ALLIGATOR HARVEST REPORT FORM
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Carefully read instructions on reverse side prior to completing this form.
Please print. Press firmly - you are making 3 copies
SECTION A - TRAPPER
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Name of alligator trapping licensee:_____________________________________________________________________ |
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[Last] |
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[M.I.] |
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Alligator trapping license number: |
ATL - _________________ |
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Alligator CITES tag number: FLM ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ |
Alligator mercury tag number: MER- ___ ___ ___ ___ |
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(If issued with harvest permit) |
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4.Harvest date: ____ / ____ / ____
5.County:__________________________________________________
6.Location:__________________________________________________________________________________________
7.Carcass length:____________feet and ____________ inches
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Disposition of carcass [circle one]: Processed Discarded Transferred to:_________________________________ |
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Sex [circle one]: |
Male |
Female |
Unknown |
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Meat yield:___________ lbs. |
[Record zero (0) here if the meat is to be processed for sale at a permitted processing |
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facility or if the carcass is discarded and meat is not retained by anyone.] |
11. The information provided in SECTION A above is correct:___________________________________________________
Signature of Licensed Trapper |
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SECTION B - PROCESSOR |
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1. Name of receiving processing facility permittee:____________________________________________________________
2.Processing facility permit number: APP - _________
3.Signature verifies receipt of the above carcass:____________________________________________________________
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Signature of Licensed Processor |
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Disposition of carcass [circle one]: Processed Discarded Transferred to:_________________________________ |
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Sex [circle one]: |
Male |
Female |
Unknown |
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6.Meat yield from alligator with tag number listed in A3 above:____________ lbs.
7.The information provided in sections 4 through 7 are correct:_________________________________________________
Signature of Licensed Processor Date
FOR CONTRACTED NUISANCE ALLIGATOR TRAPPER USE ONLY:
SNAP Harvest Permit Number:_______________________
Area type (if different than SNAP permit): ______________________
GPS Location of Capture (decimal degrees: hddd.dddd): N ______________________ W _______________________
WHITE - Commission |
PINK - Processing facility |
YELLOW - Trapper |
FWC FORM 1001AT |
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Effective 4/30/2000; printed 2/2009 |
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INSTRUCTIONS |
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How to submit copies of the Alligator Harvest Report Form |
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Statewide and Private Lands trappers can submit this form online at: www.MyFWC.com/gators |
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Statewide Trappers: The white copy must be forwarded to the FWC Alligator Management Program, |
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620 S. Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399, no later than November 15 of the calendar year of harvest. |
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Statewide trappers SHOULD NOT rely on processors to forward the harvest report form to the Commission; it is |
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the responsibility of the trapper to return the form to the address above. |
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Private Lands Trappers: The white copy must be forwarded to the FWC Alligator Management Program, |
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620 S. Meridian Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399, no later than January 15 of the calendar year following harvest. |
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Nuisance-Alligator Trappers: Return the WHITE copy to the statewide nuisance alligator program coordinator at |
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the end of the month during which the alligator was harvested. |
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Receiving processing facility permittee completes SECTION B and retains this copy for 1 year, as required by rule. |
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Alligator trapping licensee retains this copy. |
SECTION A
This section must be completed by the trapper within 24 hours of taking an alligator from the wild and prior to the transfer of the alligator carcass to another person or processor.
1.Provide full name (last name first) of the alligator trapping licensee.
2.Give the alligator trapping license number.
3.Record the number of the CITES tag that is attached to the hide and, if attached, the number of the mercury tag.
4.Date the alligator was taken.
5.County where the alligator was taken.
6.General location from which the alligator was taken (that is, the name of the lake or river, the name of the harvest unit if taken in statewide harvest, or the property name if taken on private lands).
7.Measure carcass length along the underside in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Record length to the nearest inch.
8.Circle AProcessed@ if the hide or meat was removed from the carcass for personal consumption (record the weight of the meat in 10.). Circle ADiscarded@ if the carcass was discarded without being skinned or removing any meat. If the carcass was transferred to a processor or another person, for example, an alligator trapping agent, enter the processor=s or person=s name in the blank provided.
9.Indicate sex of the alligator, if known.
10.Record total pounds of meat produced and packaged from the carcass. Record zero (0) here if the meat is to be processed at a permitted processing facility or if the carcass is discarded and meat is not retained by anyone.
11.Provide the licensed alligator trapper's signature to confirm the information provided is correct.
Alligator meat that is not processed in a permitted processing facility under Rule 68A-25.052, F.A.C., and is kept for personal consumption may not be sold, and such meat must be packaged and labeled in indelible ink with the CITES tag number and license holder's name.
SECTION B
This section must be completed only if the carcass is transferred to a licensed and permitted alligator processing facility. Note that Rule 68A-25.052, F.A.C., prohibits the sale of any alligator meat not packaged in such a facility.
1.Provide full name (last name first) of the alligator processing facility permittee.
2.Give the processing facility permit number.
3.Provide the licensed alligator processor's signature to confirm receipt of the alligator carcass.
4.Indicate disposition of carcass. Note: Alligator processors may transfer legally acquired, tagged, unskinned alligator carcasses and skinned alligator carcasses with the CITES tag number recorded on an attached tag to other permitted processors. However, alligator meat may only be sold if processed from alligator carcasses skinned in a permitted alligator processing facility. Receipt of the carcass shall be documented on a separate Alligator Harvest Report Form in Sections A-3 and B-1 through B-3, and the receiving processor shall complete sections B-4 through B-7 upon processing. A copy of the Alligator Harvest Report Form completed by the processor shall accompany the carcass until processing.
5.Indicate sex of the alligator.
6.Indicate number of pounds of meat packaged from the alligator with the tag number listed above.
7.Provide the licensed alligator processor's signature to confirm information provided is correct.