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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is alerting boaters, divers and anglers that the Coral Reef Protection Act goes into effect on July 1, 2009.
The law, the result of House Bill 1423 passed during the recent legislative session, will increase the protection of Florida
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