BLUE CRAB

Blue Crab

Minimum size: none

Maximum: Ten gallons whole per person per day.

Five traps maximum. Trap requirements apply. Harvest of egg bearing crabs prohibited.

May not harvest 1 hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset.

Check for special regional closures.

Closed season: Sept. 20—Oct. 4Gulf state  waters beyond 3 miles closed to traps; federal   waters closed to traps.

RED GROUPER

Red Grouper

Minimum: Twenty inches.

Maximum: In Atlantic Included in five bag aggregate Grouper bag limit.

Maximum: Two per person per day in Gulf.

One of the toughest fighting Groupers

Must be landed whole.

RED SNAPPER

New: State Gulf waters: Same as Federal Gulf  Waters.Federal Gulf Water open season -June 1 through August 14.

Snapper - Red

Minimum size: Twenty inches (Atlantic). Sixteen inches (Gulf).

Two per person per day Atlantic.  Gulf: Open season June 1 to August 14.

Maximum: Included in the ten bag per day  aggregate Snapper limit.

Must be landed whole.

Average: 8 to 20 lbs.

GOLDEN TILE FISH

Tile Fish - Golden

Minimum Size: None

Maximum: Atlantic: One per person per day

 Considered part of the five per day Grouper bag limit.

Must be landed whole.

Gulf: four per day Grouper bag limit.

Yellow mouth Grouper & Yellow Fin Grouper

Minimum: Twenty inches. 

Included in five bag aggregate Grouper limit.

Tough fighter

Must be landed whole

Included in aggregate bag limit of five per person per day. Gulf: four per person per day. Closed season (Gulf) Feb. 1– March 31.

Black Grouper  & Gag Grouper

Minimum: 24 inches.  Atlantic & Monroe County. Two per person per day. Cannot be more than 2 combined with Black Grouper.

Minimum Gulf: Twenty two inches (excluding Monroe County). Two per person per day.

Must be landed whole.

Included in Grouper aggregate bag limit of five per person per day.  Gulf: Part of four

 aggregate bag limit Closed season (Gulf) Feb. 1– March 31

WASSAW GROUPER & SPECKALED HIND

Warsaw Grouper & Wassau Grouper

Minimum Size: None

Maximum: Allowed one per person per day of each species. 

Also included in five per day aggregate bag limit. Gulf: Aggregate Bag limit four.

Strong fighter on large rods, heavy reels and test line

Included in aggregate bag limit of five per person per day. Gulf: part of four bag limit per day.

SNOWY GROUPER

Snowy Grouper  

Minimum Size: none

Maximum: One per person per day

 Included in five per day aggregate bag limit.

Gulf: Aggregate Bag limit four.

Must be landed whole

SCAMP GROUPER

Scamp Grouper

Minimum size: Twenty inches in Atlantic and     Monroe County.

Gulf: Sixteen inches  (excluding Gulf Monroe County). Included in five per day

 aggregate bag limit.

Gulf: Aggregate Bag limit four.

Must be landed whole.

Included in aggregate bag limit of five per person per day. Gulf: four per person per day. Closed season (Gulf) Feb. 1– March 31.

ALL OTHER GROUPERS

Including Rock Hind and Red Hind

Shoreline anglers need to buy license by Aug. 1, 2009

Florida's resident saltwater anglers who fish from shore or a structure affixed to shore will need to buy a $7.50 (plus   administrative and handling fees) shoreline fishing license by Aug. 1, unless they have a regular resident saltwater fishing license.

The new license applies only to Florida resident saltwater anglers who fish from shore. Resident anglers may prefer to purchase the regular recreational saltwater license that   covers them, no matter where they fish for saltwater species in Florida.