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SALTWATER FISHING
EXCEPTIONS TO METHODS OF TAKE BY SPECIES
An ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚŝǀĞŵĞƚŚŽĚŝƐĂůůŽǁĞĚĨŽƌƚĂŬŝŶŐƚŚĞĂƋƵĂƚŝĐƐƉĞĐŝĞƐůŝƐƚĞĚďĞůŽǁ͘,ĂƌǀĞƐƚŽĨĂŶLJ
oƚŚĞƌƐĂůƚǁĂƚĞƌƐƉĞĐŝĞƐďLJƚŚŝƐŵĞƚŚŽĚŝƐƉƌŽŚŝďŝƚĞĚ͘
RED DRUM
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ͻ ŽǁĂŶĚƌƌŽǁƐ
ͻ ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ^ƉĞĂƌŝŶŐƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚƵƐĞĚďLJĂƐŬŝŶĚŝǀĞƌƐƐƵďŵĞƌŐĞĚŝŶǁĂƚĞƌǁŚĞŶƐƉŽƌƚ
ĨŝƐŚŝng
SALTWATER RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS BY METHOD
SKIN DIVERS
tŝƚŚƚŚĞĞdžĐĞƉƚŝŽŶŽĨŐĂŵĞĨŝƐŚ͕ƚŚĞŽŶůLJůĞŐĂůŵĞƚŚŽĚĨŽƌĂƐŬŝŶĚŝǀĞƌƚŽƚĂŬĞĨŝƐŚŝƐǁŚĞŶ
ƐƵďŵĞƌŐĞĚŝŶǁĂƚĞƌƵƐŝŶŐƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐƉĞĂƌŝŶŐĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͘^ĞĞƉĂŐĞϮϵĨŽƌĂĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůŝƐƚŝŶŐ
ŽĨŐĂŵĞĨŝƐŚ.
MOBILITY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS
ƐĚĞĨŝŶĞĚŝŶZ͘^͘ϰϳ͗ϰϲϯ͘ϰ;Ϳ͕ŵŽďŝůŝƚLJŝŵƉĂŝƌĞĚƉĞƌƐŽŶƐǁŚŽĂƌĞďŽŶĂĨŝĚĞƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐŽĨ
>ŽƵŝƐŝĂŶĂ͕ŝŶƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶŽĨǀĂůŝĚŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ͕ĂŶĚŽǀĞƌϲϬLJĞĂƌƐŽĨĂŐĞŵĂLJƵƐĞŽŶĞůĞŐĂů
ƐůĂƚƚƌĂƉĂŶĚͬŽƌŽŶĞŚŽŽƉŶĞƚŶŽƚŐƌĞĂƚĞƌƚŚĂŶϭϴĨĞĞƚďLJϴĨĞĞƚ͕ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚĂůŝĐĞŶƐĞŝŶĂŶLJ
ǁĂƚĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞƐƚĂƚĞ͕ŽŶůLJĨŽƌƚŚĞƉƵƌƉŽƐĞŽĨĐĂƚĐŚŝŶŐĐĂƚĨŝƐŚĂŶĚŽŶůLJĨŽƌŚŽŵĞĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƚŝŽŶ͘
ILLEGAL METHODS FOR FISHING OR TAKING ALL FISH
/ƚ ŝƐ ƵŶůĂǁĨƵů ƚŽ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐ ĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŚŝďŝƚĞĚ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ͕ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ Žƌ
ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚďĞůŽǁǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŝŶƚĞŶƚƚŽƚĂŬĞĨŝƐŚ͘
ͻ ƌŽƐƐďŽǁƐ
ͻ 'ŝůůEĞƚƐ;ĨƌĞƐŚǁĂƚĞƌĂŶĚƐĂůƚǁĂƚĞƌͿ
ͻ ^ƉĞĂƌƐ
ͻ WŽŝƐŽŶƐ
ͻ ^ƚƵƉĞĨLJŝŶŐ^ƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞƐŽƌĞǀŝĐĞƐ
ͻ džƉůŽƐŝǀĞƐ
ͻ 'ƵŶƐ
ͻ dƌĞĞͲƚŽƉƉŝŶŐĞǀŝĐĞƐ
ͻ ŶLJŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚŽƌĚĞǀŝĐĞĐĂƉĂďůĞŽĨƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƚŽƐŚŽĐŬĨŝƐŚ
ͻ ^ŶĂŐŐŝŶŐĞǀŝĐĞƐ
LEGAL BAIT SPECIES
/E>h/E'D/EEKt^͕Zt&/^,E^,Z/DW(not including game fish)
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ͻ Cast nets
ͻ DŝŶŶŽǁƚƌĂƉƐ
ͻ ŝƉEĞƚƐ;ŶĞƚŵƵƐƚďĞŽŶĂĨŝdžĞĚĨƌĂŵĞŶŽůĂƌŐĞƌƚŚĂŶϯĨĞĞƚŝŶĚŝĂŵĞƚĞƌǁŽƌŬĞĚĞdžĐůƵƐŝǀĞůLJďLJŚĂŶĚ͕ďLJŶŽŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶŽŶĞƉĞƌƐŽŶ͕ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚĂŶLJŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞͿ
ͻ Ăŝƚ^ĞŝŶĞƐ;ĂŵĂdžŝŵƵŵŵĞƐŚƐŝnjĞŶŽƚĞdžĐĞĞĚŝŶŐϭͬϰͲŝŶĐŚďĂƌ͕ϭͬϮŝŶĐŚƐƚƌĞƚĐŚĞĚĂŶĚ
ϯϬĨĞĞƚŝŶůĞŶŐƚŚ͖ŵƵƐƚďĞŽƉĞƌĂƚĞĚƐŽůĞůLJŽŶĨŽŽƚĂŶĚďLJŚĂŶĚ͕ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚĂŶLJƉƵůůĞLJ͕
ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůĚĞǀŝĐĞŽƌĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞǁŚĂƚƐŽĞǀĞƌͿ
ͻ ZĞĐƌĞĂƚŝŽŶĂůdƌĂǁůƐ͕ŽŶůLJĂůůŽǁĞĚŝŶƐƚĂƚĞǁĂƚĞƌƐǁŚĞŶĂŶĚǁŚĞƌĞƐŚƌŝŵƉƐĞĂƐŽŶŝƐ
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