Florida Statutes
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 379.101-379.237)
379.2223 - Control and management of state game lands.


(1) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is authorized to make, adopt, promulgate, amend, repeal, and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the protection, control, operation, management, or development of lands or waters owned by, leased by, or otherwise assigned to, the commission for fish or wildlife management purposes, including, but not limited to, the right of ingress and egress. Before any such rule or regulation is adopted, other than one relating to wild animal life, marine life, or freshwater aquatic life, the commission shall obtain the consent and agreement, in writing, of the owner, in the case of privately owned lands or waters, or the owner or primary custodian, in the case of public lands or waters.
(2) A person who violates a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this section is subject to penalties as provided in s. 379.401.
History.—s. 1, ch. 70-40; s. 306, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 90-39; s. 128, ch. 99-245; s. 20, ch. 2000-197; s. 29, ch. 2008-247; s. 1, ch. 2016-107.
Note.—Former s. 372.121.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use

Chapter 379 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 379.101-379.237)

379.101 - Definitions.

379.102 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

379.1025 - Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders.

379.10255 - Headquarters of commission.

379.1026 - Site-specific location information for endangered and threatened species; public records exemption.

379.103 - Duties of executive director.

379.104 - Right to hunt and fish.

379.105 - Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers.

379.106 - Administration of commission grant programs.

379.107 - Residential conservation programs.

379.201 - Administrative Trust Fund.

379.203 - Dedicated License Trust Fund.

379.204 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.

379.205 - Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.

379.206 - Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

379.207 - Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.

379.208 - Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; purposes.

379.209 - Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund.

379.211 - State Game Trust Fund.

379.212 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund.

379.213 - Save the Manatee Trust Fund.

379.214 - Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund.

379.2201 - Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds.

379.2202 - Expenditure of funds.

379.2203 - Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.

379.2213 - Management area permit revenues.

379.2222 - Acquisition of state game lands.

379.2223 - Control and management of state game lands.

379.2224 - Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax-exempt.

379.2225 - Everglades recreational sites; definitions.

379.223 - Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit.

379.2231 - Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc.

379.224 - Memorandum of agreement relating to Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

379.2251 - Agreements with Federal Government for the preservation of saltwater fisheries; authority of commission.

379.2252 - Compacts and agreements; generally.

379.2253 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.

379.2254 - Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact; implementing legislation.

379.2255 - Wildlife Violator Compact Act.

379.2256 - Compact licensing and enforcement authority; administrative review.

379.2257 - Cooperative agreements with United States Forest Service; penalty.

379.2258 - Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937.

379.2259 - Assent to federal acts.

379.226 - Florida Territorial Waters Act; alien-owned commercial fishing vessels; prohibited acts; enforcement.

379.2271 - Harmful-Algal-Bloom Task Force.

379.2272 - Harmful-algal-bloom program; implementation; goals; funding.

379.2273 - Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative; Initiative Technology Advisory Council.

379.2281 - Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements.

379.2282 - St. Marys River; reciprocity agreements.

379.2291 - Endangered and Threatened Species Act.

379.2292 - Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program.

379.2293 - 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.

379.23 - Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction.

379.231 - Regulation of nonnative animals.

379.2311 - Nonnative animal management.

379.232 - Water bottoms.

379.233 - Release of balloons.

379.2341 - Publications by the commission.

379.2342 - Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production.

379.2351 - Land-based commercial and recreational fishing activities; legislative findings and purpose; definitions; legal protection; local ordinances; prohibited activity.

379.2352 - State employment; priority consideration for qualified displaced employees of the saltwater fishing industry.

379.236 - Retention, destruction, and reproduction of commission records.

379.237 - Courts of equity may enjoin.