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Spearfishing is Prohibited in the Following Areas of Monroe County: Species Prohibited for Harvest by
Spearing:
• State Waters from Long Key north to • Unincorporated Monroe County

the Miami-Dade County line (including the • City of Marathon • African Pompano • Red Drum
• Sharks
• Billfish (all species)
island of Long Key) It is unlawful for any person to use, fire or discharge • Blue Crab • Snook
State Waters are all salt waters surrounding the any speargun on or below the surface of the water in • Bonefish • Spotted Eagle Ray
Florida Keys out to three (3) nautical miles from any man-made canal in the unincorporated areas of • Goliath Grouper (Jewfish) • Spotted Seatrout
the nearest point of land including islands on the Monroe County. • Lobster • Stone Crab
Atlantic side and out to nine (9) nautical miles from • Manta Ray • Sturgeon
the nearest point of land including islands on the • Nassau Grouper • Tarpon
Gulf side. • Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary • Permit • Tripletail

• Everglades National Park • Existing Management Areas (EMAs) • Pompano • Weakfish
• Families of Ornamental Reef Fish
• Dry Tortugas National Park Possession of spearfishing equipment within these (Angelfish, Butterflyfish, Cornetfish, Damselfish,
Existing Management Areas is prohibited except Parrotfish, Pipefish, Porcupinefish, Puffers,
• State Parks while transiting through without stopping. Seahorse, Squirrelfish, Surgeonfish, Triggerfish
• The following state parks are within State Waters • Key Largo - adjacent to John Pennekamp Coral (except gray and ocean), Trumpetfish, Trunkfish,)
in the Upper Keys - spearfishing is prohibited Reef State Park and extends to the
• Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock 300 foot depth Know Your Fish Before You Go
Botanical State Park • Looe Key - five-square-nautical mile area (These 2 fish are protected and often confused with similar looking species.)

• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park surrounding Looe Key reef irregular vertical bars rounded pectoral

• Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park small black spots & caudal fin
• Lignumvitae Key Submerged Land The following no-take areas are marked by 30" small eyes
Management Area diameter round yellow buoys:

• Long Key State Park • Sanctuary Preservation Areas (SPAs)
• Carysfort Reef • Cheeca Rocks
• The following state parks boundaries extend out to
400 feet from the shoreline - spearfishing and the • Elbow • Alligator Reef
possession of spearfishing equipment is prohibited • Key Largo Dry Rocks • Coffins Patch
in these areas. • Grecian Rocks • Sombrero Key Goliath Grouper (Jewfish)
• Curry Hammock State Park • French Reef • Looe Key head and fins covered with small black spots; irregular
• Bahia Honda State Park • Molasses Reef • Newfound Harbor vertical bars present on the sides of body; pectoral and

• Fort Zachary Taylor Historic Sate Park caudal fins rounded; eyes small
• Conch Reef • Eastern Dry Rocks
• Beaches, Piers, Bridges • Hen and Chickens • Rock Key stripe in shape of black saddle on caudal peduncle
tuning fork
Within 100 yards of a public swimming beach, any • Davis Reef • Sand Key
commercial or public fishing pier, or any part of a
bridge from which public fishing is allowed. • Special-Use Research Only Areas

• Jetties • Conch Reef • Tennessee Reef

Within 100 feet of any part of a jetty that is above • Looe Key Patch Reef • Eastern Sambo
the surface of the sea - except for the last 500 yards Nassau Grouper
of a jetty that extends more than 1,500 yards from • Ecological Reserves color light background with brown or red-brown bars on
the shoreline. • Western Sambo sides; stripe in shape of tuning fork on forehead; black
• Tortugas (not currently marked) dots around the eyes; large black saddle on caudal
peduncle