Saltwater Fishing Regulations

Finfish bag and size limits

Species		Size limits or legal length (cm)	Bag limit
Australian Bass & Estuary Perch	Australian Bass Closed season in rivers and estuaries May – August incl.	Only 1 over 35cm	2 in total *, 4 in possession
Australian Bass & Estuary Perch	Estuary Perch Closed season in rivers and estuaries May – August incl.	Only 1 over 35cm	2 in total *, 4 in possession
Australian Salmon	Australian Salmon	–	5
Blue Drummer	Blue Drummer	–	0 – release only Lord Howe Marine Park 5
Bonito	Bonito	–	10
Bream & Tarwhine	Bream (Black/Southern)	25 cm	10 in total *. 20 in possession.
	Bream (Yellowfin)	25 cm
	Tarwhine	20 cm
Cobia	Cobia	–	5
Deep-sea fish	Hapuku (Hapuka)	–	5 in total *, gemfish: only 2 and boat trip limit of 10
	Banded Rock Cod (Bar Cod)	–
	Bass Groper	–
	Gemfish	–
	Blue-Eye Trevalla (Cod)	–
Dogfish	Dogfish
	Harrisson’s	–	0
	Southern	–	0
	All other	–	2 in total*
Mahi Mahi (Dolphinfish)	Mahi Mahi (Dolphinfish)	60 cm, only 1 over 110 cm	10
Eels	Eels (Shortfin and Longfin)	(Southern Shortfin) 30cm (Longfin) 58cm	(Southern Shortfin) 10 (Longfin) 10
Flathead	Flathead (Dusky) common	36cm, only 1 over 70cm	10
	Flathead (Bluespotted)	33 cm	10 in total *. 20 in possession.
	Flathead (Tiger)	33 cm	10 in total *. 20 in possession.
Flounder & Sole	Flounder and Sole	25cm (0 for Sole)	20 in total *
Garfish	Garfish (Eastern Sea)	–	20
Groper	Groper (Blue, Brown, Red)	30cm, only 1 over 60cm	2 in total*, by line only
Hairtail	Hairtail	–	10
Leatherjacket	Leatherjacket	–	20 in total *
Luderick	Luderick	27 cm	10. 20 in possession.
Mackerel	Mackerel (Spanish)	(Spanish) 75cm	5 in total *
Mackerel	Mackerel (Spotted)	(Spotted) 60cm	5 in total *
Mangrove Jack	Mangrove Jack	–	5
Marlin	Marlin (Striped)	–	1 of each species
	Marlin (Black)
	Marlin (Blue)
Morwong	Morwong, Grey (Rubberlip)	30cm	10
	Morwong (Jackass)	30cm	10
	Morwong (Red)	30cm	5
	Morwong (Banded)	–	5
Moses Snapper	Moses Snapper (Moses Perch)	–	5
Mullet	Mullet	Small (poddy) Under 15 cm	20 in total* for live bait only
Mullet	Mullet	Sea (bully) only 30 cm	20 in total*
Mulloway	Mulloway	70 cm	1
Pearl Perch	Pearl Perch	30 cm	5
Eastern Red Scorpionfish (Red Rock Cod)	Eastern Red Scorpionfish (Red Rock Cod)	–	5
Rock Blackfish (Black Drummer)	Rock Blackfish (Black Drummer)	30 cm	10
Sailfish	Sailfish	–	1
Samson & Amberjack	Samsonfish Amberjack	–	5 in total*
Australian Sawtail	Australian Sawtail	–	5
Sharks and rays	Shark (Wobbegong)	–	0 for wobbegong (release only).
	Shark (Mako)	–	5 in total*. Only 1 tiger, mako, hammerhead # or whaler/ blue shark. # Only smooth hammerheads may be taken. Great and scalloped hammerheads are protected species in NSW and must be released immediately with minimal harm.
	Shark (School)	91 cm
	Shark (Whaler)	–
Snapper	Snapper	30 cm	10
Spearfish	Spearfish, Shortbill	–	1
Swordfish	Swordfish	–	1
Tailor	Tailor	30 cm	10. 20 in possession.
Teraglin	Teraglin	38 cm	5
Trevallies	Trevallies	(silver trevally only) 30 cm	10 in total*. 20 in possession.
Tuna	Tuna (Albacore)	90 cm or above Less than 90 cm	2 in total * 5 in total*
	Tuna (Bigeye)
	Tuna (Longtail)
	Tuna (Yellowfin)
	Tuna (Southern Bluefin)	–	1
Wahoo	Wahoo	–	5
Whiting	Whiting	(sand only) 27 cm	20 in total*
Yellowtail Kingfish	Yellowtail Kingfish	65 cm	5

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

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