1. (1) The Aquaculture Best Management Practices manual, FDACS-02034 (rev. November 2023) is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and is immediately available at HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16342"http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16342 or may be obtained by contacting the Division of Aquaculture, Holland Building, 600 South Calhoun Street, Suite 217, Tallahassee, FL 32399, (850)617-7600.

2. (2) The following documents have been adopted by reference into the Aquaculture Best Management Practices Manual, FDACS-02034 (rev. November 2023) and are hereby incorporated by reference and available online as indicated:

   1. (a) USDA NRCS, Ponds-Planning, Design and Construction Agricultural Handbook, Number 590 (November, 1997), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05761" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05761.
   2. (b) University of Florida IFAS, Stormwater Detention and Discharge from Aquaculture Ponds in Florida, Publication BUL334 (January, 2015), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05762" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05762.
   3. (c) USDA NRCS, Conservation Practice Standard, Conservation Cover, Code 327 (October, 2011), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05763" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05763.
   4. (d) USDA NRCS, Conservation Practice Standard, Aquaculture Ponds, Code 397 (June, 2004), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05764" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05764.
   5. (e) Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, Watershed Fish Production Ponds: Guide to Site Selection and Construction, SRAC Publication No. 102, (September, 2002), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05765" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05765.
   6. (f) Standard Manatee Conditions For In-Water-Work, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (2011), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05766" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05766.
   7. (g) National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP), Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, (2015), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07484" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07484.
   8. (h) USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage, Bird Dispersal Techniques (1994), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05849" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05849.
   9. (i) USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage, Bird Damage at Aquaculture Facilities (1994), HYPERLINK "http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05850" http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05850.
   10. (j) Official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, FDACS-09000 (rev. July, 2008), as adopted and incorporated in Rule 5C-24.003, F.A.C.

Rulemaking Authority 570.07(10), 570.07(23), 597.004(2)(a), 791.07 FS. Law Implemented 597.003, 597.004, 597.010(17) FS. History–New 10-4-00, Amended 12-29-02, 6-8-04, 11-22-05, 4-9-07, 11-30-15, 1-9-17, 2-10-22, 12-7-22, 3-3-24.