Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015
SCHEDULE 3 - Size LimitsSCHEDULE 3 - Size Limits
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SCHEDULE 3 - Size Limits SCHEDULE 3 - Size Limits
[Schedule 3 Amended by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] [Schedule 3 Amended by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023]
| | Type of fish | Minimumsize of fish(mm) | Maximumsize of fish(mm) | | 1. | Australian salmon | 200 | - | | 2. | banded morwong | 360 | 460 | | 3. | bastard trumpeter | 420 | - | | 4. | blue warehou | 250 | - | | 5. | bream | 250 | - | | 6. | flathead (southern bluespotted and rock species) | 400 | - | | 7. | flathead (other than bluespotted, sand and rock species) | 320 | - | | 7A. | flathead, sand (in southern region) | 350 | 400 | | 7B. | flathead, sand (in Bass Strait islands) | 350 | - | | 7C. | flathead, sand (in State waters excluding southern region and Bass Strait Islands) | 350 | 400 | | 8. | flounder | 250 | - | | 9. | garfish | 250 | - | | 10. | jackass morwong (perch) | 250 | - | | 11. | King George whiting | 350 | - | | 12. | leatherjacket | 200 | - | | 13. | longsnout boarfish | 450 | - | | 14. | mullet | 250 | - | | 15. | school or gummy shark | | | | | (a) whole | 750 | - | | | (b) any portion from the middle of the posterior edge of the gill slit nearest the tail to the ventral insertion of the caudal fin | 450 | - | | 16. | silver trevally | 200 | - | | 17. | silver warehou | 250 | - | | 18. | snapper | 300 | - | | 19. | striped trumpeter | 550 | - | | 20. | wrasse | 300 | - | | 21. | yellowtail kingfish | 450 | - |