Summary


Rule 68B-35.003, F.A.C., (Size Limits; Prohibition of Sale; Landing in Whole Condition) would be amended to remove the unnecessary exception to the recreational size limit for permit harvested from the Special Permit Zone (SPZ). Rule 68B-35.0035, F.A.C., (Bag Limits) would be modified to remove unnecessary exceptions to the one-permit bag limit for the SPZ. The daily sale limit of 250 Florida pompano would also be moved to this section of the rule. This daily sale limit would be modified by applying the limit to all commercial harvesters except those fishing in the Pompano Endorsement Zone under a Pompano Endorsement, as originally intended. Rule 68B-35.004, F.A.C., (Gear Specifications and Prohibited Gear) would be modified to correctly reflect that the harvest of permit as bycatch with a gill net is only legal in federal waters. Rule 68B-35.005, F.A.C., (Pompano Endorsement Regulations) would be modified by removing the daily sale limit for Florida pompano from this section and replacing it with a corrected version of the provision in Rule 68B-35.0035, F.A.C. Rule 68B-35.006, F.A.C., (Closed Season) would be amended to remove an unnecessary exception to the closed season for harvest of permit from the SPZ.