1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXVIII NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSERVATION, RECLAMATION, AND USE
Chapter 370 Saltwater Fisheries  
370.157   Cedar Key closed area for shrimping.

1370.157  Cedar Key closed area for shrimping.--It is unlawful to catch or take, or attempt to take, except with a single rig boat 35 feet or less in length or with a net not to exceed 35 feet on the cork line, 45 feet on the lead line, and 5 feet on the leg line with trawl doors or other boards which exceed 48 inches in length by 24 inches in width, shrimp from the following area: Beginning at a point on the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico on the south side of the channel entering the Cross Florida Barge Canal near Port Inglis; thence southwesterly along the line of navigational buoy marking the south side of said channel to flashing light number "2" marking the outer extent of said channel; thence westerly to the flashing light on Seahorse Reef at latitude 28°58.5' North and longitude 83°9.25' West; thence northerly to flashing light number "12" at latitude 29°10' North and longitude 83°14.4' West; thence northerly to sea buoy number "2" at the outer limit of the navigational channel entering Horseshoe Beach; thence northeasterly along the south side of the navigational channel to the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico; thence southerly along the shoreline along the Gulf of Mexico to the point of beginning. This section does not apply to persons holding live bait shrimp permits issued by the Department of Environmental Protection or to boats towing roller-type trawls.

History.--s. 1, ch. 78-73; s. 1, ch. 79-168; s. 8, ch. 83-134; s. 1, ch. 83-179; s. 2, ch. 84-121; s. 1, ch. 85-163; ss. 16, 17, ch. 85-234; s. 233, ch. 94-356.

1Note.--Section 8, ch. 83-134, as amended by s. 2, ch. 84-121, and by s. 1, ch. 85-163, repealed the then-existing section, effective July 1, 1986, and further provided that if the Governor and Cabinet had not adopted appropriate rules by July 1, 1986, it would remain in force until such rules were effective. Section 9, ch. 83-134, provided that, prior to the adoption of rules amending, readopting, or repealing those provisions set forth in s. 8, the Marine Fisheries Commission would hold a public hearing thereon, and no such amendment, readoption, or repeal would be acted upon until it had been determined, based upon appropriate findings of fact, that such action would not adversely affect the resource.