The purpose of this rule development is to repeal the Special Acts of Local Application for Indian River 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 These Special Acts pre-date the statewide regulation of marine fisheries and were originally enacted by the Legislature as local fishing laws.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 Indian River County, Chapters 21305, 77-572, and 79-480, address the types of gear that may be used in the Indian River and require permission of adjacent property owners prior to harvesting oysters in the county. These Special Acts are more restrictive than more recent, statewide regulations addressing the harvest of oysters and use of various types of fishing gear, including limitations on the use of nets. The effect of these rules will be to remove a series of outdated or redundant local saltwater fishing rules and to conform the regulations for these counties to statewide saltwater fishing rules, improving enforceability and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.