{"id":65632,"date":"2026-03-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=65632"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:58:08","slug":"news-2026-03-27-new-bluefish-regulations-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2026-03-27-new-bluefish-regulations-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bluefish Regulations for 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image text-wrap-pic half\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/bluefish-lying-flat-on-gray-ground.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/bluefish-lying-flat-on-gray-ground.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/bluefish-lying-flat-on-gray-ground.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/bluefish-lying-flat-on-gray-ground-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/bluefish-lying-flat-on-gray-ground-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>New Bluefish regulations took effect January 1, 2026, increasing possession limits for anglers. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved these new coastwide recreational fishing management measures in August 2025, for the 2026 and 2027 bluefish fishery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New measures are as follows:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5 bluefish for private boat and shore-based anglers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 bluefish for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/bluefish4hire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for-hire anglers<\/a> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF File\"><\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no closed season nor size limit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/seasons-and-regulations\/\">New Jersey&#8217;s Marine Fishing Regulations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/attention-anglers-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 &#8220;Attention Anglers&#8221; Recreational Marine Fishing Regulations Summary Sheet<\/a> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF File\"><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Bluefish regulations took effect January 1, 2026, increasing possession limits for anglers. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved these new coastwide recreational fishing management measures in August 2025, for the 2026 and 2027 bluefish fishery. New measures are as follows: There is no closed season nor size limit.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":65630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65635,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65632\/revisions\/65635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}