Basic Commercial Fishing Regulations - Gulf States Marine ...

SPECIES DAILY BAG POSSESSION
MINIMUM
LENGTH IN
INCHES
Florida pompano 3 3 12 TL
Mullet Note 4,5,6 Note 4,5,6
Atlantic Sharpnose 1/person 7,9 1/person 7,9 None
& Bonnethead
Sharks
Other sharks 1/person 7,8,9 1/person 7,8,9 54 FL
Tripletail 3 3 16 TL
Flounder 10 10 12 TL
Lesser amberjack
2,9 2,9
MAXIMUM
LENGTH IN
INCHES
14 FL 22 FL
Banded rudderfish
2,9 2, 9
14 FL 22 FL
Yellowfin tuna No limit No limit 27 CFL
Bigeye tuna No limit No limit 27 CFL
1 No allowance for undersized fish except: redfish – no undersized fish allowed, one (1) may exceed the
maximum size. No undersize tolerance for speckled trout.
2 There is a 20-fish aggregate bag limit for reef fish species for which there is no other bag limit (including
banded rudderfish and lesser amberjack).
3 When caught in areas designated as salt water.
4 October 24 through December 31 – Possession limit on mullet caught by cast net or snagging is 25 fish
per boat per day or 25 fish per person per day from shore.
5 Unlawful to possess onboard a boat more than 25 mullet while cast netting or snagging in waters close to
the use of gill nets.
6 October 24 through December 31 – Unlawful to take mullet by cast netting or snagging in Theodore
Industrial Canal, Dog River, or the tributaries thereof.
7 Illegal to use chumming or bloodbaiting within 300 feet of the shoreline or any pier in the waters under
the jurisdiction of Marine Resources Division.
8 Recreational and commercial harvest of the following species are prohibited:
Sharks - Atlantic angel, longfin mako, small tail, bigeye thresher, bignose, sevengill, white, dusky,
sixgill, nurse, sand tiger, basking, bigeye sixgill, Caribbean reef, Caribbean sharpnose, Galapogos,
narrowtooth, night and whale
Sawfish - largetooth & smalltooth
Rays - Atlantic manta & spotted eagle
Grouper - Goliath & Nassau
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When adjoining federal waters are closed then state waters are closed to the taking of Gulf Reef Fish,
King Mackerel & Sharks.
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