1. (a) No person shall take by angling from the waters of the state, or possess while on or leaving the waters of the state, more than 5 bluefish in one day, with the exception that a person angling from a licensed saltwater for hire fishing vessel may take or possess 7 bluefish per day.
2. (b) From October 1 through June 30 no person shall take by any method from the waters of the state, or possess while on or leaving the waters of the state, bluefish for the purpose of sale.
3. (c) Any person taking bluefish with bait from the waters of the state by angling shall only use corrodible non-offset circle hooks, meaning a hook where the point and barb are turned perpendicularly back to the shank to form a circular shape. When such a hook is laid on a flat surface, all parts of the hook lie flat on the surface.

Source. #4770, eff 2-27-90; ss by #5789, eff 2-18-94; ss by #6916, eff 12-22-98; ss by #8303, EXEMPT, eff 4-1-05; ss by #12984, EXEMPT, eff 1-29-20; ss by #13109, EXEMPT, eff 9-23-20; ss by #14607, EXEMPT, eff 5-18-26