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.
Bronze Whaler Shark
(Carcharhinus brachyurus)
Also known as Whaler Sharks
Common Thresher Shark
(Alopias vulpinus)
Also known as Thresher Shark
Dusky Whaler Shark
(Carcharhinus obscurus)
Also known as Dusky Whaler, Whaler Sharks
Gummy Shark
(Mustelus antarcticus)
Port Jackson Shark
(Heterodontus portusjacksoni)
School Shark
(Galeorhinus galeus)
Sevengill Shark
(Notorynchus cepedianus & Heptranchias perlo )
Also known as Broadnose Shark, Sharpnose Sevengill Shark
Shortfin Mako
(Isurus oxyrinchus)
Also known as blue pointer, jumping shark, mackerel shark, mako shark, short finned mako, snapper shark
Smooth Hammerhead
(Sphyrna zygaena)
Smooth Stingray
(Dasyatis brevicaudata)
Southern Eagle Rays
(Myliobatis tenuicaudatus)
Southern Fiddler Rays
(Trygonorrhina dumerilii)