Everyone coming to Anna Maria Island will have their own ideas on how they want to best spend their precious time on the island. Many will simply want to lie on the beach soaking up the sun; some will want to catch as many of the hundreds of fish we have as they can; while others will simply want to wander up and down the beach looking for shells.
For those happy souls there is one important thing to remember, as pointed out by this week's Islander newspaper. It concerns limits being placed on those picking shells, and makes some interesting points for visitors.
It says: Generally, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission requires that residents and non-residents have a recreational saltwater fishing license to harvest a sea shell containing a live organism.
In Manatee County, at the urging of local officials, the state has limited collectors to harvesting or possessing no more than two shells containing live organisms of any single species, except for oysters, hard clams, sunray venus clams and coquinas. The rule applies to mollusks and echinoderms, including tulips, whelks, conchs, olives, augers, scallops, cockles, mussels, starfish, sand dollars, sea urchins and sea biscuits.
Also, the harvest of the Bahama Starfish and just the possession of a live Queen Conch is against the law in Florida.
So, come for all the right, wonderful reasons, but do be careful not to take too much of paradise away with you.
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