Abalone

Fishing limits

• Minimum size measured across its widest point:
  • Greenlip Abalone in the Western zone: 14.5 cm.
  • All species in all other waters: 13 cm.
• Personal daily bag limit: 5 - the limit is a combined total of both species.
• Daily boat limit:
  • 5 per day (combined total) if taken by 1 person.
  • 10 per day (combined total) if taken by more than 1 person.

Closed areas

Taking of Abalone is prohibited in all aquatic reserves and intertidal reef areas.

Handling Abalone

The diver must:

• carry a suitable measuring device
• measure abalone as soon as it has been removed from the surface it was attached to
• returned immediately if it is undersized
• bring the abalone above the high water mark before removing the meat.

More information

• Abalone diseases
• Using bait and berley in SA