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Recreational Issued: July 2020 New regulations are highlighted in red Saltwater Regulations (please visit: MyFWC.com/Fishing/Saltwater/Recreational Regulations apply to state waters of the Gulf and Atlantic for the most regulations) All art: © Diane Rome Peebles, except snowy (Duane Raver) Snapper

General Snapper Regulations: • Snapper Aggregate Bag Limit - Within state waters ul of the Atlantic and Gulf, Snapper, Cubera  u l Snapper, Red  u l X Snapper, Vermilion X Snapper, Lane  u l all of snapper are Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: included in a 10 fish per • Atlantic and Gulf - 12" (see below) • Atlantic - 20" • Atlantic - 12" • Atlantic and Gulf - 8" harvester per day aggregate • Gulf - 16" • Gulf - 10" bag limit in any combination Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: of snapper species, unless • Atlantic and Gulf - 10 per harvester Season: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Atlantic - 10 per harvester stated otherwise. under 30", included within snapper • Atlantic - Open -round • Atlantic - 5 per harvester not included • Gulf - 100 pounds per harvester, not • Seasons – If no seasonal aggregate bag limit • Gulf - Open June 11–July 25 within snapper aggregate bag limit included within snapper aggregate • May additionally harvest up to 2 over • Gulf - 10 per harvester not included bag limit information is provided, the Daily Recreational Bag Limit: species is open year-round. 30" per harvester or vessel-whichever within snapper aggregate bag limit is less-, and these 2 fish over 30" are • Atlantic and Gulf - 2 per harvester not included within snapper aggregate • Gulf - Zero daily bag and possession limit bag limit for captain and crew on for-hire vessels.

Other Snapper  u l Minimum Size Limits: • Dog and Mahogany: Atlantic and Gulf- 12” • No minimum size limit for other snappers Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Atlantic and Gulf - 10 per harvester Snapper, Gray Snapper, ()  u l Snapper, Mutton  u l X Schoolmaster  u l Snapper, Yellowtail  l X Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: • Atlantic and Gulf - 10" • Atlantic and Gulf - 18" • Atlantic and Gulf - 10" • Atlantic and Gulf - 12" fork length Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Atlantic and Gulf - 5 per harvester • Atlantic and Gulf - 5 per harvester • Atlantic and Gulf - 10 per harvester • Atlantic and Gulf - 10 per harvester Grouper

Atlantic Grouper General Regulations: • Atlantic grouper regulations apply to all state waters of the Atlantic and all state waters Grouper, Warsaw off Monroe County (Gulf and Grouper, Black  u l X Grouper, Snowy  l Grouper, Red  u l X &  l Atlantic sides). Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limit: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: • Atlantic Grouper Aggre- • Atlantic - 24" • Atlantic and Gulf - None • Atlantic and Gulf - 20" • Atlantic and Gulf - None gate Bag Limit - all species • Gulf - 24" of grouper plus golden Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Season: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: in the Atlantic Season: • Atlantic - 1 per harvester • Atlantic - Closed Jan. 1–April 30 • Atlantic and Gulf - 1 per vessel per day are included in a 3 fish • Atlantic - Closed Jan. 1–April 30 • Gulf - 4 per harvester • Gulf - Open year-round of each species per harvester per day • Gulf - Open year-round Daily Recreational Bag Limit: aggregate bag limit in any Daily Recreational Bag Limit: combination of grouper/ • Atlantic - 3 per harvester • Atlantic - 1 per harvester. Only 1 fish golden tilefish species. • Gulf - 2 per Harvester* can be gag or black • Seasons – If no seasonal • Gulf - 4 per harvester* information is provided, the species is open year-round. General Regulations: • Gulf grouper regulations apply Grouper, Yellowfin to all state waters of the Gulf Grouper, Scamp  u l Gag Grouper  u l X & Yellowmouth  u l Other Grouper  l except off Monroe County Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Other Grouper includes: (where Atlantic rules apply). • Atlantic - 20" • Atlantic - 24" • Atlantic and Gulf - 20" • Rock Hind, , Coney and • Gulf Grouper Aggregate • Gulf - 16" • Gulf - 24" Bag Limit - all species of Season: grouper in the Gulf are Season: Season: • Atlantic - Closed Jan. 1–April 30 Minimum Size Limit: included in a 4 fish per har- • Atlantic - Closed Jan. 1–April 30 • Atlantic - Closed: Jan. 1–April 30 • Gulf - Open year-round • Atlantic and Gulf - None • Gulf - Open year-round • Gulf - State waters off Franklin, Wakulla, vester per day aggregate Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Season: Jefferson and Taylor counties: Open April 1 bag limit in any combina- Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Atlantic - Closed Jan. 1–April 30 –June 30, & Sept 1–Dec. 31. • Atlantic - 3 per harvester tion of grouper species. • Atlantic - 3 per harvester • Gulf - Open year-round • Gulf - State waters off all other • Gulf - 4 per harvester • Seasons – If no seasonal • Gulf - 4 per harvester information is provided, the counties: Open June 1–Dec. 31 Daily Recreational Bag Limit: species is open year-round. Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Aggregate apply * Zero bag limit for captain and crew • Atlantic - 1 per harvester. Only 1 fish of for-hire vessels applies to gag, can be gag or black black, and only. • Gulf - 2 per harvester* All art: © Diane Rome Peebles, except golden tilefish (Duane Raver); lionfish (FWC) Reef Fish

Other Reef Fish (If no season information is provided, the species is open year-round)

Amberjack, Greater  l X Great n  l X (Gray)  l X Minimum Size Limits: Regulations only apply in Collier, Monroe, - Atlantic regulations apply to Monroe county Minimum Size Limits: • Atlantic - 28" fork length Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Martin counties. • Atlantic – 12" fork length • Gulf - 34" fork length Minimum Size Limits: • Gulf - 15" fork length Minimum Size Limits: • Atlantic - 16" fork length Season: • Not less than 15" or more than 36" • Gulf - 14" fork length Season: • Atlantic - Open year-round • Atlantic - Open year-round Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Gulf - Open May 1–May 31, Aug. 1–Oct. 31 Season: • Gulf - Open March 1–May 1 • 2 per person or 6 per vessel • Atlantic - Open May 1–Oct. 31 Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • May possess one over 36" per vessel. • Gulf - Open year round Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Atlantic and Gulf - 1 per harvester • Unregulated in all other areas. • Atlantic - 10 per harvester Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Gulf - 1 per harvester • Atlantic - 1 per harvester • Gulf - 5 per harvester

Amberjack, Lesser & Red Porgy  u l Tilefish, Golden  l Banded Rudderfish  l X Black  u l Minimum Size Limits: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: • Atlantic - 14" • Atlantic - 1 per harvester • Atlantic and Gulf - Cannot be less than 14" or • Atlantic - 13" • Gulf - None • Gulf - 100 pounds or 2 per person, whichever greater than 22" fork length • Gulf - 10" is greater Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Atlantic - 3 per harvester Remarks • Atlantic and Gulf - 5 per person aggregate of the • Atlantic - 7 per harvester • Gulf - 100 pounds • Golden tilefish included within Atlantic Grouper two species • Gulf - 100 pounds per harvester aggregate bag limits

Pelagics

Billfish  H Blackfin  n , King  Mackerel, Spanish  H Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: • 63"; • No minimum size limit • 24" fork length • 12" fork length • 47" lower jaw fork length with head at- • Blue 99"; tached or 25" to keel length Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • 66"; if head removed • 66" • 2 fish per person or 10 fish per ves- • Atlantic (excluding Monroe) - 2 per • 15 per harvester sel per day, whichever is greater. harvester Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Gulf (including Monroe) - 3 per • 1 per harvester per day, not to exceed a • 1 per harvester aggregate bag limit harvester maximum of 4 per recreational (not for- hire) vessel or 15 per for-hire vessel Remarks Remarks • Measured tip of lower jaw to fork. All • Bag limit reduced to 1 in some state Remarks landed fish must be reported to NOAA waters if federal waters are closed to • All landed fish must be reported to within 24 hours 800-894-5528 or recreational harvest. NOAA within 24 hours 800-894-5528. hmspermits.noaa.gov. HMS permit required in federal waters. • HMS permit required in federal waters. Zero daily bag and possession limit for captain and crew of for-hire vessels.

Wahoo  Cobia (Ling)  Tripletail  H u T n Dolphinfish  Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: • None • 33" fork length • 18" • Atlantic - 20" fork length • Gulf - None Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • 2 per harvester • Atlantic - 1 per harvester not to • 2 per harvester Daily Recreational Bag Limit: exceed 6 per vessel • 10 per harvester per day, not to Remarks • Gulf - 1 per harvester, not to exceed exceed 60 per vessel per day. Vessel • Hook and line only. No snatch hooks. 2 per vessel limit does not apply to for-hire vessels.

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Pompano,  n  u T Bonefish H n African l H  T n Sheepshead l  u T n Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: • 12" fork length • 12" • 0 per harvester • 24" fork length • 12" Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Remarks Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • 10 per harvester • 10 per harvester • only • 2 per harvester per day, not to exceed • 8 per harvester • Hook and line only 2 per vessel Remarks Remarks Remarks • Changes coming • May be harvested by spearing. • Snatching prohibited Snatching prohibited. • Vessel limit of 50 fish during March and April

Spotted Snook Permit l  H T n Seatrout l H  u T n  H u (All species)  H u T n Tarpon l H T n Size Limits: Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Size Limits: Recreational Bag Limit: • 22" fork Special Permit Zone (SPZ); • Not less than 15" or more than 19" • Weakfish Management Area (WMA) in • Not less than 28" or more than 32" • 1 per harvester per year. $50 harvest Not less than 11" or more than 22" • May not possess more than 1 over Nassau County - 12" Atlantic excluding Monroe tag required. Vessel limit of one fish. fork length all other areas 19" per vessel • All other areas - no minimum • Not less than 28" or more than 33" Harvest tag can only be used when fish Gulf and Monroe County is retained for potential IGFA record. Closed Season: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • April 1–July 31 SPZ Only • 3 per harvester per day W.P. Zone • WMA - 1 per harvester Closed Season: Remarks • 5 per harvester per day B.B. Zone • All other areas - 100 pounds per • Atlantic (excluding Monroe) closed • Tarpon over 40 inches must remain in Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • 3 per harvester per day S. Zone harvester Dec. 15–Jan. 31 and June 1–Aug. 31. the water during release. Spearing and • 1 per harvester, not to exceed 2 per • 2 per harvester per day C.E. Zone • Gulf including Monroe County, Dec. 1– snatch hooking prohibited. Bottom vessel SPZ; Remarks • 5 per harvester per day N.E Zone end of February, and May 1–Aug. 31. weighted jigs prohibited in Boca Grande • 2 per harvester all other state waters • Regulations apply in parts of Nassau Pass. See: MyFWC.com/Fishing/ Closed Season: County only. Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Remarks Saltwater/Recreational/Tarpon for • Feb. W.P. Zone • See map at: MyFWC.com/Fishing/ • 1 per harvester • May possess 1 over 22" fork length additional information. • Nov. - Dec. C.E. Zone Saltwater/Recreational/Weakfish outside the SPZ, not to exceed 2 over Remarks 22" fork per vessel per day. For map of Remarks • Snook permit required for harvest SPZ, please see: MyFWC.com. • See management zone map on pg. 7. when saltwater license required. See • Zero daily bag and possession limit for • Zero bag limit for captain and crew of MyFWC.com for snook permit details. captain and crew on for-hire vessels for-hire vessels Snatch hooks and spearing prohibited. • For current regulations see MyFWC.com • Zero daily bag and possession limit for • Remains Catch-and-release only in captain and crew on for-hire vessels Pasco-Gordon Pass/Collier counties. • Remains Catch-and-release only in Pasco-Gordon Pass/Collier counties Red Drum (Redfish)  H u T Size Limits: • Not less than 18" or more than 27" , Striped Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • 2 per harvester per day in the NE zone, Black Drum  u T n Pompano, Florida  H T n (Black) & Silver n and 1 per harvester in the NW and S Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limits: zone. See map on p. 6 • Not less than 14" or more than 24" • 11" fork length • No minimum size • No minimum • Off the water possession limit of 6 fish Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Remarks • 5 per harvester • 6 per harvester • 50 aggregate per harvester; • 100 fish per harvester • , spearing, snatching prohibited. • Aggregate vessel limits Harvest in Federal waters prohibited. Remarks Remarks Feb. 1–Aug. 31: 100 per vessel; • Remains Catch-and-release only in • May possess one over 24". Snatching • Hook and line, and beach or Sept. 1–Jan. 31: 50 per vessel Pasco-Gordon Pass/Collier counties prohibited. haul seine ONLY.

Can't find your fish in the regulations? Florida’s coastal waters are home to thousands of marine species, and the majority of these species have no specific regulations with regard to bag limits, Gulf Kingfish Jack Crevalle Lionfish Hardhead size limits, gear restrictions or closed seasons. These species are often referred Examples of "unregulated species" include: to as “unregulated species,” although the name can be a bit misleading. State Ladyfish, , , white grunt, southern stingray, gulf kingfish (whiting), law provides that for any marine species that does not have specific regulations, pinfish, Atlantic croaker, jack crevalle, mackerel, hardhead catfish, gafftopsail harvesting more than 100 pounds or two fish (whichever is the greater amount) catfish, lionfish. constitutes a commercial quantity and requires a commercial license. This means the recreational harvest limit for any unregulated species is 100 pounds or two * No license is required to harvest lionfish by dipnet, pole spear or Hawaiian sling and lionfish bag if the combined of the two organisms exceeds 100 pounds. limit is unlimited for both Gulf and Atlantic state waters .

H Spearing Prohibited l Additional gear rules apply, please see: MyFWC.com  Must remain in whole condition (removal of and guts allowed). T Harvest prohibited by or with the use of any multiple hook (any hook with two or u Measured as total length. Total length is the straight line distance from the most more points and a common shaft) in conjunction with live or dead natural bait. forward part of the head with the mouth closed to the farthest tip of the tail with X State Reef Fish Angler designation required when fishing for select reef fish spe- the tail compressed or squeezed together while the fish is lying on its side. cies from a private vessel in the Gulf of or Atlantic . n State regulations apply in federal waters. 10 July 2020 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Mollusks

Bay l Spiny H  , Stone H n Season: Minimum Size Limit: Minimum Size Limits: Minimum Size Limit: • Gulf County: Aug. 16–Sept. 24 • Carapace must be greater than 3" measured in • 3" claw • 3" • Franklin-NW Taylor County: July 1–Sept. 24, 2020 the water Closed Season: Closed Season: • Dixie and remaining Taylor County: June 15–Labor Day Seasons: • June, July, Aug. in Dixie, Wakulla, Levy counties. • Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties: July 1–Sept. 24 • May 16–Oct. 14 • Sport Season open July 29–30, 2020 • July, Aug., Sept. in all other areas except Apala- • Pasco County: 10 days starting on 3rd Friday in July Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Regular Season opens Aug. 6 through March 31 chicola which has open areas year-round. Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • 1 gal. claws per harvester or 2 gal. per vessel, Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • 2 gallons whole or 1 pint per harvester; no whichever is less • Sport Season: 6 per harvester per day in Monroe • 2 bags per harvester or vessel except more than 10 gallons whole, or ½ gallon meat per Remarks County and , 12 in all other Apalachicola Bay vessel anytime harvest areas. • 5 traps maximum. Visit MyFWC.com for statewide trap • Dixie and remaining Taylor County: From June 15–30, Remarks • Regular Season: 6 per harvester in all areas construction requirements and specific requirements one gallon whole/one cup meat per person or five gal- that apply in Miami-Dade, Monroe and Collier. Illegal • Apalachicola Bay: special bag limits and other lons whole/two pints meat per vessel, whichever is less Remarks to possess whole crab. Harvest of egg-bearing harvest restrictions apply. See MyFWC.com for Remarks • Recreational trapping prohibited. Spiny lobster prohibited. See how to properly de-claw on our detailed information. permit required when license required. Harvest of • Apalachicola Bay has summer & winter • Harvest allowed only in state waters of the Gulf of website. New trap registration requirements, visit egg-bearing females prohibited. seasons/areas. Mexico from the Pinellas - Pasco county line, to the GoOutdoorsFlorida.com to register. • Harvest from approved areas during west bank of the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County. • Changes coming Oct. 2020 daylight hours only. Direct transit through closed areas permitted. • Go to FloridaAquaculture.com to determine the Open or Closed status of shellfish harvesting areas. (Hard) l Crab, Blue H • May not harvest half hour after official sunset until half hour before official sunrise. Closed Season: Minimum Size Limits: Closed Season: • 1 Bag = 60 lbs. or two 5 gal. buckets (whole in shell) • April & May closed in Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, • 1" thick across hinge • Regional trap closures apply. See map on page 6 • Harvest prohibited in any harvest area that is in the Putnam, Flagler & Clay counties or visit MyFWC.com for 2020 trap closure dates Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Closed status as determined by the Florida Depart- and locations. Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • One 5 gal. bucket per harvester or 2 per vessel ment of Agriculture and Consumer Services. • 5 gallons heads on per harvester or vessel, (whole in shell) Daily Recreational Bag Limit: • Bay County: Harvest and possession prohibited in whichever is less • 10 gallons whole per harvester West Bay Estuarine Habitat Restoration Project Zone Remarks • Changes coming Remarks • Illegal to harvest from closed areas. Remarks • Visit: MyFWC.com/Fishing and select "Saltwater", • Go to www.FloridaAquaculture.com for allowable • 5 traps maximum. Trap requirements apply. "Regulations" and "Shrimp" for additional regula- harvesting areas. Harvest of egg-bearing crabs prohibited. New trap tions specific to Dade, Nassau and Duval • May not harvest half hour after official sunset until registration requirements, visit GoOutdoorsFlorida. half hour before official sunrise. com to register.

Sharks

Retainable with a 54" fork length minimum  H T Retainable Sharks with a 83" Blue, oceanic whitetip, (not illustrated). fork length minimum  H T

Bull Shortfin Mako Nurse Spinner

Retainable Sharks with no minimum size limit  H T Daily Recreational Bag Limit: Finetooth, Smooth Dogfish, Florida Smoothhounds (not illustrated). • 1 per harvester or 2 per vessel per day, whichever is less. Remarks • The retainable sharks are managed as a group for bag limit pur- poses. In other words, you can only harvest one per day and the shark that you harvest must be one of the retainable species. Atlantic Sharpnose Blacknose • Hook-and-line gear only. • Shore-based Shark Fishing educational course and permit required. • See list of prohibited species below. Bonnethead Blacktip

Prohibited Species

It is unlawful to harvest, possess, land, purchase, sell or exchange the following species: Goliath Grouper (Jewfish), , , Atlantic Angel Shark, Basking Shark, Bigeye , Bigeye Sixgill Shark, Bigeye Thresher Shark, , Reef Shark, Caribbean Sharpnose Shark, , Galapagos Shark, Lemon Shark, , Narrowtooth Shark, , , Sand Tiger Shark, Sandbar Shark, Sevengill Shark, Sixgill Shark, Smalltail Shark, , Shark, White Shark, Tiger Shark, Greater, Scalloped and Smooth , , Devil Ray, Spotted Eagle Ray, , , , Queen , Calico , Stony, Hard, Black and Fire , Sea Fans, Bahama Starfish, and Longspine Urchin. Harvest of live rock in state waters is prohibited. Puffer fish harvest is prohibited in Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties.

FWC – Division of Marine Management, 1875 Orange Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32311 Phone: 850-487-0554 This publication is provided as a guide to Florida fishing laws and regulations. The Florida Administrative Code is the final authority on fishing laws. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) strives to ensure information in this booklet is accurate, but assumes no liability for any errors that occur in this publication. MARINE LIFE

Marine life regulations Marine Life — Fish SIZE LIMITS SPECIES REMARKS1 Requirements for marine life (total length unless otherwise noted) Gray, : 1½–8" slot limit ( species) harvest: No more than 5 per person per day in Angelfish Blue, Queen Angelfish: 1¾–8" slot limit ■ any combination Recreational saltwater fishing license Rock Beauty: 2–5" slot limit ■ Organisms must be landed and kept alive ■ Butterflyfish 1–4" slot limit A continuously circulating live well, aeration Except Unicorn , Filefish/Triggerfish or oxygenation system of adequate size to Gray Triggerfish and Ocean Triggerfish maintain these organisms in a healthy Gobies Maximum size limit: 2" condition Hamlets/Seabasses Except reef fish2 and Longtail Bass ■ Allowable Gear: hand-held net, drop net, Jawfish Maximum size limit: 4" rod, barrier net, slurp gun (use of quinaldine Maximum size limit: 12" is prohibited)* Porkfish Minimum size limit: 1½" ■ Bag Limit: 20 organisms per person per day; Pufferfish, Includes Sharpnose Pufferfish, Striped only 5 of any one species allowed within the Burrfish, Burrfish, Spotted Burrfish, Balloonfish, 20- bag limit Balloonfish, ■ Possession Limit: 2-day possession limit, Porcupinefish 40 total organisms, no more than 10 of any Tangs and Surgeonfish Maximum size limit (fork length): 9" : 2–8" slot limit one species allowed /Hogfish/Razorfish Except Hogfish Snapper ■ Allowable substrate: see species specifica- Cuban Hogfish: 3–8" slot limit tions in table Other Marine Life fish include1: Basslets, Batfish, Blackbar Soldierfish, Blennies, Brotulas (Black and Key), ■ Closed areas: Some closed areas exist** Cardinalfish, Clingfish, Cornetfish, Damselfish, (Moray and ), , Hawkfish, High-hat/Jackknife- ■ Sale of recreationally caught marine life fish/Spotted Drum/Cubbyu, , Reef Croakers, Seahorses, Sleepers, Yellow Stingray, Sweepers, Toadfish, Trumpetfish and Trunkfish/Cowfish. organisms is prohibited ■ Regulations also apply in federal waters

* Some organisms have additional gear limita- Marine Life — 1 tions, see chart. SPECIES REMARKS Corallimorphs and Zoanthids: No more than 5 polyps of each may be landed per person per day, must be harvested with a flexible blade no wider than 2". - Anemones ** Various closed areas exist. See regulations limorphs must be harvested as single polyps only. Zero bag limit on Giant Anemone for National Marine Sanctu- (Condylactis gigantea). ary, Everglades National Park, Biscayne Conch, Queen Harvest prohibited National Park and Florida’s State Parks Corals: Hard ,stony, fire Harvest prohibited before collecting in these areas. & black No more than 6 octocoral colonies per person per day in any combination; harvest Octocorals Additional rules apply to the collection of of attached substrate within 1" of base is permitted; harvest closes when quota met. shells containing live organisms in Lee or Crab, Hermit Except Land Hermit Crabs Manatee counties. Crab, Horseshoe Harvest prohibited Live Rock Harvest prohibited Octopods3 Except Common Sea Fans Harvest of Venus Sea Fan and Common (Purple) Sea Fan prohibited Siphonophores/Hydroids Harvest of Fire Coral prohibited Except Sheepswool, Yellow, Grass, Glove, Finger, Wire, Reef and Velvet Sponges; no more than 5 sponges per harvester per day in any combination; harvest of substrate Sponges within 1" of base permitted north and west of the southernmost point of Egmont Key, no substrate allowed south of Egmont Key Starfish3 Harvest of Bahama Starfish (Cushion Sea Star) prohibited Urchins3 Except Sand Dollars & Sea Biscuits; harvest of Longspine Urchin prohibited Other Marine Life invertebrates include1: Brittlestars3, Decorator (Furcate Spider) Crab, False Arrow Crab, Green Clinging (Emerald) Crab, Nimble Spray (Urchin) Crab, Red Mithrax Crab, Red-Ridged Clinging Crab, Spotted Por- celain Crab, Yellowline Arrow Crab, Fileclams3, Upside-down , Nudibranchs/Sea Slugs3, Sea Cucumbers3, Sea Lilies, Cleaner/Peppermint Shrimp, Coral Shrimp, Snapping Shrimp, Nassarius Snails3, Starsnails3, Feather- duster and Calcareous Tube Worms.

Marine Life — Plants SPECIES LIMITS Algae, Coralline Red Caulerpa One gallon of tropical ornamental marine plants per day in any Halimeda/Mermaid's Fan/ combination; 2 gallon maximum possession limit Mermaid's Shaving Brush On the Little Manatee River 1–Unless otherwise noted, combined bag limit of 20 marine life fish and invertebrates per person per day, tampasouthrvresort.com only 5 of any one species allowed. A 2-day possession limit also applies (40 total organisms, only 10 of any 2900 S US Hwy 41 one species). Ruskin, FL 33570 2–Such as , snappers, seabass and amberjacks. Must abide by regulations for these species on pages 8. 813-645-1202 3–Bag limit of 2 live shell fish of any single species per harvester per day in Manatee County. Harvest prohib- ited in Lee County.

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