New
York State Recreational Saltwater Fishing
Seasons, Size, and Possession Limits
These regulations are effective May 5, 2008.
Laws and regulations are frequently amended by the Legislature
or DEC. You should check with the Bureau of Marine Resources
to ensure that the requirements set forth in this notice remain
in effect. Links to the actual text of the marine finfish regulations
Marine
Recreational Fishing Regulations
| Species |
Size Limits
(Total Length in Inches) |
Daily Possession Limits
(Number of Fish) |
Open Seasons |
| Summer flounder (fluke) |
20.5 |
4 |
May 15 - Sept 1 |
| Winter flounder |
12 |
10 |
April 1 - May 30 |
| Tautog (blackfish) |
14 |
4 |
Oct 1 - Dec 20 Jan 17 - Apr 30
|
| Bluefish (including "snappers") |
No minimum size for first 10 fish
12 TL for the next 5 |
15
No more than 10 of which shall be less then 12" TL |
All year
|
Weakfish
|
16
10 filleted
12 dressed |
6
|
All year |
| Atlantic cod |
22 |
No limit |
All year |
| Pollock |
19 |
No limit |
All year |
| Haddock |
19 |
No limit |
All year |
Striped bass; marine waters**
Anglers aboard licensed party/charter boats |
28 |
2*** |
Apr 15 - Dec 15 |
Striped bass; marine waters**
All other anglers |
28 - 40
> 40 |
1
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 |
All year |
Scup (Porgy)
Anglers aboard licensed party/charter boats |
11 |
10
45*** |
June 12 - Aug 31
Sept 1 - Oct 15*** |
Scup (Porgy)
All other anglers |
10.5 |
10 |
May 25 - Sept 26 |
| American eel |
6 |
50 |
All year |
| Monkfish (goose fish) |
17
11 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 |
| Oyster toadfish |
10 |
3 |
July 16 - May 14 |
| Horseshoe crabs |
No size limit |
5 |
All year |
Blue Crab+
Hard Shell
Soft Shell
Peeler/Shedder++ |
4 1/2"
3 1/2"
3" |
50 |
All year |
| All Other Crabs+ |
No size limit |
50 |
All year |
American lobster+
LMA 6 (Long Island Sound, Rec. permit required) |
3 5/16" carapace
length |
6 |
All year |
American lobster+
LMA 4 (Atlantic Ocean, Rec. permit required) |
3 3/8" carapace
length |
6 |
All year |
** Marine waters -- South of George Washington Bridge
*** The customer of any party/charter boat who takes more than
25 scup from Sept 1 - Oct 31 or takes two striped bass from Apr
15 - Dec 15 must possess an original dated receipt from the licensed
vessel.
+ Lobsters and crabs in spawn (eggs visible thereon) may
not be taken or possessed.
++ Peeler or shedder crabs are hard blue crabs which have a
fully formed soft shell beneath the hard outer shell and the
impending shedding process is evidenced by the white sign along
the outer rim of the paddle-like appendages on the crab's fifth
pair of legs.
Recreational
Fishing Regulations for Sharks
| 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 |
For
further information call National Marine Fisheries Service
Fisheries Information Line at (978) 281-9278
* 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.
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