Recreational fishers must comply with the daily fishing limits for marine and freshwater species caught in South Australian waters. Use this page's search to check each species' daily fishing limits. Size, bag, and boat limits may vary for charter boat fishing.
All limits apply for 24-hours from midnight to midnight. Once you catch the limit for a species, you're not allowed to take any more.
Unlisted species don't have fishing restrictions in SA, but you should take only what you need for personal use.
Read more about our terminology definitions and see how to request a measuring device.
Abalone
(Haliotis spp.)Also known as Blacklip Abalone, Greenlip Abalone, Brownlip Abalone, Roe's abalone
Albacore
(Thunnus alalunga)Also known as albacore tuna
Alligator gar
(Atractosteus spatula)
Also known as Agassiz's glassfish, chanda perch, gudgeon, pygmy perch sp.
Asian black-spined toad
(Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Asian green mussel
(Perna viridis)Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Asian paddle crab
(Charybdis japonica)
Australian Herring – Tommy Ruff
(Arripis georgianus)Also known as tommy rough, ruffie
Basking Shark
(Cetorhinus maximus)
Bigeye Thresher
(Alopias superciliosus)
Black Cowrie
(Zoila friendii thersites)Also known as Black Cowry, Black Cowries, humpbacked cowry
Black Stingray
(Dasyatis thetidis)