Manta Ray

The move comes after a video of a fishing boat off the Panhandle hauling aboard an exhausted manta ray went viral.

According to a new study and hundreds of videos shot mostly in waters near Palm Beach County, manta rays can act as a mobile home, providing food, shelter, even honeymoon suites for fish in sometimes inhospitable waters.

The measure would ban capturing threatened or endangered marine life off the Florida coast for exhibits.