FWC bans spiny lobster casitas as too problematic
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Key West Citizen] By Timothy O'Hara - November 20, 2014 -
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is abandoning a proposal to legalize now-illegal spiny lobster habitat called casitas.
FWC biologists called the effort to legalize "impractical" because of several jurisdictional issues and problems with permitting casitas as fishing gear, according to a FWC report.
Casitas are artificial habitats, sometimes made out of old bathtubs, hurricane shutters and other debris, and are used to congregate large numbers of lobster.
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