The Florida Senate

CS/SB 1084: Marine Fisheries

GENERAL BILL by Natural Resources ; Latvala

Marine Fisheries; provides that specified violations of administrative rules, Florida Statutes, & consitutional ban on use of certain nets are major violations; provides for suspension of violators' license & prohibits participation in fishing during period of suspension; authorizes agents of G&FWFC to enforce provisions re licenses; deletes requirement for rulemaking for issuance of tarpon tags; clarifies criminal, civil, & administrative penalties, etc. Amends Ch. 370.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/10/1998	Senate	• Prefiled
  2/12/1998	Senate	• Referred to Natural Resources; Ways and Means
  3/3/1998	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Natural Resources; Ways and Means -SJ 00068
  3/30/1998	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Natural Resources, 04/02/98, 9:00 am, Room-A(LL-37)
  4/2/1998	Senate	• Comm. Action: CS by Natural Resources -SJ 00408; CS read first time on 04/08/98 -SJ 00411
  4/6/1998	Senate	• Now in Ways and Means -SJ 00408
  4/13/1998	Senate	• Withdrawn from Ways and Means -SJ 00433; Placed on Calendar
  4/17/1998	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00528
  4/21/1998	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00528
  4/22/1998	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00741; House Bill substituted -SJ 00787; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 4561 (Ch. 98-227)

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• CS/SB 1084, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/7/1998 at 1:39 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 4/3/1998 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 4561		Carlton	Identical	Last Action: 5/24/1998 Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-227 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (24)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  370.01	Definitions.
  370.015	Development of Suwannee River and area.
  370.021	Administration; rules, publications, records; penalty for violation of chapter; injunctions.
  370.026	Marine Fisheries Commission.
  370.0605	Saltwater fishing license required; fees.
  370.062	Department of Environmental Protection license program for tarpon; fees; penalties.
  370.08	Fishers and equipment; regulation.
  370.0821	St. Johns County; use of nets.
  370.092	Carriage of proscribed nets across Florida waters.
  370.11	Fish; regulation.
  370.1125	Permits
  370.114	Taking of marine corals and sea fans regulated; penalties.
  370.12	Marine animals; regulation.
  370.13	Stone crab; regulation.
  370.135	Blue crab; regulation.
  370.14	Crawfish; regulation.
  370.1405	Crawfish reports by dealers during closed season required.
  370.15	Shrimp; regulation.
  370.151	Tortugas shrimp beds; closed areas; permits; penalties.
  370.153	Regulation of shrimp fishing; Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, Flagler, and St. Johns Counties.
  370.156	Florida East Coast Shrimp Bed; closed areas.
  370.157	Cedar Key closed area for shrimping.
  370.1611	Oyster depuration plant.
  370.25	Artificial fishing reef program; construction grants to local governments.

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• SB 1084, Original Filed Version Posted 2/11/1998 at 7:29 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (14)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  370.021	Administration; rules, publications, records; penalty for violation of chapter; injunctions.
  370.08	Fishers and equipment; regulation.
  370.0821	St. Johns County; use of nets.
  370.11	Fish; regulation.
  370.1125	Permits
  370.114	Taking of marine corals and sea fans regulated; penalties.
  370.13	Stone crab; regulation.
  370.135	Blue crab; regulation.
  370.14	Crawfish; regulation.
  370.15	Shrimp; regulation.
  370.151	Tortugas shrimp beds; closed areas; permits; penalties.
  370.153	Regulation of shrimp fishing; Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, Flagler, and St. Johns Counties.
  370.156	Florida East Coast Shrimp Bed; closed areas.
  370.157	Cedar Key closed area for shrimping.

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