(1) Northeast
Region -
(a) A person may not harvest or
attempt to harvest shrimp in or from any tributary of the following named
waterbodies in Nassau and Duval counties. Shrimp harvest is allowed in each
waterbody proper.
1. St. Marys
River.
2. Bells River.
3. Jolly River.
4. Amelia River.
5. Jackson Creek.
6. Nassau River.
7. Back River.
8. South Amelia River.
9. Lanceford Creek.
10. Tiger Creek and Tiger Basin, easterly of
81°30.133' West Longitude.
11.
North fork of Alligator Creek.
(b) A food shrimp producer may not harvest or
attempt to harvest shrimp in or from the inside waters of Volusia
County.
(2) Southeast
Region -
(a)
1. A food shrimp producer may not harvest or
attempt to harvest shrimp in or from any waters within the area described in
subparagraph 2. (a portion of Monroe County):
2. Begin at a point located at
24°41.900'N, 81°40.500'W near Snipe Point in Monroe County; thence
northwesterly approximately 9 nautical miles to a point located at
24°49.231'N, 81°46.318'W; thence proceed easterly and northerly along
the Florida Waters boundary to a point located at 26°00.000'N,
81°56.500'W; thence east to a point located at 26°00.000'N,
81°44.100'W; thence southerly and easterly following the coastline to its
intersection with the southbound right-of-way of the U.S. Highway 1 bridge in
Long Sound (25°14.184'N, 80°26.016'W); thence southerly and westerly
along the southbound right-of-way of U.S. Highway 1 to a point on Saddlebunch
Key located at 24°37.100'N, 81°36.700'W; thence northwesterly on a
straight line to the point of beginning.
(b) Tortugas Shrimp Beds.
1. A food shrimp producer may not harvest or
attempt to harvest shrimp in or from the Tortugas Shrimp Beds, except as may be
specifically authorized by federal regulations for the portion of the area
lying in federal waters.
2. Within
Florida Waters of the Tortugas Shrimp Beds, possession aboard a vessel of more
than 5 gallons of dead shrimp, heads on or off, simultaneously with the
deployment of any shrimp trawl from the vessel shall constitute a violation of
this subsection.
(3) Big Bend Region. A food shrimp producer
or live bait shrimp producer may not harvest or attempt to harvest shrimp in or
from the areas of Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus, Hernando,
and Pasco counties landward of the line described as:
Beginning at Bailey's Bluff in Pasco County (Point A); thence
northerly to Point B; thence northeasterly to Point C; thence northerly to
Point D; thence northeasterly to Point E; thence northerly to Point F; thence
northwesterly to Point G; thence northerly to Point H; thence northwesterly to
Point I; thence northerly to Point J; thence northwesterly to Point K; thence
southwesterly to Point L; thence northwesterly to Point M; thence northerly to
Point N; thence northwesterly to Point O; thence northerly to Point P; thence
northwesterly to Point Q; thence northerly to Point R; thence northwesterly to
Point S; thence southwesterly to St. Marks River Lighted Buoy 1 (Point T);
thence northerly to the St. Marks Lighthouse (Point U). Points A through U are
expressed as follows by longitude and latitude:
|
Point
|
North Latitude
|
West Longitude
|
|
A
|
28°12.33'
|
82°46.97'
|
|
B
|
28°16.68'
|
82°47.21'
|
|
C
|
28°18.28'
|
82°45.68'
|
|
D
|
28°26.93'
|
82°45.95'
|
|
E
|
28°28.43'
|
82°44.49'
|
|
F
|
28°43.53'
|
82°45.22'
|
|
G
|
28°44.38'
|
82°46.71'
|
|
H
|
28°57.91'
|
82°47.53'
|
|
I
|
28°59.41'
|
82°50.41'
|
|
J
|
29°03.28'
|
82°50.66'
|
|
K
|
29°06.91'
|
82°57.81'
|
|
L
|
29°03.38'
|
83°01.42'
|
|
M
|
29°07.30'
|
83°08.78'
|
|
N
|
29°22.98'
|
83°15.89'
|
|
O
|
29°29.58'
|
83°26.72'
|
|
P
|
29°38.25'
|
83°26.66'
|
|
Q
|
29°43.36'
|
83°34.39'
|
|
R
|
29°52.40'
|
83°40.11'
|
|
S
|
30°00.04'
|
84°07.63'
|
|
T
|
30°01.52'
|
84°10.58'
|
|
U
|
30°04.43'
|
84°10.78'
|
(4)
Northwest Region.
(a) A person may not harvest
or attempt to harvest shrimp in or from all waters of Ochlockonee Bay and the
Ochlockonee River and its tributaries in Franklin and Wakulla counties west of
the U.S. Highway 98 Bridge across Ochlockonee Bay and all waters of Chaires
Creek south of its mouth on Ochlockonee Bay in Franklin County,
year-round.
(b) A person may not
harvest or attempt to harvest shrimp in or from the following described waters
of Franklin County, year-round:
1. All inland
waters north of the John Gorrie Bridge (U.S. Highway 98) in Apalachicola
Bay.
2. All inland waters of the
Carrabelle River and its tributaries upriver of a straight line beginning at
29°50.170'N, 84°39.780'W and ending at 29°50.170'N,
84°39.570'W.
3. All waters of
Sheepshead Bayou internal to St. Vincent Island.
4. All waters of Big Bayou adjacent to and
internal to St. Vincent Island south of a straight line beginning at
29°40.897'N, 85°10.012'W and ending at 29°41.126'N,
85°08.184'W.
(c) A
person may not harvest or attempt to harvest shrimp in or from all waters of
Indian Lagoon and St. Vincent Sound in Gulf County, year-round.
(d) A food shrimp producer or live bait
shrimp producer may not harvest or attempt to harvest shrimp in or from all
waters of Apalachee Bay and all tributaries, bays, or bayous in Wakulla County
landward of the following described line:
Beginning at the St. Marks Lighthouse, located at
30°04.429'N, 84°10.779'W, proceed southerly on a straight line to St.
Marks River Lighted Buoy 1, located at 30°01.516'N, 84°10.580'W; thence
westerly to Shell Point Channel Daybeacon 1, located at 30°02.833'N,
84°17.183'W; thence southwesterly to a point located at 30°01.670'N,
84°20.240'W; thence southwesterly to a point located at 29°59.900'N,
84°21.800'W; thence southeasterly to a point at 29°58.600'N,
84°20.230'W, at the COLREGS Demarcation Line; thence southerly along the
COLREGS Demarcation Line to the coastline at Ochlockonee Point.
(e) A food shrimp producer may not
harvest or attempt to harvest shrimp in or from the following waters of
Okaloosa County:
1. All waters of Five Mile
Bayou west of the State Road 85 bridge crossing said bayou.
2. All waters of Chula Vista Bayou, Don's
Bayou, Little Bayou, and Garnier Bayou north of the State Road 85 bridge
crossing Garnier Bayou.
(f) A food shrimp producer may not harvest or
attempt to harvest shrimp in or from the portion of Santa Rosa Sound lying in
Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties west of the Brooks Bridge (U.S.
Highway 98) in Okaloosa County and east of the Bob Sikes Bridge (County Road
399) in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties..
