Florida Regulations 68B-31.011: Big Bend Region Food Shrimp Production Gear Specifications
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Each person harvesting shrimp in the Big Bend Region as a food shrimp producer shall comply with the requirements specified in this rule.
(1) Allowable Gear – No person shall harvest shrimp in the region as a food shrimp producer with any type of gear other than a roller frame trawl meeting the following specifications:
(a) Neither the upper nor lower horizontal beam on a roller frame trawl so used is greater than 16 feet in length. If used in nearshore or inshore Florida waters of the region, the netting of the trawl shall be no larger in mesh area than specified by subsection 68B-31.0035(2), F.A.C.
(b) The vertical bars shielding the trawl opening are spaced no further than 3 inches apart.
(c) No such trawl shall have a mesh size less than 3/4 inch bar measurement in the body of the net and 5/8 inch bar measurement in the cod end.
(d) In the nearshore and inshore Florida waters of the region, no more than two such trawls, unconnected, shall be towed by a single vessel at any time. In all other waters of the region, no more than four such trawls shall be towed by a single vessel at any time.
(2) Each person harvesting shrimp in the region as a food shrimp producer shall comply with Fl. Admin. Code R. 68B-38.003
Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 1-1-92, Amended 1-1-96, Formerly 46-31.011.
(a) Neither the upper nor lower horizontal beam on a roller frame trawl so used is greater than 16 feet in length. If used in nearshore or inshore Florida waters of the region, the netting of the trawl shall be no larger in mesh area than specified by subsection 68B-31.0035(2), F.A.C.
(b) The vertical bars shielding the trawl opening are spaced no further than 3 inches apart.
(c) No such trawl shall have a mesh size less than 3/4 inch bar measurement in the body of the net and 5/8 inch bar measurement in the cod end.
(d) In the nearshore and inshore Florida waters of the region, no more than two such trawls, unconnected, shall be towed by a single vessel at any time. In all other waters of the region, no more than four such trawls shall be towed by a single vessel at any time.
(2) Each person harvesting shrimp in the region as a food shrimp producer shall comply with Fl. Admin. Code R. 68B-38.003
Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 1-1-92, Amended 1-1-96, Formerly 46-31.011.