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Fla. Stat. ch. 379 — FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION · BenchPath

The Florida Statutes

Chapter 379. FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

2026 Florida Statutes. Published by The Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine).

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The Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII
Chapter 379

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Part I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 379.101Definitions.
§ 379.102Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
§ 379.1025Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders.
§ 379.10255Headquarters of commission.
§ 379.1026Site-specific location information for endangered and threatened species; public records exemption.
§ 379.103Duties of executive director.
§ 379.104Right to hunt and fish.
§ 379.105Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.
§ 379.106Administration of commission grant programs.
§ 379.107Residential conservation programs.
§ 379.201Administrative Trust Fund.
§ 379.203Dedicated License Trust Fund.
§ 379.204Federal Grants Trust Fund.
§ 379.205Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.
§ 379.206Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
§ 379.207Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
§ 379.208Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; purposes.
§ 379.209Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund.
§ 379.211State Game Trust Fund.
§ 379.212Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
§ 379.213Save the Manatee Trust Fund.
§ 379.214Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund.
§ 379.2201Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds.
§ 379.2202Expenditure of funds.
§ 379.2203Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
§ 379.2213Management area permit revenues.
§ 379.2222Acquisition of state game lands.
§ 379.2223Control and management of state game lands.
§ 379.2224Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax-exempt.
§ 379.2225Everglades recreational sites; definitions.
§ 379.223Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit.
§ 379.2231Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc.
§ 379.224Memorandum of agreement relating to Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
§ 379.2251Agreements with Federal Government for the preservation of saltwater fisheries; authority of commission.
§ 379.2252Compacts and agreements; generally.
§ 379.2253Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.
§ 379.2254Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.
§ 379.2255Wildlife Violator Compact Act.
§ 379.2256Compact licensing and enforcement authority; administrative review.
§ 379.2257Cooperative agreements with United States Forest Service; penalty.
§ 379.2258Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937.
§ 379.2259Assent to federal acts.
§ 379.226Florida Territorial Waters Act; alien-owned commercial fishing vessels; prohibited acts; enforcement.
§ 379.2271Harmful-Algal-Bloom Task Force.
§ 379.2272Harmful-algal-bloom program; implementation; goals; funding.
§ 379.2273Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.
§ 379.2281Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements.
§ 379.2282St. Marys River; reciprocity agreements.
§ 379.2291Endangered and Threatened Species Act.
§ 379.2292Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.
§ 379.2293Airport 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.
§ 379.23Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction.
§ 379.231Regulation of nonnative animals.
§ 379.2311Nonnative animal management.
§ 379.232Water bottoms.
§ 379.233Release of balloons.
§ 379.2341Publications by the commission.
§ 379.2342Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production.
§ 379.2351Land-based commercial and recreational fishing activities; legislative findings and purpose; definitions; legal protection; local ordinances; prohibited activity.
§ 379.2352State employment; priority consideration for qualified displaced employees of the saltwater fishing industry.
§ 379.236Retention, destruction, and reproduction of commission records.
§ 379.237Courts of equity may enjoin.

Part II. MARINE LIFE

§ 379.2401Marine fisheries; policy and standards.
§ 379.2402Marine information system.
§ 379.2411Saltwater fish; regulations.
§ 379.2412State preemption of power to regulate.
§ 379.2413Catching food fish for the purposes of making oil.
§ 379.2421Fishers and equipment; regulation.
§ 379.2422Illegal use of nets.
§ 379.2423Carriage of proscribed nets across Florida waters.

Part III. FRESHWATER AQUATIC LIFE

§ 379.28Imported fish.
§ 379.29Contaminating fresh waters.
§ 379.295Use of explosives and other substances or force prohibited.

Part IV. WILD ANIMAL LIFE

§ 379.3001No net loss of hunting lands.
§ 379.3002J. W. Corbett and Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Areas.
§ 379.3003Required clothing for persons hunting deer.
§ 379.3004Voluntary Authorized Hunter Identification Program.
§ 379.3012Alligator management program implementation; commission authority.
§ 379.3014Unlawful sale, possession, or transporting of alligators or alligator skins.
§ 379.3015Prima facie evidence of intent to violate laws protecting alligators.
§ 379.302Private game preserves and farms; regulations; penalties.

Part V. LAW ENFORCEMENT

§ 379.33Enforcement of commission rules.
§ 379.3311Police powers of commission and its agents.
§ 379.3312Powers of arrest by agents of commission.
§ 379.3313Powers of commission law enforcement officers.
§ 379.332Prosecutions; state attorney to represent state.
§ 379.333Arrest by officers of the commission; recognizance; cash bond; citation.
§ 379.334Search and seizure authorized and limited.
§ 379.335Issuance of warrant for search of private dwelling.

Part VI. LICENSES FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

§ 379.35Review of fees for licenses and permits; review of exemptions.
§ 379.3501Expiration of licenses and permits.
§ 379.3502License and permit not transferable.
§ 379.3503False statement in application for license or permit.
§ 379.3504Entering false information on licenses or permits.
§ 379.3511Appointment of subagents for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and permits.
§ 379.3512Competitive bidding for certain sale of licenses and permits and the issuance of authorization numbers.
§ 379.352Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting.

Part VII. NONRECREATIONAL LICENSES

§ 379.361Licenses.
§ 379.362Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers; regulation.
§ 379.363Freshwater fish dealer’s license.
§ 379.364License required for fur and hide dealers.
§ 379.365Stone crab; regulation.
§ 379.366Blue crab; regulation.
§ 379.367Spiny lobster; regulation.
§ 379.3671Spiny lobster trap certificate program.

Part VIII. PENALTIES

§ 379.401Penalties and violations; civil penalties for noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and forfeiture of licenses and permits.
§ 379.4015Nonnative and captive wildlife penalties.
§ 379.402Definition; possession of certain licensed traps prohibited; penalties; exceptions; consent.
§ 379.404Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey; evidence; penalty.
§ 379.4041Illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears.
§ 379.40411Taking of bears; use of lethal force in defense of person or certain property.
§ 379.405Illegal molestation of or theft from freshwater fishing gear.
§ 379.406

Cited by 8 provisions

Provisions in this library whose text cites Fla. Stat. ch. 379. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

The Florida Statutes

§ 163.3245, Fla. Stat.Sector plans.Printed as chapter 379
§ 323.001, Fla. Stat.Wrecker operator storage facilities; vehicle holds.Printed as chapter 379
§ 403.511, Fla. Stat.Effect of certification.Printed as chapter 379
§ 403.531, Fla. Stat.Effect of certification.Printed as chapter 379
§ 403.9416, Fla. Stat.

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§ 379.2424

Retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season; commission authority.

§ 379.2425Spearfishing; definition; limitations; penalty.

§ 379.2426Regulation of shark fins; penalties.

§ 379.2431Marine animals; regulation.

§ 379.2432Manatee protection; intent; conduct of studies; initiatives and plans.

§ 379.2433Enhanced manatee protection study.

§ 379.244Crustacea, marine animals, fish; regulations; general provisions.

§ 379.245Spiny lobster reports by dealers during closed season required.

§ 379.246Tortugas shrimp beds; gifted and loan property.

§ 379.247Regulation of shrimp fishing; Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, Flagler, and St. Johns Counties.

§ 379.248Sponges; regulation.

§ 379.249Artificial reef program; grants and financial and technical assistance to local governments.

§ 379.2495Florida Ships-2-Reefs Program; matching grant requirements.

§ 379.25Sale of unlawfully landed product; jurisdiction.

§ 379.2511Lease of state-owned water bottoms for growing oysters and clams.

§ 379.2512Oyster bottom land grants made pursuant to ch. 3293.

§ 379.2521Rulemaking authority with respect to marine life.

§ 379.2522Oysters produced in and outside state; labeling; tracing; rules.

§ 379.2523Aquaculture definitions; marine aquaculture products, producers, and facilities.

§ 379.2525Noncultured shellfish harvesting.

§ 379.26Illegal importation or possession of nonindigenous marine plants and animals; rules and regulations.

§ 379.303Classification of wildlife; seizure of captive wildlife.

§ 379.304Exhibition or sale of wildlife.

§ 379.305Rules and regulations; penalties.

§ 379.336

Venue for proceedings against citizens and residents charged with violations outside state boundaries.

§ 379.337Confiscation, seizure, and forfeiture of property and products.

§ 379.338Confiscation and disposition of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish.

§ 379.3381Photographic evidence of illegally taken wildlife, freshwater fish, and saltwater fish.

§ 379.339Seizure of illegal hunting devices; disposition; notice; forfeiture.

§ 379.3395Seizure of illegal transportation devices; disposition; appraisal; forfeiture.

§ 379.341Disposition of illegal fishing devices; exercise of police power.

§ 379.342Applicability of ss. 379.339, 379.3395, 379.404, and 379.406.

§ 379.343Rewards.

§ 379.353Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from fees and requirements.

§ 379.354Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers; fees established.

§ 379.356Fish pond license.

§ 379.357Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission license program for tarpon; fees; penalties.

§ 379.3581Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty.

§ 379.3582Hunter safety course for juveniles.

§ 379.359License application provision for voluntary contribution to Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.

§ 379.368

Fees for the retrieval of spiny lobster, stone crab, blue crab, and black sea bass traps during closed season.

§ 379.369Fees for shrimp fishing in Tampa Bay.

§ 379.3711License fee for private game preserves and farms.

§ 379.3712Private hunting preserve license fees; exception.

§ 379.372Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional reptiles, or prohibited reptiles; license required.

§ 379.373License fee; renewal, revocation.

§ 379.374Bond required, amount.

§ 379.3751Taking and possession of alligators; trapping licenses; fees.

§ 379.3752Required tagging of alligators and hides; fees; revenues.

§ 379.3761Exhibition or sale of wildlife; fees; classifications.

§ 379.3762Personal possession of wildlife.

§ 379.377Tag fees for sale of Lake Okeechobee game fish.

Illegal possession or transportation of freshwater game fish in commercial quantities; penalty.

§ 379.407Administration; rules, publications, records; penalties; injunctions.

§ 379.408Forfeiture or denial of licenses and permits.

§ 379.409Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs; confiscation of equipment.

§ 379.411Intentional killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern; penalties.

§ 379.4115Florida or wild panther; killing prohibited; penalty.

§ 379.412Penalties for feeding wildlife and freshwater fish.

§ 379.413Bonefish; penalties.

§ 379.414Additional penalties for saltwater products dealers violating records requirements.

§ 379.501Aquatic weeds and plants; prohibitions; violations; penalties; intent.

§ 379.502Enforcement; procedure; remedies.

§ 379.503Civil action.

§ 379.504Civil liability; joint and several liability.

Effect of certification.

Printed as chapter 379

§ 409.2598, Fla. Stat.License suspension proceeding to enforce support order.Printed as chapter 379

§ 597.004, Fla. Stat.Aquaculture certificate of registration.Printed as chapter 379

§ 895.02, Fla. Stat.Definitions.Printed as Chapter 379