charlotte harbor aquatic preserves management plan

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CHARLOTTE HARBOR
AQUATIC PRESERVES MANAGEMENT PLAN
Cape Haze, Gasparilla Sound-Charlotte Harbor,
Matlacha Pass and Pine Island Sound
Aquatic Preserves
Adopted May 18, 1983
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Department of Natural Resources
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CHARLOTTE HARBOR
AQUATIC PRESERVES PLAN
MANAGB~ENT
Adopted
May 18, 1983
By the Board of Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Trust Fund
Bob Graham
Governor
George Firestone
Secretary of State
Attorney General Jim Smith
Gerald A. Lewis
Comptroller
Bill Gunter
Treasurer
Commissioner of Agriculture Doyle Conner
Ralph D. Turlington
Commissioner of Education
Dr. Elton J. Gissendanner, Executive Director
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Recreation and Parks
Bureau of Envircnmental Land Management
Preparation of this report was primarily supported
by a grant from the u.s. Office of Coastal zone
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and, the Florida Department of
Environmental Regulation, the Office of coastal
Management, through the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972 as amended.
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STATE OF FLORIDA
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
R E S 0 L U T I 0 N
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund
is charged with the acquisition, administration, management, control, super
vision, conservation, protection, and disposition of all lands title to which
is vested in the Trustees under Chapter 253, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 258, Florida Statutes, directs that state-owned sub
merged lands within aquatic preserves be set aside forever in their essentially
natural or existing condition for the benefit of future generations; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees are charged with the adoption and enforcement of
reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of Sections 258.35
through 258.46, Florida Statutes, regarding the regulation of human activity
within aquatic preserves so as not to unreasonably interfere with lawful
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and traditional public uses of the preserves; and
WHEREAS, Section 16Q-20.13, Florida Administrative Code, mandates the
development of management plans for aquatic preserves; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to serve the public by effectively planning,
managing and protecting aquatic preserves; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees recognize the importance and benefits of
prote~ting
the natural resources and preserving the natural ecosystem of the aquatic preserves
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in the Charlotte Harbor area, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Trust Fund hereby adopts the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves
Management Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Trustees designate the Cape Haze
Aquatic Preserve, the Gaspari 11 a Sound-Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve, the
Pass Aquatic Preserve and the Pine Island Sound Aquatic Preserve as
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11Wilderness preserves .. , wherein the primary management objective will be the
maintenance of these ecosystems in an essentially natural state; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves
Management Plan shall serve as a fundamental policy guideline for the Trustees
and other state and local agencies having jurisdiction relative to maintaining
the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves system, and shall provide the overall
policy direction for the development and implementation of all administrative
rules and programs related to the management of state-owned submerged lands
within the Cape Haze, Gasparilla Sound-Charlotte Harbor, Matlacha Pass and Pine
Island Sound Aquatic Preserves; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Natural Resources,Division
of Recreation and Parks, is hereby designated as a9ent for the Trustees for
purposes of aquatic preserve planning and management.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Trust Fund have hereunto subscribed their names and have caused the Official Seal
of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to be hereunto
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affixed in the City of Tallahassee, the Capital, on this the 18th day of
May , A.D., 19_§l_.
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