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Atlantic bluefish regulation change effective Oct. 26 - daily bag limit of 3
Sports, Wildlife  |  Thu - October 15, 2020 2:02 pm  |  Article Hits:529  |  A+ | a-
Illustration of bluefish by FishWatch.gov.
Illustration of bluefish by FishWatch.gov.
Starting Oct. 26, the following change will be in effect for bluefish in state waters of the Atlantic Ocean: The recreational daily bag limit will be 3 fish per person along the Atlantic coast from Nassau through Miami-Dade counties, a change that was approved at the July Commission meeting.

Bluefish, from Maine through the Atlantic coast of Florida, make up a single population. 

A 2019 federal stock assessment of bluefish, from Maine through Florida, found that the Atlantic population of bluefish is overfished. Because of the assessment results, federal fishery managers adopted more restrictive recreational bag limits in Atlantic federal waters, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission requested that the individual states implement similar regulations.

Learn more about bluefish recreational regulations here:
https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/bluefish/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=campaign.
 
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