25285589, 68B-31.003 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 25285589

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Marine Fisheries

Chapter:

SHRIMP

Overview

RULE:

68B-31.003	Size Requirement; Exceptions
68B-31.006	Allowable Gear and Harvest Methods; Prohibited Gear; Turtle Excluder Devices, Exceptions; Bycatch Reduction Devices
68B-31.007	Sale and Purchase Requirements
68B-31.008	Year-round Closed Areas
68B-31.009	Commercial License Requirements
68B-31.017	Big Bend Region Closed Areas; Seasonal Closures (Repealed)
68B-31.018	Northwest Region Closed Areas; Repealed Special Acts (Repealed)

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this rule development notice is to address rule amendments for shrimp.  The Commission is considering rule changes that will increase recreational access to the shrimp fishery in the Big Bend area; allow commercial food shrimp harvesters to use and possess a high-salinity freezer tank to quickly freeze shrimp; clarify the boundary for the closed area in Santa Rosa Sound; correct the name of the “Live Bait Shrimp License” and update a definition referring to that license; and add a definition of “inland waters” to be consistent with Florida Statutes.  

The effect of these rule amendments would be to allow limited recreational harvest of shrimp within the Big Bend area; establish a recreational daily bag limit for shrimp harvested in the Big Bend area; allow the use of high-salinity freezer tanks to quickly freeze shrimp; and to improve the clarity, accuracy, and enforceability of current shrimp regulations and other topics related to shrimp harvest requirements.

SUBJECT:

Subject areas addressed in the rule development notice include changes or updates to allowable gear for commercial food shrimp harvest, definitions, recreational regulations relative to the Big Bend area, the live bait shrimp production license name, statewide food shrimp production restrictions, and closed areas.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution.

LAW:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/19/2021 Vol. 47/225

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution., Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=68B-31.003&PDate=11/19/2021&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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