Purpose


The purpose of this rule amendment is to update subsection (8) to reflect numbering changes that have been made to the reef fish recreational bag limits rule. Subsection (8) includes two exceptions to the bag limits and creates multi-day possession limits for these exceptions. Red porgy harvested from the Atlantic Ocean would not be included in the state’s multi-day possession limits because they are regulated in Atlantic Ocean federal waters by a trip limit rather than a daily bag limit and are not allowed under the multi-day possession limits. These proposed amendments would make the state’s exceptions to the reef fish bag limits compatible with the federal exceptions to the reef fish bag limits.