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.
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)
Fully protected
Ambassis, Mogurnda and Nannoperca genus
Also known as Agassiz's glassfish, chanda perch, gudgeon, pygmy perch sp.
Report if seen
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
Black Cowrie
(Zoila friendii thersites)
Also known as Black Cowry, Black Cowries, humpbacked cowry
Black-striped false mussel
(Mytilopsis sallei)
Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Bloodworm
(Marphysa spp.)
Blue Morwong - Queen Snapper
(Nemadactylus valenciennesi)
Also known as queen snapper