---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 622.484"
title: "50"
number: "622.484"
heading: "Bag and possession limits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/622.484"
---

# §622.484. Bag and possession limits.


[Section 622.11(a)](/cfr/50/622.11.md?p=a) provides the general applicability for bag and possession limits. However, [§ 622.11(a)](/cfr/50/622.11.md?p=a) notwithstanding, the bag limits of this section do not apply to a person who has a valid commercial fishing license issued by Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands.

- (a) **Reef fish.**
  - (1) **Groupers, parrotfishes, and snappers combined—** 5 per person per day or, if 3 or more persons are aboard, 15 per vessel per day; but not to exceed 2 parrotfish per person per day or 6 parrotfish per vessel per day.
  - (2) **Angelfishes, grunts, squirrelfishes, surgeonfishes, and triggerfishes combined—** 5 per person per day or, if 3 or more persons are aboard, 15 per vessel per day, but not to exceed 1 surgeonfish per person per day or 4 surgeonfish per vessel per day.
- (b) **Pelagic fish.**
  - (1) **Dolphinfish—** 10 per person per day, not to exceed 32 per vessel per day, whichever is less.
  - (2) **Wahoo—** 2 per person per day, not to exceed 10 per vessel per day, whichever is less.
- (c) **Spiny lobster.** 3 per person per day, not to exceed 10 per vessel per day, whichever is less.
- (d) [Reserved]
- (e) **Queen conch.** 3 per person per day or, if more than 4 persons are aboard, 12 per vessel per day.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 56217, Sept. 13, 2022, as amended at 90 FR 26940, June 25, 2025]

### Source

Source: 87 FR 56217, Sept. 13, 2022 unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 56217, Sept. 13, 2022, as amended at 90 FR 26940, June 25, 2025]