Florida’s First District Court of Appeal issued an opinion upholding the net ban amendment. CCA Florida once again led the charge to support the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) regulations implementing the Constitutional Amendment that was passed by 72% of the voters in 1994.The same small group of commercial gill netters that have filed one lawsuit after another were rebuffed in the appellate court after finding a sympathetic judge at the circuit court level. The three judge appellate panel heldthat the trial judge, “…erred in determining [the netters] claims were not barred by [past legal precedent]”.They also held that the judge was wrong to allow the gill net season to open while the case was pending in theappellate courts. “This is a big win for all recreational anglers and CCA Florida will continue to be ...![Sport Fishing Mag]()
