New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 1995 - REG 7

7 Prohibited size fish

(1) For the purposes of section 15 (1) of the Act, a fish is a prohibited size fish if:

(a) in the case of a fish of a species specified in Column 1 of Table 1-the measurement of the fish is less than the minimum measurement specified opposite that species of fish in Column 2 of that Table, or

(b) in the case of a fish of a species specified in Column 1 of Table 2-the measurement of the fish is more than the maximum measurement specified opposite that species of fish in Column 2 of that Table.

(2) For the purposes of section 15 (2) of the Act, the method of determining the measurement of any class of fish is as follows:

(a) except as provided by this subclause-the overall length of the fish is to be measured from the point of the snout to the tip of the tail,

(b) in the case of abalone-the diameter of the shell is to be measured along its longest axis,

(c) in the case of crab (other than spanner crab)-the length of the crab is to be measured along the body from the notch between the most protruding frontal teeth to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace,

(d) in the case of spanner crab-the length of the spanner crab is to be measured along the body from the base of the orbital notch to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace,

(e) in the case of freshwater spiny crayfish known as Murray or Murrumbidgee Crayfish-the length of the carapace of the crayfish is to be measured along the straight line from the posterior margin of the orbit (eye) socket to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace,

(f) in the case of rock lobster-the length of the carapace of the rock lobster is to be measured along the straight line from the point of union of the second antennae to the centre of the posterior margin of the carapace (ignoring any hairs attached to the carapace),

(g) in the case of turban snail-the diameter of the shell is to be measured along its longest axis.

(3) If a fish is frozen, refrigerated or chilled, the size of the fish is to be determined as so frozen, refrigerated or chilled.

Table 1 Prohibited size fish (minimum measurements)

Part 1 (Fish-Marine or estuarine)

	Column 1	Column 2
Common name	Species	Minimum measurement in centimetres
Blackfish, rock	Girella elevata	30
Bream, black or southern	Acanthopagrus butcheri	25
Bream, yellowfin	Acanthopagrus australis	25
Flathead, common or dusky	Platycephalus fuscus	36
Flathead, sand	Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus	33
Flathead, tiger	Platycephalus richardsoni	33
Luderick (or blackfish)	Girella tricuspidata	25
Morwong, jackass fish	Nemadactylus macropterus	28
Morwong, red or sea carp	Cheilodactylus fuscus	25
Morwong, rubberlip	Nemadactylus douglasii	28
Mullet, sea or bully	Mugil cephalus	30
Mulloway (or jewfish)	Argyrosomus hololepidotus	45
School shark	Galeorhinus galeus	91
Snapper	Pagrus auratus	30
Tailor	Pomatomus saltatrix	30
Tarwhine	Rhabdosargus sarba	20
Teraglin	Atractoscion aequidens	38
Yellowtail kingfish	Seriola lalandi	60
Whiting, sand or silver	Sillago ciliata	27

Part 2 (Invertebrates-Marine or estuarine)

	Column 1	Column 2
Common name	Species	Minimum measurement in centimetres
Abalone	Haliotis rubra	11.5
Crab, blue swimmer or sand	Portunus pelagicus	6
Crab, mud, black or mangrove	Scylla serrata	8.5
Crab, spanner	Ranina ranina	9.3
Lobster, eastern rock	Jasus verreauxi	10.4
Lobster, southern rock (male)	Jasus edwardsii	11
Lobster, southern rock (female)	Jasus edwardsii	10.5
Snail, Sydney turban	Turbo torquatus	7.5
Snail, military turban	Turbo militaris	7.5

Part 3 (Fish-Freshwater or estuarine)

	Column 1	Column 2
Common name	Species	Minimum measurement in centimetres
Catfish, eel-tailed	Tandanus tandanus	30
Cod, Murray	Maccullochella peeli	50
Perch, golden or yellow belly	Macquaria ambigua	30
Perch, silver	Bidyanus bidyanus	25
Trout, brook	Salvelinus fontinalis	25
Trout, brown	Salmo trutta	25
Trout, rainbow	Oncorhynchus mykiss	25
Salmon, Atlantic	Salmo salar	25

Part 4 (Invertebrates-Freshwater)

	Column 1	Column 2
Common name	Species	Minimum measurement in centimetres
Crayfish, Murray or freshwater spiny	Euastacus armatus	9

Part 5 (Fish-General)

	Column 1	Column 2
Common name	Species	Minimum measurement in centimetres
Eel, long finned	Anguilla reinhardtii	30
Eel, short finned	Anguilla australis	30

Table 2 Prohibited size fish (maximum measurements)

Part 1 (Invertebrates-Marine or estuarine)

	Column 1	Column 2
Common name	Species	Maximum measurement in centimetres
Lobster, eastern rock	Jasus verreauxi	20