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yeah ran into the FWC 2 weeks ago and he was telling me about this. this is def not the route they need to go. my opinion, if u want to catch or fish and eat'm, call a charter or buy and damn boat. just think how red fish was back in the day, when they commercially fished for them. i vote no!! all across the board! btw new to site

68B-37.003 Size Limits.
(1)(a) Recreational Size Limits – Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person subject to a regional bag limit specified in Rule 68B-37.004(1), F.A.C. shall not harvest, possess while in or on the waters of the state, or land any spotted seatrout with a total length less than 15 inches or greater than 20 inches.
(b) A person harvesting under a regional bag limit established in Rule 68B-37.004(1), F.A.C. may harvest, possess while in or on the waters of the state, and land no more than one spotted seatrout per day with a total length greater than 20 inches.
(2) Commercial Size Limit – A person harvesting for commercial purposes shall not harvest, possess while in or on the waters of the state, or land any spotted seatrout with a total length less than 15 inches or greater than 24 inches. No person shall buy, sell, or exchange any spotted seatrout with a total length less than 15 inches or greater than 24 inches.
(3) All spotted seatrout harvested in or from Florida or adjacent federal Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters shall be landed in a whole condition. The possession, while in or on state waters, on any public or private fishing pier, on a bridge or catwalk attached to a bridge from which fishing is allowed, or on any jetty, of a spotted seatrout that has been deheaded, sliced, divided, filleted, ground, skinned, scaled, or deboned is prohibited. Mere evisceration or "gutting" of spotted seatrout, or mere removal of gills before landing is not prohibited.
Specific Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 11-1-89, Amended 1-1-96, 8-1-96, Formerly 46-37.003, Amended 7-1-00.