King and Spanish Mackerel -
A permit is required to meet the requirements of 50 C.F.R.
ยง622.386(e) (as of January 9, 2015) for tournament-caught king and Spanish
mackerel to be donated and sold. Upon request and submission of the information
required in subsection (1), the Executive Director, or his designee, shall
issue a mackerel tournament donation permit to the director of an organized
tournament to allow tournament-caught king and Spanish mackerel to be donated
to a licensed wholesale seafood dealer.
(1) The tournament organizer shall supply the
following:
(a) The tournament organizer's
name, mailing address, phone number, and email address; the name of the
tournament/organization; the number of tournament participants; the dates and
times of the tournament; the name and address of the tournament landing and
weigh-in location. The tournament organizer shall also indicate whether
participants are charged an entry fee and if prizes are awarded.
(b) The name of the wholesale seafood dealer
accepting donated fish, their wholesale seafood dealer license number, contact
person, business address, and phone number.
(c) The name, address, phone number, and tax
identification number of the charitable organization.
(2) Permits shall only be issued to the
director of an organized tournament.
(3) King or Spanish mackerel caught in an
organized tournament permitted pursuant to this subsection may be donated to a
licensed wholesale seafood dealer. Donation of tournament fish as authorized by
this permit does not constitute a sale.
(4) Wholesale dealers must donate the
monetary value of tournament-caught king and Spanish mackerel directly to a
charitable organization designated by the permittee. The monetary value
received for tournament-caught fish may not be donated or returned to the
tournament or used to pay for tournament expenses or prizes.
(5) The tournament organizer may not also be
the licensed wholesale seafood dealer accepting donated fish from the
tournament.
(6) Tournament
organizers must ensure that donated fish are handled and iced to ensure product
safety pursuant to Rule
68E-27.022, F.A.C.
(7) Wholesale dealers accepting
tournament-caught king or Spanish mackerel shall be present at the tournament
check-in location to accept the donated fish.
(8) Wholesale dealers shall report donated
fish pursuant to subsections
68E-5.002(1) and
(2), F.A.C. Wholesale dealers shall identify
the donated fish as tournament catch on Marine Fisheries Trip
Tickets.
(9) Violations of this
rule or of the terms of the permit may result in the revocation of the permit
and the denial of future permit applications pursuant to Rule
68-1.010,
F.A.C.
