The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee (FWC) has now accredited a rule to set the leisure bag restrict of Atlantic shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) to zero. This is applicable to all Florida state waters in each the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The rule modification by the FWC was finished at their December Fee assembly.
This transfer was finished by the FWC to make Florida’s state rules constant and in step with present federal rules for the shortfin makos. Earlier this yr on July 5, 2022 federal rules shifted for shortfin makos to not permit touchdown or retaining the sharks. The brand new rules modified the retention restrict for each business and leisure fishermen on shortfin makos to zero. All these regulation modifications had been finished to deal with the overfishing of shortfin mako and help 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 modifications.
Earlier than these modifications from the December Fee assembly occurred the shortfin mako shark had a day by 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.
Be taught extra about shark rules by visiting MyFWC.com/Marine and clicking on “Leisure Rules” and “Sharks” beneath the “Rules by Species – Normal Species” tab or obtain the Fish Guidelines App at Instagram.com/FishRulesApp or Fb.com/FishRulesApp. For extra info on the Fee assembly, together with the Nov. 30–Dec. 1, Fee assembly presentation, go to MyFWC.com/Fee and click on on “Fee Conferences.”
