Any Local spots to go Collecting?
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alizarin
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Walk out from the parking lot at the south (or north) end rest stop at the skyway for hermits, nassarius snails, cerith snails, and many different macro algaes. Also with a net, puffers, cow fish, file fish, pipe fish, sea horses but you shouldn't take them, horeshoe crabs, spider crabs, blennies, gobies, several varieties of shrimp, colored pods, feather dusters, that's all the comes to mind. It's all pretty drab coloring though.
GlobaLPimP
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I would like to meet up with everyone that is going collecting on the 18th.....however, I do not have any nets.....I do have a 5 gallon bucket and a battery operated Quiet pump.
o2zen
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Careful where you collect in Mantee county. It has some strong laws against it and Lee county the law states 20 of the species listed per day. Snails are not on the list so it reads you can collect up to 100lbs. Of course this is my understanding from the website and I might be wrong.
GlobaLPimP
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ok....and.....?The law also says not to speed...but you do it right??? I think there will be no problems....
sunkool
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You have got to be kidding me!<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9432641#post9432641 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlobaLPimP
ok....and.....?The law also says not to speed...but you do it right??? I think there will be no problems....
Would you take coral off the reef?
The laws are there to protect the wildlife from people like this!!!
sytanek
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Florida FWC Rules
Here are the state rules and regulations. According to the contact I have spoken with at FWC previously, even if you are a resident and collecting from land you are required to have a saltwater fishing license.
Here are the state rules and regulations. According to the contact I have spoken with at FWC previously, even if you are a resident and collecting from land you are required to have a saltwater fishing license.
sytanek
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Check out the link I posted, it is specifically for tropical ornamental fish, inverts, corals, etc. It is pretty clear to understand those regulations, the one confusing part is whether or not a seine net is legal. I have been told by several reputable people that using a seine net is legal for recreational use, but then when I submitted the question to an actual person from FWC via email, I swear he copied the paragraph off the regulations page, I do have a direct number If someone would like to call him.
sytanek
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9432641#post9432641 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlobaLPimP
ok....and.....?The law also says not to speed...but you do it right??? I think there will be no problems....
Did you just post this with the intention of wanting to get flamed? WOW.
Not to even go into all the environmental, conservation, and political issues.
What is the penalty for fishing without a license, keeping too many fish or illegal sized fish?--Answer: Florida Statute 372.83 identifies when noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension or revocation of licenses and permits occurs with regard to fishing violations. Florida Statute 775.082 or s. 775.083, outline the range of penalties. There are four levels of violation
Level 1 (noncriminal infractions) involve motor size issues not having a fishing license or violations related to fish that do not directly impact natural resources. Conviction results in a $50 fine plus court costs and the cost of the license (a second violation is a mandatory $100 fine). Failure to pay a noncriminal penalty (similar to a traffic ticket) within 30 days also escalates the charge to a second degree misdemeanor.
Level 2 violations result in a second degree misdemeanor and are criminal acts that typically involve taking fish it is illegal to take, fishing in areas that are closed, using illegal gear or counting violations (more than the bag limit). This is punishable by up to $500 and/or 60 days imprisonment at the discretion of the court. A second violation becomes a minimum $250 mandatory fine and up to a year in jail. Subsequent, convictions become progressively steeper.
Level 3 are serious violations such as possession of commercial quantities of fish or fishing with a revoked/suspended license and result in a first degree misdemeanor that upon conviction leads to a fine of up to $1,000 and up to a year in prison. Subsequent convictions again result in mandatory and escalating penalties.
Level 4 are third degree felonies resulting from possession of forged licenses, molesting commercial fishing gear, or illegal sale of fish. A $5,000 fine and up to five years in jail can result from the first conviction.
alizarin
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If you want a net what I do is get a couple 1" boards and screen and make like a big square tennis raquet - a box that's 3'x2' with the net stapled on and a 6' board nailed to it down the middle. You push the net through the sea grass and lots and lots and lots of things jump into the net when you disturb them in the grass. I've been doing it that way since I was a kid and it works really well.
o2zen
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MyFWC.COM - Home : Marine Fisheries : Regulations : Recreational Harvesting Information for Marine Species
This is the confusing part:
Bag Limit: Aggregate bag limit of 20 species (in any combination), of the species included in the Marine Life rule as listed below. Of those 20 species, no more than 5 may be angelfish, and no more than 6 may be colonies of octocorals (each colony or part thereof is included in the aggregate bag limit). The bag limit for plants listed in this rule is 1 gallon.
This is of the species listed in the Marine Life Rule as listed. Now Snails of any sort are not listed in the Rule.
Hermits are listed so you need to be careful because what looks like a snail might be a hermit and bingo your over your limit if you have more than 20 of anything other than snails.
Now snail shells have their own page as well.
MyFWC.COM - Home : Marine Fisheries: Recreational Sea Shell Collecting Information
Recreational Sea Shell Collecting Information
The following is a summary of regulations regarding the recreational collection of sea shells in Florida.
Depending on whether or not the harvested sea shell contains a living organism, the type of organism it contains and where you will be collecting, the recreational collection of sea shells is permitted. A valid commercial saltwater products license is required in order sell shells containing live organisms.
License Requirement: A Florida recreational saltwater fishing license (resident or non-resident, whichever is applicable) is required in order to harvest a sea shell containing a living organism.
Closed and Restricted Areas: In Lee County, you may not harvest or possess any shells that contain a live organism except for oysters, hard clams, sunray venus clams and coquinas.
In Manatee County, you may not harvest or possess more than two shells containing live organisms of any single species except for oysters, hard clams, sunray venus clams and coquinas.
Also, the harvest of certain species may be limited or prohibited in state or federal parks, national wildlife refuges, and portions of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Interested persons should contact those park areas for further information.
Prohibited Species: All harvest of the Bahama Starfish (Oreaster reticulatis) is prohibited. Possession of live Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) at any time is prohibited. It is not unlawful to possess queen conch shells in Florida as long as the shells do not contain any living queen conch at the time of collection, and so long as a living queen conch is not killed, mutilated, or removed from its shell prior to collection. Possession of conch meat or a queen conch shell having an off-center hole larger than 1/16 inch in diameter through its spire is prohibited.
Bag Limit: In counties other than Lee and Manatee, you are only permitted to keep an aggregate of 20 Marine Life species per person per day.
For unregulated species, more than 100 pounds or 2 fish per person per day (whichever is greater) is considered commercial quantities and requires a saltwater products license.
The confusing part is where they link to the Marine Life Species page but no snails other than starsnail is listed. So are they or are they not regulated? If not you can have up to 100 pounds or are they a Marine Life Species but not listed. By having that FOR UNREGULATED SPECIES RULE it ruins it for me...
Whats the phone number you have for them?
This is the confusing part:
Bag Limit: Aggregate bag limit of 20 species (in any combination), of the species included in the Marine Life rule as listed below. Of those 20 species, no more than 5 may be angelfish, and no more than 6 may be colonies of octocorals (each colony or part thereof is included in the aggregate bag limit). The bag limit for plants listed in this rule is 1 gallon.
This is of the species listed in the Marine Life Rule as listed. Now Snails of any sort are not listed in the Rule.
Hermits are listed so you need to be careful because what looks like a snail might be a hermit and bingo your over your limit if you have more than 20 of anything other than snails.
Now snail shells have their own page as well.
MyFWC.COM - Home : Marine Fisheries: Recreational Sea Shell Collecting Information
Recreational Sea Shell Collecting Information
The following is a summary of regulations regarding the recreational collection of sea shells in Florida.
Depending on whether or not the harvested sea shell contains a living organism, the type of organism it contains and where you will be collecting, the recreational collection of sea shells is permitted. A valid commercial saltwater products license is required in order sell shells containing live organisms.
License Requirement: A Florida recreational saltwater fishing license (resident or non-resident, whichever is applicable) is required in order to harvest a sea shell containing a living organism.
Closed and Restricted Areas: In Lee County, you may not harvest or possess any shells that contain a live organism except for oysters, hard clams, sunray venus clams and coquinas.
In Manatee County, you may not harvest or possess more than two shells containing live organisms of any single species except for oysters, hard clams, sunray venus clams and coquinas.
Also, the harvest of certain species may be limited or prohibited in state or federal parks, national wildlife refuges, and portions of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Interested persons should contact those park areas for further information.
Prohibited Species: All harvest of the Bahama Starfish (Oreaster reticulatis) is prohibited. Possession of live Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) at any time is prohibited. It is not unlawful to possess queen conch shells in Florida as long as the shells do not contain any living queen conch at the time of collection, and so long as a living queen conch is not killed, mutilated, or removed from its shell prior to collection. Possession of conch meat or a queen conch shell having an off-center hole larger than 1/16 inch in diameter through its spire is prohibited.
Bag Limit: In counties other than Lee and Manatee, you are only permitted to keep an aggregate of 20 Marine Life species per person per day.
For unregulated species, more than 100 pounds or 2 fish per person per day (whichever is greater) is considered commercial quantities and requires a saltwater products license.
The confusing part is where they link to the Marine Life Species page but no snails other than starsnail is listed. So are they or are they not regulated? If not you can have up to 100 pounds or are they a Marine Life Species but not listed. By having that FOR UNREGULATED SPECIES RULE it ruins it for me...
Whats the phone number you have for them?
GlobaLPimP
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It was late and I had quite a few drinks by that time. I think was talking about snails...maybe I misread something...didn't mean to offend any1
tonysdiscus
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wow,well i would like to go as well
