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NEWS RELEASE
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
620 South Meridian Street • Tallahassee, FL • 32399-1600 • (850) 488-4676
FAX (850) 488-1961 • Web site: MyFWC.com
February 2, 2006
FWC ADDS TO SHARK
PROHIBITED LIST
CONTACT: Lee Schlesinger (850) 487-0554
Several species of sharks will receive better protection under rules approved Thursday by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
The Commission designated 13 shark species as “prohibited species,” which will help reduce fishing mortality on certain sharks believed to be rare or in need of further protection. The Commission acted to reduce fishing mortality on these sharks to rebuild the spawning stock and prevent these important resources from becoming endangered.
The new rule also will make Florida’s shark rules more consistent with existing federal regulations.
Old FWC rules include a “protected species” list of nine sharks, rays and sawfishes. This designation protects these species by prohibiting their harvest, landing, possession, purchase or sale due to concerns about their vulnerability to depletion.
New FWC rules renamed this list “prohibited species,” and added 13 species: Atlantic angel shark, bigeye sixgill shark, bigeye thresher shark, bignose shark, Caribbean reef shark, dusky shark, Galapagos shark, longfin mako shark, narrowtooth shark, night shark, sevengill shark, sixgill shark, and smalltail shark.
These shark rule amendments take effect in March.
A few years ago, the gill net fishing band was enacted, the result could be seen within a year as fish became plentiful on Florida's reefs once again. Over the past 10 years I have rarely seen a shark (nurse sharks excepted) on Florida reefs. Hopefully with this new law we will once again see these magnificant animals on a regular bases.
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