Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1018
       
       
        
       By Senator Boyd
       
       
       
       
       
       21-00867-21                                           20211018__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the sale of aquaculture products;
    3         amending s. 597.004, F.S.; authorizing certified
    4         aquaculture producers and certain licensed dealers to
    5         sell largemouth bass without restriction under certain
    6         circumstances; making technical changes; providing an
    7         effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
   12  597.004, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         597.004 Aquaculture certificate of registration.—
   14         (5) SALE OF AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS.—
   15         (a) An aquaculture producer certified pursuant to this
   16  section or a dealer licensed pursuant to part VII of chapter 379
   17  may sell aquaculture products, except shellfish;, snook;, and
   18  any fish of the genus Micropterus, excluding the species
   19  Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) and the subspecies and
   20  hybrids thereof; and prohibited and restricted freshwater and
   21  marine species identified by rules of the Fish and Wildlife
   22  Conservation Commission, may be sold by an aquaculture producer
   23  certified pursuant to this section or by a dealer licensed
   24  pursuant to part VII of chapter 379 without restriction so long
   25  as the product origin can be identified.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.