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.
Fully protected
Murray River Crayfish
(Euastacus armatus)
Also known as Murray crayfish
Nannygai - Bight Redfish, Red Snapper, Swallowtail
(Centroberyx gerrardi, Centroberyx affinis & Centroberyx lineatus)
Also known as RedFish, Eastern Nannygai
Pipi - Goolwa cockle
(Donax deltoides)
Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Prawn
Also known as prawns
Razorfish
Also known as Bivalve mollusc
Fully protected
River Blackfish
(Gadopsis marmoratus)
Fully protected
Silver Perch
(Bidyanus bidyanus)
Also known as Tcheri
Snapper
(Chrysophrys auratus)
Also known as Pink snapper
Fully protected
South-east Crayfish
(Euastacus bispinosa)
Southern Calamari - Squid
(Sepioteuthis australis)
Also known as cephalopods
Southern Rock Lobster
(Jasus edwardsii)
Also known as crayfish
Fully protected
Syngnathidae family (includes seadragons, seahorses, pipefish and pipehorses)
(Syngnathidae)