Saltwater Bag Limits And Sizes

Finfish Bag and Size limits Species

Size limits or legal length (cm)

Bag limit

Australian bass

Closed season in rivers and estuaries June - August incl.

Australian bass & estuary perch

Estuary perch

Only 1 over 35cm 2 in total *, 4 in possession

Closed season in rivers and estuaries June - August incl. Australian salmon -

Australian salmon Bluefish

0 - release only -

Bluefish

5

Lord Howe Marine Park 5

Bonito -

10

Bream (Black/southern)

25 cm

20 in total *

Bream (Yellowfin)

25 cm

Tarwhine

20 cm

Bonito Bream & tarwhine

Hapuka Bar Cod Bass groper

Deep-sea fish

Gemfish

5 in total *, gemfish: only 2 and boat trip limit of 10

-

Blue-eye cod Dolphinfish

Dolphinfish

60 cm, only 1 over 110 cm

(Shortfinned) Eels (Short and longfinned) 30cm

Eels

(Longfinned) 58cm

10

(Shortfinned) 10 (Longfinned) 10

Flathead (Dusky/common) 36cm, only 1 over 10 70cm Flathead (Sand)

Flathead Flathead (Tiger)

Flounder & sole

Flounders and Soles

33 cm

20 in total *

25cm

20 in total *

Garfish

Garfish (eastern sea)

-

20

Groper (blue, brown, red) 30cm, only 1 over 2 in total *, by line only 60cm

Groper

Hairtail

Hairtail Kingfish, yellowtail

Kingfish, yellowtail

-

10

65 cm

5

-

20 in total *

27 cm

20

Leatherjackets

Leatherjackets Luderick

Luderick Mackerel (Spanish)

Mackerel

(Spanish) 75cm 5 in total *

Mackerel (Spotted) (Spotted) 60cm Mangrove Jack

Mangrove Jack Marlin

Marlin (Striped)

Marlin (Black)

-

5

-

1 of each species

Marlin (Blue)

Morwong (Rubberlip) 30cm

10

30cm

10

30cm

5

-

5

-

5

Small (poddy) Under 15 cm

20 in total * for live bait only

Sea (bully) only 30 cm

20 in total *

Morwong (Jackass)

Morwong

Morwong (Red/sea carp)

Morwong (Banded)

Moses perch

Moses perch Mullet

Mullet Mulloway

Mulloway

45 cm only 2 fish 5 over 70 cm

Pearl perch

Pearl perch

30 cm

5

-

5

30 cm

10

Red rock cod (Scorpionfish)

Red rock cod

Rock blackfish

Rock blackfish

Sailfish

Sailfish

-

1

-

5 in total *

-

5

-

0 for wobbegong (release only).

Samsonfish

Samson & Amberjack

Amberjack

Sawtail surgeon

Sawtail surgeon Shark (Wobbegong)

Shark (Mako) -

Sharks and rays

Shark (School) 91 cm Shark (Whaler)

5 in total *, only 1 tiger, mako, blue shark, hammerhead or other whaler species.

Snapper

Snapper

30 cm

10

-

1

-

1

Spearfish

Spearfish Swordfish

Swordfish

Tailor

Tailor

30 cm

20

38 cm

5

(silver trevally only) 30 cm

20 in total *

90 cm or above

2 in total *

Less than 90 cm

5 in total *

-

5

Teraglin

Teraglin Trevallies

Trevallies Tuna (Albacore)

Tuna (Big-eye)

Tuna (Longtail)

Tuna Tuna (Southern bluefin)

Tuna (Yellowfin)

Wahoo

Wahoo Whiting

Whiting

(sand only) 27 cm 20 in total *

* Bag limit comprised of any single species or a combination of listed grouped species.