This rule amendment would revise the escape ring definition, remove language specifying any location requirement for the 2023/24 stone crab season, and revise the location requirement for the 2024/25 and subsequent stone crab seasons. This rule amendment would modify the stone crab trap escape ring requirement for the 2023/24 stone crab season to require an unobstructed escape ring 2 3/16 inches in diameter be located anywhere in the trap for all commercial and recreational plastic and wood stone crab traps. This rule amendment would also modify the stone crab trap escape ring requirement for the 2024/25 stone crab season to require an unobstructed escape ring 2 3/16 inches in diameter be located within a vertical exterior trap wall for all commercial and recreational plastic and wood stone crab traps.