A person may not intentionally kill or wound any fish or wildlife species designated by the commission as endangered, threatened, or of special concern, or intentionally destroy the eggs or nest of any such fish or wildlife, unless authorized by rules of the commission. A person who violates this section commits a Level Four violation under s. 379.401.
Citation: West's F.S.A. § 379.411.
(1) Base penalties.--Unless otherwise provided by law, any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission relating to the conservation of marine resources, shall be punished:
(a) Upon a first conviction, by imprisonment for a period of not more than 60 days or by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) On a second or subsequent conviction within 12 months, by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Upon final disposition of any alleged offense for which a citation for any violation of this chapter or the rules of the commission has been issued, the court shall, within 10 days, certify the disposition to the commission...
(2) Major violations.--...
(e) For a violation involving the taking, harvesting, or possession of any of the following species, which are endangered, threatened, or of special concern:
1. Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
2. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus)
3. Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis)
4. Atlantic loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta caretta)
5. Atlantic green turtle (Chelonia mydas mydas)
6. Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
7. Atlantic hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata imbracata)
8. Atlantic ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempi) or
9. West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), an additional penalty of $100 for each unit of marine life or part thereof.
Citation: West's F.S.A. § 379.407.
...(2) The compensation schedule for damage to natural resources is based upon the cost of restoration and the loss of ecological, consumptive, intrinsic, recreational, scientific, economic, aesthetic, and educational values of such injured or destroyed resources. The compensation schedule takes into account:...
(c) The type and sensitivity of natural resources affected by a discharge, determined by the following factors:...
2. The location of the discharge with respect to special management areas designated because of their unique habitats; living resources; recreational use; aesthetic importance; and other ecological, educational, consumptive, intrinsic, scientific, and economic values of the natural resources located therein. Special management areas are state parks; recreation areas; national parks, seashores, estuarine research reserves, marine sanctuaries, wildlife refuges, and national estuary program water bodies; state aquatic preserves and reserves; classified shellfish harvesting areas; areas of critical state concern; federally designated critical habitat for endangered or threatened species...
(4) Compensation schedule:
(a) The amount of compensation assessed under this schedule is calculated by: multiplying $1 per gallon or its equivalent measurement of pollutant discharged, by the number of gallons or its equivalent measurement, times the location of the discharge factor, times the special management area factor.
(b) Added to the amount obtained in paragraph (a) is the value of the observable natural resources damaged, which is calculated by multiplying the areal or linear coverage of impacted habitat by the corresponding habitat factor, times the special management area factor.
(c) The sum of paragraphs (a) and (b) is then multiplied by the pollutant category factor.
(d) The final damage assessment figure is the sum of the amount calculated in paragraph (c) plus the compensation for death of endangered or threatened species, plus the cost of conducting the damage assessment as determined by the department...
(6) It is understood that a pollutant will, by its very nature, result in damage to the flora and fauna of the waters of the state and the adjoining land. Therefore, compensation for such resources, which is difficult to calculate, is included in the compensation schedule. Not included, however, in this base figure is compensation for the death of endangered or threatened species directly attributable to the pollutant discharged. Compensation for the death of any animal designated by rule as endangered by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is $10,000. Compensation for the death of any animal designated by rule as threatened by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is $5,000. These amounts are not intended to reflect the actual value of said endangered or threatened species, but are included for the purposes of this section...
Citation: West's F.S.A. § 376.121.
(3) A person who violates this section commits a Level Four violation under s. 379.401. (killing any member of a panther species)
Citation: West's F.S.A. § 379.4115.
...(4) Level Four violations.
(a) A person commits a Level Four violation if he or she violates any of the following provisions:...
9. Section 379.411, prohibiting the intentional killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern...
(b) A person who commits a Level Four violation commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Citation: West's F.S.A. § 379.401.
...(e)
1. A person, firm, or corporation that commits any act prohibited in paragraph (d) involving any egg of any marine turtle species described in this subsection shall pay a penalty of $100 per egg in addition to other penalties provided in this paragraph.
2. A person, firm, or corporation that illegally possesses 11 or fewer eggs of any marine turtle species described in this subsection commits a first degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 775.083.
3. For a second or subsequent violation of subparagraph 2., a person, firm, or corporation that illegally possesses 11 or fewer eggs of any marine turtle species described in this subsection commits a third degree felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
4. A person, firm, or corporation that illegally possesses more than 11 eggs of any marine turtle species described in this subsection commits a third degree felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
5. A person, firm, or corporation that illegally takes, disturbs, mutilates, destroys, causes to be destroyed, transfers, sells, offers to sell, molests, or harasses any marine turtle species or hatchling, or parts thereof, or the eggs or nest of any marine turtle species described in this subsection, commits a third degree felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
6. A person, firm, or corporation that illegally possesses any marine turtle species or hatchling, or parts thereof, or the nest of any marine turtle species described in this subsection, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
7. Notwithstanding s. 777.04, a person, firm, or corporation that solicits or conspires with another person, firm, or corporation, to commit an act prohibited by this subsection commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084...
Citation: Fla. Stat. § 379.2431.