68B-56.003. Allowable Commercial Harvesting Gear  


Effective on Thursday, May 1, 2003
  • 1(1) Except as provided for in subsection (2), the harvest or attempted harvest of ballyhoo for commercial purposes with any gear or method other than the following is prohibited:

    30(a) Lampara net.

    33(b) Cast net meeting the requirements of subsection 4168B-4.0081(3), 42F.A.C.

    43(c) Hook and line gear.

    48(d) Landing or dip net.

    53(2) Incidental Take – A person without a lampara net endorsement may harvest ballyhoo as an incidental bycatch in purse seines, or in lampara nets while fishing for other species, provided that the person possesses a valid saltwater products license with a purse seine endorsement, and provided that no more than the amount of ballyhoo allowed by paragraph 11168B-56.004(2)(c), 112F.A.C., is possessed aboard the vessel at any time.

    121Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. 137History–New 5-1-03.

     

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