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Basic Commercial Fishing Regulations
Species & Area
Size Limit
Trip Limit/
Bag Limit
Closed
Season
Other Regulations
Cobia (Ling) p
33” FL
2 fish per person per
day, maximum of 6 per
vessel.
None
*RS required. May not possess a recreational bag limit and
a commercial bag limit at the same time. Size limit applies
to sale.
Dolphin p
20” FL
Directed harvest - None.
Incidental bycatch -
10 fish per person.
None
*FP & RS required. FP for Atlantic. Allowable gear: hook and
line, longline gear (federal waters only), and spearing. Size limit
applies to purchase and sale of fish.
Eels other than moray and
snake eels
None
None
None
“Marine Life” regulations p. 15 apply to moray and snake eels.
Harvest of spaghetti eels is prohibited in John Pennekamp Coral
Reef State Park.
Flounder - Gulf, southern, summer,
fringed p †
12” TL
Incidental bycatch -
50 lbs. shrimp trawls
None
*RS required. Allowable gear: beach or haul seine, cast net,
hook and line, and spearing. In Volusia County, spearing with
barbed spear having more than 3 prongs prohibited. Size limit
applies to sale of fish.
Groupers p
See: “Reef Fish”
Regulations.
pgs. 8 & 9
See: “Reef Fish” Regulations. pgs. 8 & 9
Herring (blueback and river herring) None
None
None
Allowable gear: hook and line only. Spearing prohibited.
Hogfish p
12” FL
None
None
Size limit applies to imported fish
Horseshoe Crab
None
25 crab per person per
day or 100 per person
per day w/ ML#
None
Allowable gear: by hand or gig. Limits extend to docks, piers,
bridges, beaches and adjacent fishing sites. A biomedical
collection permit is required for collecting blood (crabs must be
released alive in the area where collected).
Jacks (Amberjacks) p
See: “Reef Fish”
Regulations. p. 9
See: “Reef Fish” Regulations on p. 9
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