14536534, 68B-20.003 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 14536534

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Marine Fisheries

Chapter:

SPEARING: BOW HUNTING, GIGGING, AND SPEARFISHING

Overview

RULE:

68B-20.003	Spearing, Statewide Regulation; Prohibition Against Powerheads, Bangsticks, and Rebreathers; Repeal of Certain Special Acts
68B-20.004	Exception to Statewide Spearing Prohibitions

PURPOSE:

The purpose of these rule amendments is to allow the Executive Director or his designee to issue permits to tournaments or other approved organized events for the purposes of harvesting lionfish or other non-native invasive species with spearfishing gears in areas where spearing is otherwise prohibited.  Spearfishing is among the most effective means of removing invasive lionfish and area-specific prohibitions on spearfishing limit the public’s ability to remove lionfish from those locations.

The effect of the rule amendments would be the creation of a permitting process that would allow participants in authorized tournaments or events to use spearfishing gears to harvest lionfish or other non-native invasive species in areas where spearing is otherwise prohibited.

SUMMARY:

The rule amendments would allow the Executive Director or his designee to issue permits to tournaments or events to allow the harvest of lionfish or other non-native invasive species using spearfishing gears in areas where spearing is otherwise prohibited.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution.

LAW:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

5/8/2014 Vol. 40/90

COMMENTS:

From 5/8/2014 To 5/29/2014 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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