Purpose


This rulemaking is to permanently designate four Free Saltwater Fishing Days in rule. This rule will designate the first Saturday and Sunday in June, the first Saturday in September and the Saturday following Thanksgiving annually as recreational free-saltwater fishing days. This rule would allow stakeholders to fish without the statutorily-required license for four days out of the year. Any person partaking in the Free Saltwater Fishing Days must comply with all other laws, rules and regulations pertaining to saltwater fishing. This rule only pertains to the taking of saltwater fish for non-commercial purposes. The effect of this rule will be to have all Free Saltwater Fishing Days on the same days each year and have them set permanently in rule.