Size and Bag Limits
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Recreational catch limits appear in the table below as a combined total for all species in a fish group.
Size and bag limits A - M
| Fish Group | Bag Limit | Possession Limit | Boat Limit |
Minimum Size
|
| Anglerfish | 2 | 4 | - | -
|
| Bait species (combined, including anchovy, sardine, sprats, hardyheads) | 50 | 100 | - | -
|
Bait invertebrates (combined, including soldier crabs, marine worms and burrowing shrimp)
| 50 | 100 | - | -
|
Barracouta | 15
| 30 | - | -
|
Boarfish | 2 | 4 | - | 45 cm
|
Bream (in marine waters) | 5 | 10 | - | 25 cm
|
Cod
 Bearded rock cod
| 15 | 30 | - | -
|
| Elephantfish | 2 | 4 | - | -
|
Flathead Sand and Tiger (combined)
 Sand flathead
 Tiger flathead | 20 | 30 | - | 32 cm
|
Flathead, Bluespotted and Rock (combined)
 Bluespotted flathead
 Rock flathead
| 5 (only 1 over 60cm) | 10 | - | 40 cm
|
Flounder
Greenback flounder
| 15 | 30 | - | 25 cm
|
Garfish | 15 | 30 | - | 25 cm
|
Groper, Blue
| 0 | 0 | - | -
|
Gurnard and Ocean Perch Common gurnard perch
| 15 | 30 | - | -
|
Kingfish, Yellowtail
| 5 | 10 | - | 45 cm
|
Leatherjacket
 | 10 | 20 | - | 20 cm
|
Mackerel and Redbait Jack Mackerel
| 30 | 60 | - | -
|
| Marlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | -
|
Morwong, Banded (season applies)
 | 2 | 4 | - | Between 36 - 46 cm
|
Morwong, Jackass and Other Jackass Morwong
| 10 | 20 | - | 25 cm
|
Mullet | 15 | 30 | - | 25 cm
|
Size and bag limits N - Z
| Fish Group | Bag Limit
| Possession Limit | Boat Limit | Minumum Size |
Octopus
| 5
| 10
| -
| -
|
Pike, Longfin
| 15 | 30 | - | -
|
Prawns
| 50
| 100
| -
| -
|
| Prowfish | 2 | 4 | - | -
|
Salmon, Atlantic (in marine waters) | 12 | 24 | - | -
|
Salmon,
Australian | 15 | 30 | - | 20 cm
|
Sea Urchins
| No limit
| No limit
| No limit
| No limit
|
Shark - School and Gummy shark combined
Gummy shark
| 2 | 2 | *see shark boat limit | 75 cm whole or 45 cm headed & tailed
|
| Shark, Mako and Blue | 1 | 2 | 2 | -
|
| Sharks and Rays - other combined excluding elephantfish | 2 | 4 |
*see shark boat limit | -
|
*Shark Boat Limit (all shark species combined)
All shark species - the dorsal and pectoral fins must remain attached until they are landed. See the
shark finning diagram. | - | - | 5 | -
|
| Snapper
| 5 | 10 | - | 30 cm
|
| Snook | 5 | 10 | - | -
|
Squid - Goulds | 15 | 30 | -
| -
|
Squid - Southern Calamari | 10 | 20 | - | -
|
| Swordfish, Broadbill | 1 | 1 | 2 | -
|
| Tailor | 5 | 10 | - | -
|
Trevalla, Blue-eye | 5 | 10 | 25 | -
|
Trevally, Silver | 10 | 20
| - | 20 cm
|
Trout (in marine waters)
| 12 | 24 | - | -
|
Trumpeter, Bastard | 5 | 10 | - | 38 cm
|
Trumpeter, Striped (season applies) Striped trumpeter must be landed whole with head and tail attached or as fillets with the frames. | 4 | 8 | 20 | 55 cm
|
Tuna (Bluefin, Yellowfin, Bigeye) Southern bluefin tuna
| 2 | 2 | 4 (only 2 over 1.5m) | -
|
Tuna, Albacore | 5 | 10 | - | -
|
Tuna, Skipjack | 10 | 20 | - | -
|
| Velvet Fish, Red | 2 | 4 | - | -
|
Warehou Blue warehou
| 10 | 20 | - | 25 cm
|
Whiting, King George | 5 | 10 | - | 35 cm
|
Whiting, Other School whiting
| 15 | 30 | - | -
|
| Wrasse
| 5 | 10 | - | 30 cm
|
| Scalefish not listed above, other than protected species | 5 | 10 | - | -
|
Cleaning and filleting fish at sea
You can clean and fillet fish at sea although special rules apply for striped trumpeter and shark - see above. For fish that have been filleted, two fillets are deemed to be the equivalent of one fish.
Catch limits definitions
The purpose of bag and possession limits is to leave enough mature fish so that species can continue to breed.
| Daily Bag Limit | The maximum number or weight of a particular type of fish you as an individual fisher can take in any one day. |
| Possession Limit | The maximum number or weight of a particular type of fish you as an individual fisher can possess in a specified area in Tasmania. If no area is specified, it applies anywhere in Tasmania including in your home. |
| On Water Possession Limit | The maximum number of a particular type of fish you can possess whilst on the water. |
| Boat Limit | The maximum number or weight of a particular type of fish that can be possessed in one boat at any one time. Daily bag and possession limits apply. |