Use this page's search to check each species' daily fishing limits.
Understand fishing limits
Recreational fishers must comply with the daily fishing limits for marine and freshwater species caught in South Australian waters.
- Size limits: There is a minimum (and sometimes maximum) legal size for some fish species.
- Bag limits: There are limits on the number of a particular fish species that one fisher may take each day.
- Boat limits: If 1 or 2 people are fishing from a boat, the personal bag limit applies to each person. If 3 or more people are fishing from a boat, the boat limit (the total number of fish that can be landed on the boat) applies.
- Bag and boat limits apply for a 24-hour period from midnight to midnight.
- Size, bag, and boat limits may vary for charter boat fishing.
For more information, see fishing limits explained.
You can also refer to the fishing limits quick-lookup for basic information.
Species that are not listed don't have fishing restrictions in SA, but you should take only what you need for personal use.
Trout Cod
(Maccullochella macquariensis)
Vase Tunicate
(Ciona intestinalis)
Vongole – Mud Cockle
(Katelysia spp.)Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Wakame (Japanese seaweed)
(Undaria pinnatifida)Also known as Wakame, Japanese kelp
Western Blue Groper
(Achoerodus gouldii)
Western Shovelnose Ray
(Aptychotrema vincentiana)
White Shark
(Carcharodon carcharias)Also known as great white shark, white pointer
Whitefin Swellshark
(Cephaloscyllium albipinnum)
Wild Pacific Oyster
(Crassostrea gigas)Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Wobbegong – Cobbler, Banded, Spotted
(Sutorectus tentaculatus, Orectolobus ornatus & Orectolobus maculatus)Also known as carpet sharks
Wrasse - All species in the Labridae Family excluding Western Blue Groper
(Labridae family excluding Achoerodus gouldii)