MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHING

Species

Minimum size

Maximum per day

Collection method

Alikreukel

63,5 mm

5

-

Armadillo

-

6

-

Bloodworm

-

5

Only by hand or a suction pump

Clam

-

8

-

Crab

-

15

Catching by means of traps is prohibited.  No crab in berry may be caught

Cuttlefish

-

2

By hand

Limpet

-

15

Only by hand or with an implement with a blade or flat edge not exceeding 12 mm.

Mole crab

-

30

Mud crab

140 mm – measured across broadest part of back

6

Catching by means of traps is prohibited.  No crab in berry may be caught

Octopus

-

2

-

Oyster

-

25

Only by hand or with an implement with a blade or flat edge not exceeding 40 mm in width and not less than one metre in length

Periwinkle

-

50

-

Polychaete worms (any sea-worm including coral, wonder, shingle, moonlight, pot, rock or flatworm).

-

10

Only by hand.

Razor-clam/pencil bait

-

20

-

Red-bait

-

2 kg max. mass

(without shell)

Only by hand or with an implement with a blade or flat edge not exceeding 12 mm.

Rock mussel

30

Only by hand or with an implement with a blade or flat edge not exceeding 12 mm.

Mud Prawn

-

50

Only by hand or suction pump.

Sand Prawn

-

50

Only by hand or suction pump.

Swimming prawn

-

50

-

Scallop

-

10

-

Sea-cucumber

-

20

-

Sea-urchin

-

20

-

Siffie/venus ear

32 mm

10

Only by hand or with an implement with a blade or flat edge not exceeding 12 mm.

White mussel

35 mm

50

Only by hand or with an implement with a blade or flat edge not exceeding 12 mm.