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Rule Chapter: 68B-4
Chapter Title: GEAR SPECIFICATIONS AND PROHIBITED GEAR Add to MyFLRules Favorites
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Version		 Rule No. Rule Title Effective
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Rule file 68B-4.002 Gear Definitions 9/1/2013
Rule file 68B-4.0025 Other Definitions (Repealed) 9/1/2013
Rule file 68B-4.008 Statewide Seine Tending and Marking Requirements; Repeal of Section 370.082, Florida Statutes 4/27/1998
Rule file 68B-4.0081 Statewide Net Gear Specifications; Soaking Requirements; Definitions; Cast Net Specifications 7/1/2005
Rule file 68B-4.0082 Carriage of Proscribed Nets Across Florida Waters 7/1/2003
Rule file 68B-4.0083 Food Fish: Gear and Other Restrictions; Use of Explosives to Kill Fish Prohibited; Certain Uses of Frame Nets Prohibited; Stop Netting Prohibited; Possession of Certain Proscribed Nets Prohibited; Use of Chemicals Prohibited 8/14/2024
Rule file 68B-4.0086 Hook and Line Gear: Tending Requirement 11/26/1992
Rule file 68B-4.0087 Longlines: Use and Possession in or on State Waters Prohibited; Exception 11/26/1992
Rule file 68B-4.009 Monofilament Line and Netting: Prohibition of Intentional Discard, Recovery Requirements, Recommendations for Appropriate Disposal 4/1/2007
Rule file 68B-4.010 Prohibition of Fishing with Motorized Vessels in Lake Avoca, Pinellas County 3/1/1992
Rule file 68B-4.011 Prohibition of Net Fishing in Faka Union River, Collier County 4/13/2017
Rule file 68B-4.012 Diving: Powerheads and Rebreathers, Use to Harvest Fish in State Waters Prohibited; Definition; Spearfishing Marine Species in Fresh Water Prohibited 8/1/2014
Rule file 68B-4.013 Limitation on Use of Spotter Planes 3/1/2005
Rule file 68B-4.014 Southwest Florida Purse Seine Restrictions: Gear Specifications; Area Limitation; Local Law Repeals (Repealed) 2/1/2017
Rule file 68B-4.015 Gear Specifications for the Panhandle Region: Recreational Net Fishing; Areas Closed to Net Fishing 9/30/1996
Rule file 68B-4.017 Gear Specifications for the Southwest Region: Exceptions to Statewide Net Gear Requirements; Areas Closed to Net Fishing; J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge/Sanibel Conservation Zone; Blind Pass Seasonal Closure to Net Fishing; Definition 4/13/2017
Rule file 68B-4.018 Boca Grande Pass Gear Restrictions 9/13/2016
Rule file 68B-4.019 Prohibition of Trap Pullers on Recreational and Certain Commercial Vessels 1/3/2005
Rule file 68B-4.020 Saltwater Fish Traps 8/14/2024


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