South African Fish And Fishing

 

South African Fish Bag Limits (How Many Fish Can You Catch Per Day?)

How Many South African Fish Are You Allowed To Keep And Catch Per Day?

South African Saltwater fishing is very popular and many anglers fish the rich oceans of South Africa everyday looking for that prized catch, or that fish of a life time! This page will tell you how many fish you can catch per day and the legal sizes ,or how big the fish can be, to keep them for the table or for trophy purposes. The following is a list of the bag limits of South African fish species... This includes the legal size and how many fish a salt water fisherman can keep in a day... Please abide by these rules so we can keep our fishing stocks as healthy as possible for generations to come!

South African Salt Water Bag Limits (Per Day)

The bag limit refers to how many South African saltwater fish you are allowed to keep in a day... CM - Centimeters... KG - Kilograms... None - You may take as many fish from the ocean as you would like to...

Fish Species Name

Scientific Name

Minimum Size

Bag Limit
Anchovies Engraulidae 0 CM None
Baardman (bellman, tasselfish) Umbrina 40 CM 5
Banded Galjoen Dichistius multifasciatus 0 CM 5
Billfishes (Marlin, Sailfish) Istiophoridae 0 CM None
Blacktail (Dassie) Diplodus sargus capensis 20 CM 5
Blue Hottentot Pachymetopon aeneum 0 CM 5
Bronze Bream (Bluefish) Pachymetopon grande 30 CM 2
Cape Knifejaw Oplegnathus conwayi 0 CM 5
Cape Stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi 20 CM 5
Carpenter (Silverfish) Argyrozona argyrozona 35 CM 4
Catface Rockcod (Spotted Rockcod) Epinephelus andersoni 50 CM 5
Chub Mackerel Scomber japonicus 0 CM None
Cutlassfish (Walla Walla) Trichiurus lepturus 0 CM None
Dageraad Chrysoblephus cristiceps 40 CM 1
Dane Porcostoma dentata 0 CM 5
Dorado (Dolphin Fish) Coryphaena hippurus 0 CM None
Elf (Shad) Pomatomus saltatrix 30 CM 4
Englishman Chrysoblephus anglicus 40 CM 1
Fransmadam Boopsoidea inornata 0 CM 10
Galjoen Dichistius capensis 35 CM 2
Garfishes Belonidae 0 CM None
Garrick (Leervis) Lichia amia 70 CM 2
Geelbek (Cape salmon) Atractoscion aequidens 60 CM 2
Glassies Ambassidae 0 CM None
Hake Merluccius 0 CM 5
Halfbeaks Hemiramphidae 0 CM None
Horse Mackerel (Maasbanker, Mosi) Trachurus trachurus capensis 0 CM None
Hottentot Pachymetopon blochii 22 CM 10
John Brown Gymnocrotaphus curvidens 0 CM 5
Kingfishes Caranx 0 CM 5
Kingklip Genypterus capensis 0 CM 1
King Mackerel (Couta) Scomberomorus commerson 0 CM 10
Kob (All Species) Argyrosomus 50 CM 1
Large-Spot Pompano (Wave Garrick) Trachinotus botla 0 CM 5
Leopard Cat Shark Poroderma pantherinum 0 CM 1
Mullets (Harders) Mugilidae 0 CM 50
Natal Knifejaw (Cuckoo Bass) Oplegnathus robinsoni 0 CM 5
Natal Stumpnose Rhabdosargus sarba 25 CM 5
Pinky (Piggy, Olive Grunt) Pomadasys olivaceum 7.5 CM 10
Poenskop (Black Musselcracker) Cymatoceps nasutus 50 CM 1
Queen Mackerel Scomberomorus plurilineatus 0 CM 10
Ragged Tooth Shark Carcharias taurus 0 CM 1
Red Steenbras Petrus rupestris 60 CM 1
Red Stumpnose Chrysoblephus gibbiceps 30 CM 1
River Bream (Perch) Acanthopagrus berda 25 CM 5
Rock Salmon (River Snapper) Lutjanus argentimaculatus 40 CM 5
Roman Chrysoblephus laticeps 30 CM 2
Santer (Soldier) Cheimerius nufar 30 CM 5
Sardine (Pilchard, Red Eye) Clupeidae 0 CM None
Sauries Scomberesocidae 0 CM None
Scads Decapterus 0 CM None
Scotsman Polysteganus praeorbitalis 40 CM 1
Slinger Chrysoblephus puniceus 25 CM 5
Snoek (Cape Snoek) Thyrsites atun 60 CM 10
Southern Pompano Trachinotus africanus 0 CM 5
Spotted Grunter Pomadasys commersonnii 40 CM 5
Spotted Gully Shark Triakis megalopterus 0 CM 1
Springer Elops machnata 0 CM 5
Steentjie Spondyliosoma emarginatum 0 CM 10
Stonebream Neoscorpis lithophilus 0 CM 5
Strepie (Karanteen) Sarpa salpa 15 CM 10
Striped Cat Shark Poroderma africanum 0 CM 1
Swordfish (Broadbill) Xiphias gladius 25 KG 5
Squid (Chokka) Loligo vulgarus reynaudii 0 CM 20
Tuna Thunnus 6 KG 10
West Coast Steenbras Lithognathus auret 60 CM 1
White Musselcracker (Brusher) Sparodon durbanensis 60 CM 2
White Steenbras (Pignose Grunter) Lithognathus lithognathus 60 CM 1
White Stumpnose Rhabdosargus globicebs 25 CM 10
Wolfherring Chirocentrus dorab 0 CM None
Yellow Belly Rock Cod Epinephelus marginatus 60 CM 1
Yellowtail Seriola lalandi 0 CM 10
Zebra Diplodus cervinus hottentotus 30 CM 5
 


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