Florida Statute 15.038 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 15
SECRETARY OF STATE

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15.038 State marine mammal and state saltwater mammal.—

(1) The manatee, also commonly known as the sea cow, is hereby designated the Florida state marine mammal.

(2) The porpoise, also commonly known as the dolphin, is hereby designated as the Florida state saltwater mammal.

History.—s. 1, ch. 75-75.

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FN Herstal SA v. Clyde Armory Inc., 838 F.3d 1071 (11th Cir. 2016).

Cited 13 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2016 WL 5390341

probative evidence of secondary meaning); 2 McCarthy § 15:38 (same). Considerable evidence in the record supports

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Marine Indus. Ass'n v. FL. DEPT., 672 So. 2d 878 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 210139

...We affirm in all respects. Manatees are an endangered species both under federal and state law. Approximately 2,000 manatees live in Florida waters, and of those only 900 inhabit the east coast of Florida. The manatee has been designated as the state marine animal, section 15.038(1), Florida Statutes (1995), and a manatee license plate has been authorized by the Legislature to raise funds for the protection of manatees....

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