The South Atlantic Update Winter 2013 Fishery Regulations
Shallow-Water Grouper
Closed January 1st through April 30th - Both commercial and recreational fisheries • includes gag, black grouper, red grouper, scamp, rock hind, red hind, coney, graysby, yellowfin grouper, and yellowmouth grouper.
Grouper Aggregate Bag Limit
3 grouper per person/day includes:
black, gag, misty, red, scamp, snowy, yellowedge, yellowfin, yellowmouth grouper, and also includes blueline tilefish, golden tilefish, sand tilefish, coney, graysby, red and rock hind.
• No more than 1 may be a gag or black grouper (each 24” TL)
• Snowy grouper-1 fish per vessel per day
• No more than 1 fish may be golden tilefish
• Wreckfish -1 per vessel per day. Season open July 1 - August 31.
Snapper
• Vermilion snapper closed November 1 through March 31
• Aggregate bag limit of 10 snapper per person/day
• In addition to the aggregate bag limit, 5 vermilion snapper per person/day (except during the recreational closure) - 12” TL
• Maximum of 2 cubera snapper per person (not to exceed 2 per vessel) for fish 30” Total Length (TL) or larger off Florida. These are not included in the 10 snapper bag limit. Cubera less than 30” TL are included in the 10 fish bag limit.
Fishermen may also retain:
• 1 greater amberjack per person/day (in April, for-hire/charter vessels limited to 1 per person/day or 1 per person/trip)
• Limit of 5 black sea bass per person/day - 13“ TL (closed until June 1, 2013)
• 5 hogfish per person/day, off east coast of Florida - 12” FL
• 3 red porgy per person/day or 3 per person/trip, which ever is more restrictive - 14” TL
An aggregate bag limit of 20 fish per person inclusive of all fish in the snapper grouper management unit currently not under the bag limit, excluding tomtates and bluerunners. You may catch your bag limits and in addition retain up to 20 other fish for which there is no bag limit.
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