REGULATIONS · AUSTRALIA

Every Australian bag & size limit.

105 species-by-state rules across all 8 states & territories — minimum legal size, daily bag, slot rules — in one searchable table. Verified against each fisheries agency, 2026. Tap any row for the full rule, possession limit and closed-season dates.

SpeciesStateMin sizeDaily bag
Atlantic Salmon TAS No min Bag 5 (inland/freshwater waters — within a water's overall trout bag Closed season Australian Salmon NSW No min Bag 5 Australian Salmon SA 21 cm Bag 20 per person for fish 21–35 cm; 10 per person for fish over 35 cm (boat limits 60 and 30 respectively) Slot rule Australian Salmon TAS 20 cm Bag 15 Australian Salmon VIC 21 cm Bag 20 (combined total of Australian salmon and Australian herring) Australian Salmon (Western Australian Salmon) WA 30 cm Bag 4 (individual cap within the nearshore/estuarine finfish mixed bag of 16 per fisher Barramundi NT 55 cm Bag 5 per person NT-wide (3 in the Daly River Slot rule Barramundi QLD 58 cm Bag 5 per person (or 10 per boat with 2 or more people aboard) Slot rule Barramundi WA 55 cm Bag 2 (individual cap within the nearshore/estuarine finfish mixed bag of 16 per fisher Slot rule Black Bream TAS 25 cm Bag 5 Black Drummer (Rock Blackfish) NSW 30 cm Bag 10 Black Marlin NT No min Bag 1 per person (combined limit for marlin AND sailfish together) Bonito (Australian) NSW No min Bag 10 Bream QLD 25 cm Bag 30 (combined total of pikey bream Bream VIC 28 cm Bag 10 combined (bream and tarwhine); reduced to 7 black bream in the Gippsland Lakes and tributaries Bream (all species) SA 30 cm Bag 10 per person (boat limit 30 with 3 or more aboard) Closed season Bream (Yellowfin and Black) NSW 25 cm Bag 10 Brown Trout ACT 25 cm Bag 5 (combined brown and rainbow trout) Closed season Brown Trout SA 28 cm Bag No bag or boat limit — take only what you need for personal use (official PIRSA wording: "bag and boat limits do not apply") Brown Trout TAS No min Bag 5 (river fisheries) or 12 (lake fisheries) by default; varies water-to-water — check the A-Z of waters / InFish app Slot rule Brown Trout VIC No min Bag 5 salmonids per day in general rivers Slot rule Cobia NT No min Bag 5 per person (generic "all other fish species" limit) Cobia QLD 75 cm Bag 2 Cobia WA 75 cm Bag Counts toward the large pelagic finfish mixed bag of 3 per fisher (no separate individual cap) Coral Trout NT No min Bag 5 per person Coral Trout QLD 38 cm Bag 7 (combined total of all coral trout species) Closed season Coral Trout WA 45 cm Bag 1 (individual cap Closed season Dusky Flathead NSW 36 cm Bag 5 Slot rule Dusky Flathead QLD 40 cm Bag 5 Slot rule Dusky Flathead VIC 30 cm Bag 5 Slot rule Flathead (all species) SA 30 cm Bag 10 per person (boat limit 30 with 3 or more aboard) Flathead (Sand & Tiger) TAS 35 cm Bag 20 combined (sand + tiger flathead); from 1 March 2026 sand flathead alone is zoned — bag 0 in the south-eastern zone (closure) Slot rule Giant Trevally QLD No min Bag 20 (combined total of all trevally species) Golden Perch ACT 30 cm Bag 5 (2 in the Murrumbidgee River) Golden Perch VIC 30 cm Bag 5 Golden Perch (Callop) SA 33 cm Bag 5 per person in general/River Murray waters; 2 per person when reservoir fishing Golden Snapper NT No min Bag 3 Golden Snapper QLD 35 cm Bag 5 King George Whiting SA 32 cm Bag 10 (Spencer Gulf); 5 (Gulf St Vincent and Kangaroo Island); 10 elsewhere Closed season King George Whiting VIC 27 cm Bag 20 King George Whiting WA 28 cm Bag 12 (within a 16-fish mixed nearshore/estuarine daily bag) Leatherjacket (Six-spine) NSW No min Bag 20 combined leatherjacket species Luderick NSW 27 cm Bag 10 Mahi Mahi (Dolphinfish) NSW 60 cm Bag 10 (only 1 over 110 cm) Mahi Mahi (Dolphinfish) NT No min Bag 5 per person (generic "all other fish species" limit) Mahi Mahi (Dolphinfish) QLD 50 cm Bag 5 Mangrove Jack NT 35 cm Bag 3 per person Mangrove Jack QLD 35 cm Bag 5 Mangrove Jack WA 30 cm Bag 2 (individual cap within the nearshore/estuarine finfish mixed bag of 16 per fisher Mulloway NSW 70 cm Bag 1 Mulloway QLD 75 cm Bag 2 Mulloway SA 82 cm Bag 2 per person in all waters outside the Coorong (boat 6); within the Coorong: 10 per person for fish 46–82 cm and 2 per person for fish over 82 cm Slot rule Mulloway VIC 60 cm Bag 5 Mulloway WA 50 cm Bag 2 (individual cap within the nearshore/estuarine finfish mixed bag of 16 per fisher Murray Cod ACT 55 cm Bag 2 (1 in the Murrumbidgee River; nil in the Murray Cod Catch-and-Release Zone) Slot rule Murray Cod SA No min Bag 0 — effectively no-take in South Australia (catch-and-release only) Closed season Murray Cod VIC 55 cm Bag 1 in rivers (2 in specified lakes Slot rule Rainbow Trout ACT 25 cm Bag 5 (combined brown and rainbow trout) Closed season Rainbow Trout TAS No min Bag 5 (river fisheries) or 12 (lake fisheries) by default; varies water-to-water — check the A-Z of waters / InFish app Slot rule Rainbow Trout VIC No min Bag 5 salmonids per day in general rivers Slot rule Red Emperor NT No min Bag 5 per person Red Emperor QLD 55 cm Bag 5 Closed season Red Emperor WA 45 cm Bag 2 (West Coast and other bioregions; 1 at the Abrolhos Islands) — counts toward the demersal scalefish mixed bag Closed season Redfin ACT No min Bag Unlimited (declared pest species) Closed season Redfin VIC No min Bag No limit (declared noxious) Redfin Perch SA No min Bag No limit (declared noxious pest — must NOT be returned to the water) Sailfish NT No min Bag 1 per person (combined limit for marlin AND sailfish together) Sand Whiting NSW 27 cm Bag 20 combined whiting species Sand Whiting QLD 23 cm Bag 30 (combined total of sand Sand Whiting VIC No min Bag 20 (combined total of whiting other than King George whiting) Sand Whiting WA No min Bag 30 (individual cap for whiting other than King George Silver Trevally NSW 30 cm Bag 10 Silver Trevally TAS 20 cm Bag 10 Silver Trevally VIC 20 cm Bag 20 (combined total of one or more silver trevally) Silver Trevally WA 25 cm Bag 8 (individual cap for silver trevally and other trevally/queenfish) — counts toward the nearshore/estuarine finfish mixed bag of 16 Snapper NSW 30 cm Bag 10 Snapper QLD 35 cm Bag 4 per person Closed season Snapper SA 38 cm Bag 3 per person (boat limit 9 with 3 or more aboard) Closed season Snapper TAS 30 cm Bag 5 Snapper VIC 28 cm Bag 10 (of which no more than 3 fish may be 40 cm or longer) Snapper (Pink Snapper) WA No min Bag 2 (West Coast bioregion individual limit; 1 at the Abrolhos Islands Slot rule Spanish Mackerel NSW 75 cm Bag 5 Closed season Spanish Mackerel NT No min Bag 2 per person Spanish Mackerel QLD 75 cm Bag 1 per person (or 4 per boat with 4 or more people aboard) on the east coast Closed season Spanish Mackerel WA 90 cm Bag Up to 3 within the large pelagic finfish mixed bag of 3 per fisher (e.g. 3 Spanish mackerel Striped Trumpeter TAS 55 cm Bag 2 (Eastern region); 4 (Western region) Closed season Tailor NSW 30 cm Bag 10 Tailor QLD 35 cm Bag 20 Tailor TAS No min Bag 5 Tailor VIC 23 cm Bag 20 Tailor WA 30 cm Bag 8 (individual cap Slot rule Trevally NT No min Bag 5 per person (generic "all other fish species" limit) Trevally (all species) SA 24 cm Bag 20 per person (boat limit 60 with 3 or more aboard) West Australian Dhufish WA No min Bag 2 (West Coast bioregion Closed season Yellowfin Tuna NSW No min Bag 5 (only 2 if the fish is 90 cm or longer) — combined limit across yellowfin Yellowfin Tuna NT No min Bag 5 per person (generic "all other fish species" limit) Yellowfin Tuna QLD No min Bag 20 (Queensland's general possession limit — yellowfin tuna has no species-specific limit) Yellowfin Tuna WA No min Bag Counts toward the large pelagic finfish mixed bag of 3 per fisher (no minimum size Yellowfin Whiting SA 24 cm Bag 20 per person (boat limit 60 with 3 or more aboard) Yellowtail Kingfish NSW 65 cm Bag 5 Yellowtail Kingfish QLD 60 cm Bag 2 Yellowtail Kingfish SA 60 cm Bag 1 per person (boat limit 3 with 3 or more aboard) Yellowtail Kingfish TAS 45 cm Bag 5 Yellowtail Kingfish VIC 60 cm Bag 2 Yellowtail Kingfish WA 60 cm Bag Counts toward the large pelagic finfish mixed bag of 3 per fisher (no separate individual cap)

Source & verification

Every limit on this page is sourced per-species from the official state fisheries agency (NSW DPIRD, Fisheries Queensland, VFA, DPIRD WA, PIRSA Fisheries, NRE Tas, NT Fisheries, ACT Government). Each row links to a detail page showing the exact source URL and verification date.

Always check the official guide before keeping any fish. Limits change — agencies update their guides annually and occasionally mid-year. Fines for over-bag or undersized fish are significant.

Written by
Olli-Mikael Vaittinen, founder of Fishare, holding a yellowfin tuna boatside
Olli-Mikael Vaittinen

Olli-Mikael Vaittinen has fished his whole life. Fifteen years of fly fishing, guiding seasons on Norway's Lakselva — his favourite Atlantic salmon river — and a blue marlin landed in Vava'u, Tonga. Founder of Fishare — the app that puts the data behind the decisions every angler makes on the water.

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