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Annexure 6
RECREATIONAL ANGLING
Species specific regulations applicable to recreational fishers
(1) The taxa, i.e. genus (denoted “spp.”), family or class mentioned in this Annexure refer to all species in the genus, family or
class, as the case may be.
(2) The size of the fish shall be measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the extreme end of the tail.
(3) All fish that are landed, except sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras (Class Chondrichthyes), must have head and tail intact
such that it can be established whether the fish conforms to the minimum size and / or mass, provided that it may be gutted.
(4) Any fish caught in contravention of the provisions of the Act or the permit conditions must immediately be returned to the sea
with as little injury as possible.
(5) No fish may be sold or offered for sale by the holder of a recreational fishing permit.
(6) Special note should be taken of the size, bag & area limitations with regards to kob (Argyrosomus spp.)
(7) Species not mentioned in either of these lists have a bag limit of ten provided that sharks, rays, skates or chimaeras (Class
Chondrichthyes) have a bag limit of one and rockcods (Family Serranidae) have a bag limit of five.
(8) There is an overall cumulative daily bag limit of 10, irrespective of the species caught and provided that this limit
does not apply to those species listed here with no bag limit, and to those with a bag limit exceeding 10.
(9) There is a closed season for elf / shad (Pomatomus saltatrix) from 1 October to 30 November in any year.
(10) There is a closed season for galjoen (Dichistius capensis) from 15 October to the last day of February in the following year.
(11) There are three closed seasons for Chokka squid (Loligo vulgaris reynaudii): from 12h00 on 19 March to 12h00 on 9 April,
from 12h00 on 23 July to 12h00 on 13 August and from 12h00 on 19 October to 12h00 on 23 November in any year.
PROHIBITED SPECIES LIST
No person shall catch, land, be in possession of species listed in the “prohibited
species list”
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus
Brindle bass Epinephelus lanceolatus
Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias
Natal wrasse Anchichoerops natalensis
Pipefish & seahorses Family Syngnathidae
Potato bass Epinephelus tukula
Sawfishes Family Pristidae
Seventy-four Polysteganus undulosus
Whale shark Rhincodon typus
REGULATIONS FOR FISHING OF EAST COAST ROCK LOBSTER (Panulirus homarus)
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