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Commercial Permit Requirements continued
Permit
Required for:
Aquacultured live rock
permit
Possession or harvest of cultivated live rock. Florida state permits are also required to
land live rock in Florida. Wild live rock possession/harvest prohibited.
Allowable octocoral
permit
Octocorals (soft corals) were removed from the Coral and Coral Reefs Fishery
Management Plan and are now managed by Florida FWC in state and federal waters
of the Gulf of Mexico. See Florida Fish Wildlife & Conservation Commission regulations.
Dealer permits
A dealer to receive Gulf reef fi sh harvested from federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
A Gulf IFQ dealer endorsement is also required. Call 1-866-425-7627 for more
information.
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