Saltwater Fishing Regulations by State (2026)

Size limits, bag limits and seasons for every US coastal state, collected from official state and federal agencies and linked back to the source. Pick a state, or open Can I Keep? to see what you can keep at your harbor on your trip date, with tides, marine forecasts and bulletins.

By state

• Alabama
• Alaska
• California
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Oregon
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Texas
• Virginia
• Washington

Compare a species across states

• Striped Bass (14 states)
• Black Sea Bass (13 states)
• Bluefish (12 states)
• Red drum (12 states)
• American Eel (11 states)
• Blue Crab (11 states)
• Cobia (11 states)
• Spanish Mackerel (11 states)
• Black Drum (10 states)
• Sheepshead (10 states)
• Weakfish (10 states)
• King Mackerel (9 states)
• Spotted Seatrout (9 states)
• American Shad (8 states)
• Red Snapper (8 states)
• Blue Marlin (7 states)
• Blueline Tilefish (7 states)
• Gray Triggerfish (7 states)
• Sailfish (7 states)
• Scup (7 states)
• Tarpon (7 states)
• Tautog (7 states)
• White Marlin (7 states)
• Winter Flounder (7 states)
• American lobster (6 states)
• Atlantic sharpnose shark (6 states)
• Black Grouper (6 states)
• Flounder (6 states)
• Gag Grouper (6 states)
• Greater Amberjack (6 states)
• Lane Snapper (6 states)
• Shrimp (6 states)
• Spot (6 states)
• Tripletail (6 states)
• Vermilion Snapper (6 states)
• Atlantic sturgeon (5 states)
• Bonnethead shark (5 states)
• Golden Tilefish (5 states)
• Haddock (5 states)
• Hickory Shad (5 states)
• Hogfish (5 states)
• Jonah crab (5 states)
• Oysters (5 states)
• Pollock (5 states)
• Red Grouper (5 states)
• Scamp (5 states)
• Spiny dogfish (5 states)
• Summer flounder (5 states)
• Yellowfin Grouper (5 states)
• Atlantic Cod (4 states)
• Atlantic croaker (4 states)
• Atlantic Menhaden (4 states)
• Bigeye Tuna (4 states)
• Clams (4 states)
• Dungeness crab (4 states)
• Goliath Grouper (4 states)
• Lingcod (4 states)
• Mullet (4 states)
• Mutton Snapper (4 states)
• Nassau grouper (4 states)
• Pacific halibut (4 states)
• Red Porgy (4 states)
• River Herring (4 states)
• Snowy Grouper (4 states)
• Spiny Lobster (4 states)
• Summer Flounder (Fluke) (4 states)
• Swordfish (4 states)
• Yellowfin Tuna (4 states)
• Yellowmouth Grouper (4 states)
• Yellowtail Flounder (4 states)
• Abalone (3 states)
• Atlantic Mackerel (3 states)
• Banded Rudderfish (3 states)
• Bay Scallop (3 states)
• Blacktip shark (3 states)
• Bonnethead (3 states)
• Cabezon (3 states)
• Chinook salmon (3 states)
• Cubera snapper (3 states)
• Florida Pompano (3 states)
• Hard Clam (3 states)
• Lesser Amberjack (3 states)
• Longbill Spearfish (3 states)
• Monkfish (goosefish) (3 states)
• Mussels (3 states)
• Oyster (3 states)
• Prohibited shark species (3 states)
• Prohibited Sharks (3 states)
• Roundscale Spearfish (3 states)
• Snook (3 states)
• Speckled hind (3 states)
• Wahoo (3 states)
• Warsaw grouper (3 states)
• White Perch (3 states)