Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68 - Departmental › Chapter 68-5 - RULES RELATING TO NON-NATIVE SPECIES › Section 68-5.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Closed tank system - enclosed
				recirculating systems having no water discharge, or systems having water
				discharge through a closed drain system, or other system designed to prevent
				discharge of water containing adults, juveniles, eggs, or disease vectors from
				the permittee's property.
(2)
				Commercial import or export business - a business whose activity includes the
				commercial purchase, sale, or trade through importing and/or exporting
				nonnative fish and wildlife.
(3)
				Educational exhibit - an organized presentation or display of a nonnative fish
				or wildlife species along with a selection of educational materials to include
				interpretive signs, presentations, brochures, handouts, or other materials
				which impart knowledge about the displayed species. Such materials shall
				include information about the species' range, habitat, biology, and threats the
				species poses to Florida's ecology, economy, or human health and
				safety.
(4) Eradication and Control
				- a targeted, systematic effort to remove an entire population of a nonnative
				species or to contain or otherwise manage the population of an invasive species
				so as to minimize its spread and impacts.
(5) Escape-proof - all potential escape
				routes, to include but not limited to drains, gates, windows, vents, gaps,
				cracks and doors, are secured in a manner to prevent escape.
(6) Export - to depart from, to send from, to
				ship from, or to carry out of, or attempt to depart from, send from, ship from,
				or carry out of, or to consign to a carrier any nonnative fish or wildlife
				species in any place in Florida with an intended destination of any place
				outside of Florida.
(7) Import - to
				land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or
				introduce any nonnative fish or wildlife species into any place subject to the
				jurisdiction of the State of Florida.
(8) Personal possession - possession of fish
				or wildlife maintained in captivity for personal use or enjoyment.
(9) Public aquaria - permanent, fixed aquaria
				in which Conditional and/or Prohibited species are confined in such a manner
				that the general public is able to view them during regularly scheduled
				business hours, with or without a fee.
(10) Public exhibitor - a permanent, fixed
				facility in which Conditional and/or Prohibited species are confined in such a
				manner that the general public is able to view them during regularly scheduled
				business hours, either through scheduled tours or general admission, with or
				without a fee.
(11) Public
				zoological park - a permanent, fixed zoological park in which Conditional
				and/or Prohibited species are confined in such a manner that the general public
				is able to view them during regularly scheduled business hours, with or without
				a fee.
(12) Research - means any
				activity that uses nonnative organisms to conduct one or more of the following:
(a) Research activity that involves the
				application of rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures of observation,
				measurement, and experiment to obtain reliable and pertinent data using an
				experimental design, controls, and data analysis to test a stated
				hypothesis.
(b) Monitoring activity
				that involves making technical and scientific observations as a means of
				gathering data according to a predetermined study plan.
(c) Restoration or management activity that
				facilitates the control or removal of nonnative fish or wildlife species and
				includes subsequent monitoring to measure the success of the
				effort.