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Shark - various species -
Family
Description: Shortfin Mako pictured. Regulations apply to all sharks.
Common in Gulf area:
Atlantic Sharpnose
Blacktip
Bonnethead
Bull
Dusky
Great Hammerhead
Lemon
Nurse
Oceanic Whitetip
Reef
Sandbar
Scalloped Hammerhead
Shortfin
Sikly
Smalleye Hammerhead
Spinner
Thresher
Tiger
White
Similar fish:
Where found: Common throughout Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, habitat varies wildly depending on species.
Size: 2 pounds to 1,000 pounds!
Remarks: Sharks obviously must be handled with great care. The larger the more dangerous.
Florida record:
Regulations:
Size Limit:
Season:
Bag Limit: 1 or 2 per vessel per day, whichever is less.
Comments: Practice of finning and filleting at sea prohibited.
It is unlawful to land or harvest the following sharks:
Basking shark, Whake Shark, White Shark, and Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark,
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