The following limits are as per the Rule Book. For specific fish details caught in the Loch Sport area, see our pages on "Ocean Fish Species" and "Lake Fish Species"

Marine and Estuarine Fin Fish .

Total Scale Fish: Bag/Possession Limit - 40 fish
Note: other individual species bag limits still apply within the total scale fish limit. Applies to all species other than noxious and bait species. 'Bait species' exempted from the total scale fish bag/possession limits include anchovy, garfish (all species), gudgeon (all species), blue mackerel, jack mackerel, yellowtail scad, minnow, mullet (all species), pilchard and sprat.

Australian Salmon: Minimum legal size: 21cm. Bag/possession limit: a total limit of 20 Australian salmon and/or tommy rough. . . .

Boarfish: (all species) Minimum legal size: no minimum Bag/possession limit: 1 .

Bream: (all species) Minimum legal size: 26cm. Bag/possession limit: 10. Landed whole or as a carcass.

Butterfish: (dusky morwong) Minimum legal size: 23cm. Bag/possession limit: 5.

Elephant fish: Minimum legal size: no minimum. Bag/possession limit: 3. Landed whole or as a carcass.

Estuary perch: Minimum legal size: 25cm. Bag/possession limit: 10 (of which no more than 2 fish can be Australian bass).
See Freshwater Fin Fish.

Flathead: (all species) Minimum legal size: 25cm. Bag/possession limit: 30 (of which no more than 2 fish may be equal to or exceed 60cm in length). . .

Flounder: (all species) Minimum legal size: 23cm. Bag/possession limit: 20. Garfish (all species) Minimum legal size: no minimum. Bag/possession limit: 40. Male Female .

Grass whiting: (stranger) Minimum legal size: 20cm. Bag/possession limit: no species-specific limit.

Great white and grey nurse sharks: Protected species. Taking or attempting to take, including catch and release, is prohibited

Gummy shark: Minimum legal size: 45cm (partial length). Bag/possession limit: a total limit of 2 for gummy shark and/or school shark. Landed whole or as a carcass. .

King George whiting: Minimum legal size: 27cm. Bag/possession limit: 20. Landed whole or as a carcass. . . Ling (all species) Minimum legal size: 33cm. Bag/possession limit: no species-specific limit. . .

LuderickL Minimum legal size: 22cm. Bag/possession limit: 10. . .

Mulloway: Minimum legal size: 50cm. Bag/possession limit: 10. . . Rock cod (all species) Minimum legal size: 22cm. Bag/possession limit: no species-specific limit.

School (snapper) shark: Current minimum legal length 40cm.Proposed minimum legal length 45cm from 1 January 2003. Minimum legal size: 40cm (partial length). Bag/possession limit: a total limit of 2 school shark and/or gummy shark.Landed whole or as a carcass. . .

Shark: (all species other than school and gummy shark, great white shark, grey nurse shark and elephant fish) Minimum legal size: no minimum. Bag/possession limit: 1 per species. Landed whole or as a carcass.

Short-finned pike: (snook) Minimum legal size: 36cm. Bag/possession limit: no species-specific limit. .

Silver trevally: Minimum legal size: 20cm. Bag/possession limit: 20.

Skates & rays: (all species) Minimum legal size: no minimum. Bag/possession limit: a total limit of 5 for one or more species.

Snapper: Minimum legal size: 27cm. Bag/possession limit: 10 (of which no more than 3 fish may be equal to or exceed 50cm in length). Landed whole or as a carcass. Maximum Catch Allowed

Southern bluefin tuna: Minimum legal size: no minimum Bag/possession limit: 2 Sweep (all species) Minimum legal size: 23cm. Bag/possession limit: no species-specific limit.

Tailor: (skipjack) Minimum legal size: 23cm. Bag/possession limit: no species-specific limit.

Tommy rough: Minimum legal size: no minimum. Bag/possession limit: a total limit of 20 tommy rough and/or Australian salmon.

Warehou: (all species) Minimum legal size: no minimum. Bag/possession limit: 20.

Wrasse: (all species) Minimum legal size: no minimum except for blue throat wrasse. Blue throat wrasse minimum legal size: 28cm. Bag/possession limit: a total limit of 5 for one or more species.

Yellowtail kingfish: Minimum legal size: no minimum. Bag/possession limit: 5.

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