|
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 |
