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2005 Florida Statutes
                        Chapter 372
WILDLIFE Entire Chapter
    
    WILDLIFE Entire Chapter
CHAPTER 372
                WILDLIFE
            
                        372.001
                        
                    Definitions. 
                    
                        372.002
                        
                    Right to hunt and fish. 
                    
                        372.01
                        
                    Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 
                    
                        372.021
                        
                    Powers, duties, and authority of commission; rules, regulations, and orders. 
                    
                        372.0215
                        
                    Citizen support organizations; use of state property; audit. 
                    
                        372.0222
                        
                    Private publication agreements; advertising; costs of production. 
                    
                        372.0225
                        
                    Freshwater organisms. 
                    
                        372.023
                        
                    J. W. Corbett and Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Areas. 
                    
                        372.025
                        
                    Everglades recreational sites; definitions. 
                    
                        372.03
                        
                    Headquarters of commission. 
                    
                        372.05
                        
                    Duties of executive director. 
                    
                        372.07
                        
                    Police powers of commission and its agents. 
                    
                        372.071
                        
                    Powers of arrest by agents of Department of Environmental Protection or Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 
                    
                        372.072
                        
                    Endangered and Threatened Species Act. 
                    
                        372.0725
                        
                    Killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern; criminal penalties. 
                    
                        372.073
                        
                    Endangered and Threatened Species Reward Program. 
                    
                        372.074
                        
                    Fish and Wildlife Habitat Program. 
                    
                        372.09
                        
                    State Game Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.101
                        
                    Administrative Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.102
                        
                    Federal Grants Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.103
                        
                    Grants and Donations Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.105
                        
                    Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.106
                        
                    Dedicated License Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.107
                        
                    Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.12
                        
                    Acquisition of state game lands. 
                    
                        372.121
                        
                    Control and management of state game lands. 
                    
                        372.127
                        
                    Conservation and Recreation Lands Program Trust Fund of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 
                    
                        372.16
                        
                    Private game preserves and farms; penalty. 
                    
                        372.19
                        
                    Preserves, refuges, etc., not tax exempt. 
                    
                        372.26
                        
                    Imported fish. 
                    
                        372.265
                        
                    Regulation of foreign animals. 
                    
                        372.27
                        
                    Silver Springs and Rainbow Springs, etc., closed to all fishing. 
                    
                        372.551
                        
                    Competitive bidding for certain sale of licenses and permits and the issuance of authorization numbers. 
                    
                        372.561
                        
                    Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers to take wild animal life, freshwater aquatic life, and marine life; issuance; costs; reporting. 
                    
                        372.562
                        
                    Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from fees and requirements. 
                    
                        372.57
                        
                    Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers; fees established. 
                    
                        372.5701
                        
                    Deposit of license fees; allocation of federal funds. 
                    
                        372.5702
                        
                    Expenditure of funds. 
                    
                        372.5704
                        
                    Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission license program for tarpon; fees; penalties. 
                    
                        372.5705
                        
                    Fish pond license. 
                    
                        372.571
                        
                    Expiration of licenses and permits. 
                    
                        372.5711
                        
                    Review of fees for licenses and permits; review of exemptions. 
                    
                        372.5712
                        
                    Florida waterfowl permit revenues. 
                    
                        372.5714
                        
                    Waterfowl Advisory Council. 
                    
                        372.5715
                        
                    Florida wild turkey permit revenues. 
                    
                        372.5717
                        
                    Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty. 
                    
                        372.5718
                        
                    Hunter safety course for juveniles. 
                    
                        372.573
                        
                    Management area permit revenues. 
                    
                        372.574
                        
                    Appointment of subagents for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and permits. 
                    
                        372.58
                        
                    False statement in application for license or permit. 
                    
                        372.581
                        
                    Entering false information on licenses or permits. 
                    
                        372.59
                        
                    License and permit not transferable. 
                    
                        372.65
                        
                    Freshwater fish dealer's license. 
                    
                        372.651
                        
                    Haul seine and trawl permits; freshwater lakes in excess of 500 square miles; fees. 
                    
                        372.653
                        
                    Required tagging of fish; lakes in excess of 500 square miles; tag fee; game fish taken in lakes of 500 square miles or less. 
                    
                        372.66
                        
                    License required for fur and hide dealers. 
                    
                        372.661
                        
                    Private hunting preserve license fees; exception. 
                    
                        372.662
                        
                    Unlawful sale, possession, or transporting of alligators or alligator skins. 
                    
                        372.663
                        
                    Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs; confiscation of equipment. 
                    
                        372.664
                        
                    Prima facie evidence of intent to violate laws protecting alligators. 
                    
                        372.6645
                        
                    Unlawful to sell alligator products; penalty. 
                    
                        372.665
                        
                    Word "alligator" or "gator" not to be used in certain sales. 
                    
                        372.667
                        
                    Feeding or enticement of alligators or crocodiles unlawful; penalty. 
                    
                        372.6671
                        
                    Alligator trapping program; definitions. 
                    
                        372.6672
                        
                    Alligator management and trapping program implementation; commission authority. 
                    
                        372.6673
                        
                    Taking and possession of alligators; trapping licenses; fees. 
                    
                        372.6674
                        
                    Required tagging of alligators and hides; fees; revenues. 
                    
                        372.6678
                        
                    Alligator study requirements. 
                    
                        372.671
                        
                    Florida or wild panther; killing prohibited; penalty. 
                    
                        372.672
                        
                    Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.673
                        
                    Florida Panther Technical Advisory Council. 
                    
                        372.70
                        
                    Prosecutions; state attorney to represent state. 
                    
                        372.701
                        
                    Arrest by officers of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; recognizance; cash bond; citation. 
                    
                        372.7015
                        
                    Illegal killing, taking, possessing, or selling wildlife or game; fines; disposition of fines. 
                    
                        372.7016
                        
                    Voluntary Authorized Hunter Identification Program. 
                    
                        372.705
                        
                    Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishers. 
                    
                        372.711
                        
                    Noncriminal infractions. 
                    
                        372.72
                        
                    Disposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures. 
                    
                        372.73
                        
                    Confiscation and disposition of illegally taken game. 
                    
                        372.74
                        
                    Cooperative agreements with U. S. Forest Service; penalty. 
                    
                        372.75
                        
                    Use of explosives and other substances prohibited. 
                    
                        372.76
                        
                    Search and seizure authorized and limited. 
                    
                        372.761
                        
                    Issuance of warrant for search of private dwelling. 
                    
                        372.77
                        
                    Assent to provisions of Act of Congress of September 2, 1937. 
                    
                        372.7701
                        
                    Assent to federal acts. 
                    
                        372.771
                        
                    Federal conservation of fish and wildlife; limited jurisdiction. 
                    
                        372.83
                        
                    Noncriminal infractions; criminal penalties; suspension and revocation of licenses and permits. 
                    
                        372.84
                        
                    Forfeiture or denial of licenses and permits. 
                    
                        372.85
                        
                    Contaminating fresh waters. 
                    
                        372.86
                        
                    Possessing, exhibiting poisonous or venomous reptile; license required. 
                    
                        372.87
                        
                    License fee; renewal, revocation. 
                    
                        372.88
                        
                    Bond required, amount. 
                    
                        372.89
                        
                    Safe housing required. 
                    
                        372.90
                        
                    Transportation. 
                    
                        372.901
                        
                    Inspection. 
                    
                        372.91
                        
                    Who may open cages, pits, or other containers housing poisonous or venomous reptiles. 
                    
                        372.911
                        
                    Rewards. 
                    
                        372.912
                        
                    Organized poisonous reptile hunts. 
                    
                        372.92
                        
                    Rules and regulations. 
                    
                        372.921
                        
                    Exhibition or sale of wildlife. 
                    
                        372.922
                        
                    Personal possession of wildlife. 
                    
                        372.97
                        
                    Jim Woodruff Dam; reciprocity agreements. 
                    
                        372.971
                        
                    St. Mary's River; reciprocity agreements. 
                    
                        372.98
                        
                    Possession of nutria; license; inspection; penalty for violation. 
                    
                        372.981
                        
                    Regulation of importation of caiman. 
                    
                        372.988
                        
                    Required clothing for persons hunting deer. 
                    
                        372.99
                        
                    Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey; evidence; penalty. 
                    
                        372.9901
                        
                    Seizure of illegal hunting devices; disposition; notice; forfeiture. 
                    
                        372.99021
                        
                    Disposition of illegal fishing devices; exercise of police power. 
                    
                        372.99022
                        
                    Illegal molestation of or theft from freshwater fishing gear. 
                    
                        372.9903
                        
                    Illegal possession or transportation of freshwater game fish in commercial quantities; penalty. 
                    
                        372.9904
                        
                    Seizure of illegal transportation devices; disposition; appraisal; forfeiture. 
                    
                        372.9905
                        
                    Applicability of ss. 372.99, 372.9901, 372.9903, and 372.9904. 
                    
                        372.991
                        
                    Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund. 
                    
                        372.992
                        
                    Nongame Wildlife Advisory Council. 
                    
                        372.993
                        
                    Land-based commercial and recreational fishing activities; legislative findings and purpose; definitions; legal protection; local ordinances; prohibited activity. 
                    
                        372.995
                        
            Release of balloons.