Fishing limits search
Use the search function to find the daily fishing limits for each species.
All recreational fishing limits apply for a 24-hour period from midnight to midnight. Once you have reached the limit for a particular species, you are not allowed to catch any more. Limits may vary for charter boat fishing.
Any species not listed in the search does not have size or bag limit restrictions. Take only what you need for personal use.
View explanations for size, bag and boat limits.
Devices for measuring pipi, blue swimmer crab, sand crab, abalone and rock lobster are available free to the public. To request a measuring device be sent to you, call Fishwatch on 1800 065 522.
Alligator gar
(Atractosteus spatula)
Report if seen
Asian black-spined toad
(Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Asian green mussel
(Perna viridis)
Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Asian paddle crab
(Charybdis japonica)
Black-striped false mussel
(Mytilopsis sallei)
Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Brown mussel
(Perna perna)
Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Report if seen
Cane toad
(Rhinella marina)
Carpet sea squirt
(Didemnum vexillum)
Caulerpa cylindracea
(Caulerpa cylindracea)
Caulerpa taxifolia
(Caulerpa taxifolia)
Chinese mitten crab
(Eriocheir sinensis)
Cichlid species
Also known as Cichlid, Tilapia