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Regulation Update

Effective Oct. 26, 2020: The recreational daily bag limit is three fish per person along the Atlantic coast from Nassau through Miami-Dade. Why: A 2019 federal stock assessment found Atlantic bluefish is overfished. Federal fishery managers adopted more restrictive recreational bag limits in federal waters, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Management Commission requested states implement similar regulations.

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Atlantic state waters

Minimum size limit: 12" fork length

Daily bag limit: 3 fish per person from Nassau through Miami-Dade counties

 

Atlantic federal waters

(regulated by the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council)

Minimum size limit: none

Daily bag limit: 3 per person for anglers fishing from private recreational vessels and 5 per person on for-hire vessels

 

Gulf state and federal waters

Minimum Size Limit: 12" fork length

Daily Bag Limit: 10 per harvester (includes Monroe County)

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Bluefish

Gear Requirements:

  • Legal Gear:  hook and line, spears, gigs, seine, cast net

Bluefish Species Profile

Florida Rule

 

Image Credit: Diane Rome Peebles