27675863, 68B-13.0015 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 27675863

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Marine Fisheries

Chapter:

STONE CRABS

Overview

RULE:

68B-13.0015	Definitions
68B-13.008	Gear, Trap Construction, Commercial Trap Marking Requirements, Trap Working Regulations, Trap Transfer

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this proposed rule amendment is to modify regulations for escape ring location requirements in commercial and recreational plastic and wood stone crab traps.  The effect of this rule amendment would be to remove language specifying escape ring location requirements for plastic and wood stone crab traps during the 2023/24 season and modify the location requirements for future seasons as well as amend the definition of an escape ring to remove refence to its location in a trap.

SUMMARY:

This rule amendment would revise the escape ring definition, remove language specifying any location requirement for the 2023/24 stone crab season, and revise the location requirement for the 2024/25 and subsequent stone crab seasons.  This rule amendment would modify the stone crab trap escape ring requirement for the 2023/24 stone crab season to require an unobstructed escape ring 2 3/16 inches in diameter be located anywhere in the trap for all commercial and recreational plastic and wood stone crab traps.  This rule amendment would also modify the stone crab trap escape ring requirement for the 2024/25 stone crab season to require an unobstructed escape ring 2 3/16 inches in diameter be located within a vertical exterior trap wall for all commercial and recreational plastic and wood stone crab traps.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution

LAW:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/17/2023 Vol. 49/202

COMMENTS:

From 10/17/2023 To 11/7/2023 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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