You may not possess any of the following threatened, endangered, or prohibited species. If you incidentally catch one of these species, release it immediately, unharmed.
| All whales | Dolphin (mammal) | Goliath grouper | Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) |
| Largetooth sawfish | Nassau grouper | Sea turtles | Smalltooth sawfish |
| West Indian manatee | Atlantic angel shark | Basking shark | Bigeye sand tiger shark |
| Bigeye sixgill shark | Bigeye thresher shark | Bignose shark | Caribbean reef shark |
| Caribbean sharpnose shark | Dusky shark | Galapagos shark | Longfin mako shark |
| Narrowtooth shark | Night shark | Sand tiger shark | Sevengill shark |
| Sixgill shark | Smalltail shark | Whale shark | White shark |
| Shortfin Mako |