22323209, 68B-31.006 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

Home

Florida Department of State and Division of Library and Information Services

Notice: 22323209

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Marine Fisheries

Chapter:

SHRIMP

Overview

RULE:

68B-31.006	Allowable Gear and Harvest Methods; Prohibited Gear; Turtle Excluder Devices, Exceptions; Bycatch Reduction Devices
68B-31.009	Commercial License Requirements
68B-31.015	Northeast Florida Shrimping: Definition (Repealed)
68B-31.0155	Northeast Florida Shrimping: Closed Season; Allowable Harvest Days; Commercial Food Shrimp Production License and Transferability; Closed Areas (Repealed)

PURPOSE:

The purpose of these rule amendments is to address industry requests for updates to regulations that apply to the commercial food shrimp fishery in inland waters of Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler, and Clay counties by modifying 68B-31, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).

The effect of these rule amendments will be to make the Food Shrimp Production license fully transferable and to allow commercial food shrimping on Mondays that are not legal state holidays and on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

SUMMARY:

These rule amendments will modify regulations specific to the commercial harvest of food shrimp from inland waters of Northeast Florida.  The rule amendments will make the Food Shrimp Production license fully transferable and allow commercial food shrimping on Mondays that are not legal state holidays and on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution

LAW:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

8/30/2019 Vol. 45/170

COMMENTS:

From 8/30/2019 To 9/20/2019 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

Under Florida law, E-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your E-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.