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***Documents are in PDF format, and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 to see them. You can get Adobe Acrobat FREE by following this link. Viewers can convert the pdf document to html through Adobe..*** >8:30 a.m., Wednesday November 30, 2005 1. Meeting Opening A.
Call to Order 2. Adoption of Agenda A.
Review and Approval of September 21-22, 2005 Commission Meeting Minutes. 3. Executive Director’s Report 4. Items Requiring Action A.
Rules (2) 68-1.006, Cooperative Advertising; Sponsorships and Partnerships—The proposed rule would establish guidelines for Commission partnerships, sponsorships, and cooperative advertising with public and private sector organizations in order to promote the diversity of Florida’s fish and wildlife resources, and related recreational opportunities. (Background Report 10/18/05) B.
Issues
(2) Review and discussion of 2006-07 proposed rules for wildlife and
freshwater fishing regulations. (Background
Report 10/25/05) (4) Final consideration of FWC Division of Law Enforcement’s proposed enforcement protocol and educational effort relating to airboat sound reduction. (Background Report 11/02/05) (5) Land Acquisition(s)—Babcock Ranch—Commission consideration of: (a) A commitment of $10 million from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation’s (FWC) Florida Forever Trust Fund under the FWC Florida Forever Additions and Inholdings Acquisition Program for the joint acquisition of the Babcock Ranch; and (b) A commitment of $10 million from FWC’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund to potentially acquire approximately 2,000 acres of the Babcock Ranch for a Gopher Tortoise Mitigation Park as a part of the joint acquisition of the Babcock Ranch. (Background Report 11/29/05 version 2) (Background Maps 10/25/05) (Background Report 11/29/05) 5. Commissioners’ Areas of Emphasis A. Update on the Future of Freshwater Fishing (Background Report 10/25/05) B. Commission Meeting Improvement Process (Background Report 11/02/05) 6. Staff Reports (Public comment on Staff Reports will be heard under “Presentations by the Public.”) A. Update on the General Management Plan for the Addition Lands in Big Cypress National Preserve. (Background Report 11/18/05) B. Role of International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA) (IAFWA Brochure) C. Legislative Report 7. Presentations by the Public 8. Commission Exchange 9. Recess Wednesday Portion of Meeting >8:30 a.m., Thursday, December 1, 2005, Reconvene 10. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2006 11. State of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Report 12. Items Requiring Action A. Rules (1) 68B-14.002, 68B-14.0035, 68B-14.00355, 68B-14.0036, 68B-21.0015, 68B-21.005, 68B-22.002, 68B-34.002, 68B-36.002, 68B-37.002, 68B-42.002, 68B-47.001, 68B-48.002, and 68B-49.001—The proposed rule changes would establish a revised procedure for determining the total length measurement for marine fish. The revised total length measurement would be determined by measuring the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fishing is lying on its side. The proposed rule would change the way gray triggerfish are measured from total length to fork length. All marine species that are required to be measured using “total length” would be measured using the proposed total length measurement procedure. (Rule on Black Drum 10/18/05 ) (Rule on Bonefish 10/18/05) (Rule on Flounder/Sheepshead 10/18/05) (Rule on Marine Life 10/18/05) (Rule on Redfish 10/18/05) (Rule on Reef Fish 10/18/05) (Rule on Seatrout 10/18/05) (Rule on Snook 10/18/05) (Rule on Tripletail 10/18/05) (Rule on Weakfish 10/18/05) (Background Report on Length Measurement 10/21/05) (2) 68B-45.007, Blue Crab Limited Entry Endorsement Program, and 68B-45.004, Regulations and Prohibition of Certain Harvesting Gear—The proposed rules would (1) allow a harvester with a Blue Crab Limited Entry Endorsement to obtain permission from the FWC Division of Law Enforcement to allow another person to transport, deploy, pull, or retrieve his or her traps; (2) create a nontransferable Blue Crab Endorsement; (3) establish qualification criteria for the endorsement; (4) allow certain net fishers, who qualified for a nontransferable Blue Crab Limited Entry Endorsement, to purchase up to 100 hard shell blue crab trap tags that will allow them to deploy 100 hard shell blue crab traps in any state waters; (5) allow stone crab endorsement holders, who obtained a nontransferable Blue Crab Limited Entry Endorsement, to harvest and sell up to 200 pounds of blue crabs as bycatch per trip per vessel; (6) allow fishers, who can demonstrate through documented landings the harvest of blue crabs as bycatch using legal shrimping gear, to harvest and sell up to 200 pounds of blue crabs as bycatch per trip per vessel; and (7) require that nontransferable Blue Crab Limited Entry Endorsement holders, who use traps, be required to follow the same trap requirements as other blue crab trap endorsement holders. (Rule 10/18/05) (Background Report 11/15/05 Version3) (3) 68B-14.0036, Recreational Bag Limits: Snapper, Grouper, Hogfish, Black Sea Bass, Red Porgy, Amberjacks, Exceptions, Wholesale/Retail Purchase Exemption—The proposed rule would reduce from two to one the daily bag limit of red grouper that could be harvested from or possessed on the state waters of the Gulf of Mexico. (Rule - Recreational Bag Limits 10/18/05) (Background Report - Red Grouper Bag Limits 10/21/05)
B. Issues (1) Update on the industry-sponsored proposal to reduce commercial fishing effort in the Gulf of Mexico red grouper fishery. (Background Report 10/21/05) (2) Review and discussion of Dry Tortugas National Park special regulations. (Background Report 10/21/05) (3) Review and discussion of a draft rule to add 14 species of sharks to the list of protected species. (Background Report for Prohibited Shark Species Review & Discussion 10/21/05 - 367kb) (Table 1 10/31/05 - 18kb)(4) Federal issues 13. Commissioners’ Areas of Emphasis (CAE) A. Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQ) (Background Report 11/29/05 version2) B. Update on the Future of Saltwater Fishing C. Identification of new CAEs for 2006 14. Presentations by the Public 15. Commission Exchange 16. Commission Administrative Matters The next regular Commission meeting will be held February 1-2, 2006, in Gainesville, commencing at 8:30 a.m. each day. 17. Adjournment agenda/novdec2005 agenda
Visit our web site at MyFWC.com for certain agenda materials. Consent Agenda November 30-December 1, 2005 68A-13.003, Hunting Regulations for Ducks, Geese, and Coots: Pursuant to action taken by the Commission at its September 21-22, 2005 Commission meeting, the proposed rule would conform state migratory bird hunting regulations with federal migratory bird hunting frameworks by amending the migratory bird hunting regulations to reduce the daily bag limit for scaup from three to two, and lengthen the pintail season from 30 to 60 days. (Background Report)
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