HLS: Grouper season opens today | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal

HLS: Grouper season opens today | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal: "Beginning today, it is legal to harvest gag, black and red grouper in both state and federal waters."

he gag season has been closed for the past two months in all waters, while black and red opened a couple of weeks ago in federal waters.

The minimum size limits for this year are 22 inches in total length for the black and gags, while reds have to be just 20 inches. The bag limit for gags are two within the five-fish grouper aggregate and five blacks within and five-grouper aggregate. Reds are one in federal and two in state within the five-grouper aggregate.