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#### 6 Prohibited size fish
6 Prohibited size fish
> > (1) For the purposes of section 15 (1) of the Act, a fish is a prohibited size fish if—
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> > > (a) in the case of a fish of a species specified in Table 1—the measurement or weight of the fish is less than the minimum measurement or weight specified for that species of fish, or
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> > > (b) in the case of a fish of a species specified in Table 2—the measurement of the fish is more than the maximum measurement specified for that species of fish.
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> > (2) For a species that has both a minimum measurement and a minimum weight, the fish is not a prohibited size fish if either the measurement or the weight exceeds the minimum.
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> > (3) For the purposes of section 15 (2) of the Act, the method of determining the measurement of any class of fish is as follows—
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> > > (a) except as provided by this subclause—the overall length of the fish is to be measured from the point of the snout to the tip of the tail,
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> > > (b) in the case of abalone—the diameter of the shell is to be measured along its longest axis,
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> > > (c) in the case of balmain bug—the width of the carapace is to be measured at its widest point from spike to spike (whether or not damaged),
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> > > (d) in the case of crab (other than spanner crab)—the length of the crab is to be measured along the body from the notch between the most protruding frontal teeth to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace,
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> > > (e) in the case of spanner crab—the length of the spanner crab is to be measured along the body from the base of the orbital notch to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace,
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> > > (f) in the case of Murray crayfish or other spiny crayfish—the length of the carapace of the crayfish is to be measured along the straight line from the posterior margin of the orbit (eye) socket to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace,
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> > > (g) in the case of rock lobster—the length of the carapace of the rock lobster is to be measured along the straight line from the point of union of the second antennae to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace (ignoring any hairs attached to the carapace),
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> > > (h) in the case of turban snail—the diameter of the shell is to be measured along its longest axis.
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> > (4) If a fish is frozen, refrigerated or chilled, the size of the fish is to be determined as so frozen, refrigerated or chilled.
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> Table 1 Prohibited size fish (minimum measurements)
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> | Common name | Species | Minimum measurement |
> | Marine and estuarine fish |
> | Rock Blackfish | Girella elevata | 30 cm |
> | Black Bream, Southern Bream | Acanthopagrus butcheri | 25 cm |
> | Yellowfin Bream | Acanthopagrus australis | 25 cm |
> | Dusky Flathead, Common Flathead | Platycephalus fuscus | 36 cm |
> | Bluespotted Flathead, Sand Flathead | Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus | 33 cm |
> | Tiger Flathead | Platycephalus richardsoni | 33 cm |
> | Flounder | Bothidae spp. and Pleuronectidae spp. | 25 cm |
> | Eastern Blue Groper, Blue Groper, Brown Groper, Red Groper | Achoerodus viridis | 30 cm |
> | Luderick | Girella tricuspidata | 27 cm |
> | Spanish Mackerel | Scomberomorus commerson | 75 cm |
> | Spotted Mackerel | Scomberomorus munroi | 60 cm |
> | Mahi Mahi, Dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus | 60 cm |
> | Jackass Morwong | Nemadactylus macropterus | 30 cm |
> | Red Morwong, Sea Carp | Cheilodactylus fuscus | 30 cm |
> | Grey Morwong, Rubberlip Morwong | Nemadactylus douglasii | 30 cm |
> | Sea Mullet, Bully Mullet | Mugil cephalus | 30 cm |
> | Mulloway | Argyrosomus japonicus | 45 cm |
> | Pearl Perch | Glaucosoma scapulare | 30 cm |
> | School Shark | Galeorhinus galeus | 91 cm |
> | Snapper | Chrysophrys auratus | 30 cm |
> | Tailor | Pomatomus saltatrix | 30 cm |
> | Tarwhine | Rhabdosargus sarba | 20 cm |
> | Teraglin | Atractoscion atelodus | 38 cm |
> | Silver Trevally | Pseudocaranx georgianus | 30 cm |
> | Sand Whiting, Silver Whiting | Sillago ciliata | 27 cm |
> | Yellowtail Kingfish | Seriola lalandi | 65 cm |
> | Marine and estuarine invertebrates |
> | Blacklip Abalone, Abalone | Haliotis rubra | 11.7 cm |
> | Balmain Bug | Ibacus peronii, ibacus chacei | 10 cm |
> | Blue Swimmer Crab, Sand Crab | Portunus armatus | 6.5 cm in the case of a holder of an endorsement in a share management fishery or the southern fish trawl restricted fishery6 cm in any other case |
> | Mud Crab, Black Crab, Mangrove Crab | Scylla serrata | 8.5 cm |
> | Spanner Crab | Ranina ranina | 9.3 cm |
> | Eastern Rock Lobster | Sagmariasus verreauxi | 10.4 cm |
> | Southern Rock Lobster (male) | Jasus edwardsii | 11 cm |
> | Southern Rock Lobster (female) | Jasus edwardsii | 10.5 cm |
> | Rough Turban Shell, Sydney Turban Snail | Lunella torquata | 7.5 cm |
> | Military Turban Shell, Military Turban Snail | Turbo militaris | 7.5 cm |
> | Freshwater and estuarine fish |
> | Freshwater Catfish, Eel-tailed Catfish | Tandanus tandanus | 30 cm |
> | Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | 55 cm |
> | Longfin Eel | Anguilla reinhardtii | 58 cm |
> | Southern Shortfin Eel | Anguilla australis | 30 cm |
> | Golden Perch, Yellow Belly Perch | Macquaria ambigua | 30 cm |
> | Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus | 25 cm |
> | Atlantic Salmon | Salmo salar | 25 cm |
> | Brook Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | 25 cm |
> | Brown Trout | Salmo trutta | 25 cm |
> | Rainbow Trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | 25 cm |
> | Freshwater and estuarine invertebrates |
> | Spiny Crayfish, Eastern Freshwater Crayfish (other than Murray Crayfish) | Euastacus spp. (other than Euastacus armatus) | 9 cm |
> | Murray Crayfish | Euastacus armatus | 10 cm |
> | Minimum weight |
> | Longfin Eel | Anguilla reinhardtii | 500 grams |
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> Table 2 Prohibited size fish (maximum measurements)
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> | Common name | Species | Maximum measurement |
> | Eastern Rock Lobster | Sagmariasus verreauxi | 18 cm |
> | Murray Cod | Maccullochella peelii | 75 cm |
> | Murray Crayfish | Euastacus armatus | 12 cm |
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> **cl 6:** Am 2023 (13), Sch 5\[2\]–\[4\].