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NEW REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE MAY 23, 2012!!!

SPECIES	SIZE LIMIT	BAG LIMIT
Sheepshead	12 inches fork length	10 per person
Grouper	species dependent	4 fish in aggregate (No more than 4 red grouper and no more than 2 gag grouper included in aggregate)
Tripletail	18 inches total length	3 per person
Gag	22 inches total length (commercial)	Subject to federal quota

NEWLY ADDED PROHIBITED SPECIES EFFECTIVE MAY 23, 2012!!!

Prohibited species:

Sandbar Shark (unless the fisherman possesses a NOAA Fisheries sandbar shark research permit)

CURRENT RECREATIONAL FINFISH CLOSURES:

RECREATIONAL RED SNAPPER IS CLOSED

RECREATIONAL GAG GROUPER HARVEST OPENS JULY 1

GREATER AMBERJACK HARVEST CLOSED JUNE 1 - JULY 31

Gillnet Regulation Changes: 2010 Gillnet Regulation	State Size & Creel Limits, March 2011	Live Bait Rules: Live Bait Regs.pdf
June 2010 Map - Gillnet Areas Map.pdf	Commercial Hook and Line License	Commercial Crabbing: crab_com.pdf
Recreational Gillnet Rules Gillnet Closure in Old River	Synopsis of Tarpon Law: tarpon.pdf	Recreational Crabbing: crab_rec.pdf
Synopsis of Oyster Rules: oyster.pdf	Commercial Shrimping Rules Recreational Shrimping Rules
Federal Recreational Size/Bag Limits: fed-rec-regs.pdf - January 2012 Federal Commercial Size/Bag Limits: fed-com-regs.pdf - January 2012	The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council offers a free fishing regulations App for the Android or IPhone. Click Here to Download App for iPhone and iPad Click Here to Download App for Android

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