New York Fishing Regulations

2024 Regulations

-Fluke-

19 inch minimum size; 3 fish per day. Season of May 4- Aug 1
19.5 inch minimum size; 3 fish per day. Season of Aug 2- Oct 15

-Porgy/Scup-

May 1-Dec 31; 11 inches; 30 fish
Party/Charter boats: bag limit increases to 40 fish from Sept 1- Oct 31

-Sea Bass-

June 23- Aug 31; 16.5 inches; 3 fish
Sept 1-Dec 31; 16.5 inches; 6 fish

-Striped Bass-

28″ to 31″ Slot. 1 fish per angler. April 15 to December 15

-Blackfish-

16 inch size limit. All waters.
Long Island Sound Region
April 1 to April 30 – 2 fish per day.
Oct 11 to Dec 9 – 3 fish per day.

-Bluefish-

No size limit. 5 fish per day on for hire vessels. Open all year.

-Cod-

23 inch minimum size. Sept 1 – May 31.  5 fish per day

-Winter Flounder-

12 inch minimum size. April 1- May 30. 2 fish per day.

-Pollock-

19 inch minimum size / No Limit/ All Year

-Weakfish-

16 inch minimum size / One Per Day / All Year

* Note all measurements are total length.

*Regulations were last changed on June 12, 2024, and are subject to change at any time.*

2024 Recreational Atlantic Tunas Retention Limits

Yellowfin
3 (Per Man) – PER TRIP
The minimum size for yellowfin tuna is 27″ curved fork length

Bluefin
27″ to 47″ – 12/Vessel/Day
47″ to 73″ – 2/Vessel/Day
73″ or greater – 1/Vessel/ Year

Unlimited:
Big Eye
The minimum size for bigeye tuna is 27″ curved fork length
Alabacore
Skipjack

Golden Tilefish
The recreational possession limit of golden tilefish is eight fish per angler, per trip. There are no fish size limits in the recreational tilefish fisheries.