Effective May 5, 2003
Laws and regulations are frequently amended
by the Legislature or DEC. You should check
with the Marine Fisheries office to ensure
that the requirements set forth in this notice
remain in effect.
SPECIES
Shark Regulations |
SIZE
LIMITS (Total Length in Inches) |
DAILY
POSSESSION LIMITS (Number of Fish) |
OPEN
SEASONS |
| Summer
flounder (fluke) * |
17 |
3 |
May 15 to
Sep. 6 |
| Winter
flounder |
11 |
15 |
All state
waters: 3rd Sat. in March - June 30
& Sept 15 - Nov 30 |
| Tautog
(blackfish) |
14 |
10 |
Oct 1 - May
31 |
| Bluefish
(including "snappers") |
No size
limit |
10 |
All year |
| Weakfish |
16
10
filleted
12 dressed |
6 |
All year |
| Atlantic
cod |
23 |
No Limit |
All year |
| Pollock |
19 |
No Limit |
All year |
| Haddock |
23 |
No Limit |
All year |
| Striped
bass; marine waters** |
28 |
1 |
Apr 15 - Dec
15 |
| Striped
bass; north of George Washington
Bridge |
18 |
1 |
March 16 -
Nov 30 |
| Red drum |
No minimum
size |
No limit for
fish less then 27" TL. Fish greater than
27" shall not be possessed. |
All year |
| Spanish
mackerel |
14 |
15 |
All year |
| King
mackerel |
23 |
3 |
All year |
| Cobia |
37 |
2 |
All year |
| Atlantic
sturgeon |
Moratorium |
Moratorium |
Moratorium |
| Black Sea
Bass |
12 |
25 |
Oct. 8 to
Sep. 23 |
| Scup
(Porgy) |
11 |
20 |
Jun. 16 to
Oct. 17 and
Nov. 1 to Nov. 30 |
| American
eel |
6 |
50 |
All year |
| Monkfish
(goose fish) |
21
14 tail
length |
Any number |
All year |
| American
Shad |
No size
limit |
5 |
All year |
| Hickory
Shad |
No size
limit |
5 |
All year |
| Crabs ++ |
No size
limit |
50 |
All year |
American
lobster ++
(Rec. permit required) |
3 1/4"
carapace length |
6 |
All year |
| Yellowtail
flounder |
13 |
Any number |
All year |
| Horseshoe
crabs |
No size
limit |
5 |
All year |
* Summer flounder may not have heads or
tails removed or be otherwise cleaned, cut,
filleted, or skinned until brought to shore,
with the following exception: the white side
fillet or white skin only of a legal size
fluke may be removed to use as bait. The
carcass of the fluke with dark side completely
intact must be retained for inspection of size
limit and counts against the possession limit.
+ For the purposes of these regulations, Long
Island Sound includes all adjacent bays and
harbors.
** Marine waters -- South of George
Washington Bridge
++ Lobsters and crabs in spawn (eggs visible
thereon) may not be taken or possessed.
Check this web site periodically for changes
in saltwater fishing regulations.
For further information call National
Marine Fisheries Service Fisheries Information
Line at (978) 281-9278
Laws and regulations are frequently
amended by the Legislature or DEC. You should
check with the Marine Fisheries office to ensure
that the requirements set forth in this notice
remain in effect.
| CATEGORY |
SPECIES |
MINIMUM
SIZE LIMIT |
DAILY
POSSESSION LIMIT |
| Large and
Small Coastal Sharks and Pelagic
Sharks |
Sandbar,
Silky, Tiger, Blacktip, Bull, Great
Hammerhead, Lemon, Nurse, Scalloped
Hammerhead, Smooth Hammerhead,
Spinner, Blacknose, Bonnethead,
Finetooth, Blue, Shortfin mako,
Oceanic whitetip, Thresher, Poreagle |
54 inches
fork length* |
One shark
per vessel per trip |
| Large and
Small Coastal Sharks and Pelagic
Sharks (cont.) |
Atlantic
sharpnose |
No size
limit |
One
Atlantic sharpnose per person per
trip |
| Prohibited
Sharks |
Atlantic
angel, Galapagos, Basking, Longfin
mako, Bigeye Sand Tiger, Narrowtooth,
Bigeye Sixgill, Night, Bigeye
Thresher, Sand tiger, Bignose,
Sevengill, Carribean Reef, Sixgill,
Carribean sharpnose, Smalltail, Dusky,
Whale, and White+ |
No
possession allowed |
No
possession allowed |
* Fork length means the straight-line
measurement of a fish from the tip of the
snout to the fork of the tail. The
measurement is not made along the curve of
the body.
+ A person may
fish for white sharks with rod and reel,
provided the person releases such fish
immediately with a minimum of injury and
that such fish may not be removed from the
water.
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