Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) No person shall
take, kill, or possess any of the following fish in John Pennekamp Coral Reef
State Park:
(a) Angelfishes - Family
Pomacanthidae.
(b) Basslets -
Family Grammidae.
(c) Batfishes -
Family Ogcocephalidae.
(d) Bigeyes
- Family Priacanthidae.
(e)
Bonnetmouths - Family Inermiidae.
(f) Butterflyfishes - Family
Chaetodontidae.
(g) Cardinalfishes
- Family Apogonidae.
(h)
Clingfishes - Family Gobiesocidae.
(i) Clinids - Family Clinidae.
(j) Combtooth blennies - Family
Blenniidae.
(k) Congers - Family
Congridae.
(l) Cornetfishes -
Family Fistulariidae.
(m)
Damselfishes - Family Pomacentridae.
(n) Dragonets - Family
Callionymidae.
(o) Drums - Genera
Equetus, Pareques and Odontoscion.
(p) False morays - Family
Chlopsidae.
(q) Frogfishes
(Sargassumfishes) - Family Antennariidae.
(r) Goatfishes - Family Mullidae.
(s) Gobies - Family Gobiidae.
(t) Hawkfishes - Family
Cirrhitidae.
(u) Jawfishes - Family
Opistognathidae.
(v) Morays -
Family Muraenidae.
(w)
Muraenesocids - Family Muraenesocidae.
(x) Parrotfishes - Family Scaridae.
(y) Pikeblennies - Family
Chaenopsidae.
(z) Porcupinefishes -
Family Diodontidae.
(aa) Puffers -
Family Tetraodontidae.
(bb) Sand
stargazers - Family Dactyloscopidae.
(cc) Scorpionfishes - Family Scorpaenidae
except for species in the Genus Pterois.
(dd) Sea basses - Genera
Hypoplectrus, Serranus, Schultzea, Paranthias, Liopropoma,
andDiplectrum and the species Epinephelus
itajara (jewfish).
(ee)
Sea chubs - Family Kyphosidae.
(ff)
Seahorses and Pipefishes - Family Syngnathidae.
(gg) Snake eel - Family
Ophichthidae.
(hh) Soapfishes -
Genus Rypticus.
(ii) Soles - Family Achiridae.
(jj) Spaghetti eels - Family
Moringuidae.
(kk) Squirrelfishes -
Family Holocentridae.
(ll)
Stargazers - Family Uranoscopidae.
(mm) Surgeonfishes - Family
Acanthuridae.
(nn) Sweepers -
Family Pempheridae.
(oo) Threadfins
- Family Polynemidae.
(pp)
Toadfishes - Family Batrachoididae.
(qq) Tonguefishes - Family
Cynoglossidae.
(rr) Triggerfishes
and Filefishes - Families Balistidae and Monacantidae.
(ss) Trumpetfishes - Family
Aulostomidae.
(tt) Trunkfishes -
Family Ostraciidae.
(uu) Wrasses -
Genera Clepticus, Halichoeres, Hemipteronotus, Thalassoma, Decodon,
Doratonotus, and Bodianus.
(2) Size Limit - No person shall take, kill,
or possess any fish in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park smaller than 8
inches in total length. This subsection shall not apply to those species for
which a specific minimum size limit has been otherwise established by law or
rule or to any of the following fish:
(a)
Anchovies - Family Engraulidae.
(b)
Grunts - Family Haemulidae.
(c)
Halfbeaks and Flying Fishes - Family Exocoetidae.
(d) Jacks - Family Carangidae.
(e) Mullets - Family Mugilidae.
(f) Pinfish - Species Lagodon
Rhomboides.
(g) Sardines -
Family Clupeidae.
(h) Lionfish -
Genus Pterois.
(3) Persons harvesting spiny lobster or other
species of the Genera Panulirus or
Scyllarides, in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, or using
traps to harvest spiny lobster, stone crabs, or blue crabs within the park,
shall comply with the provisions of Rule
68B-24.0065,
F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla Const. Law
Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla
Const.
New 7-3-89, Amended 6-1-94, Formerly 46-5.002, Amended
7-27-10.
