FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
F.S. Ch. 379
in effectContents
section379.23. Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction.section379.25. Sale of unlawfully landed product; jurisdiction.section379.26. Illegal importation or possession of nonindigenous marine plants and animals; rules and regulations.section379.28. Imported fish.section379.29. Contaminating fresh waters.section379.33. Enforcement of commission rules.section379.35. Review of fees for licenses and permits; review of exemptions.section379.101. Definitions.section379.102. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.section379.103. Duties of executive director.section379.104. Right to hunt and fish.section379.105. Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.section379.106. Administration of commission grant programs.section379.107. Residential conservation programs.section379.201. Administrative Trust Fund.section379.203. Dedicated License Trust Fund.section379.204. Federal Grants Trust Fund.section379.205. Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.section379.206. Grants and Donations Trust Fund.section379.207. Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.section379.208. Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; purposes.section379.209. Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund.section379.211. State Game Trust Fund.section379.212. Land Acquisition Trust Fund.section379.213. Save the Manatee Trust Fund.section379.214. Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund.section379.223. Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit.section379.224. Memorandum of agreement relating to Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.section379.226. Florida Territorial Waters Act; alien-owned commercial fishing vessels; prohibited acts; enforcement.section379.231. Regulation of nonnative animals.section379.232. Water bottoms.section379.233. Release of balloons.section379.236. Retention, destruction, and reproduction of commission records.section379.237. Courts of equity may enjoin.section379.244. Crustacea, marine animals, fish; regulations; general provisions.section379.245. Spiny lobster reports by dealers during closed season required.section379.246. Tortugas shrimp beds; gifted and loan property.section379.247. Regulation of shrimp fishing; Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, Flagler, and St. Johns Counties.section379.248. Sponges; regulation.section379.249. Artificial reef program; grants and financial and technical assistance to local governments.section379.295. Use of explosives and other substances or force prohibited.section379.302. Private game preserves and farms; regulations; penalties.section379.303. Classification of wildlife; seizure of captive wildlife.section379.304. Exhibition or sale of wildlife.section379.305. Rules and regulations; penalties.section379.332. Prosecutions; state attorney to represent state.section379.333. Arrest by officers of the commission; recognizance; cash bond; citation.section379.334. Search and seizure authorized and limited.section379.335. Issuance of warrant for search of private dwelling.section379.336. Venue for proceedings against citizens and residents charged with violations outside state boundaries.section379.337. Confiscation, seizure, and forfeiture of property and products.section379.338. Confiscation and disposition of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish.section379.339. Seizure of illegal hunting devices; disposition; notice; forfeiture.section379.341. Disposition of illegal fishing devices; exercise of police power.section379.342. Applicability of ss. 379.339, 379.3395, 379.404, and 379.406.section379.343. Rewards.section379.352. Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.section379.353. Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from fees and requirements.section379.354. Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers; fees established.section379.356. Fish pond license.section379.357. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission license program for tarpon; fees; penalties.section379.359. License application provision for voluntary contribution to Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.section379.361. Licenses.section379.362. Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers; regulation.section379.363. Freshwater fish dealer’s license.section379.364. License required for fur and hide dealers.section379.365. Stone crab; regulation.section379.366. Blue crab; regulation.section379.367. Spiny lobster; regulation.section379.368. Fees for the retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season.section379.369. Fees for shrimp fishing in Tampa Bay.section379.372. Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional reptiles, or prohibited reptiles; license required.section379.373. License fee; renewal, revocation.section379.374. Bond required, amount.section379.377. Tag fees for sale of Lake Okeechobee game fish.section379.401. Penalties and violations; civil penalties for noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and forfeiture of licenses and permits.section379.402. Definition; possession of certain licensed traps prohibited; penalties; exceptions; consent.section379.404. Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey; evidence; penalty.section379.405. Illegal molestation of or theft from freshwater fishing gear.section379.406. Illegal possession or transportation of freshwater game fish in commercial quantities; penalty.section379.407. Administration; rules, publications, records; penalties; injunctions.section379.408. Forfeiture or denial of licenses and permits.section379.409. Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs; confiscation of equipment.section379.411. Intentional killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern; penalties.section379.412. Penalties for feeding wildlife and freshwater fish.section379.413. Bonefish; penalties.section379.414. Additional penalties for saltwater products dealers violating records requirements.section379.501. Aquatic weeds and plants; prohibitions; violations; penalties; intent.section379.502. Enforcement; procedure; remedies.section379.503. Civil action.section379.504. Civil liability; joint and several liability.section379.1025. Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders.section379.1026. Site-specific location information for endangered and threatened species; public records exemption.section379.2201. Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds.section379.2202. Expenditure of funds.section379.2203. Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.section379.2213. Management area permit revenues.section379.2222. Acquisition of state game lands.section379.2223. Control and management of state game lands.section379.2224. Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax-exempt.section379.2225. Everglades recreational sites; definitions.section379.2231. Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc.section379.2251. Agreements with Federal Government for the preservation of saltwater fisheries; authority of commission.section379.2252. Compacts and agreements; generally.section379.2253. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.section379.2254. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.section379.2255. Wildlife Violator Compact Act.section379.2256. Compact licensing and enforcement authority; administrative review.section379.2257. Cooperative agreements with United States Forest Service; penalty.section379.2258. Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937.section379.2259. Assent to federal acts.section379.2271. Harmful-Algal-Bloom Task Force.section379.2272. Harmful-algal-bloom program; implementation; goals; funding.section379.2273. Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.section379.2281. Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements.section379.2282. St. Marys River; reciprocity agreements.section379.2291. Endangered and Threatened Species Act.section379.2292. Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.section379.2293. Airport activities within the scope of a federally approved wildlife hazard management plan or a federal or state permit or other authorization for depredation or harassment.section379.2311. Nonnative animal management.section379.2341. Publications by the commission.section379.2342. Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production.section379.2351. Land-based commercial and recreational fishing activities; legislative findings and purpose; definitions; legal protection; local ordinances; prohibited activity.section379.2352. State employment; priority consideration for qualified displaced employees of the saltwater fishing industry.section379.2401. Marine fisheries; policy and standards.section379.2402. Marine information system.section379.2411. Saltwater fish; regulations.section379.2412. State preemption of power to regulate.section379.2413. Catching food fish for the purposes of making oil.section379.2421. Fishers and equipment; regulation.section379.2422. Illegal use of nets.section379.2423. Carriage of proscribed nets across Florida waters.section379.2424. Retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season; commission authority.section379.2425. Spearfishing; definition; limitations; penalty.section379.2426. Regulation of shark fins; penalties.section379.2431. Marine animals; regulation.section379.2432. Manatee protection; intent; conduct of studies; initiatives and plans.section379.2433. Enhanced manatee protection study.section379.2495. Florida Ships-2-Reefs Program; matching grant requirements.section379.2511. Lease of state-owned water bottoms for growing oysters and clams.section379.2512. Oyster bottom land grants made pursuant to ch. 3293.section379.2521. Rulemaking authority with respect to marine life.section379.2522. Oysters produced in and outside state; labeling; tracing; rules.section379.2523. Aquaculture definitions; marine aquaculture products, producers, and facilities.section379.2525. Noncultured shellfish harvesting.section379.3001. No net loss of hunting lands.section379.3002. J. W. Corbett and Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Areas.section379.3003. Required clothing for persons hunting deer.section379.3004. Voluntary Authorized Hunter Identification Program.section379.3012. Alligator management program implementation; commission authority.section379.3014. Unlawful sale, possession, or transporting of alligators or alligator skins.section379.3015. Prima facie evidence of intent to violate laws protecting alligators.section379.3311. Police powers of commission and its agents.section379.3312. Powers of arrest by agents of commission.section379.3313. Powers of commission law enforcement officers.section379.3381. Photographic evidence of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish.section379.3395. Seizure of illegal transportation devices; disposition; appraisal; forfeiture.section379.3501. Expiration of licenses and permits.section379.3502. License and permit not transferable.section379.3503. False statement in application for license or permit.section379.3504. Entering false information on licenses or permits.section379.3511. Appointment of subagents for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and permits.section379.3512. Competitive bidding for certain sale of licenses and permits and the issuance of authorization numbers.section379.3581. Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty.section379.3582. Hunter safety course for juveniles.section379.3671. Spiny lobster trap certificate program.section379.3711. License fee for private game preserves and farms.section379.3712. Private hunting preserve license fees; exception.section379.3751. Taking and possession of alligators; trapping licenses; fees.section379.3752. Required tagging of alligators and hides; fees; revenues.section379.3761. Exhibition or sale of wildlife; fees; classifications.section379.3762. Personal possession of wildlife.section379.4015. Nonnative and captive wildlife penalties.section379.4041. Illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears.section379.4115. Florida or wild panther; killing prohibited; penalty.section379.10255. Headquarters of commission.section379.40411. Taking of bears; use of lethal force in defense of person or certain property.
Source: FL Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter379/AllFetched: 7/8/2026