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collecting in FL
The following excerpt is from my m/s on American Aquarium
Fishes which is currently still in review. I presume it is still up
to date and hope we can put Florida concerns to bed. Has anybody
written to the state agencies for a copy of regulations? I have
found them quite responsive and don't know what all the fuss is
about. - Bob Goldstein
FLORIDA
Contact Division of Fisheries, Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission,
620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, (904) 488-
1960, -9542. License fees range from $12 to $66.
Nongame freshwater fishes (defined as bait in Florida)
include: bowfin, carp, catfish, eel, gar, shad, shiner, tilapia,
killifish, and sucker, which may be taken by hook-and-line and
specified other methods for human consumption. Nongame fish except
catfish may be taken by cast net, minnow dip net not more than 4
feet in diameter, minnow sine not exceeding 20 x 4 feet, or minnow
trap not exceeding 2 x 1 feet with maximum of 1 inch funnel.
Cast nets and minnow lift nets are prohibited in the St. Johns
River Water Management District lands adjacent to Lake Griffin in
Lake County. Cast nets are legal in the South and Central regions.
Recommended Regional Book: Carr and Goin (1959), Guide to the
Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes of Florida, University of Florida
Press, Gainesville, Fla. (out of print). A DeLorme gazetteer is
available.
The following species are protected:
Notropis melanostomus SE
Etheostoma oklaloosae SE
Acipenser brevirostrum SE
Ammocrypta asprella ST
Menidia conchorum ST
Acipenser oxyrhynchus SC
Cyprinodon variegatus hubbsi SC
Fundulus jenkinsi SC
Rivulus marmoratus SC
Etheostoma olmstedi maculaticeps SC
Etheostoma histrio SC
Micropterus n. sp. cf. coosae SC
Micropterus notius SC
Pteronotropis welaka SC
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SE = Endangered ST = Threatened
SC = Species of Special Concern