1. (1) A commercial harvester harvesting oysters from areas where monitoring stations are in operation must:

   1. (a) Before leaving the waters of these areas, pass through a monitoring station;
   2. (b) Before arriving at a monitoring station, place all oysters on board their vessel in bags;
   3. (c) Place all bags containing oysters in plain view on their vessel(s); and,
   4. (d) Declare all oysters on board for inspection.
2. (2) In water bodies where monitoring stations have been established, a commercial harvester may not harvest or possess oysters in or from Florida Waters from the posted daily closing time of the monitoring station until official sunrise the following day, as established by the U.S. National Weather Service.

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 12-9-25.