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

PROHIBITED SPECIES LIST

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Brindle bass

Epinephelus lanceolatus

Coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Natal wrasse

Anchichoerops natalensis

Pipefish and seahorses

Family Syngnathidae

Red Steenbras (copper steenbras)

Petrus rupestris

River bream (perch)

Acanthopagrus berda

River snapper (rock salmon)

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

Sawfishes

Family Pristidae

Seventy-four

Polysteganus undulosus

Whale shark

Rhinocodon typus

PERMITTED SPECIES  LIST

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

MINIMUM MASS

BAG LIMITS

Anchovies

Family Engraulidae

none

Baardman (bellman, tasselfish)

Umbrina spp.

40 cm

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

30 cm

2

Cape knifejaw

Oplegnathus conwayi

none

5

Cape stumpnose

Rhabdosargus

holubi

5

Carpenter (silverfish)

Argyrozona argyrozona

35 cm

4

Catface rockcod

Epinephelus andersoni

50 cm

5

Chub mackerel

Scomber japonicus

none

none

Cutlassfish (walla walla)

Triciurus lepturus

none

none

Dageraad

Chrysoblephus cristiceps

40 cm

1

Dane

Porcostoma dentata

none

5

Elf (shad)

Pomatomus saltatrix

30 cm

4

Closed season from 1 October to 30 November

Englishman

Chrysoblephus

40 cm

1

Fransmadam (Karel groot oog)

Boopsoidea inornata

none

10

Galjoen

Dichistius capensis

35 cm

2

Closed season from 15 October to last day of February

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

22cm

10

John Brown

Gymnocrotaphus curvidens

None

5

Kingfishes

Caranz spp. and carangoides spp.

None

5

Kingklip

Genypterus capensis

None

1

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 > 110 cm

Kob caught from a boat at sea

[The Province of

KwaZulu-Natal]

Argyrosomus spp.

40 cm

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

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

None

10

Ragged tooth shark

Carcharias taurus

none

1

Red stumpnose (Miss Lucy)

Chrysoblephus gibbiceps

30 cm

1

River bream (perch)

Acantopagrus

25 cm

5

River snapper

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

40 cm

5

Roman

30 cm

2

Santer (soldier)

Cheimerius nufar

30 cm

5

Sardines (pilchard & red-eye) Family

Clupeidae

none

None

Scads

Decapterus spp.

none

none

Scotsman

Polysteganus praeorbitalis

40 cm

1

Slinger

Chrysoblephus puniceus

25 cm

5

Snoek (Cape snoek)

Thyrsites stun

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

Xiphias gladius

25 kg

5

Squid (Chokka)

Loligo vulgarus reynaudii

None

20

Tunas (tunny)

Thunnus spp

none

10

Albacore tuna

Thunnus alalung

None

10

Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesusa

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

10

Wolfherring

Chirocentrus dorab

None

None

Yellowbelly rockcod

Epinephelus marginatus

60 cm

1

Yellowtail

Seriola lalandi

None

10

Zebra (wildeperd)

Diplodus cervinus

30 cm

5