Florida Administrative Code

For the purpose of protecting and preventing harm to Nichols Spring in Sumter County, the following springs protection zone is established: An area within which anchoring, mooring, beaching, and grounding are prohibited, as delineated by a line where the spring run at Nichols Spr…

For the purpose of protecting and preventing harm to Weeki Wachee Springs in Hernando County, the following springs protection zone within which anchoring, mooring, beaching, and grounding of vessels are prohibited is established as follows: within an area of Weeki Wachee Springs…

(1) Owners of private submerged lands that are adjacent to Outstanding Florida Waters, as defined in Section 403.061, F.S., or an aquatic preserve established under Sections 258.39-258.399, F.S., may apply to the Commission to have a boating restricted area established on the pri…

For the sole purpose of protecting seagrass and contiguous seagrass habitat upon privately-owned submerged lands, the following boating restricted areas are established in the vicinity of Dutchman Key in Pasco County: (1) North Key: an external propeller limitation zone starting …

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic in and adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway within Sarasota County, Florida, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established: (a) Idle Speed No Wake Zones - 1. Stickney Point Bridge - All waters l…

Rulemaking Authority 327.04, 327.46 FS. Law Implemented 327.46 FS. History-New 11-13-83, Formerly 16N-24.06, Amended 3-12-87, 12-7-89, Formerly 16N-24.006, Amended 9-28-98, Formerly 62N-24.006, Repealed 7-21-13.

(1) For the purpose of regulating speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway in Broward County, Florida, the following year-round boating restricted areas are established. The boating restricted areas exclude all associated tributar…

(1) The following year-round zones are established regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Pinellas County. The zones exclude all associated tributaries, creeks, canals, channels, backwaters, boat basins and…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on the Okeechobee Waterway, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established: (a) SE Ocean Boulevard - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent …

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway in the vicinities of Golden Beach, the North East 192nd Street Bridge, Biscayne Creek, Bakers Haulover Inlet, the Broad Causeway Bridge, the 79th Street Causew…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Manatee County, the following Boating Restricted Area is established: (a) Slow Down Minimum Wake Zone - All waters lying within the channel of t…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Apalachicola River within Franklin County, the following Boating Restricted Area is established: (a) Slow Down Minimum Wake Zone - All waters lying within the Apalachicola River, fr…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Duval County, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established: (a) Slow Down Minimum Wake Zones. 1. Sisters Creek - All waters in and adj…

(1) For the purpose of regulating speed and operation of vessel traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway within Palm Beach County, Florida, the following boating restricted areas are established: (a) Jupiter Inlet - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake zone from shoreline to shoreline, in and a…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on the St. Johns River in Lake, Seminole and Volusia Counties, Florida the following boating restricted areas are established. The boating restricted areas exclude all associated tributaries, creeks, cana…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway within Nassau County, Florida, the following Boating Restricted Area is established: (a) Fernandina Beach - An Idle Speed No Wake Zone zone from shoreline to s…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic during flood events, the Suwannee and Santa Fe River Boating Restricted Areas are established, which shall include all associated and navigable tributaries, creeks, coves, bends, and backwaters unless oth…

For the purpose of providing for public safety, the following boating restricted areas are established: (1) A no entry area starting from the northeast (Lake Talquin) side of the spillway of the Jackson Bluff Dam, bounded by a line running northeast approximately 75 feet to GPS p…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway in Charlotte County, Florida, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established: (a)1. Cape Haze - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from …

For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic during flood conditions on the Withlacoochee River within Citrus, Hernando, Marion, and Sumter Counties, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established, which shall include all associated and navigabl…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Escambia County, the following Boating Restricted Area is established: Florida Intracoastal Waterway between a line drawn perpendicular to the c…

(1) For the purpose of regulating speed and operation of vessel traffic on the Florida Intracoastal Waterway in Flagler County the following boating restricted area is established: (a) SR 100 Bridge - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area shoreline to shoreline, in an…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Lee County, the following Boating Restricted Area is established: Caloosahatchee River at the Alva Bridge - All waters of the Florida Intracoast…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway in Martin County, Florida, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established: (a) Jensen Beach Causeway - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted are…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the anchoring of vessels in and adjacent to the Newfound Harbor Channel (also known as Pine Channel) within Monroe County, the following boating restricted area is established: Newfound Harbor Channel (Pine Channel) - Anchoring of all sailboats a…

For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within Okaloosa County, Florida, the following boating restricted area is established: (1) Slow Speed Minimum Wake Zone. (a) Brooks Bridge - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake zone…

(1) The following slow speed minimum wake year-round zones are established regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on and adjacent to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway within St. Johns County. The zones exclude all associated tributaries, creeks, canals, channels, ba…

(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic on the Florida Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) bordering eastern Volusia County, including the Indian River and the Halifax River, the following Boating Restricted Areas are established: (a)1. Ormond Beach: A…

For the purpose of regulating the speed and operation of vessel traffic in Little Hickory Bay in Collier County, Florida, the following boating restricted area is created: (1) Slow Speed, Minimum Wake Zone, from shoreline to shoreline within the mangrove islands, which lie approx…

(1) Any livery offering vessels for lease or rent must ensure that all individuals who rent or lease a vessel, as well as each potential operator of a rented or leased vessel, have received pre-rental and pre-ride instruction in the following topics prior to operation: (a) Operat…

(1) As provided in Section 327.54(3)(f), F.S., a livery must display the boating safety information forms provided in this rule, as applicable, in a place visible to the renting public. Each such applicable boating safety information form shall be displayed in a size no smaller t…

(1) Requests for issuance of a livery permit, as provided in Section 327.54, F.S., shall be submitted to the Commission via email to liverypermit@myfwc.com or to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Boating and Waterways Section/Livery Permit, 620 South Meridian Street, Tal…

(1) Pursuant to section 327.391 F.S., all Airboat Operator Courses developed for the purposes of training airboat operators carrying passengers for hire must be approved by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This chapter establishes the minimum standards for a…

Rulemaking Authority 327.04, 327.39, 327.395, 327.54, 327.731 FS. Law Implemented 327.39, 327.395, 327.54, 327.731 FS. History-New 6-9-05, Repealed 8-1-24.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Photographic identification" for purposes of this chapter, means a form of identification issued by a governmental agency, employer, course provider, or educational institution which includes the follow…

(1) Course Provider Requirements. (a) "Course provider" means a school or other sponsoring organization that offers to the public boating safety courses that meet the minimum standards established by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. (b) Each course pr…

(1) Each boating safety course taught, whether in a classroom setting or online, pursuant to Section 327.395 or 327.731, F.S., must maintain current approval from the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissio…

Individuals who have successfully completed an approved boating safety education course in accordance with this chapter and Section 327.395, F.S. will be issued a boating safety identification card by the Commission, which may be issued in digital, electronic, laminated card, or …

(1) Any person convicted of a non-criminal boating violation listed in Section 327.731, F.S., must thereafter successfully complete a boating safety course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and the State of Florida. Proof of successful compl…

Rulemaking Authority 327.04, 327.39, 327.54 FS. Law Implemented 327.04, 327.39, 327.54 FS. History-New 6-9-05, Amended 4-20-09, Repealed 1-31-23.

(1) Any person administering the Florida Boater Education Temporary Certificate examination under contract with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission must strictly comply with all contract provisions. (2) Any person administering the Florida Boater Education Tempo…

Rulemaking Authority 327.04, 327.39, 327.54 FS. Law Implemented 327.04, 327.39, 327.54 FS. History-New 4-20-09, Repealed 1-31-23.

(1) Florida Statutes restrict the take, possession, disturbance, mutilation, destruction, selling, transference, molestation, and harassment of marine turtles, nests, or eggs. Protection is also afforded to marine turtle habitat. A specific authorization from Commission staff is …

(1) Applications: Any individual, firm or corporation desiring to obtain authorization to conduct scientific, conservation, or educational activities directly involving marine turtles shall submit an application to the Commission prior to conduct of the activity. Applications sha…

(1) Conservation Permits - Activities that require a conservation permit include, but are not limited to, any actions associated with a living or stranded marine turtle, its nest, or hatchlings such as: (a) Any research or conservation activities, or (b) Any educational activitie…

(1) Non-compliance with permits issued under the provisions of this chapter is subject to the following actions: (a) For all one year permits, failure to fulfill reporting requirements or respond to other information requests shall constitute a minor violation of this rule. Such …

Rulemaking Authority 379.2431(1), 379.244(2), 379.407 FS. Law Implemented 379.2431(1), 379.244(2), 379.407 FS. History-New 2-11-81, Formerly 16B-40.061, 16B-40.0061, 16R-1.0061, 62R-1.0061, Repealed 11-23-16.