Terms Used In Florida Statutes 379.2413

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
No person shall take any food fish from the waters under the jurisdiction of the state for the purpose of making oil, fertilizer, or compost therefrom. Purse seines may be used for the taking of nonfood fish for the purpose of making oil, fertilizer, or compost.