Salt Water Bag and Size Limits - Fish and Invertebrate
Not all fish species are subject to a legal length. There are
five bag limit categories – zero, two, five, 10
or 20 fish per angler.
A maximum daily bag limit of 20 applies to any fish or invertebrate
not included in the tables below, except baitfish*.
Baitfish Bag Limits
A bag limit of 50 applies to each of the following baitfish:
Australian anchovy, Maray (or round herring), Southern herring,
Pilchard, Slimy mackerel, Blue sprat (or bluebait), Sandy sprat
(or whitebait)
A bag limit of 50 comprised of any single species or combination
of species applies to the following baitfish:
Garfish (other than eastern sea garfish), Jack mackerel and yellowtail,
Hardyhead and silverfish
# the above baitfish bag limits do not apply to charter boat operators.
Legal length - is the minimum unless otherwise stated.
Bag limit - is the maximum number per person in possession.
Please note that the information may change and
the latest information can be viewed at:
www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au
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Picture
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Fish
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Legal Length
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Bag Limit
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Australian Bass and Estuary Perch
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Only 1 fish longer than 35cm
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4 in total (max.2 per day)
Zero bag limit in rivers and estuaries
from 1 June to 31
August each year.
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Australian Salmon
|
-
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5
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Bonito |
- |
10 |
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Bream (black/southern, yellowfin)
|
25cm
|
20 in total
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Dolphinfish
(mahi-mahi) |
60cm |
10
Only 1 fish over 110cm
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Eel long finned
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58cm
|
10 in total
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Flathead, dusky/common
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36cm
(only 1 fish longer than 70cm)
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10
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Flathead (sand, tiger)
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33cm
|
20 in total
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-
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Flathead, all other
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33cm
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20 in total
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Deep-sea fish
(hapuka, bar cod, bass groper, gemfish, blue-eye cod
|
-
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5 in total
(max. of 2 gemfish)
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Flounder and Sole
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25cm
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20 in total
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Garfish
(Eastern Sea)
|
-
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20
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Groper (blue, red/brown)
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30cm
|
2 by line
only
Only 1 fish over 60cm
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Hairtail
|
-
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10
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Kingfish, yellowtail
|
65cm
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5
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Leatherjackets
|
-
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20 in total
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Luderick
(Blackfish)
|
27cm
|
20
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Mackeral Spanish |
75cm |
5 in total |
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Mackerel Spotted
|
60cm
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5 in total
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Mangrove Jack
|
-
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5
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Marlin (striped, black, blue)
|
-
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1 of each species
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Morwong
(grey, jackass, rubberlip)
|
30cm
|
10
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Morwong (red/ sea carp)
|
30cm
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5
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-
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Morwong, banded
|
-
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5
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-
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Moses perch
|
-
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5
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Mullet (sea/bully)
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30cm
|
20
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-
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Mullet, poddy (for live bait)
|
less than 15cm
|
20
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Mulloway (or jewfish)
|
45cm
(only 2 fish longer than 70cm)
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5
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Pearl Perch
|
30cm
|
5
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Red Rock Cod
|
-
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5
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-
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Rock blackfish
|
30cm
|
10
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Sailfish
|
-
|
1
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Samsonfish and Amberjack
|
-
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5 in total
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Sharks and rays
|
91cm
(School shark only)
|
5 in total
* Only 1 tiger, mako, blue,
hammerhead and whaler shark species. Zero bag limit applies
to wobbegong.
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Snapper
|
30cm
|
10
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Spearfish
|
-
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1
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Surgeon, sawtail
|
-
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5
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Swordfish
|
-
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1
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Tailor
|
30cm
|
20
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Tarwhine
|
20cm
|
20
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Teraglin
|
38cm
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5
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Trevallies
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30cm for silver trevally
only
|
20 in total
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Tuna (albacore, big-eye, longtail, southern
bluefin, yellowfin)
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90cm and above
|
2 in total
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Tuna (albacore, big-eye, longtail, southern
bluefin, yellowfin)
|
less than 90cm
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5 in total
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Wahoo
|
-
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5
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Whiting
|
27cm (sand only)
|
20 in total
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* Illustration by Roger Swainston. From
the book Sea Fishes of Southern Australia by Barry Hutchins
and Roger Swainston.
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Picture
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Invertebrate
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Legal length
|
Bag Limit
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Abalone
|
11.5cm
|
10
|
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Beach worms
|
-
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20
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-
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Cockles, mussels (pipis for bait only – do
not take beyond 50m of high-tide mark)
|
-
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50
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Crab, blue swimmer
|
6cm
|
20
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Crab (mud, black/mangrove)
|
8.5cm
|
5
|
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Crab, spanner
|
9.3cm
|
10
|
|
-
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Crab (all other, except soldier)
|
-
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10 in total
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Cunjevoi
|
-
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20
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Lobster, eastern rock
|
min10.4cm max 20cm
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2 in total
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|
-
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Lobster, southern rock (male)
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min11.4cm max 20cm
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2 in total
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-
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Lobster, southern rock (female)
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min10.5cm max 20cm
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2 in total
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-
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Lobster (painted, ornate)
|
-
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2 in total
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-
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Lobster (slipper, flat)
|
-
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2 in total
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Oysters
(Sydney rock, Pacific, flat)
|
-
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50 in total
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Prawns
|
-
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10 litres
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Scallops
|
-
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50
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Sea urchins
|
-
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10
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Turban snails (Sydney, military)
|
7.5cm
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20
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