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Chapter 379

Fla. Stat. ch. 379

Fish and Wildlife Conservation

379.101Definitions 379.102Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 379.1025Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders 379.10255Headquarters of commission 379.1026Site-specific location information for endangered and threatened species; public records exemption 379.103Duties of executive director 379.104Right to hunt and fish 379.105Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers 379.106Administration of commission grant programs 379.107Residential conservation programs 379.201Administrative Trust Fund 379.203Dedicated License Trust Fund 379.204Federal Grants Trust Fund 379.205Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund 379.206Grants and Donations Trust Fund 379.207Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund 379.208Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; purposes 379.209Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund 379.211State Game Trust Fund 379.212Land Acquisition Trust Fund 379.213Save the Manatee Trust Fund 379.214Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund 379.2201Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds 379.2202Expenditure of funds 379.2203Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures 379.2213Management area permit revenues 379.2222Acquisition of state game lands 379.2223Control and management of state game lands 379.2224Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax-exempt 379.2225Everglades recreational sites; definitions 379.223Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit 379.2231Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc 379.224Memorandum of agreement relating to Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 379.2251Agreements with Federal Government for the preservation of saltwater fisheries; authority of commission 379.2252Compacts and agreements; generally 379.2253Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation 379.2254Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation 379.2255Wildlife Violator Compact Act 379.2256Compact licensing and enforcement authority; administrative review 379.2257Cooperative agreements with United States Forest Service; penalty 379.2258Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937 379.2259Assent to federal acts 379.226Florida Territorial Waters Act; alien-owned commercial fishing vessels; prohibited acts; enforcement 379.2271Harmful-Algal-Bloom Task Force 379.2272Harmful-algal-bloom program; implementation; goals; funding 379.2273Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council 379.2281Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements 379.2282St. Marys River; reciprocity agreements 379.2291Endangered and Threatened Species Act 379.2292Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program 379.2293Airport activities within the scope of a federally approved wildlife hazard management plan or a federal or state permit or other authorization for depredation or harassment 379.23Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction 379.231Regulation of nonnative animals 379.2311Nonnative animal management 379.232Water bottoms 379.233Release of balloons 379.2341Publications by the commission 379.2342Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production 379.2351Land-based commercial and recreational fishing activities; legislative findings and purpose; definitions; legal protection; local ordinances; prohibited activity 379.2352State employment; priority consideration for qualified displaced employees of the saltwater fishing industry 379.236Retention, destruction, and reproduction of commission records 379.237Courts of equity may enjoin 379.2401Marine fisheries; policy and standards 379.2402Marine information system 379.2411Saltwater fish; regulations 379.2412State preemption of power to regulate 379.2413Catching food fish for the purposes of making oil 379.2421Fishers and equipment; regulation 379.2422Illegal use of nets 379.2423Carriage of proscribed nets across Florida waters 379.2424Retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season; commission authority 379.2425Spearfishing; definition; limitations; penalty 379.2426Regulation of shark fins; penalties 379.2431Marine animals; regulation 379.2432Manatee protection; intent; conduct of studies; initiatives and plans 379.2433Enhanced manatee protection study 379.244Crustacea, marine animals, fish; regulations; general provisions 379.245Spiny lobster reports by dealers during closed season required 379.246Tortugas shrimp beds; gifted and loan property 379.247Regulation of shrimp fishing; Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, Flagler, and St. Johns Counties 379.248Sponges; regulation 379.249Artificial reef program; grants and financial and technical assistance to local governments 379.2495Florida Ships-2-Reefs Program; matching grant requirements 379.25Sale of unlawfully landed product; jurisdiction 379.2511Lease of state-owned water bottoms for growing oysters and clams 379.2512Oyster bottom land grants made pursuant to ch. 3293 379.2521Rulemaking authority with respect to marine life 379.2522Oysters produced in and outside state; labeling; tracing; rules 379.2523Aquaculture definitions; marine aquaculture products, producers, and facilities 379.2525Noncultured shellfish harvesting 379.26Illegal importation or possession of nonindigenous marine plants and animals; rules and regulations 379.28Imported fish 379.29Contaminating fresh waters 379.295Use of explosives and other substances or force prohibited 379.3001No net loss of hunting lands 379.3002J. W. Corbett and Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Areas 379.3003Required clothing for persons hunting deer 379.3004Voluntary Authorized Hunter Identification Program 379.3012Alligator management program implementation; commission authority 379.3014Unlawful sale, possession, or transporting of alligators or alligator skins 379.3015Prima facie evidence of intent to violate laws protecting alligators 379.302Private game preserves and farms; regulations; penalties 379.303Classification of wildlife; seizure of captive wildlife 379.304Exhibition or sale of wildlife 379.305Rules and regulations; penalties 379.33Enforcement of commission rules 379.3311Police powers of commission and its agents 379.3312Powers of arrest by agents of commission 379.3313Powers of commission law enforcement officers 379.332Prosecutions; state attorney to represent state 379.333Arrest by officers of the commission; recognizance; cash bond; citation 379.334Search and seizure authorized and limited 379.335Issuance of warrant for search of private dwelling 379.336Venue for proceedings against citizens and residents charged with violations outside state boundaries 379.337Confiscation, seizure, and forfeiture of property and products 379.338Confiscation and disposition of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish 379.3381Photographic evidence of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish 379.339Seizure of illegal hunting devices; disposition; notice; forfeiture 379.3395Seizure of illegal transportation devices; disposition; appraisal; forfeiture 379.341Disposition of illegal fishing devices; exercise of police power 379.342Applicability of ss. 379.339, 379.3395, 379.404, and 379.406 379.343Rewards 379.35Review of fees for licenses and permits; review of exemptions 379.3501Expiration of licenses and permits 379.3502License and permit not transferable 379.3503False statement in application for license or permit 379.3504Entering false information on licenses or permits 379.3511Appointment of subagents for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and permits 379.3512Competitive bidding for certain sale of licenses and permits and the issuance of authorization numbers 379.352Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting 379.353Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from fees and requirements 379.354Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers; fees established 379.356Fish pond license 379.357Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission license program for tarpon; fees; penalties 379.3581Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty 379.3582Hunter safety course for juveniles 379.359License application provision for voluntary contribution to Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc 379.361Licenses 379.362Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers; regulation 379.363Freshwater fish dealer’s license 379.364License required for fur and hide dealers 379.365Stone crab; regulation 379.366Blue crab; regulation 379.367Spiny lobster; regulation 379.3671Spiny lobster trap certificate program 379.368Fees for the retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season 379.369Fees for shrimp fishing in Tampa Bay 379.3711License fee for private game preserves and farms 379.3712Private hunting preserve license fees; exception 379.372Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional reptiles, or prohibited reptiles; license required 379.373License fee; renewal, revocation 379.374Bond required, amount 379.3751Taking and possession of alligators; trapping licenses; fees 379.3752Required tagging of alligators and hides; fees; revenues 379.3761Exhibition or sale of wildlife; fees; classifications 379.3762Personal possession of wildlife 379.377Tag fees for sale of Lake Okeechobee game fish 379.401Penalties and violations; civil penalties for noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and forfeiture of licenses and permits 379.4015Nonnative and captive wildlife penalties 379.402Definition; possession of certain licensed traps prohibited; penalties; exceptions; consent 379.404Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey; evidence; penalty 379.4041Illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears 379.40411Taking of bears; use of lethal force in defense of person or certain property 379.405Illegal molestation of or theft from freshwater fishing gear 379.406Illegal possession or transportation of freshwater game fish in commercial quantities; penalty 379.407Administration; rules, publications, records; penalties; injunctions 379.408Forfeiture or denial of licenses and permits 379.409Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs; confiscation of equipment 379.411Intentional killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern; penalties 379.4115Florida or wild panther; killing prohibited; penalty 379.412Penalties for feeding wildlife and freshwater fish 379.413Bonefish; penalties 379.414Additional penalties for saltwater products dealers violating records requirements 379.501Aquatic weeds and plants; prohibitions; violations; penalties; intent 379.502Enforcement; procedure; remedies 379.503Civil action 379.504Civil liability; joint and several liability