No bag limits.
Recreational anglers will be limited to two hooks per line and one line per angler when fishing for groundfish.
POLLOCK: Pollachius virens
There is a minimum size of 19 inches. EXCEPTION: A creel limit of 6 pollock per person per day that are under 19" total length is allowed for recreational anglers in Maine territorial seas.
REDFISH: Sebastes fasciatus
The minimum size is 9 inches. No bag limits.
WINTER FLOUNDER: Pleuronectes americanus
The minimum size is 12 inches. No bag limits.
BLUEFISH: Pomatomus saltatrix
There is no minimum size. The daily bag limit is 3 fish per angler per day.
MACKEREL: Scomber scombrus
No size or bag limits and no minimum size.
SHAD: Alosa sapidissima
There is no minimum size. Using only hook and line, a person may fish for or possess only 2 fish per day.
BROWN TROUT: Salmo trutta
The minimum size is 14 inches. There is a two fish per angler per day bag limit.
ATLANTIC SALMON: Salmo salar
It is unlawful to angle, take or possess any Atlantic salmon from all Maine waters (including coastal waters). Any salmon incidentally caught must be released immediately, alive and uninjured. At no time should the Atlantic salmon be removed from the water.
