Daily Fishing Limits & Requirements
| Species |
Size Limits
(Total Length in Inches) |
Daily Possession Limits
(Number of Fish) |
Open Seasons |
| Summer flounder (fluke)* |
19.5 |
4 |
All year |
| Winter flounder |
12 |
10 |
April 1 - May 30 |
| Tautog (blackfish) |
14 |
10 |
Oct. 1 - May 31 |
| 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 |
10.5 |
25
60*** |
June 1 - Aug 31
Sept 1 - Oct 31*** |
Scup (Porgy)
All other anglers |
10.5 |
25 |
June 1 - Oct 31 |
| 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 |
* 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.
** 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 |
The above information are regulations of the New York State Department of Envionmental Conservation. All credits and copyright belongs to NYSDEC.
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