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Effective July 30 , 2004
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) * |
18 |
3 |
May 15 to Sep. 6 |
| Winter flounder |
11 |
15 |
All state waters: 3rd Sat. in Mar. - Jun. 30 and
Sep. 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 |
21 |
No limit |
All year |
| Striped bass; marine waters** |
28 |
1 |
Apr. 15 - Dec. 15 |
| Striped bass; north of George Washington Bridge |
18 |
1 |
Mar. 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 |
Jan. 1 to Sep. 7 and
Sep. 22 to Nov. 30 |
| 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 |
| Yellowtail flounder |
13 |
No limit |
All year |
| Crabs ++ |
No size limit |
50 |
All year |
American lobster ++
(Rec. permit required) |
3 1/4" carapace length |
6 |
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.
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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.
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| 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 straightline 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.
Other provisions
- All landed sharks must have head, tails and fins attached.
- No sale allowed.
- No finning.
This info is from the NY states marine
information page. |
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