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Saltwater Daily Bag Limits
|
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 |
| Kingfish |
Caranx |
0 CM |
5 |
|
Kingklip (All Species) |
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 |
| Mullet (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 Rockcod |
Epinephelus marginatus |
60 CM |
1 |
|
Yellowtail |
Seriola lalandi |
0 CM |
10 |
| Zebra |
Diplodus cervinus hottentotus |
30 CM |
5 |