Florida bans fish feeding by diver!

Who or what's next? :fury:


Florida Administrative Weekly, Volume 27, Number 39, September 28, 2001,
Section II - Proposed Rules 4513-4514


THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
68B-5.005 Divers: Fish Feeding Prohibited; Prohibition of Fish Feeding for
Hire;
Definitions.
(1) No diver shall engage in the practice of fish feeding.
(2) No person shall operate any vessel for hire for the purpose of carrying
passengers to any site in the saltwaters of the state to engage in fish
feeding or to allow such passengers to observe fish feeding.
(3) For purposes of this rule:
(a) "Diver" means any person who is wholly or partially submerged in the
water, and is equipped with a face mask, face mask and snorkel, or
underwater breathing apparatus.
(b) "Fish feeding" means the introduction of any food or other substance
into the water by a diver for the purpose of feeding or attracting marine
species, except for the purpose of
harvesting such marine species as otherwise allowed by rules of the Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission.
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.