68B-53.003. Size Limits  


Effective on Sunday, September 1, 2013
  • 1(1) Size Limit – A person or processor may not harvest or possess within or without Florida Waters calico scallops that are not of legal size. A processor of calico scallops may not possess calico scallops that are not of legal size, regardless of whether the processor is based at sea within or without Florida Waters or on land in the State of Florida.

    65(2) Legal Size –

    69(a) The calico scallops possessed by a person or processor are of legal size if, a one pound sample of calico scallop meats, taken from a single container possessed by the person or processor, contains 250 or fewer individual calico scallop meats.

    111(b) If a person or processor is in possession of a container that has a capacity of less than one pound, the contents of more than one container may be combined in order to obtain a one pound sample for determining compliance with the size limits established in this section.

    161(3) Each one pound sample that contains more than 250 individual calico scallop meats constitutes a separate violation of the size limit established in subsections (1) and (2).

    189Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 3-1-99, Formerly 46-53.003, Amended 9-1-13.

     

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