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Home : Commission Meetings : Agenda April 2005 |
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Meeting AgendaTime: 8:30 a.m. THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC If any person decides to challenge any decision with respect to any matter considered at the above meeting, he will need a record of the proceedings. For this purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which the challenge is to be based. All persons who so desire shall be given an opportunity to speak at a Commission workshop or meeting within the guidelines established by the Commission. The Chairman reserves the right to establish a time for adjournment of the workshop or meeting, to limit the time for speakers, and to limit the time allotted for specific agenda items in order to ensure the public’s opportunity to be heard and the orderly conduct of the meeting. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the agency at least five calendar days before the meeting by contacting Cindy Hoffman at (850)488-6411. If hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency by calling (850)488-9542. Agenda Items listed under the headings of “Issues,” “Staff Reports” or “Administrative Matters” may be moved by the Chairman to different days of the meeting to accommodate scheduling problems. ***Attachments are in PDF format, and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to see them. You can get Adobe Acrobat FREE by following this link. Viewers can convert the pdf document to html through Adobe..*** For information on lodging and restaurants within the area you may call the Tallahassee Area Convention and Visitors Bureau of (850)413-9200 or (800)628-2666 or visit www.FLAUSA.com.
8:30 a.m., Thursday, April 14 1. Meeting Opening A. Call to Order
2. Adoption of Agenda A.
Review and Approval of February 2-4, 2005 Commission
Meeting Minutes 3. Executive Director’s Report 4. Items Requiring Action A. Issues (1) Revised Delegation of Authority to the Executive Director (Declaration) (2) Final evaluation report on the Pilot Deer Dog Registration Program in the Northwest Region. B. Rules (1) 68A-15.062, Specific Regulations for Wildlife Management Areas (WMA)-North Central Region—San Pedro Bay WMA—The proposed rule change would no longer allow deer-dog hunting on a 7,481-acre, linear-shaped portion of the WMA which lays between two parcels that have been withdrawn from the WMA by the landowners. The 21,205 acres remaining in the WMA would remain available for hunting deer with dogs. (2) 68A-9.004, Permits for Hunting and Other Recreational Use on WMAs—The proposed rule change would reduce the quota of recreational use permits for San Pedro Bay WMA from 355 to 310 as a result of lands being removed from the WMA. (3) 68D-36, Minimum Standards for Mandatory Boating Safety Courses—The proposed rule changes would: (1) update boating safety course curriculum and require that curriculum in Florida boating safety courses conform to standards of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators; (2) create a new rule section that codifies policies and procedures for the boater education temporary certificate examination program; (3) revise the rule section on proof of successful completion of the boating safety course by eliminating obsolete requirements; (4) combine in one rule section all safety training requirements for liveries that rent personal watercraft and other vessels; (5) revise training requirements for the mandatory education for violators program to require an additional four-hour course for criminal boating law violators and those involved and charged in a boating accident; and (6) conform this rule to changes made in Florida Statutes. (4) 68A-1.004 (Background Report) Definitions—The proposed rule change would revise the definitions of endangered, threatened, and species of special concern to be consistent with the most recent definitions of similar categories established by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (5) 68A-27.0012, (Background Report) Procedures for Listing, Delisting and Reclassifying Endangered, Threatened, and Species of Special Concern—The proposed rule change would update the process for listing imperiled species by specifying the time petitions will be evaluated, adding language to address harvested marine species, altering the biological review panel, and requiring use of the IUCN regional guidelines and IUCN criteria application guidelines.
(6) 68C-22.005, Lee County Manatee Protection Zones—The proposed rule changes would establish new manatee protection zones that limit allowable motorboat speed in portions of Lee County, and change or re-promulgate zones in other portions of the county. Higher speeds (25 mph or unregulated) would be allowed in many of the marked channels and in other areas on a year-round or seasonal basis. In addition, the proposed rule would no longer allow the issuance of permits to professional fishing guides or commercial fishers to exceed established speed limits in manatee protection zones, except to commercial fishers to temporarily exceed speed limits for the purpose of setting nets to encircle fish. 5. Presentations by the Public 6. Commission Exchange
*Floor amendments are proposed changes to advertised rules presented by Commission staff at the Commission’s final public hearing before adoption of the rules. 8:30 a.m., Friday, April 15 7. Items Requiring Action A. Rules (1) 68B-45.002, Definitions—The proposed rule would establish definitions for hard shell crab, offshore, immediate family, and soft shell crab, as they relate to the blue crab effort management program. (2) 68B-45.007, Blue Crab License Limitation Program—The proposed rule would control fishing effort in the blue crab fishery by implementing a license system that caps the number of blue crab endorsements in the fishery. The proposed rule would: (1) require a blue crab limited entry endorsement in order to engage in the commercial harvest, possession, or sale of blue crab; (2) establish eligibility and qualifying criteria for receiving the endorsement; (3) establish separate qualifying criteria for the hard shell blue crab fishery and the soft shell blue crab fishery; (4) establish trap tag requirements; (5) establish a date after which no additional endorsements will be issued; (6) establish criteria for annual renewal of endorsements; (7) establish requalifying criteria for endorsements; (8) establish criteria for an appeals board to address disputes or problems arising from the initial denial of an endorsement; (10) establish a Blue Crab Advisory Board; (11) prohibit leasing of endorsements or trap tags; (12) establish criteria for transferring the endorsement; and, (13) establish apprenticeship criteria for acquisition of an endorsement by a person who does not already possess an endorsement. B. Issues (1) Review and discussion of a draft rule to standardize methods for measuring length of marine fish. (2) Review and discussion of a draft rule for black sea bass trap marking requirements. (4) Review and discussion of the scope of exotic species in Florida 8. Staff Reports (Public comment on Staff Reports will be heard under “Presentations by the Public.”) A. Legislative Report 9. Presentations by the Public 10. Commission Exchange 11. Commission Administrative Matters A. Proposed 2006 Commission meeting dates and locations
12. Adjournment Consent Agenda April 2005 Establishment Orders 1. WMA 05-01, Grove Park Wildlife Management Area (WMA)—Reestablishes the Grove Park WMA in Alachua County, removing approximately 696 acres. 2. WMA 05-06, San Pedro Bay WMA—Reestablishes the San Pedro Bay WMA in Madison and Taylor counties, removing 18,362 acres. 3. WMA 05-02, Fort McCoy WMA—Reestablishes the Fort McCoy WMA in Marion County, removing 642 acres. 4. WMA 05-04, Tiger Bay WMA—Reestablishes the Tiger Bay WMA in Volusia County, adding 3,751 acres. 5. WMA 05-05, Salt Lake WMA—Reestablishes the Salt Lake WMA in Brevard County, adding 2,760 acres. 6. WMA 05-03, Box-R Ranch WMA— Reestablishes the Box R WMA in Franklin County, adding 800 acres. 7. WEA 05-01, Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area (WEA)— Reestablishes the Apalachicola River WEA in Franklin and Gulf counties, removing 800 acres. Rules 1. 68A-13.003, Hunting Regulations for Ducks, Geese, and Coots—The proposed rule change would modify the dates of the Canada goose season to conform to Executive Order NO. E-04-04, dated August 30, 2004, which expanded the Canada goose season to coincide with Georgia’s season. [This rule change was discussed with the Commission at the September 2004 Commission meeting at St. Petersburg.] 2. 68B-27.017, Apalachicola Bay Oyster Harvesting Restrictions—The proposed rule change would make adjustments to harvesting days to accommodate moving the commercial oyster harvesting seasons in Apalachicola Bay earlier in the year by 30 days as proposed in Rule 68B-27.019 (below). [This rule change was discussed with the Commission at the February 2005 Commission meeting in Panama City Beach.] 3. 68B-27.019, Seasons—The proposed rule would change the oyster harvesting seasons in Apalachicola Bay. The proposed rule would change the summer season from July 1 through September 30 to June 1 through August 31, and change the winter season from October 1 through June 30 to September 1 through May 31. [This rule change was discussed with the Commission at the February 2005 Commission meeting in Panama City Beach.] |
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