4093320, 68B-45.002 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 4093320

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Marine Fisheries

Chapter:

BLUE CRAB

Overview

RULE:

68B-45.002	Definitions
68B-45.004	Regulation and Prohibition of Certain Harvesting Gear
68B-45.007	Blue Crab Effort Management Program

PURPOSE:

The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission adopted rules that would have implemented the final effort management plan for the commercial blue crab fishery on July 1, 2007. The purpose of these rule amendments is to continue the moratorium on issuance of new blue crab endorsements until July 1, 2008, and to delay until that date the implementation of the Blue Crab Limited Entry Program, if legislation implementing appropriate penalties and fees is not passed in the 2007 Legislature. Otherwise, if such legislation is passed, the rules will be amended to make minor changes to aid in the program’s implementation. The effect of these rule amendments, depending on the passage of legislation, will be to maintain the commercial fishery in its current regulatory state until appropriate penalties and fees are established or provide for the smooth implementation of this limited entry program. A secondary purpose of this rule development effort is to revise a definition of the term “folding trap” to allow for traps with other than those shaped as a pyramid. The effect of this change is to allow additional gear for the recreational harvest of blue crabs.

SUBJECT:

Commercial blue crab endorsements and limited entry program.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution.

LAW:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

5/4/2007 Vol. 33/18

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-45.002&PDate=5/4/2007&Section=1

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