The purpose and intent of Rules 68B-31.001 through 68B-31.003, F.A.C., are to impose gear specifications for the type of trawls used to harvest live bait shrimp in the nearshore and inshore Florida waters of Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler, and Clay Counties. The gear specifications are designed to limit the harvest capacity of live bait shrimpers, making their limited catch more valuable as live bait shrimp than as dead shrimp.
Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 12-11-86, Amended 1-1-96, Formerly 46-31.001.