New rules are now in effect to manage red grouper, dolphin and wahoo, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

The daily recreational bag limit for red grouper is now two fish per person (within the five-fish aggregate grouper limit) in Gulf state waters. This limit is also a match with Gulf federal waters.  (Florida state waters extend nine nautical miles offshore into the Gulf). Minimum size for red grouper remains at 20 inches. Daily bag limit in the Atlantic is still five fish per angler.

New rules are in place for dolphin and wahoo, as well, including:

> Dolphin and wahoo are now a restricted species.

>A 20-inch fork length minimum size for all dolphin on Florida’s Atlantic coast.

>A statewide maximum limit of 60 dolphin per vessel (except 10 dolphin per paying passenger on for-hire vessels).

>A statewide daily two-fish recreational bag limit and a 500-pound commercial daily vessel limit for wahoo.

>The sale of recreationally caught dolphin or wahoo is prohibited.

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