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Spearfishing is Prohibited in the Following Areas of Monroe County: Species Prohibited for Harvest by

• State Waters from Long Key north to • Unincorporated Monroe County Spearing:
the Miami-Dade County line (including the
• City of Marathon • African Pompano • Red Drum
island of Long Key)
State Waters are all salt waters surrounding the It is unlawful for any person to use, fire or discharge • Billfish (all species) • Sharks
Florida Keys out to three (3) nautical miles from any speargun on or below the surface of the water in
the nearest point of land including islands on the any man-made canal in the unincorporated areas of • Blue Crab • Snook
Atlantic side and out to nine (9) nautical miles from Monroe County.
the nearest point of land including islands on the • Bonefish • Spotted Eagle Ray
Gulf side.
• Goliath Grouper (Jewfish) • Spotted Seatrout
• Everglades National Park
• Lobster • Stone Crab
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Manta Ray • Sturgeon
• State Parks
• Nassau Grouper • Tarpon
• The following state parks are within State Waters
in the Upper Keys - spearfishing is prohibited • Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary • Permit • Tripletail
• Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock
Botanical State Park • Existing Management Areas (EMAs) • Pompano • Weakfish
Possession of spearfishing equipment within these
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Existing Management Areas is prohibited except • Families of Ornamental Reef Fish
while transiting through without stopping.
• Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park (Angelfish, Butterflyfish, Cornetfish, Damselfish,
• Key Largo - adjacent to John Pennekamp Coral
• Lignumvitae Key Submerged Land Reef State Park and extends to the Parrotfish, Pipefish, Porcupinefish, Puffers,
Management Area 300 foot depth
Seahorse, Squirrelfish, Surgeonfish, Triggerfish
• Long Key State Park • Looe Key - five-square-nautical mile area
surrounding Looe Key reef (except gray and ocean), Trumpetfish, Trunkfish,)
• The following state parks boundaries extend out to
400 feet from the shoreline - spearfishing and the Know Your Fish Before You Go
possession of spearfishing equipment is prohibited
in these areas. (These 2 fish are protected and often confused with similar looking species.)
• Curry Hammock State Park
irregular vertical bars rounded pectoral
• Bahia Honda State Park small black spots & caudal fin

• Fort Zachary Taylor Historic Sate Park The following no-take areas are marked by 30" small eyes
diameter round yellow buoys:
• Beaches, Piers, Bridges
• Sanctuary Preservation Areas (SPAs)
Within 100 yards of a public swimming beach, any
commercial or public fishing pier, or any part of a • Carysfort Reef • Cheeca Rocks
bridge from which public fishing is allowed.
• Elbow • Alligator Reef
• Jetties
• Key Largo Dry Rocks • Coffins Patch
Within 100 feet of any part of a jetty that is above
the surface of the sea - except for the last 500 yards • Grecian Rocks • Sombrero Key Goliath Grouper (Jewfish)
of a jetty that extends more than 1,500 yards from head and fins covered with small black spots; irregular
the shoreline. • French Reef • Looe Key vertical bars present on the sides of body; pectoral and
caudal fins rounded; eyes small
• Molasses Reef • Newfound Harbor

• Conch Reef • Eastern Dry Rocks stripe in shape of black saddle on caudal peduncle
tuning fork
• Hen and Chickens • Rock Key

• Davis Reef • Sand Key

• Special-Use Research Only Areas

• Conch Reef • Tennessee Reef

• Looe Key Patch Reef • Eastern Sambo

• Ecological Reserves Nassau Grouper
• Western Sambo color light background with brown or red-brown bars on
sides; stripe in shape of tuning fork on forehead; black
• Tortugas (not currently marked) dots around the eyes; large black saddle on caudal
peduncle