Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68B - Marine Fisheries › Chapter 68B-8 - MARINE SPECIAL ACTIVITY LICENSE PROGRAM › Section 68B-8.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Anadromous" means species of fish that
				live in sea waters and migrate to fresh or estuarine waters to spawn.
(2) "Atlantic Region" for purposes of a Snook
				SAL, means all or part of counties encompassed by the St. Johns Water
				Management District and the South Florida Water Management District, except
				Charlotte County, Collier County, Glades County, Hendry County, Highlands
				County, Lee County, and Monroe County.
(3) "Bred in Captivity" or "Captive Bred"
				refers to eggs or organisms, born or otherwise produced in captivity from
				broodstock that mated or otherwise transferred gametes in captivity (if
				reproduction is sexual), or from broodstock that were in captivity when
				development of the progeny began (if development is asexual).
(4) "Broodstock" means sexually mature
				organisms of both genders capable of producing gametes or offspring now or in
				the future for artificial cultivation purposes. Broodstock includes organisms
				captured to conduct immediate source spawning or for long-term
				retention.
(5) "Captivity" means
				when eggs or live organisms are held in a controlled or selected aquatic
				environment that has boundaries designed to prevent such eggs or live organisms
				from entering or leaving the controlled environment.
(6) "Catadromous" means species of fish that
				live in fresh or estuarine waters and migrate to sea waters to spawn.
(7) "Certified aquaculture facility" means a
				facility that has a valid aquaculture certificate of registration issued by
				DOACS pursuant to Section
				597.004, F.S., and is
				constructed and maintained in accordance with Aquaculture Best Management
				Practices, Rule 5L-3.004, F.A.C.
(8) "DOACS" means Department of Agriculture
				and Consumer Services.
(9)
				"Educational purpose" means an activity that uses marine organisms to identify
				or interpret some aspect of an organism's taxonomy, behavior, physiology, or
				ecology; to conduct laboratory activities; to provide instruction on field
				techniques; or to explain marine resource management issues to individuals
				formally enrolled in an instructional setting.
(10) "Estuarine" means the part of a river or
				stream or other body of water having unimpaired connection with the open sea,
				where the sea water is measurably diluted with fresh water, and extending
				upstream to where ocean-derived salts measure less than 0.5 parts per
				thousand.
(11) "Exhibitional
				purpose" means an activity that uses marine organisms for the primary purpose
				of display in a facility open to the general public on a scheduled basis, and
				whose operational activities have a marine related component.
(12) "FMSEA Certification" means
				documentation validating the completion of the Florida Marine Science Educators
				Association workshop.
(13) "Gulf
				Region" for purposes of a Snook SAL, means Charlotte County, Collier County,
				Glades County, Hendry County, Highlands County, Lee County, Monroe County, and
				all or part of counties encompassed by the Southwest Florida Water Management
				District, the Suwanee River Water Management District, and the Northwest
				Florida Water Management District.
(14) "Hard bottom" means any living natural
				or artificial reef (including coral reefs, oyster reefs, and worm reefs) or
				varying biological assemblages of marine organisms attached to hard
				substrate.
(15) "Harvest" means the
				catching, taking, or molesting of a marine organism by any means whatsoever,
				followed by a reduction of such organism or part thereof to possession. A
				marine organism that is caught and immediately returned to the water free,
				alive, and unharmed is not harvested.
(16) "Marine organism" means an organism,
				including anadromous and catadromous organisms and plants, that has a natural
				portion of its life cycle that is dependent upon marine or estuarine waters,
				but excluding striped bass (
Morone saxatilis
), American eels
				(
Anguila rostrata
), non-living shells, marine reptiles, marine
				mammals, and birds.
(17) "Marine
				turtle permit" means a permit issued pursuant to Section
				379.2431, F.S., and Chapter
				68E-1, F.A.C.
(18) "Nonprofit
				corporation" means a corporation that is designated as non-profit pursuant to
				26 U.S.C.
				501(c)3 and
				has a current letter of determination of tax exempt status.
(19) "Person" means an individual, firm,
				entity, or corporation.
(20)
				"Prohibited species" means a marine organism for which harvest, possession, or
				sale is prohibited in Title 68, F.A.C., or Chapter 379, F.S.
(21) "Scientific research" means an activity
				that uses marine 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 activity that facilitates
				mitigation or recovery of hard bottom marine organisms and includes subsequent
				monitoring to measure the success of the restoration effort. Restoration
				activities do not include oyster relay activities authorized pursuant to
				Section 597.010,
				F.S.