Summary
Rule 68B-47.001, F.A.C. (Definitions) would be amended by adding a definition for “harvest for commercial purposes” and “weakfish management area,” as well as expanding the definition of “weakfish.” Rule 68B-47.003, F.A.C. (Recreational Bag Limits) would be amended to reduce the recreational bag limit from four fish to one fish per person per day inside the weakfish management area. Rule 68B-47.005, F.A.C. (Commercial Harvest Limits) would be created to establish a commercial harvest and possession limit of 100 pounds of weakfish per person or per vessel, per day or per trip, whichever is greater, inside the weakfish management area. Rule 68B-47.006, F.A.C. (Weakfish, Regulation) would be established to define that the presence of weakfish aboard a vessel that is actively fishing within the weakfish management area shall constitute prima facie evidence that such weakfish were harvested from within the area and thus the limits for recreational and commercial harvest would apply.