By Emily Rose Finn
Manalapan has recast its shore-based shark fishing crackdown as a nuisance law, leaving fishing regulation to the state while keeping a 100-yard buffer between hooks and swimmers.
Commissioners revamped an ordinance they approved i
By Jane Musgrave
A month after the Manalapan Town Commission passed a law cracking down on shark-fishing from its shores, elected leaders learned they overstepped their authority.
Regulating fishing, even reeling sharks into shore, is the sole provi
I am writing regarding the recent passage of Ordinance 405 by the town of Manalapan on May 12 and the growing trend of municipalities attempting to regulate shark fishing and other fishing activity, despite Florida’s longstanding state preemption ove
Shark fishing from shore restricted — Manalapan town commissioners passed a new ordinance — designed to reduce shark fishing from shore — that prohibits fishing activities that “may endanger the health and safety of swimmers or other beachgoers.”
Whi
Wording seeks to avoid a state law to contrary
By John Pacenti
The Manalapan Town Commission gave preliminary approval to an ordinance aimed at cracking down on shark fishing practices.
“We’ve become a safe haven for shark fishing, and we don’t want
By Tim Pallesen
Fishermen have won the right to fish for sharks off all but the public beaches in Delray Beach.
“There’s nothing good about shark fishing near a public beach,” Mayor Cary Glickstein said as city commissioners reached a compr
