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General Snapper
Regulations:
• Snapper Aggregate Bag
Limit – Within state waters
of the Atlantic and Gulf, Snapper, Cubera u l Snapper, Red u l X Snapper, Vermilion u l X Snapper, Lane ul
all species of snapper are Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits:
included in a 10 fish per • Atlantic and Gulf - 12" (see below) • Atlantic - 20" • Atlantic - 12" • Atlantic and Gulf - 8"
harvester per day aggregate • Gulf - 16" • Gulf - 10"
bag limit in any combination Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit:
of snapper species, unless • Atlantic and Gulf - 10 per harvester Season: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Atlantic - 10 per harvester
stated otherwise. under 30", included within snapper • Atlantic - Open year-round • Atlantic - 5 per harvester not included • Gulf - 100 pounds per harvester, not
• Seasons – If no seasonal aggregate bag limit • Gulf - to be determined within snapper aggregate bag limit included within snapper aggregate
information is provided, the • May additionally harvest up to 2 over • Gulf - 10 per harvester not included bag limit
30" per harvester or vessel, whichever Daily Recreational Bag Limit: within snapper aggregate bag limit
species is open year-round. • Atlantic and Gulf - 2 per harvester
is less, and these 2 fish over 30" are
not included within snapper aggregate • Gulf - Zero daily bag and possession limit
bag limit for captain and crew on for-hire vessels.
Pelagics
Atlantic Croaker
Bluefish n Flounder u T n Bonefish H n and Spot l H T n Sheepshead l u T n
Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits:
• 12" fork length • 14" • 0 per harvester • None • 12"
Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Remarks Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit:
• Atlantic - 3 per harvester • 5 per harvester • Catch and release only • Atlantic - 50 per harvester per species • 8 per harvester
• Gulf - 10 per harvester (includes • Hook and line only (excludes Monroe County)
Monroe County) Closed Season: Remarks
• Gulf - 100lbs per harvester (including
• Oct. 15 – Nov. 30 • Snatching prohibited
Monroe County)
• Vessel limit of 50 fish during March
Remarks and April
• May be harvested by spearing.
Spotted Snatching prohibited.
Seatrout l H u T n
Snook
Size Limits: Weakfish Hu (All species) H u T n Tarpon lHTn
• Not less than 15" or more than 19"
• May not possess more than 1 over Minimum Size Limits: Size Limits: Recreational Bag Limit:
19" per vessel • Weakfish Management Area (WMA) in • Not less than 28" or more than 32" • 1 per harvester per year. $50 harvest
Nassau County - 12" Atlantic excluding Monroe tag required. Vessel limit of one fish.
Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • All other areas - no minimum • Not less than 28" or more than 33" Harvest tag can only be used when fish
• 3 per harvester per day W.P. Zone Permit l H Tn Gulf and Monroe County is retained for potential IGFA record.
• 5 per harvester per day B.B. Zone Daily Recreational Bag Limit:
• 3 per harvester per day S. Zone Size Limits: • WMA - 1 per harvester Closed Season: Remarks
• 2 per harvester per day C.E. Zone • 22" fork Special Permit Zone (SPZ); • All other areas - 100 pounds per • Atlantic (excluding Monroe) closed • Tarpon over 40 inches must remain in
• 5 per harvester per day N.E Zone Not less than 11" or more than 22" harvester Dec. 15–Jan. 31 and June 1–Aug. 31. the water during release. Spearing and
fork length all other areas • Gulf including Monroe County, Dec. 1– snatch hooking prohibited. Bottom
Closed Season: Remarks
end of February, and May 1–Aug. 31. weighted jigs prohibited in Boca Grande
• Feb. W.P. Zone Closed Season: • Regulations apply in parts of Nassau
Pass. See: MyFWC.com/Fishing/
• Nov. - Dec. C.E. Zone • April 1–July 31 SPZ Only County only. Daily Recreational Bag Limit:
Saltwater/Recreational/Tarpon for
• See map at: MyFWC.com/Fishing/Salt- • 1 per harvester
Remarks Daily Recreational Bag Limit: additional information.
water/Recreational/Weakfish
• 6 fish vessel limit south of state road 64 • 1 per harvester, not to exceed 2 per Remarks
(Manatee County) through Gordon Pass vessel SPZ; • Catch-and-release only from SR 64
(Collier County) through May 31, 2022 • 2 per harvester all other state waters (Manatee County) south through
• See management zone map on pg. 9 Gordon Pass (Collier County)
Remarks
• Zero bag limit for captain and crew • Snook permit required for harvest
• May possess 1 over 22" fork length
of for-hire vessels when saltwater license required. See
outside the SPZ, not to exceed 2 over
• For current regulations see MyFWC.com MyFWC.com for snook permit details.
22" fork per vessel per day. For map of
Snatch hooks and spearing prohibited.
SPZ, please see: MyFWC.com. Red Drum
• Zero daily bag and possession limit for
• Zero daily bag and possession limit for
captain and crew on for-hire vessels
captain and crew on for-hire vessels (Redfish) HuT
Size Limits:
• Not less than 18" or more than 27"
Daily Recreational Bag Limit:
• 2 per harvester per day in the NE zone,
Mullet, Striped and 1 per harvester in the NW and S
Black Drum u T n Pompano, Florida H T n (Black) & Silver Blue Runner n zone. See map on p. 6
• Off the water possession limit of 6 fish
Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits:
• Not less than 14" or more than 24" • 11" fork length • No minimum size • No minimum Remarks
• Catch-and-release only from SR 64
Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: (Manatee County) south through
• 5 per harvester • 6 per harvester • 50 aggregate per harvester; • 100 fish per harvester Gordon Pass (Collier County) through
• Aggregate vessel limits May 31, 2022
Remarks Remarks
Feb. 1–Aug. 31: 100 per vessel; • Gigging, spearing, snatching prohibited.
• May possess one over 24". Snatching • Hook and line, cast net and beach or
Sept. 1–Jan. 31: 50 per vessel Harvest in Federal waters prohibited.
prohibited. haul seine ONLY.
Sharks
Retainable Sharks with a 54" fork length minimum H T Retainable Sharks with a 83"
Blue, oceanic whitetip, porbeagle (not illustrated). fork length minimum H T
Bull Common
Thresher
Shortfin Mako
Nurse Spinner
Retainable Sharks with no minimum size limit H T
Daily Recreational Bag Limit:
Finetooth, Smooth Dogfish, Florida and Gulf Smoothhounds (not illustrated). • 1 per harvester or 2 per vessel per day, whichever is less.
Remarks
• The retainable sharks are managed as a group for bag limit pur-
poses. In other words, you can only harvest one shark per day and
the shark that you harvest must be one of the retainable species.
Atlantic Sharpnose Blacknose • Hook-and-line gear only.
• Shore-based Shark Fishing educational course and permit required.
• See list of prohibited species below.
Bonnethead Blacktip
Prohibited Species
It is unlawful to harvest, possess, land, purchase, sell or exchange the following species:
Goliath Grouper (Jewfish), Nassau Grouper, Sawfish, Atlantic Angel Shark, Basking Shark, Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark, Bigeye Sixgill Shark, Bigeye Thresher Shark, Bignose Shark, Caribbean Reef Shark, Caribbean Sharpnose Shark,
Dusky Shark, Galapagos Shark, Lemon Shark, Longfin Mako Shark, Narrowtooth Shark, Night Shark, Silky Shark, Sand Tiger Shark, Sandbar Shark, Sevengill Shark, Sixgill Shark, Smalltail Shark, Spiny Dogfish, Whale Shark, White
Shark, Tiger Shark, Greater, Scalloped and Smooth Hammerhead Shark, Manta Ray, Devil Ray, Spotted Eagle Ray, Longbill Spearfish, Mediterranean Spearfish, Sturgeon, Queen Conch, Calico Scallop, Stony, Hard, Black and Fire
Corals, Sea Fans, Bahama Starfish, and Longspine Urchin. Harvest of live rock in state waters is prohibited. Puffer fish harvest is prohibited in Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties.