The purpose of this proposed rule is to repeal a series of Special Acts of Local Application (Special Acts) for St. Lucie County. These Special Acts pre-date the statewide regulation of marine fisheries and were originally enacted by the Legislature as local fishing laws between 1919 and 1957. These Special Acts became rules of the Marine Fisheries Commission in 1983, and were then transferred to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission when the agency was created in 1999. These Special Acts regulate spearfishing and skin diving or prohibit the use of certain nets or traps within specific areas of St. Lucie County that are either more restrictive or in conflict with more recent statewide regulations addressing the use of gear and management of marine species. This rulemaking is being conducted at the request of the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners. The effect of this rule will be to remove a series of outdated or redundant local saltwater fishing rules and to conform the regulations applicable to St. Lucie County to statewide saltwater fishing rules, reducing confusion and improving the clarity of Florida’s statewide saltwater fishing regulations. This rule will not conflict with existing federal management plans.