| Species
|
Minimum
Size Limits |
Closed
Season |
Daily Rec.
Bag Limit |
Remarks |
| Amberjack - Greater
|
28" fork |
|
per person per day |
|
|
Amberjack - Lesser & Banded Rudderfish |
Not less than 14" or more
than 22" fork |
|
5 aggregate of lesser
amberjack and banded rudderfish |
|
| Billfish |
Sailfish 63" Blue Marlin
99"White Marlin 66" |
|
1 per person per day
aggregate bag limit |
Measured tip of lower jaw to fork. Federal regulations
apply in state waters. All landed fish must be reported to NOAA within
24 hours 800-894-5528. HMS permit required. |
| Black Drum |
Not less than 14" or more
than 24" |
|
5 per person per day |
May possess one over 24". |
| Bluefish |
12" fork |
|
10 per person per day |
|
| Bonefish |
18" |
|
1 per person per day |
|
| Clams-Hard |
1" thick across hinge |
May not harvest half hour
after official sunset until half hour before official sunrise |
One 5 gal. bucket per person or 2 per vessel, whichever
is less per day (whole in shell) |
Illegal to harvest from
closed areas. Go to www.floridaaquaculture.com for allowable harvesting
areas. |
| Cobia (Ling) |
33" fork |
|
1 per person or 6 per vessel
per day whichever is less |
A saltwater products license and a restricted species
endorsement are needed to sell Cobia or exceed the one-fish daily bag
limit. |
| Crab-Blue |
|
Sept 20 - Oct 4 Gulf state waters beyond 3 miles closed
to traps; federal waters closed to traps |
10 gallons whole per person
per day |
5 traps maximum. Trap requirements apply. Harvest
of egg-bearing crabs prohibited. |
| Crab-Blue Land |
|
July 1 - Oct 31 |
20 per person per day |
Trapping prohibited, harvest of egg-bearing females
prohibited, harvest prohibited in state parks and from the right-of-way
of federal, state or county maintained roads. |
| Crab-Stone |
2 3/4" claw |
May 16 – Oct 14 |
1 gal. Stone Crab claws per person or 2 gal. per
vessel, whichever is less |
5 traps maximum. Trap requirements apply. Illegal to
possess whole crab. Harvest of egg-bearing crabs prohibited. |
| Crawfish (Spiny Lobster) |
Larger than 3" carapace measured in the water
|
April 1 – Aug 5 Exception:
Sport Season - last consecutive Wed & Thurs of July each year |
Regular season: 6 per person
per day |
Recreational trapping prohibited. Crawfish permit
required when license required. Special bag limit for 2-day Sport
season. Call DLE for current information on Sport season. |
| Dolphin |
20" fork Atlantic |
|
10 per person per day, not to exceed 60 per vessel
per day statewide |
A saltwater products license, a restricted species
endorsement and a federal commercial vessel permit are needed to sell
Dolphin, exceed the 10-fish bag limit, or exceed 60 per vessel per day
statewide. |
| Flounder |
12" |
|
10 per person per day |
May be harvested by
spearing. |
| Grouper-Black & Gag |
24" Atlantic & Monroe
County; 22" Gulf (excluding Monroe County) |
|
2 per person per day Atlantic & Monroe County; 5 per
person per day Gulf (excluding Monroe County) |
Included within 5 per person per day Grouper aggregate
bag limit.
|
| Grouper-Red |
20" |
|
2 per person per day- Gulf |
Included within 5 per person
per day Grouper aggregate bag limit. |
|
Grouper- Yellowfin & Yellowmouth |
20" |
|
Included within 5 per person
per day Grouper aggregate bag limit |
|
| Grouper-Scamp |
20" |
|
Atlantic & Monroe County;
16" Gulf (excluding Monroe County) |
Included within 5 per person per day Grouper aggregate
bag limit |
| Grouper-Warsaw & Speckled
Hind |
|
|
1 per vessel per day of each
species |
Included within 5 per
person per day Grouper aggregate bag limit. |
| Grouper-all others |
|
|
Included within 5 per person
per day Grouper aggregate bag limit. |
Includes: Coney, Graysby,
Misty, Red Hind, Rock Hind, Snowy, Tiger & Yellowedge. |
| Hogfish |
12" fork |
|
5 per person per day |
|
| Mackerel-King |
4" fork |
|
22 per person per day Bag
limit in Gulf-Atlantic fishery reduced to 1 when federal waters are
closed to all harvest. |
Call DLE for details. |
| Mackerel-Spanish |
12" fork |
|
15 per person per day
|
Transfer of Spanish Mackerel
to other vessels at sea is prohibited. |
|
Mullet-Striped (Black) & Silver |
|
|
Feb 1 - Aug 31
50 per
person per day, aggregate of striped & silver mullet maximum 100
aggregate per vessel |
Sept 1 - Jan 31, 50 per person or per vessel. Contact
DLE for additional restrictions in Pinellas & Charlotte counties. |
| Oysters |
3" |
June, July, Aug. in Dixie, Wakulla, Levy counties.
July, Aug., Sept. in all other areas |
2 bags per person or vessel, whichever is less per day.
1 Bag = 60 lbs. or two 5 gal. buckets (whole in shell) |
Apalachicola Bay has summer & winter seasons/areas.
Harvest from approved shellfish areas only. Go to
www.floridaaquaculture.com for allowable harvesting areas. |
| Permit & Pompano |
Not less than 11" or more
than 20" fork |
|
6 per person per day aggregate of Permit and Pompano May
possess one over 20" of either Permit or Pompano. |
Vessel restriction: no more than 2 permit and pompano
over 20" fork length at any time in any combination. Gigging, spearing,
snatching prohibited. |
| Pompano-African |
Not less than 24" fork |
|
2 fish per person or per
vessel per day whichever is less |
Hook & line gear only. |
| Red Drum (Redfish) |
Not less than 18" or more
than 27" |
|
1 per person per day |
Gigging, spearing, snatching
prohibited. |
| Red Porgy |
14" Atlantic |
|
1 per person per day
Atlantic |
|
| Scallops-Bay |
|
Sept 11– June 30 |
2 gallons whole or 1 pint meat per person per day, no
more than 10 gallons whole, or 1/2 gallon meat per vessel anytime |
Harvest allowed only in state waters of the Gulf of
Mexico from the Pasco-Hernando county line (near Aripeka-latitude 28
degrees,26.016 minutes North), to the west bank of the Mexico Beach
Canal in Bay County (longitude 85 degrees, 25.84 minutes West). Any bay
scallops harvested and possessed must be landed within the allowable
harvesting area. |
| Sea Bass-Black |
10" |
|
20 per person per day
Atlantic |
|
| Shad |
|
|
10 aggregate per person per
day |
American, Alabama & Hickory are part of aggregate limit.
Hook & line gear only. |
| Shark |
|
|
1 per person or 2 per vessel per day, whichever is
less |
Practice of finning and filleting at sea prohibited. See
list below for protected species. |
| Sheepshead |
12" |
|
15 per person per day
|
Snatching prohibited. |
| Shrimp |
|
April & May closed to Nassau, Duval, St. Johns,
Putnam, Flagler & Clay counties |
5 gallons heads on per person or vessel per day,
whichever is less |
Must be landed in a whole
condition. Contact DLE for closed areas. |
|
Snapper-Black & Wenchman |
|
|
Included within 10 per person per day Snapper aggregate
bag limit |
|
| Snapper-Cubera |
|
|
Not less than 12" or more
than 30" |
Included within 10 per person per day snapper aggregate
bag limit if under 30" Allowed 2 Cubera Snapper over 30" per person or
vessel per day which ever is less. 30" or larger not included within the
Snapper aggregate bag limit. |
|
Snapper- Gray (Mangrove) |
10" |
|
5 per person per day |
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit. |
| Snapper-Lane |
8" |
|
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit if harvested from Atlantic |
Lane Snapper harvested
from the Gulf of Mexico not included within the Snapper aggregate bag
limit. |
| Snapper-Mutton |
16" |
|
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit |
|
| Snapper-Red |
20" Atlantic; 16" Gulf
|
Nov 1 - April 14 Gulf Only |
2 per person per day
Atlantic; 4 per person per day Gulf Included within 10 per person per
day Snapper aggregate bag limit. |
|
|
Snapper- Schoolmaster
|
10" |
|
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit |
|
|
Snapper- Vermilion |
10" |
|
10 per person per day
Atlantic |
Vermilion Snapper not
included within the Snapper aggregate bag limit. Note: Changes in
size and bag limit have been proposed. For current information go to
http://myfwc.com/marine/lines.htm
Notice: There will be a recreational rule change to Vermillion snapper
effective August 1 |
|
Snapper - all other |
12" |
|
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit |
Includes: Blackfin, Dog,
Mahogany, Queen, Silk & Yellowtail. |
| Snook (All species) |
Not less than 26" or more
than 34" |
Dec 15 - Jan 31 statewide; June, July, Aug Atlantic;
May, June, July, Aug Gulf, Monroe County, Everglades Nat. Park |
2 per person per day Atlantic; 1 per person per day
Gulf, Monroe County, Everglades Nat. Park |
Snook permit required when saltwater license required.
State regulations apply in federal waters. Illegal to buy or sell snook.
Snatch hooks and spearing prohibited. |
| Sponge- Commercial
|
Greater than 5" in greatest dimension measured across
the top of the sponge |
|
10 per person per day |
Includes: Sheepswool,
Yellow, Grass, Glove, Finger, Wire, Reef & Velvet sponge. |
|
Spotted Seatrout |
Not less than 15" or more than 20" (statewide) except
one fish over 20" per person |
Nov & Dec S. Region; Feb N.E. and N.W. Regions (See
regional definitions below) |
4 per person per day South Region; 5 per person per day
N.E. and N.W. Regions (See regional definitions below) |
|
| Swordfish |
47" lower jaw fork length |
|
1 per person or 3 per vessel
whichever is less. |
Lower jaw fork length is the straight-line measurement
from the tip of the lower jaw to the fork of the tail. All landed fish
must be reported to NOAA within 24 hours 800-894-5528. HMS permit
required. |
| Tarpon |
|
|
2 fish possession limit |
Requires $50 tarpon
tag to posses or harvest. Snatching prohibited. Boca Grande Pass has
seasonal regulations. Contact DLE for current information. |
| Triggerfish (Gray) |
12" |
|
|
All species of Triggerfish
except Gray and Ocean have live landing & live well requirements. |
| Tripletail |
15" |
|
2 per person per day |
Hook & line gear only. No
snatch hooks. |
| Wahoo |
|
|
2 per person per day |
A saltwater products license, a restricted species
endorsement and a federal commercial vessel permit are needed to sell
Wahoo or exceed the 2-fish bag limit. |
| Weakfish |
12" |
|
4 per person per day |
Must remain in whole
condition until landed ashore (heads & tails intact) ðê Measured as
total length. T Harvest prohibited by or with the use of any multiple
hook in conjunction with live or dead natural bait. |
|
ORNAMENTAL
TROPICAL FISH AND PLANTS
MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT (Total length)
Spanish Hogfish 2" Spotfin Hogfish 3" Porkfish 11/2"
MAXIMUM SIZE LIMIT (Total length) Angelfish (except Rock Beauty) 8"
Butterflyfish, Jawfish 4" Rock Beauty 5" Gobies 2" Spanish Hogfish 8"
Spotfin Hogfish 8"
BAG LIMIT Fishes / Invertebrates: 20 per person per day. No more
than 5 Angelfish and no more than 6 Octocoral colonies PLANTS: 1
gallon per person per day
Live landing and live well requirements. Harvest in Biscayne National
Park & John Pennekamp State Park prohibited. |
|
PROTECTED
SPECIES
It is unlawful to harvest, possess, land, purchase, sell, or exchange
the following species:
Nassau Grouper, Goliath Grouper (Jewfish),
Sawfish, Basking Shark, Whale Shark, Spotted Eagle Ray, Sturgeon, White
Shark, Sand Tiger Shark, Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark, Manta Ray, Spiny
Dogfish, Longspine Urchin, Stony, Hard and Fire Corals, Sea Fans,
Florida Queen Conch and Bahama Starfish. Harvest of live rock in state
waters is prohibited. |
|
SEATROUT REGIONS
"Northeast Region" means all state waters
lying north of the Flagler-Volusia County Line to the Florida-Georgia
border, and adjacent federal Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters.
"Northwest Region" means all state waters north and west of a line
running due west from the westernmost point of Fred Howard Park Causeway
(28E9.350’N 82E48.398’W.), which is approximately 1.17 nautical miles
south of the Pasco-Pinellas County Line to the Florida-Alabama border,
and adjacent federal EEZ waters.
"South Region" means state waters lying between the Flagler-Volusia
County Line on the Atlantic Ocean and the southern boundary of the
Northwest Region on the Gulf of Mexico in Pinellas County and adjacent
federal EEZ |
