Commercial Size and Possession Limits
SPECIES
DAILY BAG
POSSESSION
MINIMUM
LENGTH IN
INCHES
MAXIMUM
LENGTH IN
INCHES
Red Snapper
1,4
13 TL
Cobia
2
33 FL
Gag Grouper
1,4
22 TL
Black Grouper
1,4
22 TL
Red grouper
1,4
18 TL
Yellowfin Grouper
1,4
20 TL
Scamp
1,4
16 TL
Florida Pompano
3
12 TL
Vermilion Snapper
4
10 TL
Lane Snapper
4
8 TL
Gray Snapper
4
12 TL
Tripletail
3
18 TL
King Mackerel
4
24 TL
Greater Amberjack
4
36 FL
Sheepshead
12 FL
Mullet
None
Flounder
12 TL
Gray Triggerfish
4
12/vessel
14 FL
All Sharks
2,3,4
None
Lesser Amberjack
4
14 FL
22 FL
Banded Rudderfish
4
14 FL
22 FL
Yellowfin Tuna
27 CFL
Bigeye Tuna
27 CFL
1
Commercial vessels which hold a valid Federal red snapper license and/or a Federal reef fish
commercial vessel permit may land in Alabama up to their (IFQ) Individual Fishing Quota issued to
them by NOAA. They are required to follow all pertinent Federal regulations.
2
Recreational and commercial harvest of the following species are prohibited:
Shark - Atlantic Angel, Longfin Mako, Small Tail, Bigeye Thresher, Bignose, Sevengill, White,
Dusky, Sixgill, Nurse, Sand Tiger, Whale, Bigeye Sand Tiger, Caribbean Reef, Caribbean Sharpnose,
Galapogos, Narrowtooth, Night & Basking, Silky, Sandbar (unless fisherman holds a NOAA
Fisheries Sandbar shark research permit), Sawfish - largetooth & smalltooth, Rays - Atlantic Manta &
Spotted Eagle, Grouper - Goliath & Nassau
3
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.
4
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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