Page 1 The Net Ban Until about seven years ago, net boats were allowed to use their nets anywhere they wished. The industry created many jobs but also destroyed fish habitat. There were arguments both ways about whether or not this should be legal in the state of Florida but it was finally voted on it was decided that all nets bigger than five hundred square feet would be banned. Now after being banned since Nov. 8, 1994, …showed first 75 words of 716 total…

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