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
Fully protected
Ambassis, Mogurnda and Nannoperca genus
Also known as Agassiz's glassfish, chanda perch, gudgeon, pygmy perch sp.
Black Cowrie
(Zoila friendii thersites)
Also known as Black Cowry, Black Cowries, humpbacked cowry
Blue Swimmer Crab
(Portunus armatus)
Bream (all species)
(Acanthopagrus spp)
Bugs (Slipper Lobster, Balmain Bugs)
(Ibacus peronii)
Also known as Slipper Lobster, Balmain Bugs
Fully protected
Cooper Creek Catfish
(Neosiluroides cooperensis)
Cuttlefish
(Sepia spp.)
Also known as cephalopods
Fully protected
Freshwater Catfish
(Tandanus tandanus)
Giant Crab
(Pseudocarcinus gigas)
Fully protected
Marine mammals
(Cetacea order, Otariidae family & Phocidae family)
Also known as Whales, Dolphins, Porpoise, Seals, Sealions
Fully protected
Murray Cod
(Maccullochella peelii peelii)
Also known as Murray Cod, Cod, Goodoo