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.
Blue Swimmer Crab
(Portunus armatus)
Bream (all species)
(Acanthopagrus spp)
Bronze Whaler Shark
(Carcharhinus brachyurus)
Also known as Whaler Sharks
Brown mussel
(Perna perna)
Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Brown Trout
(Salmo trutta)
Bugs (Slipper Lobster, Balmain Bugs)
(Ibacus peronii)
Also known as Slipper Lobster, Balmain Bugs
Report if seen
Cane toad
(Rhinella marina)
Carpet sea squirt
(Didemnum vexillum)
Catfish - Hyrtl's & Silver Tandan
(Neosilurus hyrtlii & Porochilus argenteus)
Also known as Hyrtl's Catfish & Silver Catfish
Caulerpa cylindracea
(Caulerpa cylindracea)
Caulerpa taxifolia
(Caulerpa taxifolia)
Chinese mitten crab
(Eriocheir sinensis)