Florida Saltwater Fishing Limits
|
|
Fish
Species |
Size
Limits |
Closed
Season
|
Daily
Recreational Bag Limit |
|
Amberjack
(Greater ) |
28
fork |
|
1 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. |
| Black Drum
|
Not less than 14or more
than 24 |
|
5 per person per day
|
| Bluefish
|
12 fork |
|
10 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 |
| Cobia
(Ling) |
33 fork |
|
1 per person or 6 per
vessel per day whichever is less |
| Dolphin
|
20 fork Atlantic |
|
10 per person per day, not
to exceed 60 per vessel per day statewide |
| Flounder
|
12 |
|
10 per person per day
|
| 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 Co ) |
| Grouper Red
|
20 |
|
2 per person per day Gulf
|
| 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 |
| Grouper
(all others) |
|
|
Included within 5 per
person per day Grouper aggregate bag limit |
| Hogfish
|
12 fork |
|
5 per person per day |
| Mackerel King
|
24 fork |
|
2 per person per day
|
| Mackerel Spanish
|
12 fork |
|
15 per person per day
|
| Mullet Striped
(Black) & Silver
|
|
|
Feb 1- Aug 31, 50 per
person per day, aggregate of striped & silver mullet
maximum 100 aggregate per vessel |
| Permit & Pompano
fork |
Not less than 11 or more
than 20 |
|
6 per person per day
aggregate of Permit and Pompano
|
| Pompano African
|
Not less than 24 fork |
|
2 fish per person or per
vessel per day whichever is less |
| Red Drum
(Redfish) |
Not less than 18 or more
than 27 |
|
1 per person per day
|
| Red Porgy
|
14 |
|
Atlantic 1 per person per
day |
| Scallops Bay
|
|
June 30
thru
September 11 |
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 |
| Sea Bass Black
|
10 |
|
20 per person per day
Atlantic
|
| Shark |
|
|
1 per person or 2 per
vessel per day, whichever is less |
| Sheepshead
|
12 |
|
15 per person per day
|
| 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
|
| Snapper Gray
(Mangrove)
|
10 |
|
5 per person per day
|
| Snapper Lane
|
8 |
|
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit if harvested
from Atlantic |
| 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 personper day
Atlantic 4 per person per day Gulf |
| Snapper
Schoolmaster |
10 |
|
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit |
| Snapper Vermilion
|
10 |
|
10 per person per day
Atlantic |
| Snapper
(All other) |
12 |
|
Included within 10 per
person per day Snapper aggregate bag limit |
| 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 |
| Spotted Seatrout
|
Not less than 15 or more
than 20 (statewide) except One fish over 20 per person |
N E and N
W regions February S Region November and December |
N E and N W regions 5 per
person per day S Region 4 per person per day |
| Tarpon
|
|
|
2 fish possession limit
|
| Triggerfish
(Gray) |
12 |
|
|
| Tripletail
|
15 |
|
2 per person per day
|
