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  "heading": "Incidental by-catch",
  "text": "Any commercial shrimping vessel may retain and any commercial fisherman may sell all southern flounder caught as by-catch on any shrimping trip unless the southern flounder stock is determined by the department to be overfished or undergoing overfishing. After such a determination, the commission may adopt rules or regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to restrict the retention of southern flounder caught as by-catch on any shrimping trip until such time as the department determines the stock has recovered from an overfished or overfishing status.",
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      "name": "WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES"
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      "name": "GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES"
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      "name": "FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC LIFE"
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