Whipray Basin

Statewide

 Illegal Gear: cannot harvest using any multiple hooks in conjunction with live or dead

natural bait; snatching prohibited

 Allowable Gear: hook and line and cast net

 Zero captain and crew bag limit when on a for-hire trip

Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Southwest, and Southeast Regions

Recreational

 Slot limit: 15–19 inches total length

 Bag limit: 3 per person/day

 Season: Open year-round

 Over-slot allowance:

o May possess no more than one fish per person or per vessel, whichever is less,

that is greater than 19 inches total length, included in the bag limit.

Commercial

 Slot limit: 15–24 inches total length

 Bag limit: 50 fish per Saltwater Products License

 Vessel limit: 50 fish if only one SPL holder;100 fish if 2 or more SPL holders

 Open season: June 1 – Oct.31

 Closed season: Nov. 1 – May 31

Southwest: All Florida Waters and

adjacent federal waters lying south

of the Charlotte Harbor Region and

all Florida Waters and adjacent

federal waters lying south of the

Southeast Region, all waters of

Collier County south of 26°15.227'

North Latitude, all waters of Monroe

County, and all waters of Everglades

National Park.