Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)

PROHIBITED SPECIES LIST

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Baardman (bellman, tasselfish)

Umbrina spp.

Banded galjoen

Dichistius multifasciatus

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Billfishes (martin, sailfish)

Family Istiophoridae

Blacktail (dassie)

Diplodus sargus capensis

Brindle bass

Promlcrops lanceolatus

Bronze bream (bluefish)

Pachymetopon grande

Cape knifejaw

Oplegnathus conwayi

Cape stumpnose

Rhabdosargus holubi

Galjoen

Dichistius capensis

Garrick (leervis)

Lichia amia

Coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

John Brown

Gymnocrotaphus curvidens

Kingfishes

Caranx spp and Carangoides spp

Large-spot pompano (moony, wave garrick)

Trachinotus botla

Leopard cat shark

Poroderma pantherinum

Natal knifejaw (cuckoo bass)

Oplegnathus robinsoni

Natal stumpnose (yellowfin bream)

Rhabdosargus sarba

Natal wrasse

Anchichoerops natalensis

Pipefish and seahorses

Family Syngnathidae

Potato bass

Epinephelus tukula

Ragged tooth shark

Carcharias Taurus

Red Steenbras (copper steenbras)

Petrus rupestris

River bream (perch)

Acanthopagrus berda

River snapper (rock salmon)

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

Sawfishes Family

Pristidae

Seventy-four

Polysteganus undutosus

Southern pompano

Trachinotus africanus

Spotted grunter (tiger)

Pomadasys commersonnii

Spotted gulley shark

Triakis megalopterus

Springer (ten pounder)

Elops machnata

Stonebream

Neoscorpis lithophilus

Striped cat shark

Poroderma africanum

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

West coast steenbras

Lithognathus aureti

Whale shark

Rhinocodon typus

White musselcracker (brusher, cracker)

Sparodon durbanensis

White steenbras (pignose grunter)

Lithognathus lithognathus

Zebra (wildeperd)

Diplodus cervinus hottentotus

PERMITTED SPECIES LIST

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

MINIMUM MASS

BAG LIMITS

CLOSED  SEASON

AREA  RESTRICTIONS

Carpenter

Aroyrozona

argyrozona

35 cm

Unlimited

Catface (brown spotted) rockcod),

Eptnephelus

andersoni

50 cm

5

Dageraad

Chrysoblephus

40 cm

1

Elf

Pomatomus

saltatrix

30 cm

Unlimited

1 October to 30 November in every year

No elf to be landed or sold in KZN

Englishman

Chrysoblephus

anglicus

40 cm

Unlimited

Geelbek ( cape

salmon)

Atractoscion

aequidens

60 cm

Unlimited

Hake (stockfish)

Merluccius

capensis & M.

paradoxes

5

Hottentot

Pachymetopon

blochii

22 cm

Unlimited

Kob

Argyrosomus spps

50 cm

Unlimited, but may only land or be in possession of one kob > 110 cm per day

West of Cape Agulhas only

Kob

Argyrosomus spps

50 cm

Cape Agulhas to Umtamvuna

Kob

Argyrosomus spps

40 cm

The Province of KZN

Pinky (piggy)

Pomadasy

olivaceum

75 mm

Unlimited

Poenskop (black steenbras or musselbracker)

Cymatoceps nasutus

50 cm

1

Red stumpnose (Miss

Lucy)

Chrysoblephus

gibbiceps

60 cm

Unlimited

Roman

Chrysoblephus laticeps

30 cm

Unlimited

Santer (soldier)

Cheimerius nufar

30 cm

Unlimited

Scotsman

Polysteganus praeorbitalis

40 cm

1

Slinger

Chrysoblephus

puniceus

25 cm

Unlimited

Snoek ( Cape snoek)

Thyrsites atun

60 cm

Unlimited

Strepie (karanteen)

Sarpa salpa

15 cm

Unlimited

Squid (Chokka)

Loligo vulgaris

reyaudii

20

25 October to 22 November in any year

No elf to be landed or sold in KZN

Tunas (tunny)

Thunnus spp

10 in total for all Thunnus species

Albacore tuna

Thunnus alalunga

Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus

3.2 kg

Bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

6.4 kg

Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus

albacares

3.2 kg

White edged (Captain

Fine) rockcod

Epinephelus

albomarginatus

40 cm

Unlimited

White stumpnose

Rhabdosargus globicebs

25 cm

Unlimited