The Florida Senate

372.653  Required tagging of fish; lakes in excess of 500 square miles; tag fee; game fish taken in lakes of 500 square miles or less.--

(1)(a)  No game fish taken from, or caught in, a lake in this state the area of which is in excess of 500 square miles shall be sold for consumption in this state unless it is tagged in the manner required by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Bass or pickerel taken by any method other than hook and line shall be returned immediately to the water. Trawls and haul seines shall not be operated within 1 mile of rooted aquatic vegetation.

(b)  In order that such program of tagging be self-sufficient, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is authorized to assess a fee of not more than 5 cents per tag, payable at the time of delivery of the tag.

(2)  No freshwater game fish shall be taken from a lake in this state the area of which is 500 square miles or less other than with pole and line; rod and reel; or plug, bob, spinner, spoon, or other artificial bait or lure.

(3)  No freshwater game fish taken from a lake in this state the area of which is 500 square miles or less shall be offered for sale or sold.

History.--s. 1, ch. 76-216; s. 140, ch. 99-245.