Florida Administrative Code

As used in this rule chapter: Immediate family means parents, children, grandchildren, siblings, and spouse. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 10-16-14.

(1) No person may take any freshwater fish except as herein provided. (2) Freshwater game fish may be taken only by hook and line or rod and reel unless otherwise provided. (3) Nongame fish may be taken by hook and line, rod and reel or by trotlines, set lines or bush hooks (as s…

(1) Persons licensed under Section 379.363, F.S., may use certain commercial fishing devices only in the manner and in the areas specified in this rule, except as specified in subsection 68A-23.002(10), F.A.C. All fishing devices authorized by this section shall be clearly and le…

(1) Trotlines, bush hooks or set lines are permitted statewide except in that portion of the Ochlockonee River between State Road 20 and the Lake Talquin Power Dam; that portion of the Apalachicola River between US Highway 90 and the Jim Woodruff Dam; Bear Gully Lake in Seminole …

(1) The open season for fishing shall be from July 1 until June 30 of the following year, except as otherwise provided by these rules. (2) This rule does not apply to game fish lawfully acquired for aquarium use in accordance with Rule 68A-23.009, F.A.C. (3) No person shall have …

(1) Freshwater game fish legally caught may be kept on the premises of wholesale or retail businesses or in public cold storage, refrigerators, ice houses or ice boxes when properly tagged showing the name, license number and address of the owner clearly written thereon. (2) The …

(1) No person shall use any species of black bass, peacock bass or any part thereof as bait. Whole pickerel or bream or portions thereof may be used for bait purposes by persons catching the fish but in no case shall they be used as bait for trotlines, bush hooks or in any manner…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-4-81, 6-21-82, 7-1-84, Formerly 39-23.08, Amended 4-13-88, 7-1-89, 10-30-89, 7-1-92, 7-1-94, 4-12-98, Formerly 39-23.008, Amended 10-10-00, 7-1-01, 7-1-02,…

(1) No person shall sell, purchase, attempt to purchase or sell, or transport any freshwater game fish unless otherwise authorized by specific rule of the Commission. Any person transporting game fish in excess of legal possession limits shall possess documentation that said fish…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. FS. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-21-82, Formerly 39-23.10, 39-23.010, Repealed 3-17-16.

(1) Freshwater game fish (except black bass, striped bass, or black crappie) may be possessed for commercial purposes by persons licensed in accordance with Section 379.363, F.S., within the area of Lake Okeechobee bounded on the east by Highway 441 from Okeechobee City to Belle …

(1) Any person having in his possession a valid and appropriate sport fishing license issued by the State of Georgia or the State of Florida, or persons exempt from such licensure, may take fish by hook and line or rod and reel in the following described waters: (a) In the waters…

(1) No person shall take or possess alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) without having obtained a permit from the Commission. Permits to take alligator gar shall be issued subject to criteria in Rule 68A-9.002, F.A.C. (2) Persons licensed in accordance with Section 379.363(1), F…

(1) No person shall take, possess, sell or otherwise transfer, buy or otherwise receive, transport or stock any grass carp without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Commission. Any grass carp inadvertently taken must be immediately returned unharmed to the water. (2) Per…

(1) Furbearers may be taken by guns, dogs, live traps and snares during specified open seasons detailed below. Live traps and snares shall be visited at intervals not exceeding 24 hours. (2) Provisions for methods of take, open seasons, and possession: (a) Raccoon, coyote, opossu…

(1) Persons taking or possessing any fur-bearing animal or part thereof for commercial purposes shall be licensed as provided by Sections 379.354 and 379.364, F.S., and may sell such animals in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person licensed to hunt as provide…

(1) No fur or hide dealer or buyer shall buy or possess any untanned skin of any fur-bearing animal acquired from any person not licensed in accordance with Section 379.354, F.S., or any untagged, untanned hide of an alligator taken by a person not licensed as an alligator hunter…

No person shall transport within, into, or from the state any wild-trapped, live raccoon, except as authorized by Rules 68A-9.006, 68A-9.010 and 68A-9.012, F.A.C. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. FS. History-New 8-1-79…

No person shall intentionally feed, or entice with feed, any crocodilian unless held in captivity under a permit issued by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or otherwise provided by this Title. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV,…

(1) In order to assure the optimal utilization of the estimated available alligator resource, the commission may by rule limit the number of participants engaged in the taking of alligators or their eggs from the wild. No person shall buy, sell, take, possess, transport, release,…

(1) Only persons under contract with the Commission as nuisance alligator trappers, or their agents and assistants, who have been approved by the executive director, or his designee, shall take, possess and kill or sell live nuisance alligators as authorized by permit. (2) Person…

Alligator farms may be established and operated and alligators, eggs, and hides may be possessed by alligator farmers and farming agents subject to the following: (1) Definitions: (a) Breeding stock is defined as all alligators six (6) feet or greater in length that are maintaine…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented 379.26, 379.372, 379.373, 379.374, 379.305 FS. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-21-82, Formerly 39-25.06, Amended 5-10-87, 4-1-96, 9-15-96, Formerly 39-25.006, Amended 11-17-99, Repealed 6-7-07.

(1) Conditions governing alligator hatchling collections: (a) Establishment of hatchling collection areas, quotas, and a coordinator: 1. Alligator hatchling collection areas shall be established by the executive director, or his designee, that are suitable for surveying, establis…

Alligator management programs designed for the taking of alligator eggs and hatchlings and the trapping of non-hatchling alligators may only be established on private lands and on public lands, other than sovereign submerged lands, for which a governmental entity can demonstrate …

No person shall take non-hatchling alligators from the wild except as provided herein and under other applicable rules of the Commission. (1) Establishment of alligator management units and harvest quotas: (a) Management units comprised of specified wetlands, lakes, rivers or oth…

No person shall take non-hatchling alligators from the wild except as provided herein and under other applicable rules of the Commission. (1) Establishment of special-use alligator harvest areas and permit quotas: (a) Alligator management units established pursuant to paragraph 6…

(1) Definitions: (a) Alligator meat - raw boned white meat or dark meat; skinned, whole alligator carcasses; and skinned alligator carcass parts (bone-in legs, "wings," ribs, and tails), not to include alligator hide. (b) Process - skinning or butchering an alligator, or packagin…

For amphibians not listed in Chapter 68A-27, F.A.C., the following restrictions control the take or possession: (1) None of the following species shall be taken, transported, stored, served, bought, sold or possessed in any manner at any time except as authorized by permit from t…

(1) The purpose and intent of this rule chapter, in concert with an objective that lawful nature-based recreational activities may be managed to be compatible with such species protection measures, is to conserve or improve the status of endangered and threatened species in Flori…

When used in this rule chapter, the terms and phrases listed below have the meaning provided: (1) Florida Endangered and Threatened Species - species that are designated by Commission rule as either: (a) Federally-designated Endangered and Threatened species as defined below, or …

No person shall intentionally kill, attempt to kill or wound any species that is both designated in Rule 68A-27.003, F.A.C., and designated in 50 C.F.R. 17.11 as endangered. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New…

(1) Federally-designated Endangered and Threatened Species. Species which are native to Florida and which are designated as Endangered or Threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. §1531 et seq. and rules thereto will be listed by the Commission as a Flo…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-21-82, 7-1-84, 7-1-85, Formerly 39-27.02, Amended 6-1-86, 5-10-87, 4-13-88, 4-11-90, 6-23-98, 6-23-99, Formerly 39-27.002, Amended 7-1-08, Repealed 7-27-10…

(1) The species in subsection (3), are hereby declared to be candidate species for inclusion in Rule 68A-27.003, F.A.C. (2) No person shall intentionally take any candidate species except as authorized by specific permit from the Executive Director. (3) The following species are …

(1) Federally-designated Endangered and Threatened species: (a) No person shall take, possess, or sell any of the endangered or threatened species included in this subsection, or parts thereof or their nests or eggs except as allowed by specific federal or state permit or authori…

(1) Under the Florida constitutional revision that revised Article IV, Section 9 of the Florida Constitution and created Article XII, Section 22, the Commission's constitutional authority does not include authority to regulate marine life when those species meet the definition of…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-22-80, 7-1-83, 7-1-85, Formerly 39-27.04, Amended 6-1-86, 5-10-87, 4-27-89, 6-23-99, Formerly 39-27.004, Amended 9-29-03, 11-8-07, 5-15-08, Repealed 11-8-1…

(1) The following species are hereby declared to be of special concern, and shall be afforded the protective provisions specified. (2) No person shall take, possess, transport, or sell any species of special concern included in this subsection or parts thereof or their nests or e…

In order to implement a reward program for the reporting of illegal killing, wounding or wrongful possession of Florida Endangered and Threatened Species as defined herein the Commission establishes the following procedures. (1) The Commission will receive information through its…

(1) Permit requirements for the taking of Federally-designated Endangered and Threatened Species: The purpose of this subsection is to eliminate the need for both federal and state permits for take and incidental take of Federally-designated Endangered and Threatened Species. Act…

(1) For mammals not listed in Chapter 68A-27, F.A.C., or not regulated under Chapter 68A-24, F.A.C., the following restrictions control the take as defined in Rule 68A-1.004, F.A.C. of the mammals listed below: (a) None of the following species or their young, homes, dens or nest…

Those state officers who are vested with powers of arrest and those municipal police officers and deputy sheriffs acting within the scope of their police jurisdiction are empowered to enforce all laws or rules relating to wild animal life and freshwater aquatic life. Rulemaking A…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 379.1025 FS. Law Implemented 379.3311 FS. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-21-82, 7-1-84, Formerly 39-3.04, 39-3.004, Repealed 9-25-18.

Chapter 68A-30, F.A.C., regarding the indexing, management, and availability of final orders, is promulgated pursuant to Section 120.533, F.S., and Chapter 1S-6, F.A.C., and has been approved by the Department of State pursuant to Section 120.53(2)(c), F.S. The purpose of this ch…

(1) The agency shall make final orders accessible to the public by sequentially numbering and indexing final orders in accordance with this chapter, and making final orders and the subject matter index available to the public. (2) The following shall be made available for public …

All agency final orders issued pursuant to Section 120.565, 120.57(1), (2), or (3), F.S., shall be indexed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 120.533 FS. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 120.53 FS. Hi…