Florida Administrative Code
68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
68C - Manatees
Chapter 68C-22 - THE FLORIDA MANATEE SANCTUARY ACT
Section 68C-22.023 - Collier County Zones
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 68C-22.023
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) The Commission hereby designates the waters within Collier County, as described below, as areas where manatee sightings are frequent and where the best available information supports the conclusion that manatees inhabit these areas on a regular or periodic basis. The primary purpose of this rule is to protect manatees from harmful collisions with motorboats and from harassment by regulating the speed and operation of motorboats within these designated areas. A secondary purpose is to protect manatee habitat. In consideration of balancing the rights of fishers, boaters, and water skiers to use the waters of the state for recreational and commercial purposes (as applicable under Section 379.2431(2)(k), F.S.) with the need to provide manatee protection, the Commission has examined the need for limited lanes, corridors, or unregulated areas that allow higher speeds through or within regulated areas. Such lanes, corridors, or areas are provided in those locations where the Commission determined they are consistent with manatee protection needs.
(2) The following year-round zones are established, which include all associated and navigable tributaries, lakes, creeks, coves, bends, backwaters, canals, channels, boat basins, and other waterways unless otherwise designated or excluded. Coordinates used in the descriptions of zone boundaries are referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83_2011) using the Florida GDL Albers projection. Access to the NO ENTRY zone designated in paragraph (2)(a)2., will be provided in accordance with procedures set forth in subsection (4), hereunder, and applicable provisions of Rule 68C-22.003, F.A.C.
(a) NO ENTRY -
1. Henderson Creek/Enchanting Shores area:
All waters of the basin and canal adjacent to the Enchanting Shores Trailer
Park, east of a line bearing 20° beginning at a point (approximate latitude
26° 02' 58.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 41' 14.6" W) on the southern
shoreline of the canal approximately fifty (50) feet east of where the canal
flows into Henderson Creek; and,
2.
Faka Union Canal area: All waters of the basins, canals, and associated waters
of the warm water manatee refuge oxbow west of and adjacent to the Faka Union
Canal, south of an east-west line 745' south and north of east-west line 2200'
south of the southernmost east-west canal of Port of the
Islands.
(b) IDLE SPEED
(channel included) -
1. Henderson Creek area:
All waters of Henderson Creek and associated waters east of the centerline of
Collier Boulevard (State Road 951) bridges, and southwest of a structure north
of the Tamiami Trail (US 41) bridge, except as designated under subparagraph
(2)(a)1.;
2. Marco Island/Collier
Bay area: All waters of Collier Bay, and associated waters south of the mouth
of Marco Bay/Marco River, and north of San Marco Road (State Road
92);
3. Caxambas Bay/Roberts Bay
area: All waters of Caxambas Bay, Roberts Bay, and associated waters, north of
a line beginning at a point on the shoreline of Marco Island (approximate
latitude 25° 54' 29.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 43' 06" W) (west of
channel marker "8") and bearing approximately 106° to the westernmost point
of the unnamed island north of Dickman's Island, then running along the
northern shoreline of said island to its easternmost point (approximate
latitude 25° 54' 16.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 42' 23.6" W), and
then bearing approximately 91° (through channel marker "13") to the line's
ending point on the shoreline of Horrs Island (approximate latitude 25° 54'
15.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 41' 31.7" W), south and west of a line
beginning at a point on Horrs Island (approximate latitude 25° 54' 13.8" N,
approximate longitude 81° 41' 15.2" W) and bearing 360° to the
southeasternmost point of Pass Key (approximate latitude 25° 54' 27.6" N,
approximate longitude 81° 41' 14.9" W), then running along the eastern
shoreline of said key to its northernmost point (approximate latitude 25°
54' 37.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 41' 18.9" W), then bearing
approximately 349° to the southernmost point of David Key, then running
along the southwestern shoreline of said key to its westernmost point
(approximate latitude 25° 54' 57.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 41'
33" W), and then bearing 270° to the line's ending point on the shoreline
of Marco Island, and south of San Marco Road (State Road 92); and,
4. Faka Union Canal/Port of the Islands area:
All waters of Faka Union Canal and associated waters, south of the centerline
of the Tamiami Trail (US 41) bridges, and north of an east-west line 500 feet
south of the southernmost east-west canal.
(c) SLOW SPEED -
1. Little Hickory Bay/Bonita Shores area: All
waters of Little Hickory Bay and associated waters south of the Lee County line
and north of a line beginning at a point on the western shoreline of Little
Hickory Bay (approximate latitude 26° 19' 28.2" N, approximate longitude
81° 50' 13.7" W) and bearing 90° to the southernmost point of the
peninsula containing Third Street West in Bonita Shores (approximate latitude
26° 19' 27.9" N, approximate longitude 81° 49' 57.4" W), and then
bearing 125° to the line's ending point on the eastern shoreline of Little
Hickory Bay, except as designated under subparagraph (2)(e)1.;
2. Wiggins Pass/Vanderbilt Lagoon area: All
waters of Wiggins Pass, Wiggins Bay, Water Turkey Bay, Vanderbilt Lagoon, and
associated waters, east of a line which bears 180° from the southernmost
point of Wiggins Island (approximate latitude 26° 17' 22.6'' N, approximate
longitude 81° 49' 50.5" W), south of a line beginning at a point on the
eastern shoreline of Wiggins Island (approximate latitude 26° 18' 10.2" N,
approximate longitude 81° 49' 47.6" W) at the narrow section of the
waterway north of Wiggins Pass and bearing 90° to the line's ending point
on the eastern shoreline of said waterway (approximate latitude 26° 18'
10.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 49' 46" W), and north and west of a line
at the southern end of Wiggins Bay beginning at the northeasternmost point of
the peninsula west of the Cocohatchee River (approximate latitude 26° 17'
16.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 48' 57.2" W) and bearing 90° to its
ending point on the eastern shoreline of said river, including all waters of
Water Turkey Bay and Vanderbilt Lagoon, except as designated under subparagraph
(2)(e)1.;
3. Doctors Pass/Moorings
Bay area: All waters of Doctors Pass, Moorings Bay, and associated waters, east
of a line which bears 168.5° from the northern shoreline of Doctors Pass
(approximate latitude 26° 10' 27.2'' N, approximate longitude 81° 48'
53.6" W);
4. Gordon River area: All
waters of the Gordon River, Rock Creek, and associated waters, north of the
centerline of the Tamiami Trail (US 41) bridges, south of the structure at
Golden Gate Parkway (County Road 886) (approximate latitude 26° 10' 27.2''
N, approximate longitude 81° 48' 53.6" W), and west of the structure at
Golden Gate Main Canal (approximate latitude 26° 10' 4.4'' N, approximate
longitude 81° 48' 27.1" W);
5.
Naples Bay/Gordon Pass/Dollar Bay area: All waters of Naples Bay, Gordon Pass,
Admiralty Bay, Port Royal, Bartell Bay, and associated waters south of the
centerline of the Tamiami Trail (US 41) bridges, north of a line beginning at a
point on the eastern shoreline of Keewadin Island (approximate latitude 26°
03' 23.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 46' 45.4" W) and then bearing
90° through channel marker "52" to the line's ending point on the eastern
shoreline at the north end of "The Narrows" (approximate latitude 26° 03'
23.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 46' 42.7" W), northeast of a line
beginning at a point on the southern shoreline of Gordon Pass (approximate
latitude 26° 05' 30.9" N, approximate longitude 81° 47' 55.2" W) and
then bearing 336° through channel marker "7" to the line's ending point on
the northern shoreline of Gordan Pass (approximate latitude 26° 5' 38.3" N,
approximate longitude 81° 47' 58.6" W), and west of the structure northeast
of Tamiami Trail (US 41) bridges, in Haldeman Creek, except as designated under
subparagraph (2)(e)2.;
6. The
Narrows: All waters east of Keewadin Island known as "The Narrows, " south of a
line beginning at a point on the eastern shoreline of Keewadin Island
(approximate latitude 26° 03' 23.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 46'
45.4" W) and then bearing 90° through channel marker "52" to the line's
ending point on on the eastern shoreline at the north end of "The Narrows"
(approximate latitude 26° 03' 23.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 46'
42.7" W), and northwest of a line beginning at a point on the eastern shoreline
of Keewadin Island (approximate latitude 26° 02' 33" N, approximate
longitude 81° 46' 31.4" W) and then bearing 54° through channel marker
"47" to the line's ending point on the southwest shoreline of an unnamed island
at the south end of "The Narrows" (approximate latitude 26° 02' 35.8" N,
approximate longitude 81° 46' 27.1" W);
7. Halloway Island North area: All waters of
the inland waterway south of a line beginning at a point on the eastern
shoreline of Keewadin Island (approximate latitude 26° 02' 33" N,
approximate longitude 81° 46' 31.4" W) and then bearing 54° through
channel marker "47" to the line's ending point on the southwest shoreline of an
unnamed island at the south end of "The Narrows" (approximate latitude 26°
02' 35.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 46' 27.1" W), north of a line
bearing 60° through channel marker "44" (approximate latitude 26° 02'
20.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 46' 27.3" W), and west of a line bearing
180° at the north end of Halloway Island running through the westernmost
point (approximate latitude 26° 02' 33.8" N, approximate longitude 81°
46' 16" W) of the small unnamed island at the north end of Rookery
Bay;
8. Inland Waterway/Halloway
Island area: All waters of the inland waterway and associated waters, south of
a line bearing 60° through channel marker "44" (approximate latitude
26° 02' 20.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 46' 27.3" W), west of a line
bearing 180° at the south end of Halloway Island running through channel
marker "27A" (approximate latitude 26° 0' 53.1" N, approximate longitude
81° 45' 13.8" W), north of a line beginning at the northern most point of
Little Marco Island (approximate latitude 26° 01' 05" N, approximate
longitude 81° 45' 44.2" W) and then bearing 247° to a point on the
eastern shoreline of Keewadin Island (approximate latitude 26° 01' 02.1" N,
approximate longitude 81° 45' 52.4" W), and north of a line beginning at a
point on the eastern shoreline of Little Marco Island (approximate latitude
26° 00' 42.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 45' 30.4" W) and then
bearing 90° to a point on the eastern shoreline of Cannon Island
(approximate latitude 26° 00' 42.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 45'
19.3" W), except as designated under subparagraph (2)(e)3.;
9. Johnson Bay area: All waters of Johnson
Bay and associated waters, east of a line bearing 180° at the south end of
Halloway Island running through channel marker "27A" (approximate latitude
26° 00' 53.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 45' 13.8" W), south of a
line at Hall Bay beginning on the southeastern shoreline of Halloway Island
(approximate latitude 26° 00' 55.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 44'
36.9" W) and bearing 90° to a point on the eastern shoreline of the
waterway (approximate latitude 26° 00' 55.2" N, approximate longitude
81° 44' 32.3'' W), and northeast of a line bearing 136° from a point on
the south end of the unnamed island south of Cannon Island (approximate
latitude 25° 58' 43.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 33.8'' W) to a
point on the southwestern shoreline of the Isle of Capri in Capri Pass
(approximate latitude 25° 58' 31.6" N, approximate longitude 81° 44'
21.7'' W), excluding the unnamed bays and backwater areas north and east of
Johnson Bay as designated under paragraph (2)(d)4., except as designated under
subparagraph (2)(e)6.;
10.
Henderson Creek/Hall Bay area: All waters of Henderson Creek, Hall Bay, and
associated waters, west of the centerline of Collier Boulevard (State Road 951)
bridges, north and east of Johnson Bay beginning at a point on the southeastern
shoreline of Halloway Island (approximate latitude 26° 00' 55.2" N,
approximate longitude 81° 44' 36.9" W) and bearing 90° to a point on
the eastern shoreline of the waterway (approximate latitude 26° 00' 55.2"
N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 32.3'' W), and south and east of a line
beginning at a point on the southeastern shore of Halloway Island (approximate
latitude 26° 01' 13.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 42.8" W) and
bearing 90° to the southwesternmost point (approximate latitude 26° 01'
13.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 38.8'' W) of the large unnamed
island separating Rookery Bay and Hall Bay, then running along the eastern
shoreline of said island to its northeasternmost point (approximate latitude
26° 01' 23.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 31.6 '' W), then bearing
approximately 15° to the southwesternmost point of the unnamed island to
the northeast (approximate latitude 26° 01' 27.4" N, approximate longitude
81° 44' 30.3'' W), then running along the eastern shoreline of said island
to its southeasternmost point, then bearing approximately 60° to the line's
ending point at a point (approximate latitude 26° 01' 34.4'' N, approximate
longitude 81° 44' 15.6'' W) on the southwestern shoreline of the peninsula
forming the northwestern boundary of Henderson Creek, except as designated
under subparagraphs (2)(e)4. and (2)(e)5.;
11. Marco River/Tarpon Bay area: All waters
of Tarpon Bay, Marco River, Marco Bay, Factory Bay and associated waters, east
of a line bearing 164° from point on the southwestern shoreline of the Isle
of Capri (approximate latitude 25° 58' 30.1" N, approximate longitude
81° 44' 21'' W) to the line's ending point at a point (approximate latitude
25° 58' 17.8'' N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 17.3'' W) on the
northwestern shoreline of Marco Island, north of Collier Bay, and west of the
centerline of Collier Boulevard (State Road 951) bridges over Marco River
(Judge Jolly Bridge), except as designated under paragraph (2)(e)7.;
12. Flotilla Passage area: All waters of
Flotilla Passage, north of a line bearing 260° from the southernmost point
of the mangrove island to the east of Flotilla Passage (approximate latitude
25° 58' 01.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 42' 26'' W) to the line's
ending point at a point (approximate latitude 25° 58' 1'' N, approximate
longitude 81° 42' 28.2'' W) on the southeastern shoreline of the Bear Point
causeway, and all waters within 600 feet of the Collier Boulevard (State Road
951) bridge over McIlvane Bay;
13.
South Marco River/Addison Bay area: All waters of Marco River, Big Marco River,
East Marco Bay, Sanctuary Sound, Georgia Fruit Farm Creek, Bear Point Cove,
Three Island Cove, The Muddies, Addison Bay, and associated waters, east of the
centerline of Collier Boulevard (State Road 951) bridges over Marco River
(Judge Jolly Bridge), south of Unknown Bay, Upper Addison Bay, and the unnamed
bays and backwater areas north and east of Bear Point Cove, Three Island Cove,
and Addison Bay, and north of a line bearing 265° through channel marker
"15" (approximate latitude 25° 56' 04.4" N, approximate longitude 81°
39' 14.1" W) in the Marco River (north of the San Marco Road/State Road 92
bridge over Goodland Bay), except as designated under subparagraphs (2)(e)8.
and (2)(e)9.;
14. Goodland Bay/Coon
Key Pass area: All waters of Goodland Bay, Coon Key Pass, Blue Hill Creek, and
associated waters, west of Palm Bay, south of a line bearing 265° through
channel marker "15" (approximate latitude 25° 56' 04.4" N, approximate
longitude 81° 39' 14.1" W) in the Marco River (north of the San Marco
Road/State Road 92 bridge over Goodland Bay), north and west of a line
beginning at the southernmost point of the unnamed mangrove island between
Sugar Bay and Coon Key Pass (approximate latitude 25° 54' 38'' N,
approximate longitude 81° 38' 09.6'' W) and bearing 219° to the
southeastern shoreline of an unnamed island on the western shoreline of Coon
Key Pass (approximate latitude 25° 54' 23.7'' N, approximate longitude
81° 38' 23'' W), then running along the northern shoreline of said island
to its northwesternmost point (approximate latitude 25° 54' 45.8'' N,
approximate longitude 81° 38' 58.7'' W), then bearing 298° to the
line's ending point on the northeastern shoreline of Horrs Island (approximate
latitude 25° 54' 52.9'' N, approximate longitude 81° 39' 12.7'' W), and
east of a line beginning at a point on the southern shoreline of Marco Island
(approximate latitude 25° 55' 08.3'' N, approximate longitude 81° 39'
19'' W) and bearing 180° to a point on the northern shoreline of Horrs
Island (approximate latitude 25° 55' 04.3'' N, approximate longitude
81° 39' 19'' W), except as designated under subparagraph
(2)(e)10.;
15. Caxambas Bay/Helen
Key area: All waters of Caxambas Pass, Caxambas Bay, and associated waters,
south of a line beginning at a point on the shoreline of Marco Island
(approximate latitude 25° 54' 29.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 43'
06" W) (west of channel marker "8") and bearing approximately 106° to the
westernmost point of the unnamed island north of Dickman's Island, then running
along the northern shoreline of said island to its easternmost point
(approximate latitude 25° 54' 16.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 42'
23.6" W), and then bearing approximately 91° (through channel marker "13")
to the line's ending point on the shoreline of Horrs Island (approximate
latitude 25° 54' 15.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 41' 31.7" W), east
of a line beginning at the southwesternmost point of Marco Island (approximate
latitude 25° 54' 29.4" N, approximate longitude 81° 43' 42.6" W) and
bearing 165° to a point in Caxambas Pass (approximate latitude 25° 54'
13.7" N, approximate longitude 81° 43' 38.2" W), then bearing approximately
100° to the line's ending point on the northernmost point of Dickman's
Point (approximate latitude 25° 54' 06.3" N, approximate longitude 81°
42' 56" W), north and east of Kice Island, and north of a line beginning at a
point on the eastern shoreline of Kice Island (approximate latitude 25° 53'
25.4" N, approximate longitude 81° 42' 01.9" W) and bearing 66° to the
northwesternmost point of the large unnamed island between Kice Island and
Helen Key, then running along the north and east shoreline of said island to
its easternmost point (approximate latitude 25° 53' 15.4" N, approximate
longitude 81° 41' 15.2" W), then bearing approximately 48° to the
line's ending point on the western shoreline of Helen Key (approximate latitude
25° 53' 26.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 41' 01.6" W), and west of a
line beginning at a point on Horrs Island (approximate latitude 25° 54'
04.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 40' 33.5" W) and bearing 180°
(through channel marker "3") to the northern shoreline of Helen Key
(approximate latitude 25° 53' 42.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 40'
33.5" W), except as designated under subparagraphs (2)(e)11., (2)(e)12., and
(2)(e)13.;
16. Faka Union Canal
area: All waters of Faka Union Canal, Faka Union Bay, and associated waters,
south of an east-west line 500 feet south of the southernmost east-west canal,
and north of a line in Faka Union Bay beginning at the southernmost point of
the peninsula (approximate latitude 25° 54' 03.5" N, approximate longitude
81° 31' 01.4" W) north of channel marker "43" and bearing 107° to the
line's ending point on the eastern shoreline of Faka Union Bay (approximate
latitude 25° 53' 51.4" N, approximate longitude 81° 30' 21" W), except
as designated under subparagraph (2)(a)2.; and,
17. Barron River/Everglades City/Chokoloskee
Bay area: All waters of Barron River, and associated waters, west of the
Collier Avenue (State Road 29) bridge; and all waters of Chokoloskee Bay, and
associated waters, south and east of a line beginning at a point on the
northern shoreline of the bay (approximate latitude 25° 51' 18.5" N,
approximate longitude 81° 23' 46.7" W) and bearing 180° to the
northernmost point of Bear Island (approximate latitude 25° 51' 13.1" N,
approximate longitude 81° 23' 46.7" W), then running along the western
shoreline of said island to its southwesternmost point (approximate latitude
25° 51' 07.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 23' 45.4" W), then bearing
approximately 225° to northernmost point of the unnamed spoil island north
of channel marker "27", then running along the eastern shorline of said island
to its southernmost point (approximate latitude 25° 50' 50.5" N,
approximate longitude 81° 24' 04.4" W), north of a line beginning at the
aforementioned southernmost point of the unnamed spoil island north of channel
marker "27" and bearing approximately 112° to channel marker "5"
(approximate latitude 25° 50' 31.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 23'
16.1" W), then bearing approximately 135° to a point on the Everglades
National Park boundary (approximate latitude 25° 50' 02.2" N, approximate
longitude 81° 22' 44.6" W), and then bearing approximately 89° to the
line's ending point on the Chokoloskee Causeway (State Road 29) (approximate
latitude 25° 50' 02.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 22' 24.9" W), and
south of the Chokoloskee Causeway (State Road 29).
(d) 20 MPH -
1. Little Hickory Bay area: All waters of
Little Hickory Bay and associated waters south of a line beginning at a point
on the western shoreline of Little Hickory Bay (approximate latitude 26°
19' 28.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 50' 13.7" W) and bearing 90° to
the southernmost point of the peninsula containing Third Street West in Bonita
Shores (approximate latitude 26° 19' 27.9" N, approximate longitude 81°
49' 57.4" W), and then bearing 125° to the line's ending point on the
eastern shoreline of Little Hickory Bay, and north of a line beginning at a
point on the eastern shoreline of Wiggins Island (approximate latitude 26°
18' 10.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 49' 47.6" W) at the narrow section
of the waterway north of Wiggins Pass and bearing 90° to the line's ending
point on the eastern shoreline of said waterway (approximate latitude 26°
18' 10.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 49' 46" W, except as designated
under subparagraph (2)(e)1.;
2.
Cocohatchee River area: All waters of the Cocohatchee River and associated
waters south and east of a line at the southern end of Wiggins Bay beginning at
the northeasternmost point of the peninsula west of the Cocohatchee River
(approximate latitude 26° 17' 16.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 48'
57.2" W) and bearing 90° to its ending point on the eastern shoreline of
said river, and west of the centerline of Tamiami Trail N (US 41)
bridge;
3. Rookery Bay area: All
waters of Rookery Bay and associated waters east of "The Narrows" section of
the Inland Waterway and line bearing 180° running through the westernmost
point (approximate latitude 26° 02' 33.8" N, approximate longitude 81°
46' 16" W) of the small unnamed island at the north end of Rookery Bay, and
north of a line beginning at a point on the southeastern shore of Halloway
Island (approximate latitude 26° 01' 13.2" N, approximate longitude 81°
44' 42.8" W) and bearing 90° to the southwesternmost point (approximate
latitude 26° 01' 13.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 38.8'' W) of
the large unnamed island separating Rookery Bay and Hall Bay, then running
along the eastern shoreline of said island to its northeasternmost point
(approximate latitude 26° 01' 23.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 44'
31.6 '' W), then bearing approximately 15° to the southwesternmost point of
the unnamed island to the northeast (approximate latitude 26° 01' 27.4" N,
approximate longitude 81° 44' 30.3'' W), then running along the eastern
shoreline of said island to its southeasternmost point, then bearing
approximately 60° to the line's ending point at a point (approximate
latitude 26° 01' 34.4'' N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 15.6'' W) on
the southwestern shoreline of the peninsula forming the northwestern boundary
of Henderson Creek;
4. East of
Johnson Bay area: All waters of the unnamed bays and backwater areas north and
east of Johnson Bay, north of Flotilla Passage and the Isle of Capri, and west
of the Collier Boulevard (State Road 951) bridge over McIlvane Bay, except as
designated under subparagraph (2)(c)12.;
5. Barfield Bay/Blue Hill Bay area: All
waters of Barfield Bay, Blue Hill Creek, and associated waters, north of Horrs
Island, north and east of a line beginning at a point on Horrs Island
(approximate latitude 25° 54' 13.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 41'
15.2" W) and bearing 360° to the southeasternmost point of Pass Key
(approximate latitude 25° 54' 27.6" N, approximate longitude 81° 41'
14.9" W), then running along the eastern shoreline of said key to its
northernmost point (approximate latitude 25° 54' 37.1" N, approximate
longitude 81° 41' 18.9" W), then bearing approximately 349° to the
southernmost point of David Key, then running along the southwestern shoreline
of said key to its westernmost point (approximate latitude 25° 54' 57.8" N,
approximate longitude 81° 41' 33" W), and then bearing 270° to the
line's ending point on the shoreline of Marco Island, and west of a line
beginning at a point on the southern shoreline of Marco Island (approximate
latitude 25° 55' 08.3'' N, approximate longitude 81° 39' 19'' W) and
bearing 180° to a point on the northern shoreline of Horrs Island
(approximate latitude 25° 55' 04.3'' N, approximate longitude 81° 39'
19'' W);
6. Palm Bay/Sugar Bay
area: All waters of Palm Bay, Sugar Bay, Mud Bay, and associated waters, east
of Goodland Bay, northeast of a line beginning at the southernmost point of the
unnamed mangrove island between Sugar Bay and Coon Key Pass (approximate
latitude 25° 54' 38'' N, approximate longitude 81° 38' 09.6'' W) and
bearing 157° to the line's ending point on the northwestern shoreline of
Tripod Key (approximate latitude 25° 54' 30.3'' N, approximate longitude
81° 38' 06.1'' W); and,
7. Ten
Thousand Islands/Faka Union Bay/Chokoloskee Bay area: All waters of the Ten
Thousand Islands area (including those waters of the Blackwater River,
Blackwater Bay, Faka Union Bay, and Chokoloskee Bay), east of Palm Bay, Sugar
Bay, Tripod Key, and a line beginning at a point on Tripod Key (approximate
latitude 25° 54' 14.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 37' 31.2" W) and
bearing approximately 170° to the westernmost point of the large unnamed
island northeast of Brush Island (approximate latitude 25° 53' 58.1" N,
approximate longitude 81° 37' 28.5" W), then bearing approximately 174°
to the northwesternmost point of Brush Island (approximate latitude 25° 53'
47.7" N, approximate longitude 81° 37' 27.5" W), then running along the
western shoreline of Brush Island to the line's ending point at the
southernmost point of said island (approximate latitude 25° 53' 29.2" N,
approximate longitude 81° 37' 21.2" W), and north of the Monroe County line
and a line connecting the southern shorelines of all the outermost islands of
the Ten Thousand Islands area, excluding all waters within the boundaries of
Everglades National Park, and areas otherwise designated under subparagraphs
(2)(a)2., (2)(b)4., (2)(c)16-17., and (2)(e)14-17.
(e) 30 MPH -
1. Little Hickory Bay/Wiggins Pass area: All
waters in the marked channel south of the Lee/Collier County line and north of
a line beginning at the southeasternmost point of Wiggins Island (approximate
latitude 26° 17' 26.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 49' 38.9" W) and
bearing approximately 79° to the southernmost point of the first small
unnamed island to the east (approximate latitude 26° 17' 26.9" N,
approximate longitude 81° 49' 34.1" W);
2. Naples Bay/Gordon Pass/Dollar Bay area:
All waters in the north-south marked channel south of channel marker "33"
(approximate latitude 26° 07' 45.9" N, approximate longitude 81° 47'
28.1" W) in Naples Bay and north of channel marker "52" (approximate latitude
26° 03' 23.3" N, approximate longitude 81° 46' 43.5" W) at the north
end of The Narrows; in the marked channel of Haldeman Creek north to marker to
"3" (approximate latitude 26° 6' 54.2" N, approximate longitude 81° 47'
9.8" W); in the east-west marked channel inside of Gordon Pass east of channel
marker "10" and west of a line beginning at the southernmost point of the
peninsula containing Bayview Park (approximate latitude 26° 06' 06.8" N,
approximate longitude 81° 47' 04" W) and bearing 180° to its ending
point on the southern shoreline (approximate latitude 26° 06' 03.8" N,
approximate longitude 81° 47' 04" W);
3. Inland Waterway/Halloway Island area: All
waters in the north-south marked channel south of channel marker "44"
(approximate latitude 26° 02' 20.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 46'
27.3" W) and north of channel marker "31" (approximate latitude 26° 01'
05.9" N, approximate longitude 81° 45' 44" W);
4. Hall Bay area: All waters in the marked
channel northeast of channel marker "1" (approximate latitude 26° 01' 14.7"
N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 23.3" W) and southwest of channel marker
"3" (approximate latitude 26° 01' 31.7" N, approximate longitude 81°
44' 12.7" W);
5. Hall Bay/Henderson
Creek area: All waters in the marked channel northeast of a line bearing
360° beginning at a point on the eastern shoreline of Shell Island
(approximate latitude 26° 01' 33.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 44'
01.9" W) and southwest of channel marker "7" (approximate latitude 26° 02'
0.5" N, approximate longitude 81° 43' 20" W);
6. Johnson Bay/Capri Pass area: All waters in
the north-south marked channel south of channel marker "27A" (approximate
latitude 26° 00' 53.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 45' 13.8" W) and
north of channel marker "2A" (approximate latitude 25° 58' 47.7" N,
approximate longitude 81° 44' 17.6" W); and in the east-west marked channel
northeast of a line bearing 136° from a point on the south end of the
unnamed island south of Cannon Island (approximate latitude 25° 58' 43.3"
N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 33.8'' W) to a point on the southwestern
shoreline of the Isle of Capri in Capri Pass (approximate latitude 25° 58'
31.6" N, approximate longitude 81° 44' 21.7'' W), and southwest of channel
marker "9" (approximate latitude 25° 59' 07.9" N, approximate longitude
81° 43' 41.8" W);
7. Marco
River area: All waters in the marked channel of Marco River southeast of
channel marker "15" (approximate latitude 25° 58' 17.7" N, approximate
longitude 81° 43' 26.2" W) and north and west of a point 360' northwest of
the centerline of the Collier Boulevard (State Road 951) bridges over Marco
River (Judge Jolly Bridge);
8. Bear
Point Cove/Addison Bay area: All waters in the east-west marked channel north
of Charity Island, north and east of a point 360' southeast of the centerline
of the Collier Boulevard (State Road 951) bridges over Marco River (Judge Jolly
Bridge) and west of channel marker "1" (approximate latitude 25° 58' 03.1"
N, approximate longitude 81° 40' 32.8" W) in Addison Bay;
9. Big Marco River area: All waters in the
east-west marked channel south of Charity Island, south and east of a point
360' southeast of the centerline of the Collier Boulevard (State Road 951)
bridges over Marco River (Judge Jolly Bridge) and north of channel marker "15"
(approximate latitude 25° 56' 04.4" N, approximate longitude 81° 39'
14.1" W) on the north side of the San Marco Road/State Road 92 bridge over
Goodland Bay;
10. Coon Key Pass
area: All waters in the north-south marked channel south of channel marker "6"
(approximate latitude 25° 55' 13.9" N, approximate longitude 81° 38'
28.9" W) and north of a line bearing 219° beginning at the southernmost
point of the unnamed mangrove island between Sugar Bay and Coon Key Pass
(approximate latitude 25° 54' 38'' N, approximate longitude 81° 38'
09.6'' W) to the southeastern shoreline of an unnamed island on the eastern
shoreline of Coon Key Pass (approximate latitude 25° 54' 23.7'' N,
approximate longitude 81° 38' 23'' W);
11. Caxambas Pass area: All waters in the
east-west marked channel south and west of a line beginning at a point on the
shoreline of Marco Island (approximate latitude 25° 54' 29.3" N,
approximate longitude 81° 43' 06" W) (west of channel marker "8") and
bearing approximately 106° to the westernmost point of the unnamed island
north of Dickman's Island, and north and east of a line beginning at the
southwesternmost point of Marco Island (approximate latitude 25° 54' 29.4"
N, approximate longitude 81° 43' 42.6" W) and bearing 165°;
12. Caxambas Bay area: All waters in the
east-west marked channel north of Fred Key, west of channel marker "3"
(approximate latitude 25° 55' 13.9" N, approximate longitude 81° 38'
28.9" W) and south of channel marker "13" (approximate latitude 25° 54'
15.4" N, approximate longitude 81° 41' 38.3" W); and in the connecting
east-west channel north of Dickmans Island and Curry Island east of channel
marker "6" (approximate latitude 25° 54' 15.2" N, approximate longitude
81° 42' 36.6" W) to the connecting point between markers "7" and
"9";
13. Snook Hole Channel area:
All waters in the east-west marked channel north of Kice Island, north and west
of a line beginning at the easternmost point of the large unnamed island
between Kice Island and Helen Key (approximate latitude 25° 53' 15.4" N,
approximate longitude 81° 41' 15.2" W), then bearing approximately 48°
to the line's ending point on the western shoreline of Helen Key (approximate
latitude 25° 53' 26.1" N, approximate longitude 81° 41' 01.6" W), south
and east of channel marker "12" (approximate latitude 25° 53' 53" N,
approximate longitude 81° 42' 38.8" W);
14. Shell Key/Blackwater Bay/Blackwater River
area: All waters in the north-south marked channel north of Shell Key, north
and east of channel marker "2" (approximate latitude 25° 55' 03.6" N,
approximate longitude 81° 36' 45.5" W) and south and west of channel marker
"22" (approximate latitude 25° 56' 19" N, approximate longitude 81° 35'
28" W);
15. Panther Key/Faka Union
Bay area: All waters in the north-south marked channel, north and east of a
line connecting Panther Key and Round Key (between channel markers "4" and
"5"), and south of a line in Faka Union Bay beginning at the southernmost point
of the peninsula (approximate latitude 25° 54' 03.5" N, approximate
longitude 81° 31' 01.4" W) north of channel marker "43" and bearing
107° to the line's ending point on the eastern shoreline of Faka Union Bay
(approximate latitude 25° 53' 51.4" N, approximate longitude 81° 30'
21" W);
16. Indian Key
Pass/Chokoloskee Bay area: All waters in the north-south marked channel, north
and east of the Everglades National Park Boundary, and south and west of a line
beginning at the southernmost point of the unnamed spoil island (approximate
latitude 25° 50' 50.5" N, approximate longitude 81° 24' 04.4" W) and
bearing approximately 112° to channel marker "5" (approximate latitude
25° 50' 31.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 23' 16.1" W);
17. Sandfly Pass/Chokoloskee Bay area: All
waters in the north-south marked channel, north and east of the Everglades
National Park Boundary, and south and west of channel marker "5" (approximate
latitude 25° 50' 31.8" N, approximate longitude 81° 23' 16.1"
W).
(3) Commercial Fishing and Professional Guiding Permits: The following provisions pertain to the issuance of permits to allow commercial fishermen and professional fishing guides to operate their vessels in specified areas at speeds greater than the speed limits established under subsection (2), above. Procedures related to the application for and the review and issuance of these permits are as set forth in Rule 68C-22.003, F.A.C.
(a) Permits shall be limited as follows:
1. Permits shall only be issued for the zones
or portions of zones described under subparagraphs (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10.,
(2)(c)11., (2)(c)13., (2)(c)14. and (2)(c)15.;
2. Permits shall not authorize the recipient
to operate at speeds greater than 20 MPH within the restricted area,
and;
3. Permits shall not apply on
weekends or on the holidays identified in Section
110.117,
F.S.
(b) Permit
applications may be obtained by contacting the Commission's Imperiled Species
Management Section at 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
(email: ManateeZonePermit@MyFWC.com; (850)922-4330)).
(4) Access to the No Entry zones designated in paragraph (2)(a)2., above, will be allowed for the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Florida Water Management District, and Florida Department of Environmental Protection employees or their authorized agents provided that entry into the zones is necessary to conduct activities associated with maintenance, emergency operations or environmental monitoring. The Commission must receive notification of the activity prior to its commencement. In the event of an emergency activity, the Commission shall be notified no more than two weeks after the activity has been commenced. All vessels used in the operation or associated with the activity shall be operated at no greater than Idle Speed while within the zones and must have an observer on board to look for manatees. All routine activities associated with maintenance and environmental monitoring shall be halted when manatees are seen in the zones. Activities that are halted because of manatee presence may only proceed after the manatee(s) leave the area of their own volition.
(5) Maps depicting the zones described in
this rule are available on the agency's website at
Rulemaking Authority 379.2431(2) FS. Law Implemented 379.2431(2) FS.
New 8-28-90, Formerly 16N-22.023, Amended 6-5-97, Formerly 62N-22.023, Amended 2-19-18.
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