3) An individual shall not fish traps other than his own without 

 the written authorization of the owner. 



4) Traps and trap buoys shall be identified with the boat or 

 vessel fishing the traps. 



b. The following measures shall apply south of Canaveral in waters 

 shallower than 50 fathoms: 



1) Pulling fish traps is prohibited between the period one 

 hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. 



2) Fish traps shall not be larger than 54 cubic feet in volume. 



3) The use of fish traps will be prohibited shoreward of the 

 ion ft. contour. 



c. The use of poisons, explosives and powerheads for taking fishes 

 of the snapper-grouper complex is prohibited throughout the management area. 



c. Coral and Coral Reef Resources Plan 



A Draft Fishery Management Plan for coral and coral reef resources 

 (latest draft March 31, IPRO) now under revision is being considered now 

 by the Gulf and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils. 



The FMP concentrates on identifying participating user groups, research 

 organizations, public aquaria owners, and recreational and commercial poachers 

 (without permits), analyzing the resource and the human impacts on it and 

 describing the economic and legal factors involved. The recommended specific 

 management objectives are as follows: 



Develop the scientific information necessary to determine the 

 feasibility and advisability of harvest of the coral resource. 



Minimize, as appropriate, adverse human impacts on coral and 

 coral reef resources. 



Provide for special management for coral habitat areas of 

 particular concern (HAPC) one of which is identified as a one 

 nmi square area which the plan believes "encompasses nearly 

 all of the significant reef zones and spur and groove 

 formations of Looe Key" as identified by Antonius et al (1978). 

 See Figure 6i. 



Specific management measures now being proposed for the HAPC are: 



° no coral collecting within the 1 nm sq; 



° within a trapezoidal core no contact with coral or coral reef 

 resources, no collecting of tropical fish, no fixed fishing 

 gear, no spearfishing and no anchoring. 



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