The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has now permitted a rule to set the leisure bag restrict of Atlantic shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) to zero. This applies to all Florida state waters in each the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The rule modification by the FWC was carried out at their December Commission assembly.
This transfer was carried out by the FWC to make Florida’s state laws constant and according to present federal laws for the shortfin makos. Earlier this 12 months on July 5, 2022 federal laws shifted for shortfin makos to not permit touchdown or retaining the sharks. The new laws modified the retention restrict for each business and leisure fishermen on shortfin makos to zero. All these regulation adjustments had been carried out to handle the overfishing of shortfin mako and assist coordinated U.S. and worldwide efforts to raised handle the Atlantic shortfin mako shark inhabitants. The business harvest of shortfin mako was already prohibited in state and federal waters. earlier than the leisure regulation adjustments.
Before these adjustments from the December Commission assembly occurred the shortfin mako shark had a every day harvest restrict of 1 shark per particular person a day. The vessel restrict of the sharks was 2 fish per day no matter how many individuals are on the vessel. The shortfin makos had been positioned in Group 3 of harvestable sharks the place in they wanted to have a fork size minimal measurement restrict of 83 inches from the tip of the nostril to the fork of the tail.
Learn extra about shark laws by visiting MyFWC.com/Marine and clicking on “Recreational Regulations” and “Sharks” beneath the “Regulations by Species – General Species” tab or obtain the Fish Rules App at Instagram.com/FishRulesApp or Facebook.com/FishRulesApp. For extra data on the Commission assembly, together with the Nov. 30–Dec. 1, Commission assembly presentation, go to MyFWC.com/Commission and click on on “Commission Meetings.”
