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Legal Fish Sizes and Bag Limits - New South Wales
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Octopus cannot be taken from ocean rock platforms in
NSW or rock platforms in Sydney Harbour.
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All lobsters and crabs carrying eggs must be
returned immediately to the water. It is an offence
to remove the eggs.
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Intertidal invertebrates must not be shucked in
or adjacent to any waters except for immediate use
as bait.
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Gathering invertebrates in
Intertidal Protected Areas (IPA) is prohibited.
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Commercially produced oysters are purified prior
to sale. NSW Health recommends cooking oysters which
have not been purified as they may contain harmful
bacteria.
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Finfish Bag and Size
limits
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Species |
Size limits or Legal
Length (cm) |
Bag limit |
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Australian bass and
estuary perch
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Only 1 fish longer than 35cm |
4 in total
(max.2 per day) |
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Australian salmon
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-
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5 |
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Bream (black/southern,
Yellowfin)
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25 |
20 in total |
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Eels,
(short & longfinned)
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30 |
20 in total |
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Flathead, dusky/common
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36
(only 1 fish longer than 70cm) |
10 |
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Flathead (sand,
tiger)
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33 |
20 in total
(combination of all species) |
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Flathead,all
other |
-
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Deep-sea fish (hapuka, bar cod,
bass groper,
gemfish+,
blue-eye cod)
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-
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5 in total
(max. of 2 gemfish)+ |
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Groper (blue,red/brown)
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-
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2 in total
(by line only) |
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Hairtail
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-
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10 |
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Kingfish
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60 |
5 |
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Luderick
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25 |
20 |
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Mackerel (Spanish, spotted)
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-
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5 in total |
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Mangrove Jack
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-
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5 |
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Marlin (striped, black, blue)
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2 of each species |
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Morwong
(jackass, rubberlip)
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28 |
20 |
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Morwong: red
(red/sea carp)
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25 |
5 |
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Morwong, banded
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-
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5 |
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Moses perch
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-
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5 |
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Mullet: sea
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30 |
20 |
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Mullet, poddy (for live bait)
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Less than 15cm |
20 |
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Mulloway
(or jewfish)
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45
(only 2 fish longer than 70cm) |
5
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Pearl perch
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-
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5 |
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Blackfish, rock
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30 |
10 |
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Sailfish
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-
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2 |
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Sharks and rays
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91
(School shark only) |
5 in total
(max. of 2 Wobbegong) |
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Snapper
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30 |
10 |
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Spearfish
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-
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2 |
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Surgeon, sawtail
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-
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5 |
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Swordfish
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-
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2 |
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Tailor
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30 |
20 |
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Tarwhine
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20 |
20 |
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Teraglin
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38 |
5 |
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Trevally
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-
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20 in total |
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Tuna (albacore,
big-eye,
longtail,
southern bluefin,
yellowfin)
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90 or above |
2 in total |
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Tuna (albacore,
big-eye,
longtail,
southern bluefin,
yellowfin)
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Less than 90 |
5 in total |
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Wahoo
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-
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5 |
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Whiting sand
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27
(sand only) |
20 in total |
+ Boat trip limit of 10 applies
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Invertebrates Bag and Size
limits |
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Species
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Size limits or Legal
Length (cm) |
Bag limit |
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Abalone
Please note: It is currently prohibited to
take abalone between Port Stephens and Wreck Bay
Beach, JervisBay. |
11.5 |
2 |
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Balmain Bug
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10
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20
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Beach worms
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-
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20 |
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cockles, mussels (pipis for bait only - do
not take beyond 50m of high-tide mark)
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-
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50 in total |
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Crab, blue swimmer
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6 |
20 |
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Crab: mud black/mangrove
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8.5 |
5 |
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Crab, spanner |
9.3 |
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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-
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20 |
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Lobster: eastern rock
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Min 10.4 - Max 18 |
2 in total |
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Lobster: southern male
(male) |
11 |
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Lobster: southern female(female) |
10.5 |
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Lobster (painted, ornate) |
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2 in total |
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Lobster (slipper, flat) |
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2 in total |
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Oysters
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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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-
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50 |
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Sea urchins
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-
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10 |
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Turban snails (Sydney, military)
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7.5 |
20 |
SPECIES THAT ARE PROTECTED BY LAW
Bag limits of zero (0) - if caught please
return these species carefully to the water.
Elegant wrasse
Ballina angelfish
Estuary cod
Black cod
Giant Queensland groper
Weedy (common) seadragon
Eastern blue devil fish
Herbsts nurse shark
Grey nurse shark
Great white shark
Green sawfish
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