Florida Administrative Code
68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
68B - Marine Fisheries
Chapter 68B-31 - SHRIMP
Section 68B-31.005 - Seasons; Open and Closed Periods

1. A food shrimp producer may not harvest shrimp on Saturdays or Sundays.

2. A food shrimp producer may only harvest shrimp during daylight hours.

3. Except for the Friday after Thanksgiving, a food shrimp producer may not harvest shrimp on legal state holidays. For the purposes of this subsection, "legal state holidays" means the paid holidays observed by all state agencies pursuant to Section 110.117(1), F.S.

1. A food shrimp producer may harvest shrimp in or from Florida Waters within Miami-Dade County beginning on November 1 each year and continuing through May 31 of the following year, subject to the weekly closures specified in paragraph (b).

2. A food shrimp producer may not harvest shrimp in or from Florida Waters within Miami-Dade County beginning June 1 and continuing through October 31 each year.

1. Beginning on September 15 and continuing through December 31 each year, a person may not harvest shrimp in or from Florida Waters within the portion of St. George Sound described in subparagraph 2.

2. In St. George Sound, beginning at Royal Bluff, 29°47.601'N, 84°44.977'W; thence southwesterly to St. George Sound Light 8, located at 29°44.567'N, 84°45.765'W; thence along the south boundary of the Intracoastal Waterway Channel to St. George Sound Buoy 21, located at 29°43.362'N, 84°48.479'W; thence northwesterly to a point located at 29°44.952'N, 84°51.112'W; thence easterly along the shoreline of St. George Sound to the point of beginning, including all waters of Yents Bayou within the closure area.

1. Beginning on March 1 and continuing through May 31 each year, a person may not harvest shrimp in or from Florida Waters within the portion of Apalachicola Bay described in subparagraph 2.

2. In Apalachicola Bay, beginning at Green Point, 29°42.526'N, 85°02.155'W; thence southwesterly to St. Vincent Point, 29°40.427'N, 85°04.490'W; thence easterly to Two Mile Channel Light 1, located at 29°41.530'N, 85°0.756'W; thence southeasterly to Apalachicola River Entrance Light 2, located at 29°40.168'N, 84°58.127'W; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the Intracoastal Waterway Channel to the western landfall of the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge (U.S. Highway 98); thence westerly along the shoreline of Apalachicola Bay to the point of beginning.