28289097, 68B-31.001 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 28289097

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Marine Fisheries

Chapter:

SHRIMP

Overview

RULE:

68B-31.001	Purpose and Intent; Designation of Shrimp as Restricted Species; Recreational and Commercial Harvest on the Same Trip
68B-31.002	Definitions
68B-31.003	Size Requirement; Exceptions
68B-31.0035	Trawls: Allowed Use; Maximum Square Footage of Mesh Area; Definitions (Repealed)
68B-31.004	Bag and Vessel Limits
68B-31.0045	Trawl Gear Specifications: Bycatch Reduction Devices (Repealed)
68B-31.005	Seasons; Open and Closed Periods
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68B-31.010	Northwest Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.011	Big Bend Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.012	Southwest Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.013	Southeast Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.0135	Southeast Region: Biscayne Bay (Dade County) Food Shrimp Production Season and Weekly Closures (Repealed)
68B-31.0136	Southeast Region: Food Shrimp Production Closed Area (Portion of Monroe County) (Repealed)
68B-31.014	Northeast Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.0155	Northeast Florida Shrimping: Closed Season; Allowable Harvest Days; Commercial Food Shrimp Production License and Transferability; Closed Areas (Repealed)
68B-31.0156	Florida East Coast Shrimp Bed: Repeal of Section 370.156, Florida Statutes; Seasonal Food Shrimp Production Closure; Exception; Definition (Repealed)
68B-31.0157	East Coast: Night Trawling Prohibited; Exception (Repealed)
68B-31.016	Tortugas Shrimp Beds: Repeal of Section 370.151(2), F.S. (1991); Redescription of Tortugas Shrimp Beds; Closed Areas (Repealed)
68B-31.017	Big Bend Region Closed Areas; Seasonal Closures (Repealed)
68B-31.018	Northwest Region Closed Areas; Repealed Special Acts (Repealed)
68B-31.019	Regulation of Shrimp Fishing in Tampa Bay; License Requirements (Repealed)

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this rulemaking is to consolidate, clarify, streamline, and standardize Florida’s shrimp regulations in chapter 68B-31, F.A.C., to make these regulations easier for the public to read, understand, and enforce as part of a long-term marine fisheries rule cleanup project.  This rulemaking would make clarifying or non-substantive rule updates to implement the standardized rule formatting consistent with the rule clean-up process, as well as revise outdated language and taxonomic classifications.  This rulemaking would also make substantive changes to convey the original intent of certain regulations or to better align with current fishery practices and therefore reduce confusion and improve the enforceability of shrimp regulations.

SUBJECT:

The subject areas addressed in the rule development notice include definitions, size limits, bag limits, seasons, gear restrictions, open and closed areas, license requirements, and other subjects encompassed by the above-cited rules.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution.

LAW:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/23/2024 Vol. 50/80

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-31.001&PDate=4/23/2024&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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