1998 Florida Code
TITLE XIX PUBLIC BUSINESS
Chapter 285 Indian Reservations And Affairs  
285.09   Rights of Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes with respect to hunting, fishing, and frogging.

285.09  Rights of Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes with respect to hunting, fishing, and frogging.--

(1)  It is lawful for members of the Miccosukee Tribe and members of the Seminole Tribe to take wild game and fish at any time within the boundaries of their respective reservations and in the exercise of hunting, fishing, and trapping rights within the Big Cypress Preserve under Pub. L. No. 93-440 and under s. 380.055(8), provided that game may be taken only for food for the Indians themselves.

(2)  In addition, members of the Miccosukee Tribe may take wild game and fish for subsistence purposes and take frogs for personal consumption as food or for commercial purposes at any time within their reservation and the area leased to the Miccosukee Tribe pursuant to the actions of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund on April 8, 1981. The Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission may restrict, for wildlife management purposes, the exercise of these rights in the area leased. Prior to placing restrictions upon hunting, fishing, and frogging for subsistence purposes, the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission shall totally restrict nonsubsistence uses for the particular species.

History.--s. 3, ch. 29908, 1955; s. 1, ch. 81-204.