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| | State Coastal Waters
(Internal and 0-3 Miles) | Exclusive Economic Zone EEZ
(3-200 miles) | Finfish Species
(note symbols, pg.2) | Minimum Length | Bag Limits
(Per Person) | Minimum Length | Bag Limits
(Per Person) | Alewife and
blueback herring | None | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | None | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | | Amberjack, greater | 28" FL | 1/Day | 28" FL | 1/Day | Bass, striped
See striped bass details | (A) | (A) | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | | Bluefish | None | 15/Day
Only 5 greater than 24" TL | None | 15/Day | | Cobia | 33" FL | 2/Day | 33" FL | 2/Day | | Dolphin (B) | None | 10/Day | None | 10/Day | Drum, red 
(Channel Bass,
Puppy Drum) | 18-27" TL (C) | 1/Day | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | | Eel, American | 6" TL | 50/Day | 6" TL | 50/Day | Flounder
Gulf, Southern, Summer
| 15" TL | 6/Day | 15" TL | 6/Day | | Groupers (H, I, J, K) | (See below) | (See below) | (See below) | (See below) | Groupers;
Red, scamp, yellowfin, yellowmouth and tilefish (no size limit on tilefish) | 20" TL | 3/Day (all groupers combined; includes tilefish and no more than 1 black or gag grouper, individual or combined) (J) & (K) | 20" TL | 3/Day (all groupers combined; includes, tilefish and no more than 1 black or gag grouper, individual or combined) (J) & (K) | Groupers
black and gag | 24" TL | 1/Day (See above) | 24" TL | 1/Day
(See above) | | Grouper, snowy | N/A | 1 / vessel / day | N/A | 1 / vessel / day | Hogfish
(Hog snapper) | 12" FL | 5/Day | 12" FL | | Mackerel, king (I)
Species Identification | 24" FL | 3/Day | 24" FL | 3/Day | Mackerel, Spanish (I)
Species Identification | 12" FL | 15/Day | 12" FL | 15/Day | | Marlin, blue (G) | 99" LJFL | 1/vessel/trip either Blue or White Marlin | 99" LJFL | | | Marlin, white (G) | 66" LJFL | 1/vessel/trip either Blue or White Marlin | 66" LJFL | | Mullet
(Striped and White) | None | 200/Day
(species combined) | None | | Porgy, red
(Silver snapper, pinky) | 14" TL | 3/Day | 14" TL | 3/Day | | Reef Complex Species Includes spadefish, gray triggerfish, white grunt, knobbed porgy and more (see notes H and I) | | 20/Day | | 20/Day | | Sailfish (G) | 63" LJFL | 1/Day | 63" LJFL | | Scup
(North of Cape Hatteras) (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | | Seatrout, spotted (speckled) | 14" TL | 4/day
| | | Sea bass, black
(North of Cape Hatteras) (D) | 12 1/2" TL and 20/day
| 12 1/2" TL and 20/day | Sea bass, black
(South of Cape Hatteras) (D) | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS |
Shad, American (O) | None | 10/Day
No possession
in ocean waters | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | | Shad, hickory (O) | None | 10/Day | None | 10/Day | Sharks (I)
(excluding spiny and smooth dogfish) | (E, L) | 1/Vessel/Day | 54"FL (E, L) | 1/Vessel/Day | | Sharks, Atlantic sharpnose and bonnethead (E) | None | (E) | (E, L) | 1/Day | Snappers;
Dog, gray, cubera, mahogany, queen, yellowtail, silk and blackfin | 12" TL | 10/Day
(Species combined) | 12" TL | 10/Day
(Species combined) | | Snappers, mutton | 16" TL | See Above | 16" TL | See Above | | Snappers; Lane | 8" TL | See Above | 8" TL | See Above | | Snapper, red | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS | | Snapper, vermilion (J) | 12" TL | 5/Day | 12" TL | 5/Day | | Tarpon | None | 1/Day | None | 1/Day | | Tuna (I); bluefin (G), yellowfin and bigeye | Yellowfin 27" CFL
Bigeye 27" CFL | Bigeye and Yellowfin 3 per day | Bigeye and Yellowfin tuna
27" CFL | Yellowfin Tuna
3 per day | | Wahoo | None | 2/Day | None | 2/Day | Weakfish
(gray trout) | 12" TL | 1/Day
see FF-54-2010 | 12" TL | | | Wreckfish (P) | None | 1/vessel/day | None
| 1/vessel/day | N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries • 3441 Arendell Street • Morehead City, NC 28557 • 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632
| N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries • 3441 Arendell Street • Morehead City, NC 28557 • 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632 |
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