Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68B - Marine Fisheries › Chapter 68B-31 - SHRIMP › Section 68B-31.006 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
As used in Rule
				  68B-31.005, F.A.C., through the
				  remainder of the chapter:
(1)
				"Baiting" means the harvest of shrimp by cast net, in the vicinity of poles or
				stakes driven into the bottom, after a bait (substance used to attract shrimp)
				has been released in the area.
(2)
				"Bar measurement" means the mesh size of a net as measured by the distance from
				the center of a knot to the center of an adjacent knot.
(3) "Big Bend Region" means all state waters
				of Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco Counties, and
				all state waters of Wakulla County east of the following described line:
Beginning at the St. Marks Lighthouse, proceed southerly on a
				  straight line to flashing channel marker #1; thence, southerly in a straight
				  line to a point on the state waters boundary where a straight line from
				  flashing channel marker #1 to flashing bell buoy #24 intersects with said
				  boundary.
(4) "Body, " as it
				relates to a part of a shrimp trawl net, means the forward, larger portion of a
				trawl, extending from wing to wing and from the leading edge of the net to the
				point of tail (cod end) attachment.
(5) "Brine Box" means a container holding
				water that has a higher salinity than the surrounding seawater.
(6) "Cod end, " also known as the "tail" or
				"bag" of a shrimp trawl, means the terminal cylinder of heavy webbing in which
				the catch is concentrated as the trawl is fished and which is closed at its
				rearmost extent by means of purse line or draw string.
(7) "Daylight hours" means the period
				beginning 1/2 hour before official sunrise and continuing through 1/2 hour
				after official sunset, each day.
(8) "Food shrimp producer" means a person who
				is not a live bait shrimp producer, but is harvesting shrimp in quantities
				greater than the bag limit specified in Rule
				68B-31.007, F.A.C., or with a
				gear authorized for the specific region in Rules
				68B-31.010 through
				68B-31.014, F.A.C.
(9) "Frame net" means a net in the form of an
				elongated bag kept open by a rigid frame that is buoyed by floats and is not
				fished or dragged along the bottom.
(10) "Harvest" means the catching or taking
				of shrimp by any means whatsoever, followed by a reduction of such shrimp to
				possession.
(11) "Inland waters"
				means all creeks, rivers, bayous, bays, inlets, and canals.
(12) "Inshore waters" means all state waters
				landward of the Colregs Demarcation Line.
(13) "Land, " when used in conjunction with
				the harvest of shrimp, means the physical act of bringing the harvested shrimp
				ashore.
(14) "Live bait shrimp
				producer" means any person harvesting shrimp for the purpose of delivering and
				selling that shrimp alive for use as bait.
(15) "Northeast Region" means all state
				waters of Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, Flagler, Volusia, and Brevard Counties,
				including all of the St. Johns River.
(16) "Northwest Region" means all state
				waters of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin
				Counties, and all state waters of Wakulla County west of the line described in
				subsection (3) of this rule.
(17)
				"Otter trawl" means a trawl with its mouth kept open by means of boards or
				"doors" on each side.
(18)
				"Perimeter" means the opening or entrance to a shrimp net or trawl formed and
				limited by attachment of the net mesh to a line or frame, which line or frame
				is securely attached so as to form a continuous perimeter around the leading
				edge of the net. The perimeter so formed is measured from point to point along
				the line or frame forming the leading edge of the net.
(19) "Push net" means a mesh net or bag
				attached to the outer edges of a triangular or rectangular rigid frame with a
				handle attached that is fished by being pushed across the bottom by a person
				wading.
(20) "Roller frame trawl"
				means a trawl with all of the following features:
(a) A rectangular rigid frame to keep the
				mouth open while being towed.
(b)
				The lower horizontal beam of the frame has rollers to allow the trawl to roll
				over the bottom and any obstructions while being towed.
(c) The trawl opening is shielded by a grid
				of vertical bars.
(d) The trawl is
				towed by attaching a line or towing cable to a tongue located above or at the
				center of the upper horizontal beam of the frame.
(e) The trawl has no doors attached to keep
				the mouth of the trawl open.