized by paragraph 68B-45.004(1)(a), F.A.C. or subsections 68B-45.004(2)-(3), F.A.C. in or on Florida Waters, or in possession of a blue crab trap authorized by paragraph 68B-45.004(1)(a), F.A.C. or subsections 68B-45.004(2)-(3), F.A.C. or blue crab harvested from such traps in or on Florida Waters.

(3) No change.

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New ______.