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Notes

R = restricted species or RS designation
P = protected species
M - marine life endorsement

Both restricted and protected species require a restricted species endorsement. 
Please see Florida Administrative Code Chapter 68B.

* Some species require ML endorsement.
** Gray triggerfish are restricted; some species require ML endorsement.
*** For non-restricted species only.

Bold text denotes new additions/changes.

Revised Feb. 4, 2009

Commercial Food and Bait Species Codes and Names in Alphabetical Order

All units are in pounds unless otherwise noted.

103 R Amberjack, greater
471 R Amberjack, greater (cores)
415 R Amberjack, lesser
472 R Amberjack, lesser (cores)
104 Anchovies
450 M Angelfish
102 Bait Fish
182 Bait Fish (numbers)
105 Ballyhoo
106 Ballyhoo (numbers)
459 Barracuda
457 Barrelfish
408 Bass, longtail
287 Bigeye (razors)
107 R Bluefish
108 Blue Runner (numbers)
109 Blue Runner
273 Bream, red ("alfonsin")
385 Brotula
409 Bumper, Atlantic
453 Butterfish
115 Catfish
259 Clams, cherry (numbers)
261 Clams, chowder (numbers)
256 Clams, littlenecks (numbers)
257 Clams, middlenecks (numbers)
370 Clams (pounds in shell)
301 Clams, sunray venus
258 Clams, topneck (numbers)
309 Clams (ungraded, gallons)
308 Clams (ungraded, numbers)
113 R Cobia
314 Conch (whelk, helmet)
448 Crab, bait (calico; lesser blue; other)***
321 R Crab, blue (hard)
322 R Crab, blue (hard, numbers)
323 R Crab, blue (soft, numbers)
324 Crab, golden
364 Crab, horseshoe (numbers)
368 Crab, Jonah
352 Crab, land (blue; numbers)
360 Crab, mole (sand flea)
369 Crab, mole (sand flea; numbers)
366 Crab, red
350 Crab, spider
325 R Crab, stone (jumbo claws)
327 R Crab, stone (large claws)
329 R Crab, stone (medium claws)
331 R Crab, stone (small claws)
332 R Crab, stone (ungraded, green claws)
119 Croaker
118 Croaker (numbers)
351 Crustaceans, mixed
387 Cusk-eel
407 Cutlassfish
410 Cutlassfish (numbers)
121 R Dolphin
123 R Drum, black
275 Eel, conger
277 M Eel, moray
125 Eel, other *
384 Escolar
291 R Flounder, Gulf
127 R Flounder, other
292 R Flounder, southern
293 R Flounder, summer
295 Flyingfish
371 Flyingfish (numbers)
401 Goatfishes (Mullidae)
131 R Grouper, black (carberita)
431 R Grouper, coney
133 R Grouper, gag
433 R Grouper, graysby
439 R Grouper, hind, red ("strawberry")
441 R Grouper, hind, rock
443 R Grouper, hind, speckled (Kitty Mitchell)
435 Grouper, marbled
437 R Grouper, misty
137 R Grouper, red
139 R Grouper, scamp
141 R Grouper, snowy
445 R Grouper, tiger
143 R Grouper, warsaw
145 R Grouper, yellowedge
147 R Grouper, yellowfin (="fireback")
447 R Grouper, yellowmouth
150 Grouper, mixed***
149 Grouper, other***
151 Grunts
152 Grunts (numbers)
388 Hake (southern, gulf, spotted)
455 Harvestfish
289 Herring, round
153 Herring, thread
154 Herring, thread (numbers)
155 R Hogfish ("Hog Snapper")
416 R Jack, almaco
473 R Jack, almaco (cores)
393 Jack, Atlantic moonfish
395 Jack, bar
396 Jack, bar (numbers)
157 Jack, crevalle
397 Jack, horse-eye (gallego)
398 Jack, lookdown
159 Jack, mixed
161 Jack, other
399 Jack, yellow
367 Jellyfish
167 Ladyfish
456 Ladyfish (headed & gutted)
166 Lizardfish
319 Lobster, Spanish (dozers)
320 Lobster, Spanish (tails)
318 R Lobster, spiny (tails)
317 R Lobster, spiny (whole)
220 Mackerel, cero
164 Mackerel, chub
165 R Mackerel, king
219 R Mackerel, Spanish
186 R Mackerel, Spanish (numbers)
391 Margates
173 Menhaden (pogies, bunkers)
168 Menhaden (pogies, bunkers; numbers)
251 Miscellaneous Food Fish***
253 Miscellaneous Industrial Fish***
361 Miscellaneous Invertebrates
403 Mojarra (Gerreidae, striped, spotfin, other)
404 Mojarra, Irish pompano
175 R Mullet, black (striped, liza)
176 R Mullet, black, roe, red (lbs of fish)
178 R Mullet, black, roe, white (lbs of fish)
475 R Mullet, black, roe (red/white roe only)
172 R Mullet, fingerling
174 R Mullet, fingerling (numbers)
177 R Mullet, silver
470 R Mullet, silver (numbers)
362 Mussels
316 Mussels, green
297 Needlefish
298 Needlefish (numbers)

349 Octopus
383 Oil fish
389 Opah
307 Oysters (barrels)
303 Oysters (bushels, sacks)
305 Oysters (gallons)
302 Oysters (pounds in shell)
304 Oysters (pounds of meat)
451 M Parrotfish
181 R Permit
412 Pinfish
411 Pinfish (numbers)
224 Pomfret, bigscale
226 Pomfret, other
458 R Pompano, African
183 R Pompano, Florida
372 Porgy, grass
373 Porgy, jolthead
375 Porgy, knobbed
374 Porgy, littlehead
377 Porgy, longspine
247 Porgy, other (scup)
379 R Porgy, red
454 Puffers*
184 Rays (skates)
382 Rosefish, blackbelly
414 R Rudderfish, banded ("amberina")
474 R Rudderfish, banded (cores)
187 Sand Perch (Serranidae)
188 Sand Perch (Serranidae; numbers)
413 Sardines, scaled
274 Sardines, scaled (numbers)
221 Sardines, Spanish
222 Sardines, Spanish (numbers)
129 Scad, bigeye (goggle-eye)
130 Scad, bigeye (goggle-eye, numbers)
117 Scad, round (cigarfish)
417 Scad, round (cigarfish, numbers)
269 Scallops, calico (bags, bushels)
313 Scallops, calico (gallons)
267 Scallops, calico (lbs of meat)
271 Scallops, calico (lbs in shell)
462 Scallops, other
381 Scorpionfish
281 R Sea bass, bank
283 R Sea bass, black
285 R Sea bass, rock
189 R Sea bass, mixed
363 M Sea Cucumbers
299 Searobins
191 Seatrout, weakfish (East coast)
192 Seatrout, silver
193 R Seatrout, spotted
195 Seatrout, sand (Gulf coast)
365 M Sea Urchins
197 Shad, American
461 Shad, gizzard
478 Shark, Atlantic sharpnose
476 Shark, blacknose
477 Shark, blacktip
479 Shark, bonnethead
481 Shark, bull
482 Shark, finetooth
485 Shark, hammerhead
487 Shark, lemon
489 Shark, mako, shortfin
491 Shark, sandbar
492 Shark, silky
496 Shark, spinner
493 Shark, thresher
495 Shark, tiger
199 Shark, mixed
497 Shark, other
200 Shark Fins
201 R Sheepshead
346 R Shrimp, bait
345 R Shrimp, bait (numbers)
337 R Shrimp, brown (heads off)
338 R Shrimp, brown (heads on)
343 Shrimp, other (heads off)***
344 Shrimp, other (heads on)***
333 R Shrimp, pink (heads off)
334 R Shrimp, pink (heads on)
339 Shrimp, rock (heads off)
340 Shrimp, rock (heads on)
341 Shrimp, royal red (heads off)
342 Shrimp, royal red (heads on)
335 R Shrimp, white (heads off)
336 R Shrimp, white (heads on)
418 R Snapper, black
419 R Snapper, blackfin (hambone)
426 Snapper, Caribbean red
420 R Snapper, cubera
421 R Snapper, dog
205 R Snapper, grey (mangrove)
203 R Snapper, lane
423 R Snapper, mahogany
218 Snapper, mixed***
207 R Snapper, mutton
217 Snapper, other***
425 R Snapper, queen (ballbat)
209 P Snapper, red
427 R Snapper, schoolmaster
211 R Snapper, silk (yellow-eye)
213 R Snapper, vermilion (b-liner)
429 R Snapper, wenchman
215 R Snapper, yellowtail
452 Spadefish
355 Sponge, grass (numbers)
359 Sponge, other (numbers) *
353 Sponge, sheepswool (numbers)
357 Sponge, yellow (numbers)
225 Spot
228 Spot (numbers)
347 Squid
120 Squirrelfish (razors)
279 M Surgeonfish
229 Swordfish
179 Tilapia ("Nile Perch")
463 Tilefish, anchor
465 Tilefish, blackline
233 Tilefish, blueline (gray)
231 R Tilefish (golden)
467 Tilefish, goldface
469 Tilefish, sand
234 Triggerfish* **
449 R Tripletail
240 Tuna, albacore
235 Tuna, bigeye
237 Tuna, blackfin
239 Tuna, bluefin
244 Tuna, mixed
241 Tuna, skipjack
243 Tuna, yellowfin
111 Tunny, little ("bonito")
112 Tunny, little ("bonito", numbers)
245 R Wahoo
249 Whiting (kingfish)
405 Wreckfish
406 Wreckfish roe (red/white roe only, lbs)

 

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