14006332, 68B-31.001 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 14006332

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68B-31.0035	Trawls: Allowed Use; Maximum Square Footage of Mesh Area; Definitions (Repealed)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68B-31.0045	Trawl Gear Specifications: Bycatch Reduction Devices (Repealed)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68B-31.010	Northwest Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.011	Big Bend Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.012	Southwest Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.013	Southeast Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.0135	Southeast Region: Biscayne Bay (Dade County) Food Shrimp Production Season and Weekly Closures (Repealed)
68B-31.0136	Southeast Region: Food Shrimp Production Closed Area (Portion of Monroe County) (Repealed)
68B-31.014	Northeast Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications (Repealed)
68B-31.015	Northeast Florida Shrimping: Definition (Repealed)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Closed Season; Allowable Harvest Days; Commercial Food Shrimp Production License and Transferability; Closed Areas (Repealed)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Bed: Repeal of Section 370.156, Florida Statutes; Seasonal Food Shrimp Production Closure; Exception; Definition (Repealed)
68B-31.0157	East Coast: Night Trawling Prohibited; Exception (Repealed)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Tortugas Shrimp Beds: Repeal of Section 370.151(2), F.S. (1991); Redescription of Tortugas Shrimp Beds; Closed Areas (Repealed)
68B-31.017	Big Bend Region Closed Areas; Seasonal Closures (Repealed)
68B-31.018	Northwest Region Closed Areas; Repealed Special Acts (Repealed)
68B-31.019	Regulation of Shrimp Fishing in Tampa Bay; License Requirements (Repealed)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 and effect of this rule development notice is to address possible rule amendments for shrimp fisheries in the 2014 calendar year as a result of stock assessments, federal regulatory actions or other management and enforcement requirements, or to address amendments resulting from the agency’s comprehensive review of Division 68B.

SUBJECT:

Subject areas addressed in the rule development notice include size limits, bag limits, gear restrictions 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:

1/8/2014 Vol. 40/05

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=1/8/2014&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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