Fishing -Size & Bag Limits

The following are the legal minimum and
maximum size limits.

Coral reef finfish bag and size limits*
Species		Legal size (cm)	Take and possession limit
All cods and groupers		38 min	Combined limit of 5 in total of all cod species
Cod exceptions
	Camouflage rockcod	50 min 100 max
	Estuary cod	see listing in following table
	Flowery cod	50 min 100 max
	Greasy rockcod	38 min 100 max
	Maori cod	45 min
	Barramundi cod		No take
	Potato cod		No take
	Queensland grouper		No take
All coral trout		38 min	Combined limit of 7 in total of all trout species
Coral trout exceptions
	Chinese footballer trout (blue spot trout)	50 min 80 max
All emperors		25 min	5 per species
Emperor exceptions
	Red-throat sweetlip	38 min	8
	Long nose emperor	38 min	5
	Spangled emperor	45 min	5
	Red emperor	55 min	5
All fusiliers		No limit	No limit
All parrotfishes		25 min	5 per species
All surgeonfishes		25 min	5 per species
All sweetlips (excluding red throat sweetlip)		25 min	5 per species
All tropical snappers and sea perches		25 min	5 per species
Tropical snappers and sea perch exceptions
	Crimson (rosy) jobfish and lavender jobfish	38 min	Combined limit of 8 in total for both species
	Chinaman fish		No take
	Crimson seaperch (small mouth nannygai) and saddletail seaperch (large mouth nannygai)	40 min	Combined limit of 9 in total for both species
	Flame snapper	38 min	5
	Goldband snapper	38 min	5
	Hussar	25 min	10
	Green jobfish	38 min	5
	Paddletail		No take
	Red bass		No take
	Red emperor	55 min	5
	Ruby snapper	38 min	5
	Small-toothed jobfish	38 min	5
All wrasse		25 min	5 per species
Wrasse exceptions
	Hump-headed Maori		No take
	Tuskfish (all species)	30 min	Combined limit of 6 in total for all tuskfish species
A closed season applies to coral reef fin fish. For a more information see the Queensland - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries website

Other tidal species bag and size limits*
Species		Legal size (cm)	Take and possession limit
Australian bass*		30 min	2
Barramundi*
	East coast	58 min 120 max	5
	Gulf of Carpentaria	60 min 120 max	5
Bêche de mer (sea cucumber) excluding black teatfish (take and possession limit of 0)		No limit	5
Bream (pikey and yellow finned)		23 min	No limit
Black lipped pearl oyster		9 min	No limit
Cod (estuary)		35 min 120 max	10
Crab
	Blue swimmer	11.5	No limit
	Mud	15 min	10
	Spanner*	10 min	20
Dolphin fish		45 min	No limit
Eels
	Long-finned	30 min	Combined limit of 10 in total of all species
	Short-finned	30 min
	South Pacific	30 min
Flathead
	Bar-tailed	30 min	No limit
	Dusky (mud)	40 min 70 max	5
	Sand	30 min	No limit
Giant trevally
	East coast	No limit	No limit
	Gulf of Carpentaria	35 min	No limit
Gold lipped pearl oyster		13 min 23 max	No limit
Grass emperor (grass sweetlip)		30 min	No limit
Grunter bream (small spotted and spotted)
	East coast	30 min	No limit
	Gulf of Carpentaria	40 min	10 whole fish or 20 fillets
Jewel fish
	Gulf of Carpentaria	45 min	No limit
Jewfish
	Silver	45 min	No limit
	Black (east coast)	45 min	10
	Black (Gulf of Carpentaria)	60 min 120 max	5 with no more than 2 over 100 cm
Kingfish
	Black	75 min	10
	Yellowtail	50 min	No limit
Large-scale sea perch (fingermark)		35 min	10
Luderick		23 min	No limit
Mackerel
	Grey/broad-barred	50 min	10
	Spanish/narrow-barred	75 min	3
	Queensland school (east coast)	50 min	30
	Queensland school (Gulf of Carpentaria)	50 min	10
	Shark	50 min	no limit
	Spotted (east coast)	60 min	5
	Spotted (Gulf of Carpentaria)	50 min	10
Mangrove jack
	East coast	35 min	No limit
	Gulf of Carpentaria	35 min	5
Molluscs any—excluding oysters		No limit	50
Mulloway		45 min	10
Perch pearl		35 min	5
Prawns		No limit	10 litres?
? No more than 10 prawns with their heads or any other part removed, unless the removal was to process the prawns for immediate consumption.
Queenfish
	East coast	No limit	No limit
	Gulf of Carpentaria	45 min	No limit
Salmon
	King/Burnett (east coast)	40 min	No limit
	King/Burnett (Gulf of Carpentaria)	60 min	5
	Blue/Cooktown (east coast)	40 min	No limit
	Blue/Cooktown (Gulf of Carpentaria)	40 min	20
Snapper		35 min	5
Tailor		30 min	20
	72 hours or more on Fraser Island	30 min	30
Tarwhine		23 min	No limit
Teraglin
	Silver	30 min	No limit
	Jew	38 min	5
Trochus		8 min 12.5 max	50
Tropical rock lobster* (painted crayfish Panulirus ornatus)		115 mm tail min 90 mm carapace min	Above 14° south lat. 3 per person/6 per boat Below 14° south lat. 5 per person/10 per boat
All other Panulirus species		No limit	As above
Wahoo		75 min	10
Whiting (golden lined and sand)		23 min	No limit
Worms (including part thereof)
	Beach	No limit	30
	Blood	No limit	50
*A closed season applies to these species. For a more information see the Queensland - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries website

No-take species
Barramundi cod	Chinaman fish	Hump-headed Maori wrasse	Paddletail
Potato cod	Queensland grouper	Red bass