Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)RegulationsRegulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998AnnexuresAnnexure 6 : Hake Handline |
ANNEXURE 6
HAKE HANDLINE
COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
MINIMUM SIZE/MASS |
BAG LIMITS |
CLOSED SEASON |
Anchovies |
Family Engraulidae |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Carpenter (silverfish) |
Argyrozona argyrozona |
35 cm |
4 |
|
Chub mackerel |
Scomber japonicus |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Garfishes |
Family Belonidae |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Hake (stockfish) |
Merluccius capensis and Merulccius paradoxus |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Halfbeaks |
Family Hemiramphidae |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Horse mackerel / maasbanker |
Trachurus trachurus maasbanker capensis |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Kob |
Argyrosomus spp. |
50 cm |
5 but may only land or be in possession of one kob > 110 cm per day |
|
Mulletts / harders |
Family Mugilidae |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Sardines (pilchard & red-eye) |
Family Clupeidae |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Sauries |
Family Scomberesocidae |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Scads |
Decapterus spp. |
None |
Unlimited |
|
Snoek (Cape snoek) |
Thyrsites atun |
60 cm |
Unlimited |
|
Squid (Chokka) |
Loligo vulgaris |
None |
20 |
25 October to 22 November in any year |
[Annexure 6 substituted by Notice No. R. 329 dated 6 April 2005]