Fisheries Management (General) Amendment (Recreational Saltwater and Freshwater Fishing) Regulation 2014 (NSW)
New South Wales
Fisheries Management (General)
Amendment (Recreational Saltwater and
Freshwater Fishing) Regulation 2014
under the
Fisheries Management Act 1994
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following
Regulation under the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
KATRINA HODGKINSON, MP
Minister for Primary Industries
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to make the following changes to the restrictions on recreational saltwater and freshwater fishing that are set out in the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2010:
| (a) | to impose a minimum size limit of 55 centimetres, and a maximum size limit of 75 centimetres, for Murray Cod (and amend Murray Cod daily limits and possession limits accordingly, so that they apply to fish of any length), |
| (b) | to reduce the daily recreational fishing bag limit for the taking of certain commonly-caught species of fish (but to retain the possession limit for such fish), |
| (c) | to increase the daily bag limit for both the taking and possession of certain small baitfish, |
| (d) | to reduce the daily bag limit for both the taking and possession of trout and salmon, |
| (e) | to reduce the number of hoop or lift nets that may be used in estuarine waters, |
| (f) | to increase the number of recreational crab traps that may be used for taking crabs, |
| (g) | to provide that it is lawful to use yabby traps to take freshwater shrimp when the trap is lawfully used to take yabbies, and that it is lawful to use a shrimp trap to take yabbies when the trap is being lawfully used to take freshwater shrimp, |
| (h) | to change the requirements for the marking of spanner crab nets, hoop or lift nets, recreational lobster and crab traps, bait traps, yabby traps and shrimp traps, |
(i) to create an offence of transferring fish other than certain bait species (taken under recreational fishing rules) from one boat to another when the boats are not in port,
| (j) | to extend the period during which Australian bass and estuary perch in ocean and estuarine waters and in inland waters are protected from recreational fishing, |
| (k) | to exclude Copeton Dam from the waters in which Murray Cod are protected from recreational fishing for part of the year. |
This Regulation is made under the Fisheries Management Act 1994, including sections 15 (1), 17 (1), 18 (1),
20A (2), 24 (1), 40 (1) and 289 (the general regulation-making power).
Fisheries Management (General) Amendment (Recreational
Saltwater and Freshwater Fishing) Regulation 2014
under the
Fisheries Management Act 1994
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Fisheries Management (General) Amendment (Recreational
Saltwater and Freshwater Fishing) Regulation 2014.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 3 November 2014 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2010 |
[1] Clause 11 Prohibited size fish
Omit “60” from Column 2 of the matter relating to Murray Cod in Part 3 of Table 1 to the clause.
Insert instead “55”.
[2] Clause 11, Table 2
Insert at the end of the Table:
Part 2 Fish—Freshwater or estuarine
Column 1 Column 2
Common name Species Maximum measurement in
centimetresMurray Cod Maccullochella peelii peelii 75
[3] Clause 14 Bag limits—possession of fish
Omit “Column 2” from clause 14 (1). Insert instead “Column 3”.
[4] Part 2, Division 4, Table
Omit the Table. Insert instead:
Table Bag limits Part 1 Fish—Marine or estuarine
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Common name Species Daily limit Possession limit
Australian Engraulis australis 100 100 Anchovy Banded Rockcod Epinephelus 5 comprised of any 5 comprised of any ergastularius single species or a single species or a combination of combination of Bass Groper, Bass Polyprion americanus species, with a species, with a Grouper maximum of maximum of Gemfish Rexea solandri 2 Gemfish 2 Gemfish Hapuku, Hapuka Polyprion oxygenios Blue-eye Trevalla, Hyperoglyphe Trevalla antarctica Billfish Species of families 1 of each species 1 of each species Xiphiidae and Istiophoridae
Rock Blackfish Girella elevata 10 10 Cobia Rachycentron 5 5 canadum Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Common name Species Daily limit Possession limit
Australian Bonito Sarda australis 10 10 Tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba 10 comprised wholly 20 comprised wholly of any single species or of any single species or Black Bream, Acanthopagrus a combination of a combination of Southern Bream butcheri species or 10 species or 20 Yellowfin Bream Acanthopagrus comprised wholly of comprised wholly of australis Black Bream and Black Bream and Yellowfin Bream Yellowfin Bream Dusky Flathead, Platycephalus fuscus 10 (with not more than 10 (with not more than Common Flathead one longer than 70 cm) one longer than 70 cm) Bluespotted Platycephalus 10 comprised wholly 20 comprised wholly Flathead, Sand caeruleopunctatus of a single flathead of a single flathead Flathead species or a species or a combination of species combination of species Tiger Flathead Platycephalus except for Dusky except for Dusky richardsoni Flathead, which are Flathead, which are Flathead Platycephalus spp. subject to a separate subject to a separate limit limit Flounder Species of families 20 comprised wholly 20 comprised wholly Bothidae and of any single species or of any single species or Pleuronectidae a combination of a combination of species species Sole
Species of families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae
Eastern Sea Hyporhamphus 20 20 Garfish australis Garfish (except Species of family 50 comprised wholly 50 comprised wholly Eastern Sea Hemiramphidae of any single species or of any single species or Garfish) a combination of a combination of species species Eastern Blue Achoerodus viridis 2 (only 1 of which can 2 (only 1 of which can Groper, Blue be longer than 60 cm) be longer than 60 cm) Groper, Brown
Groper, Red
GroperLargehead Trichiurus lepturus 10 10 Hairtail, Hairtail Hardyhead, Species of family 50 comprised wholly 50 comprised wholly Silverfish Atherinidae of any single species or of any single species or a combination of a combination of species species Southern Herring Herklotsichthys 100 100 castelnaui Yellowtail Seriola lalandi 5 5 Kingfish Leatherjacket Species of family 20 comprised wholly 20 comprised wholly Monacanthidae of any single species or of any single species or a combination of a combination of species species Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Common name Species Daily limit Possession limit
Luderick, Girella tricuspidata 10 20 Blackfish Blue Mackerel, Scomber 50 50 Slimy Mackerel australasicus Spotted Mackerel Scomberomorus 5 comprised wholly of 5 comprised wholly of munroi Spotted Mackerel or Spotted Mackerel or wholly of Spanish wholly of Spanish Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus
commerson Mackerel or partly of Mackerel or partly of each each
Mahi Mahi, Coryphaena hippurus 10 (only 1 of which can 10 (only 1 of which can Dolphinfish be longer than 110 cm) be longer than 110 cm) Mangrove Jack Lutjanus 5 5 argentimaculatus Maray, Round Etrumeus teres 100 100 Herring
Banded Morwong Cheilodactylus 5 5 spectabilis
Jackass Morwong Nemadactylus 10 10 macropterus
Red Morwong, Cheilodactylus fuscus 5 5 Sea Carp
Grey Morwong, Nemadactylus 10 10 Rubberlip douglasii Morwong Mullet Species of family 20 comprised wholly 20 comprised wholly Mugilidae of any single species or of any single species or a combination of a combination of species species Mulloway, Argyrosomus 5 (only 2 of which can 5 (only 2 of which can Jewfish japonicus be longer than 70 cm) be longer than 70 cm) Moses Snapper, Lutjanus russelli 5 5 Moses Perch Pearl Perch Glaucosoma 5 5 scapulare Australian Sardinops 100 100 Sardine, Pilchard neopilchardus Eastern Australian Arripis trutta 5 5 Salmon,
Australian
SalmonSamsonfish, Seriola hippos, 5 comprised wholly of 5 comprised wholly of Amberjack Seriola dumerili any single species or a any single species or a combination of species combination of species Eastern Red Scorpaena cardinalis 5 5 Scorpionfish,
Eastern Red
RockcodColumn 1 Column 2 Column 3
Common name Species Daily limit Possession limit
Sharks and Rays All species (other than 5 comprised wholly of 5 comprised wholly of (other than Orectolobus spp.) any single species or a any single species or a Wobbegongs) combination of species combination of species but with no more than but with no more than one of each of the one of each of the following: following:
(a) Galeocerdo cuvier (a) Galeocerdo cuvier (Tiger Shark), (Tiger Shark),
(b) Isurus oxyrinchus (b) Isurus oxyrinchus
(Shortfin Mako (Shortfin Mako
Shark), (c) Carcharhinidae
Shark),
(c) Carcharhinidae
family (Whaler family (Whaler Shark, Blue Shark, Blue
Shark), (d) Sphyrna spp.
Shark),
(d) Sphyrna spp.
(Hammerhead (Hammerhead Shark). Shark).
Snapper Pagrus auratus 10 10 Blue Sprat, Spratelloides 100 100 Bluebait robustus Sandy Sprat, Hyperlophus vittatus 100 100 Whitebait Australian Prionurus 5 5 Sawtail, Sawtail microlepidotus Surgeon Tailor Pomatomus saltatrix 10 20 Teraglin Atractoscion 5 5 aequidens Trevally Pseudocaranx dentex, 10 comprised wholly 20 comprised wholly Caranx spp. of any single species or of any single species or a combination of a combination of species species Albacore, Thunnus alalunga 7 comprised of any 7 comprised of any Albacore Tuna single species or single species or combination of combination of Bigeye Tuna Thunnus obesus species, of which 2 species, of which 2 Longtail Tuna Thunnus tonggol have a length of 90 cm have a length of 90 cm or more and 5 have a or more and 5 have a Southern Bluefin Thunnus maccoyii length of less than length of less than Tuna 90 cm 90 cm Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares Wahoo Acanthocybium 5 5 solandri Wobbegong Orectolobus spp. 0 0 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Common name Species Daily limit Possession limit
Whiting Sillago spp. 20 comprised of any 20 comprised of any single species or a single species or a combination of species combination of species Yellowtail, Jack Trachurus spp. 50 comprised wholly 50 comprised wholly Mackerel of any single species or of any single species or a combination of a combination of species species
Part 2 Invertebrates
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Common name Species Daily limit Possession limit Blacklip Abalone, Haliotis rubra 2 2 Abalone Beachworm Species of family 20 20 Onuphidae Cockle Anadara trapezia 50 comprised wholly of 50 comprised wholly Cockles or wholly of of Cockles or wholly Pipi Donax deltoides Pipis or wholly of Blue of Pipis or wholly of Blue Mussel, Mytilus Mussels or partly of Blue Mussels or partly Mussel galloprovincialis each of each Blue Swimmer Portunus armatus 10 20 Crab, Sand Crab Mud Crab, Black Scylla serrata 5 5 Crab, Mangrove
CrabSpanner Crab Ranina ranina 10 10 Soldier Crab Species of family 100 comprised wholly 100 comprised wholly Mictyridae of any single species or of any single species a combination of or a combination of species species Crab (except for Species of subclass 10 comprised wholly of 10 comprised wholly Blue Swimmer Brachyura any single species or a of any single species Crab, Sand Crab, combination of species or a combination of Mud Crab, species Spanner Crab and
Soldier Crab)Cunjevoi Pyura spp. 20 comprised wholly of 20 comprised wholly any single species or a of any single species combination of species or a combination of
speciesEastern Sagmariasus 2 comprised wholly of 2 comprised wholly of Rocklobster verreauxi any single species or a any single species or a combination of species combination of Southern Jasus edwardsii Rocklobster species Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Common name Species Daily limit Possession limit Tropical Panulirus spp. except 2 comprised wholly of 2 comprised wholly of Rocklobster, Panulirus cygnus any single species or a any single species or a Painted combination of species combination of Rocklobster, species Ornate
RocklobsterSlipper Lobster, Scyllarides spp. 2 2 Flat Lobster Octopus All species 10 comprised wholly of 10 comprised wholly any single species or a of any single species combination of species or a combination of
species
Sydney Rock Saccostrea glomerata 50 comprised wholly of 50 comprised wholly Oyster any single species or a of any single species combination of species or a combination of Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas species Native Oyster, Ostrea angasi Flat Oyster, Drift
Oyster
Molluscs (except Species of phylum 20 comprised wholly of 20 comprised wholly squid, octopus and Mollusca any single species or a of any single species cuttlefish (class combination of species or a combination of Cephalopoda) and species any other mollusc referred to in this Table)
Prawns Species of family 10 litres 10 litres Penaeidae and
Macrobrachium spp.Saltwater nippers Species of genus 100 comprised wholly 100 comprised wholly Callianassa and of any single species or of any single species Alpheus spp. a combination of or a combination of species species Scallops Species of family 50 50 Pectinidae Sea Urchin Species of class 10 comprised wholly of 10 comprised wholly Echinoidea any single species or a of any single species combination of species or a combination of
speciesSquid All species 20 comprised wholly of 20 comprised wholly any single species or a of any single species Cuttlefish All species combination of species or a combination of
speciesWorms (except Species of class 100 comprised wholly 100 comprised wholly beachworms) Polychaeta other than of any single species or of any single species family Onuphidae a combination of or a combination of species species
Part 3 Fish—Freshwater or estuarine
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Common Species Waters Daily limit Possession name limit Golden Perch, Macquaria All waters of 5 10 Yellow Belly ambigua NSW Perch Murray Cod Maccullochella All waters of 2 4 peelii peelii NSW Silver Perch Bidyanus Waters from 5 10 bidyanus which Silver
Perch may
lawfully be takenFreshwater Tandanus Backed up 5 10 Catfish, tandanus waters of dams Eel-tailed and Catfish impoundments All other waters 2 4 of NSW Australian Bass Macquaria Backed up 2 comprised 4 comprised novemaculeata waters of dams wholly of a wholly of a and single species or single species or impoundments of a combination of a combination of species of species Estuary Perch
Macquaria colonorum
Australian Bass Macquaria All other waters 2 comprised 4 comprised novemaculeata of NSW wholly of one wholly of one species or of a species or of a Estuary Perch Macquaria combination of combination of colonorum species (with not species (only 1 more than one, of of which can be either species, longer than being longer 35 cm) than 35 cm) Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar All waters of 5 comprised of 10 comprised of NSW any single a combination of Brook Trout Salvelinus species or a species fontinalis combination of Brown Trout Salmo trutta species Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus
mykiss
Part 4 Invertebrates—Freshwater
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Common Species Waters Daily limit Possession name limit Spiny Crayfish Euastacus spp. All waters of 5 (only 1 of which 10 (only 1 of which (other than (other than NSW can be longer than can be longer than Murray Euastacus 12 cm) comprised 12 cm) comprised Crayfish) armatus) of any single of any single species or a species or a combination of combination of species species Murray Euastacus All waters of 5 (only 1 of which 10 (only 1 of which Crayfish armatus NSW can be longer than can be longer than 12 cm) during the 12 cm) during the months of May, months of May, June, July and June, July and August August Yabby Cherax spp. All waters of 200 200 NSW
[5] Clause 27 Spanner crab net
Omit “the name and address of” from clause 27 (1) (c) (v).
Insert instead “the initial of the first name, the surname, the year of birth and the residential postcode of”.
[6] Clause 28 Hoop or lift net
Omit clause 28 (1) (b). Insert instead:
(b) no more than the following number of nets are used:
(i) in estuarine waters, no more than 4 nets are used by a person at any one time when the person is fishing in estuarine waters only, and (ii) in inland waters, no more than 5 nets are used by a person at any one time when the person is fishing in inland waters only, and
(iii) where a person is using hoop or lift nets in both estuarine waters and inland waters, not more than a combined total of 4 nets are used at any one time,
[7] Clause 28 (1) (c) (v)
Omit “the name and address of”.
Insert instead “the initial of the first name, the surname, the year of birth and the residential postcode of”.
[8] Clause 36 Recreational lobster trap
Omit “the name and address of” from clause 36 (2) (a) (v).
Insert instead “the initial of the first name, the surname, the year of birth and the residential postcode of”.
[9] Clause 37 Recreational crab trap
Omit “the name and address of” from clause 37 (1) (a) (v).
Insert instead “the initial of the first name, the surname, the year of birth and the residential postcode of”.
[10] Clause 37 (1) (c)
Omit “1 trap”. Insert instead “2 traps”.
[11] Clause 38 Bait trap
Omit “the name and address of” from clause 38 (1) (a) (iii).
Insert instead “the initial of the first name, the surname, the year of birth and the residential postcode of”.
[12] Clause 39 Yabby trap
Omit “the name and address of” wherever occurring in clause 39 (1) (b) (ii) (D) and (iii) (C).
Insert instead “the initial of the first name, the surname, the year of birth and the residential postcode of”.
[13] Clause 39 (2)
Insert after clause 39 (1):
(2) It is lawful for a person to use a yabby trap to take freshwater shrimp that are
taken by the yabby trap when it is being lawfully used to take yabbies.
[14] Clause 40 Shrimp trap
Omit “the name and address of” from clause 40 (1) (a) (iii).
Insert instead “the initial of the first name, the surname, the year of birth and the residential postcode of”.
[15] Clause 40 (1A)
Insert after clause 40 (1):
(1A) It is lawful for a person to use a shrimp trap to take yabbies that are taken by
the shrimp trap when it is being lawfully used to take freshwater shrimp.[16] Clause 99A
Insert after clause 99:
99A Prohibition on transfer of fish from one boat to another
(1)
A person must not transfer any fish that has been taken by a recreational fisher while on board a boat from that boat to another boat when either boat is not secured to the shore, a mooring, a wharf or a marina berth.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units. (2) This clause does not apply to any of the following bait species:
(a) Australian Anchovy (Engraulis australis), (b) Southern Herring (Herklotsichthys castelnaui), (c) Maray, Round Herring (Etrumeus teres), (d) Australian Sardine, Pilchard (Sardinops neopilchardus), (e) Blue Sprat, Bluebait (Spratelloides robustus), (f) Sandy Sprat, Whitebait (Hyperlophus vittatus), (g) Blue Mackerel, Slimy Mackerel (Scomber australasicus), (h) Yellowtail, Jack Mackerel (Trachurus spp.), (i) Garfish (Species of family Hemiramphidae), (j) Hardyhead, Silverfish (Species of family Atherinidae), (k) Squid (All species), (l) Cuttlefish (All species).
[17] Schedule 4 Fish and waters protected from recreational fishing
Omit “June” from clause 1 (4). Insert instead “May”.
[18] Schedule 4, clause 145 (4)
Omit “June”. Insert instead “May”.
[19] Schedule 4, clause 147 (1)
Insert “other than Copeton Dam” after “inland waters”.
[20] Schedule 7 Penalty notice offences
Insert in appropriate order in Part 2, in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:
Clause 99A $500
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0
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