The proposed amendment to Rule 68B-55.001, F.A.C. would modify the language that defines a derelict blue crab trap to account for the fact they are now required to be marked with Commission-supplied trap tags. The proposed amendment to Rules 68B-55.002 and 68B-55.004, F.A.C., would exempt federal, state, or local government employees from acquiring authorization from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in order to retrieve trap debris and traps that are located within areas where trapping is prohibited year-round. Proposed new Rule 68B-55.005, F.A.C., would create a mechanism that allows the legal possession of blue crab, stone crab, or lobster traps by someone other than their owner in the aftermath of a catastrophic storm event for the purpose of returning them to their owner.