South Atlantic Federal Regulations

(For areas three-200 miles off the coasts of NC, SC, GA, and East Florida)

Note!: New regulations for yellowmouth grouper and other species effective July 29, 2009.  See Fishery Bulletin for summary. Changes are noted below in red.

Commercial:

Recreational:

• Included in the 3 grouper per person bag limit. See updated Recreational Retention Limits summary (pdf) in the Regulations by Species Announcements section.
• Gear restrictions apply.

New Seasonal Closures:

A closure is in effect for the recreational and commercial harvest of all shallow water groupers, January through April beginning 2010. Shallow water groupers include:

• Tiger grouper
• Gag grouper
• Black grouper
• Red grouper
• Scamp
• Red hind
• Rock hind
• Coney
• Graysby
• Yellowfin grouper
• Yellowmouth grouper