|
Common Name
|
Scientific
Name |
Min Size/Mass
|
Bag Limits
|
|
Anchovies |
Family Engraulidae |
none |
none |
|
Baardman (bellman, tasselfish) |
Umbrina spp. |
40 cm |
5 |
|
Banded galjoen |
Dichistius multifasciatus |
none |
5 |
|
Billfishes (marlin, sailfish) |
Family Istiophoridae |
none |
5 |
|
Blacktail (dassie) |
Diplodus sargus capensis |
20 cm |
5 |
| Blue
hottentot |
Pachymetopon aeneum |
none |
5 |
|
Bronze bream (bluefish) |
Pachymetopon grande |
30 cm |
2 |
| Cape
knifejaw |
Oplegnathus conwayi |
none |
5 |
| Cape
stumpnose |
Rhabdosargus holubi |
20 cm |
5 |
|
Carpenter (silverfish) |
Argyrozona argyrozona |
35 cm |
4 |
|
Catface rockcod |
Epinephelus andersoni |
50 cm |
5 |
| Chub
mackerel |
Scomber japonicus |
none |
none |
|
Cutlassfish(walla walla) |
Trichiurus lepturus |
none |
none |
|
Dageraad |
Chrysoblephus cristiceps |
40 cm |
1 |
| Dane |
Porcostoma dentata |
none |
5 |
| Elf
(shad) |
Pomatomus saltatrix |
30 cm |
4 |
|
Englishman |
Chrysoblephus anglicus |
40 cm |
1 |
|
Fransmadam (Karel groot oog) |
Boopsoidea inornata |
none |
10 |
|
Galjoen |
Dichistius capensis |
35 cm |
2 |
|
Garfishes |
Family Belonidae |
none |
none |
|
Garrick (leervis) |
Lichia amia |
70 cm |
2 |
|
Geelbek (Cape salmon) |
Atractoscion aequidens |
60 cm |
2 |
|
Glassies |
Family Ambassidae |
none |
none |
| Hake
(stockfish) |
Merluccius spp. |
none |
5 |
|
Halfbeaks |
Family Hemiramphidae |
none |
none |
| Horse
mackerel / maasbanker |
Trachurus trachurus capensis |
none |
none |
|
Hottentot |
Pachymetopon blochii |
22 cm |
10 |
| John
Brown |
Gymnocrotaphus curvidens |
none |
5 |
|
Kingfishes |
Caranx spp. and Carangoides spp. |
none |
5 |
| King
mackerel |
Scomberomorus commerson |
none |
10 |
| Kob
caught from a boat at sea [Cape Agulhas to
Umtamvuna River] |
Argyrosomus spp. |
50 cm |
5 but may only land or
be in possession of one kob > 110cm per day
|
| Kob
caught from a boat at sea [The Province of
Kwazulu-Natal] |
Argyrosomus spp. |
40 cm |
5 but may only land or
be in possession of one kob > 110cm per day
|
| |
|
|
| Kob
caught in estuaries & from the shore [East
of Cape Agulhas only] |
Argyrosomus spp. |
60 cm |
1 |
| |
|
|
| Kob
[West of Cape Agulhas only] |
Argyrosomus spp. |
50 cm |
5 |
|
Large-spot pompano (wave garrick) |
Trachinotus botla |
none |
5 |
|
Leopard cat shark |
Poroderma pantherinum |
none |
1 |
|
Mullets / harders |
Family Mugilidae |
none |
50 |
| Natal
knifejaw (cuckoo bass) |
Oplegnathus robinsoni |
none |
5 |
| Natal
stumpnose (yellowfin bream) |
Rhabdosargus sarba |
25 cm |
5 |
| Pinky
(piggy) |
Pomadasys olivaceum |
7.5
cm |
10 |
|
Poenskop (black steenbras or musselcracker) |
Cymatoceps nasutus |
50 cm |
1 |
| Queen
mackerel |
Scomberomorus plurilineatus |
none |
10 |
|
Ragged tooth shark |
Carcharias taurus |
none |
1 |
| Red
steenbras (copper steenbras) |
Petrus rupestris |
60 cm |
1 |
| Red
stumpnose (Miss Lucy) |
Chrysoblephus gibbiceps |
30 cm |
1 |
| River
bream (perch) |
Acanthopagrus berda |
25 cm |
5 |
| River
snapper (rock salmon) |
Lutjanus argentimaculatus |
40 cm |
5 |
| Roman |
Chrysoblephus laticeps |
30 cm |
2 |
|
Santer (soldier) |
Cheimerius nufar |
30 cm |
5 |
|
Sardines (pilchard & red-eye) |
Family Clupeidae |
none |
none |
|
Sauries |
Family Scomberesocidae |
none |
none |
| Scads |
Decapterus spp. none none |
none |
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 |
none |
5 |
|
Spotted grunter (tiger) |
Pomadasys commersonnii |
40 cm |
5 |
|
Spotted gulley shark |
Triakis megalopterus |
none |
1 |
|
Springer (ten pounder) |
Elops
machnata |
none |
5 |
|
Steentjie |
Spondyliosoma emarginatum |
none |
10 |
|
Stonebream |
Neoscorpis lithophilus |
none |
5 |
|
Strepie (karanteen) |
Sarpa
salpa |
15 cm |
10 |
|
Striped cat shark |
Poroderma africanum |
none |
1 |
|
Swordfish (broadbill) |
Xiphias gladius |
25 kg |
5 |
| Squid
(Chokka) |
Loligo vulgarus reynaudii |
none |
20 |
| Tunas
(tunny) |
Thunnus spp. |
none |
10 |
|
Albacore / longfin tuna |
Thunnus alalunga |
none |
10 |
|
Bigeye tuna |
Thunnus obesus |
3.2
kg |
10 |
|
Bluefin tuna |
Thunnus thynnus |
6.4
kg |
10 |
|
Yellowfin tuna |
Thunnus albacares |
3.2
kg |
10 |
| West
coast steenbras |
Lithognathus aureti |
60 cm |
1 |
| White
edged (Captain Fine) rockcod |
Epinephelus albomarginatus |
40 cm |
5 |
| White
musselcracker (brusher, cracker) |
Sparodon durbanensis |
60 cm |
2 |
| White
steenbras (pignose grunter) |
Lithognathus lithognathus |
60 cm |
1 |
| White
stumpnose |
Rhabdosargus globicebs |
25 cm |
10 |
|
Wolfherring |
Chirocentrus dorab |
none |
none |
|
Yellowbelly rockcod |
Epinephelus marginatus |
60 cm |
1 |
|
Yellowtail |
Seriola lalandi |
none |
10 |
| Zebra
(wildeperd) |
Diplodus cervinus hottentotus |
30 cm |
5 |
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