 |
Species |
|
Minimum Size
Limits |
|
Closed
Season |
|
Daily Recreational Bag Limit |
|
Remarks |
|
|
Greater Amberjack |
|
28" fork |
|
|
|
1 per person per day |
|
|
|
Lesser Amberjack
Banded Rudderfish |
|
Not less than 14" or more than 20"fork |
|
|
|
5 aggregate of lesser amberjack and banded rudderfish |
|
|
|
Billfish |
|
Sailfish 57"
Blue Marlin 99"
White Marlin 66" |
|
|
|
1 per person per day, Agregate bag limit |
|
Species includes Marlin, Spearfish, and Sailfish. Federal limits apply. |
|
Black Drum |
|
Not less than 14" or more than 24"fork |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
one 5 gal. bucket per person or 2 per vessel, whichever is less per day |
|
Illegal to harvest from closed areas. Call FMP for current information. |
|
Cobia (Ling) |
|
33"fork |
|
|
|
2 per person per day |
|
|
|
Crab-Blue |
|
|
|
|
|
10 gallons whole per day |
|
5 traps maximum. Trap requirements apply. Harvest of egg bearing crabs prohibited. |
|
Crab-Stone |
|
2 3/4"' Claw |
|
May 15 - Oct. 15 |
|
1 gal. Stone Crab claws per person or 2 gal. per vessel, whichever is less. |
|
5 traps maximum. Trap requirements apply. Harvest of egg bearing crabs prohibited. |
|
Crawfish
Spiny Lobster |
|
Larger than 3" carapace measured in the water |
|
April 1 - Aug. 5
Exception: Sports Season - last consecutive Wed. & Thurs. of July each Year |
|
24 per vessel or 6 per person per day whichever is less |
|
Recreational trapping prohibited. Crawfish permit required. Special bag limit for 2-day Sportsmans' season. Call FMP for current information on Sportsman's season. |
|
Dolphin |
|
|
|
|
|
10 per person per day |
|
|
|
Flounder |
|
12" |
|
|
|
10 per person per day |
|
|
|
Grey Triggerfish |
|
12" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grouper |
|
20" |
|
|
|
5 Aggregate of all species per person per day |
|
Includes Yellowfin, Red, Yellowmouth, Misty, Scamp, Yellowedge. Harvest of Nassau and Jewfish prohibited. |
|
Grouper-Black & Gag |
|
24" Atlantic
20" Gulf |
|
|
|
2 per person per day Atlantic
5 per person per day Gulf |
|
Are included in Grouper aggregate bag limits - Atlantic only |
|
Grouper-Warsaw
Speckled Hind |
|
|
|
|
|
1 per vessel per day of each species |
|
Are included in Grouper aggregate bag limit.
Illegal to buy or sell. |
|
Hogfish |
|
12"fork |
|
|
|
5 per person per day |
|
|
|
Mackerel-King |
|
need listing |
|
|
|
need listing |
|
need listing |
|
Lesser Amberjack
Banded Rudderfish |
|
20"fork |
|
|
|
2 per person per day |
|
Bag limit in Gulf-Atlantic fishery reduced to 1 when federal waters are closed to all harvest. Call FMP for details. |
|
Mackerel-Spanish |
|
|
|
|
|
10 per person per day |
|
Transfer of Spanish mackerel to other vessels at sea is prohibited. |
|
Mullet |
|
|
|
|
|
50 per vessel or person, whichever is less per day |
|
|
|
Oysters |
|
3" |
|
June, July, August in Dixie, Wakulla, Levy counties. July, August, Sept. in all other ares. |
|
3 bags per person or vessel, whichever is less per day. 1 Bag = 60 lbs. or two 5 gal. Buskets (whole in shell.) |
|
Apalachicola Bay has summer & winter seasons/areas. Harvest from approved shellfish areas only. Call FMP for details. |
|
Permit & Pompano |
|
Not less than 20" or more than 20"fork |
|
|
|
10 per person per day of Permit and Pompano. 10 aggregate. Sale prohibited for Pompano more than 20" |
|
May possess one over 20" of either Permit or Pompano |
|
Pompano-African |
|
Not less that 24" |
|
|
|
2 fish per person per vessel/day. whichever is less. |
|
Hook & line gear only. |
