Florida Administrative Code
68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
68A - Freshwater Fish and Wildlife
Chapter 68A-27 - RULES RELATING TO ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES
Section 68A-27.0031 - Marine Endangered and Threatened Species
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 68A-27.0031
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Under the Florida constitutional revision that revised Article IV, Section 9 of the Florida Constitution and created Article XII, Section 22, the Commission's constitutional authority does not include authority to regulate marine life when those species meet the definition of endangered and threatened species as those terms were defined in Section 372.072, F.S. (1997).
(2) The following species are Marine endangered and threatened species:
(a) Fish:
1. Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser
oxyrinchus [=oxyrhynchus] desotoi)(T),
2. Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum)(E).
(b) Reptiles:
1. Green sea turtle (Chelonia
mydas)(E),
2. Hawksbill
sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)(E),
3. Kemp's ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii)(E),
4. Leatherback sea turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea)(E),
5. Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta
caretta)(T).
(c)
Mammals:
1. Caribbean monk seal
(Monachus tropicalis)(E),
2. Finback whale (Balaenoptera
physalus)(E),
3. West
Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)(E),
4. Humpback whale (Megaptera
novaeangliae)(E),
5. North
Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)(E),
6. Sei whale (Balaenoptera
borealis)(E),
7. Sperm
whale (Physeter
macrocephalus)(E).
Rulemaking Authority 379.1025 FS. Law Implemented 379.2291 FS.
New 11-14-11, Amended 6-10-15.
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