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NEW JERSEY
Size & Possession Limits
 
Species Open Season Min. 
Length
Bag 
Limit
Picture
Summer Flounder (Fluke) May 18 - September 24 16 1/2" 8 Summer Flounder
Winter Flounder Mar. 1 - May 31 
Sept. 15 - Dec. 31
11" No Limit Winter Flounder
Bluefish No Close No Min. 15 Bluefish
Weakfish No Close 14" 14 Weakfish
Red Drum No Close 18" 5, 1 over 27" Red Drum
Tautog No Close 14" June 1-Oct. 9: 1 
Oct.10-May.31: 10
Tautog
Sea Bass No Close 11 ½" 25 Sea Bass
Scup (Porgy) July 1 - October 31 10" 50 Scup
Cod No Close 21" No Limit Cod
Pollock No Close 19" No Limit Pollock
Cobia 
 
 
No Close 37" 2 Cobia
Spanish Mackerel No Close 14" 10 Spanish Mackerel
Striped Bass or Hybrid 
Atlantic Ocean (0 - 3 miles)
No Close 28" 2 per day 1 at 28"or more
1 between 24" and 28"
Striped Bass
Striped Bass or Hybrid 
Del. River and trib upstream 
of Trenton Falls 
Mar. 1 - Dec. 31 28" 2 Striped Bass
Striped Bass or Hybrid 
Below Trenton Falls to 
Salem River 
Mar. 1 - Mar. 31 
June 1 - Dec. 31
28" 2 Striped Bass
Tuna - Bluefin June 1 - Dec. 31 27" 1 bluefin
Tuna - Yellowfin No Close 27" No Limit Yellowfin
Tuna - Bigeye No Close 27" No Limit bigeye
Longfin Albacore No Close 27" No Limit Albacore
Hard Clam No harvest on Sunday 1 ½" Rec. Limit - 
150/day
Blue Claw Crab 
(point to point)
No Close Peeler or Shedder - 3" 
Soft - 3 ½" 
Hard - 4 ½"
Rec. Limit - 
1 Bushel
American Lobster No Close 3 1/4" 6 American Lobster