The purpose of this rule development is to repeal the Special Acts of Local Application for Manatee County. These Special Acts pre-date the statewide regulation of marine fisheries and were originally enacted by the Legislature as local fishing laws. As part of its comprehensive marine fisheries rule review, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, with input from affected counties, is evaluating all Special Acts to determine which ones are still necessary. The Special Acts of Manatee County, Chapters 19961, 26000, 27697, 61-2452, 63-1585, 67-1685, and 67-1883, provide for the use of certain gear types in the county, set bag and possession limits for saltwater species, and authorize both county and local governments to adopt ordinances to enforce these Special Acts. These Special Acts are either more restrictive than or in direct conflict with more recent statewide regulations addressing the use of gear and the management of marine fisheries. The effect of these rules will be to remove a series of outdated or redundant local saltwater fishing rules and to conform the regulations for these counties to statewide saltwater fishing rules, improving enforceability and public understanding of Florida’s fishing regulations and creating additional fishing opportunities.