PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 379.101. Definitions.

SECTION 379.102. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

SECTION 379.1025. Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders.

SECTION 379.10255. Headquarters of commission.

SECTION 379.1026. Site-specific location information for endangered and threatened species; public records exemption.

SECTION 379.103. Duties of executive director.

SECTION 379.104. Right to hunt and fish.

SECTION 379.105. Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.

SECTION 379.106. Administration of commission grant programs.

SECTION 379.107. Residential conservation programs.

SECTION 379.201. Administrative Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.203. Dedicated License Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.204. Federal Grants Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.205. Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.206. Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.207. Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.208. Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; purposes.

SECTION 379.209. Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.211. State Game Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.212. Land Acquisition Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.213. Save the Manatee Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.214. Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund.

SECTION 379.2201. Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds.

SECTION 379.2202. Expenditure of funds.

SECTION 379.2203. Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.

SECTION 379.2213. Management area permit revenues.

SECTION 379.2222. Acquisition of state game lands.

SECTION 379.2223. Control and management of state game lands.

SECTION 379.2224. Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax-exempt.

SECTION 379.2225. Everglades recreational sites; definitions.

SECTION 379.223. Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit.

SECTION 379.2231. Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc.

SECTION 379.224. Memorandum of agreement relating to Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

SECTION 379.2251. Agreements with Federal Government for the preservation of saltwater fisheries; authority of commission.

SECTION 379.2252. Compacts and agreements; generally.

SECTION 379.2253. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.

SECTION 379.2254. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.

SECTION 379.2255. Wildlife Violator Compact Act.

SECTION 379.2256. Compact licensing and enforcement authority; administrative review.

SECTION 379.2257. Cooperative agreements with United States Forest Service; penalty.

SECTION 379.2258. Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937.

SECTION 379.2259. Assent to federal acts.

SECTION 379.226. Florida Territorial Waters Act; alien-owned commercial fishing vessels; prohibited acts; enforcement.

SECTION 379.2271. Harmful-Algal-Bloom Task Force.

SECTION 379.2272. Harmful-algal-bloom program; implementation; goals; funding.

SECTION 379.2273. Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.

SECTION 379.2281. Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements.

SECTION 379.2282. St. Marys River; reciprocity agreements.

SECTION 379.2291. Endangered and Threatened Species Act.

SECTION 379.2292. Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.

SECTION 379.2293. Airport 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.

SECTION 379.23. Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction.

SECTION 379.231. Regulation of nonnative animals.

SECTION 379.2311. Nonnative animal management.

SECTION 379.232. Water bottoms.

SECTION 379.233. Release of balloons.

SECTION 379.2341. Publications by the commission.

SECTION 379.2342. Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production.

SECTION 379.2351. Land-based commercial and recreational fishing activities; legislative findings and purpose; definitions; legal protection; local ordinances; prohibited activity.

SECTION 379.2352. State employment; priority consideration for qualified displaced employees of the saltwater fishing industry.

SECTION 379.236. Retention, destruction, and reproduction of commission records.

SECTION 379.237. Courts of equity may enjoin.

PART II. MARINE LIFE

SECTION 379.2401. Marine fisheries; policy and standards.

SECTION 379.2402. Marine information system.

SECTION 379.2411. Saltwater fish; regulations.

SECTION 379.2412. State preemption of power to regulate.

SECTION 379.2413. Catching food fish for the purposes of making oil.

SECTION 379.2421. Fishers and equipment; regulation.

SECTION 379.2422. Illegal use of nets.

SECTION 379.2423. Carriage of proscribed nets across Florida waters.

SECTION 379.2424. Retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season; commission authority.

SECTION 379.2425. Spearfishing; definition; limitations; penalty.

SECTION 379.2426. Regulation of shark fins; penalties.

SECTION 379.2431. Marine animals; regulation.

SECTION 379.2432. Manatee protection; intent; conduct of studies; initiatives and plans.

SECTION 379.2433. Enhanced manatee protection study.

SECTION 379.244. Crustacea, marine animals, fish; regulations; general provisions.

SECTION 379.245. Spiny lobster reports by dealers during closed season required.

SECTION 379.246. Tortugas shrimp beds; gifted and loan property.

SECTION 379.247. Regulation of shrimp fishing; Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, Flagler, and St. Johns Counties.

SECTION 379.248. Sponges; regulation.

SECTION 379.249. Artificial reef program; grants and financial and technical assistance to local governments.

SECTION 379.2495. Florida Ships-2-Reefs Program; matching grant requirements.

SECTION 379.25. Sale of unlawfully landed product; jurisdiction.

SECTION 379.2511. Lease of state-owned water bottoms for growing oysters and clams.

SECTION 379.2512. Oyster bottom land grants made pursuant to ch. 3293.

SECTION 379.2521. Rulemaking authority with respect to marine life.

SECTION 379.2522. Oysters produced in and outside state; labeling; tracing; rules.

SECTION 379.2523. Aquaculture definitions; marine aquaculture products, producers, and facilities.

SECTION 379.2525. Noncultured shellfish harvesting.

SECTION 379.26. Illegal importation or possession of nonindigenous marine plants and animals; rules and regulations.

PART III. FRESHWATER AQUATIC LIFE

SECTION 379.28. Imported fish.

SECTION 379.29. Contaminating fresh waters.

SECTION 379.295. Use of explosives and other substances or force prohibited.

PART IV. WILD ANIMAL LIFE

SECTION 379.3001. No net loss of hunting lands.

SECTION 379.3002. J. W. Corbett and Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Areas.

SECTION 379.3003. Required clothing for persons hunting deer.

SECTION 379.3004. Voluntary Authorized Hunter Identification Program.

SECTION 379.3012. Alligator management program implementation; commission authority.

SECTION 379.3014. Unlawful sale, possession, or transporting of alligators or alligator skins.

SECTION 379.3015. Prima facie evidence of intent to violate laws protecting alligators.

SECTION 379.302. Private game preserves and farms; regulations; penalties.

SECTION 379.303. Classification of wildlife; seizure of captive wildlife.

SECTION 379.304. Exhibition or sale of wildlife.

SECTION 379.305. Rules and regulations; penalties.

PART V. LAW ENFORCEMENT

SECTION 379.33. Enforcement of commission rules.

SECTION 379.3311. Police powers of commission and its agents.

SECTION 379.3312. Powers of arrest by agents of commission.

SECTION 379.3313. Powers of commission law enforcement officers.

SECTION 379.332. Prosecutions; state attorney to represent state.

SECTION 379.333. Arrest by officers of the commission; recognizance; cash bond; citation.

SECTION 379.334. Search and seizure authorized and limited.

SECTION 379.335. Issuance of warrant for search of private dwelling.

SECTION 379.336. Venue for proceedings against citizens and residents charged with violations outside state boundaries.

SECTION 379.337. Confiscation, seizure, and forfeiture of property and products.

SECTION 379.338. Confiscation and disposition of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish.

SECTION 379.3381. Photographic evidence of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish.

SECTION 379.339. Seizure of illegal hunting devices; disposition; notice; forfeiture.

SECTION 379.3395. Seizure of illegal transportation devices; disposition; appraisal; forfeiture.

SECTION 379.341. Disposition of illegal fishing devices; exercise of police power.

SECTION 379.342. Applicability of ss. 379.339, 379.3395, 379.404, and 379.406.

SECTION 379.343. Rewards.

PART VI. LICENSES FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

SECTION 379.35. Review of fees for licenses and permits; review of exemptions.

SECTION 379.3501. Expiration of licenses and permits.

SECTION 379.3502. License and permit not transferable.

SECTION 379.3503. False statement in application for license or permit.

SECTION 379.3504. Entering false information on licenses or permits.

SECTION 379.3511. Appointment of subagents for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and permits.

SECTION 379.3512. Competitive bidding for certain sale of licenses and permits and the issuance of authorization numbers.

SECTION 379.352. Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.

SECTION 379.353. Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from fees and requirements.

SECTION 379.354. Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers; fees established.

SECTION 379.356. Fish pond license.

SECTION 379.357. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission license program for tarpon; fees; penalties.

SECTION 379.3581. Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty.

SECTION 379.3582. Hunter safety course for juveniles.

SECTION 379.359. License application provision for voluntary contribution to Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.

PART VII. NONRECREATIONAL LICENSES

SECTION 379.361. Licenses.

SECTION 379.362. Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers; regulation.

SECTION 379.363. Freshwater fish dealer’s license.

SECTION 379.364. License required for fur and hide dealers.

SECTION 379.365. Stone crab; regulation.

SECTION 379.366. Blue crab; regulation.

SECTION 379.367. Spiny lobster; regulation.

SECTION 379.3671. Spiny lobster trap certificate program.

SECTION 379.368. Fees for the retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season.

SECTION 379.369. Fees for shrimp fishing in Tampa Bay.

SECTION 379.3711. License fee for private game preserves and farms.

SECTION 379.3712. Private hunting preserve license fees; exception.

SECTION 379.372. Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional reptiles, or prohibited reptiles; license required.

SECTION 379.373. License fee; renewal, revocation.

SECTION 379.374. Bond required, amount.

SECTION 379.3751. Taking and possession of alligators; trapping licenses; fees.

SECTION 379.3752. Required tagging of alligators and hides; fees; revenues.

SECTION 379.3761. Exhibition or sale of wildlife; fees; classifications.

SECTION 379.3762. Personal possession of wildlife.

SECTION 379.377. Tag fees for sale of Lake Okeechobee game fish.

PART VIII. PENALTIES

SECTION 379.401. Penalties and violations; civil penalties for noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and forfeiture of licenses and permits.

SECTION 379.4015. Nonnative and captive wildlife penalties.

SECTION 379.402. Definition; possession of certain licensed traps prohibited; penalties; exceptions; consent.

SECTION 379.404. Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey; evidence; penalty.

SECTION 379.4041. Illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears.

SECTION 379.405. Illegal molestation of or theft from freshwater fishing gear.

SECTION 379.406. Illegal possession or transportation of freshwater game fish in commercial quantities; penalty.

SECTION 379.407. Administration; rules, publications, records; penalties; injunctions.

SECTION 379.408. Forfeiture or denial of licenses and permits.

SECTION 379.409. Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs; confiscation of equipment.

SECTION 379.411. Intentional killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern; penalties.

SECTION 379.4115. Florida or wild panther; killing prohibited; penalty.

SECTION 379.412. Penalties for feeding wildlife and freshwater fish.

SECTION 379.413. Bonefish; penalties.

SECTION 379.414. Additional penalties for saltwater products dealers violating records requirements.

SECTION 379.501. Aquatic weeds and plants; prohibitions; violations; penalties; intent.

SECTION 379.502. Enforcement; procedure; remedies.

SECTION 379.503. Civil action.

SECTION 379.504. Civil liability; joint and several liability.