| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Min Size/Mass |
Bag Limits |
| Anchovies |
Family Engraulidae |
none |
none |
| Baardman (bellman, tasselfish) |
Umbrina spp. |
40 cm |
5 |
| Banded galjoen |
Dichistius multifasciatus |
none |
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 grande |
30 cm |
2 |
| Cape knifejaw |
Oplegnathus conwayi |
none |
5 |
| Cape stumpnose |
Rhabdosargus holubi |
20 cm |
5 |
| Carpenter (silverfish) |
Argyrozona argyrozona |
35 cm |
4 |
| Catface rockcod |
Epinephelus andersoni |
50 cm |
5 |
| Chub mackerel |
Scomber japonicus |
none |
none |
| Cutlassfish(walla walla) |
Trichiurus lepturus |
none |
none |
| Dageraad |
Chrysoblephus cristiceps |
40 cm |
1 |
| Dane |
Porcostoma dentata |
none |
5 |
| Elf (shad) |
Pomatomus saltatrix |
30 cm |
4 |
| Englishman |
Chrysoblephus anglicus |
40 cm |
1 |
| Fransmadam (Karel groot oog) |
Boopsoidea inornata |
none |
10 |
| Galjoen |
Dichistius capensis |
35 cm |
2 |
| 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 |
22 cm |
10 |
| John Brown |
Gymnocrotaphus curvidens |
none |
5 |
| Kingfishes |
Caranx spp. and Carangoides spp. |
none |
5 |
| 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 > 110cm per day |
| Kob caught from a boat at sea [The Province of Kwazulu-Natal] |
Argyrosomus spp. |
40 cm |
5 but may only land or be in possession of one kob > 110cm per day |
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| Kob caught in estuaries & from the shore [East of Cape Agulhas only] |
Argyrosomus spp. |
60 cm |
1 |
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| Kob [West of Cape Agulhas only] |
Argyrosomus spp. |
50 cm |
5 |
| Large-spot pompano (wave garrick) |
Trachinotus botla |
none |
5 |
| Leopard cat shark |
Poroderma pantherinum |
none |
1 |
| 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 plurilineatus |
none |
10 |
| Ragged tooth shark |
Carcharias taurus |
none |
1 |
| Red steenbras (copper steenbras) |
Petrus rupestris |
60 cm |
1 |
| Red stumpnose (Miss Lucy) |
Chrysoblephus gibbiceps |
30 cm |
1 |
| River bream (perch) |
Acanthopagrus berda |
25 cm |
5 |
| River snapper (rock salmon) |
Lutjanus argentimaculatus |
40 cm |
5 |
| Roman |
Chrysoblephus laticeps |
30 cm |
2 |
| Santer (soldier) |
Cheimerius nufar |
30 cm |
5 |
| Sardines (pilchard & red-eye) |
Family Clupeidae |
none |
none |
| Sauries |
Family Scomberesocidae |
none |
none |
| Scads |
Decapterus spp. none none |
none |
none |
| Scotsman |
Polysteganus praeorbitalis |
40 cm |
1 |
| Slinger |
Chrysoblephus puniceus |
25 cm |
5 |
| Snoek (Cape snoek) |
Thyrsites atun |
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 (broadbill) |
Xiphias gladius |
25 kg |
5 |
| Squid (Chokka) |
Loligo vulgarus reynaudii |
none |
20 |
| Tunas (tunny) |
Thunnus spp. |
none |
10 |
| Albacore / longfin tuna |
Thunnus alalunga |
none |
10 |
| Bigeye tuna |
Thunnus obesus |
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 |
25 cm |
10 |
| Wolfherring |
Chirocentrus dorab |
none |
none |
| Yellowbelly rockcod |
Epinephelus marginatus |
60 cm |
1 |
| Yellowtail |
Seriola lalandi |
none |
10 |
| Zebra (wildeperd) |
Diplodus cervinus hottentotus |
30 cm |
5 |
