Recreational fishing rules Guide

• Fishing equipment

  In order to protect fish stock from overfishing, there are requirements about the type of equipment you can use in fresh and tidal waters. It is also your responsibility to ensure a piece of equipment you are using is not prohibited for the species you are trying to catch, or the location you are using it in.

  Equipment requirements for fresh and tidal waters

  Piece of equipment	Requirements
  Breathing devices	Freshwater and tidal water Underwater breathing apparatus (other than a snorkel) is not permitted when taking fish by any means.
  Canister trap	Freshwater The trap must not exceed 60cm in length or 50cm in width, height or diameter. It must open at one end. Size of the mesh must be no more than 25mm (if not made of rigid material). When the width, height or diameter is measured anywhere along the length of the trap, it must not exceed the diameter of the trap’s opening.
  Cast nets	Tidal water Must not exceed 3.7m from the point of rope attachment to the rest of the net, the net lead line or the bottom of the lowest pocket of the net. Mesh size should not exceed 28mm. Cast nets are not permitted in freshwater.
  Collapsible trap	Freshwater and tidal water (crab apparatus only) The trap should be made of rigid material and have at least one collapsible side.
  Crab pots and dillies	Tidal water No more than four pots, dillies or a combination of both may be used per person. There must not be more than four pots on a boat per person when on the water. You must have an identification tag on your pot bearing the surname and address of the person using the apparatus. All crab pots must have a light coloured solid float attached when not tied to a fixed object. The float must not be less than 15cm in any dimension and also identify the user’s name. When the pot is tied to a fixed object a tag must be attached to a part of the rope (above the high water mark) that identifies the user’s name. A dilly for spanner crab fishing should be made of solid steel with a thickness of at least 6mm and not exceeding 1m in each dimension. Crab pots are not permitted in freshwater.
  Dilly nets	Freshwater The net must not have a diameter of more than 125cm and a mesh size of more than 25mm.
  Fishing lines	Freshwater No more than six fishing lines should be used alone or combined. A set fishing line must not be used. A set fishing line must not be used as a cross-line. Only one hook, artificial fly, bait jig or lure can be attached to a line. You can’t be more than 50m away from any of your fishing lines. Tidal water Up to three fishing lines are permitted consisting of a total of six hooks. An artificial fly, lure, bait jig or gang hook is considered equal to one hook. A cross line, drum line, free-floating line or set line is not included as a fishing line. You must be present with the line at all times.
  Funnel traps	Freshwater The maximum funnel trap size is 70cm long and 50cm high or wide. The maximum mesh size of funnel traps is 25mm, with up to a maximum of 4 entrances made of rigid material. The maximum entrance size is 10cm. The following restrictions apply:  Funnel traps with a maximum rigid opening size of 5cm in all dimensions can be used in all Queensland fresh waters. Funnel traps with a rigid opening size of between 5cm and 10cm can only be used in fresh waters west of a line following the Great Dividing Range and west of the Gore Highway (A39) (PDF, 4.8MB) or in the following impoundments—Atkinsons Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Beehive Dam, Bill Gunn Dam (Lake Dyer), Bjelke-Petersen Dam, Boondooma Dam, Borumba Dam, Burdekin Dam (Lake Dalrymple), Callide Dam, Cania Dam, Connolly Dam, Cooby Dam, Coolmunda Dam, Cressbrook Dam, Eungella Dam, Ewen Maddock Dam, Fairbairn Dam, Fred Haigh Dam (Lake Monduran), Glenlyon Dam, Gordonbrook Dam, Hinze Dam, Kinchant Dam, Koombooloomba Dam, Lake Awonga, Lake Gregory, Lake MacDonald, Lenthalls Dam (Lake Lenthall), Leslie Dam, Maroon Dam, Middle Creek Dam, Moogerah Dam, Mount Morgan Big Dam, North Pine Dam, Peter Faust Dam, Ross River Dam, Sideling Creek Dam (Lake Kurwongbah), Somerset Dam, Storm King Dam, Teemburra Dam, Theresa Creek Dam, Tinaroo Dam, Wivenhoe Dam, Wuruma Dam, Wyaralong Dam. Funnel Trap usage map (4.8MB)
  Hand pumps	Tidal water To be used on foreshores for collecting yabbies only. Hand pumps are not permitted in freshwater.
  Open-top pyramid trap	Freshwater Must have a single, rigid top opening, with a minimum size of 15cm in all its dimensions, parallel to the base of the trap Must have a mesh size of no more than 25mm Must have a maximum base size of 60cm in length and width
  Scoop or dip nets	Freshwater Must not exceed 1m in any dimension. Handle should be no longer than 2.5m. Mesh size should not exceed 25mm. Tidal water Must not exceed 2m in any dimension. Handle should be no longer than 2.5m. Mesh size should be at least 25mm. You can use a gaff or landing net to secure a line-caught fish.
  Number and marking of traps	Freshwater Must not use more than a total of 4 freshwater traps, including a combination of freshwater traps A tag must be attached to the trap with the surname and address of the person using the trap. A light coloured solid float should be attached to the trap if it is not fixed to a stationery object above water level. The float must feature the user’s surname and be 15cm in each dimension.
  Round traps	Freshwater The maximum round trap size is 70cm in diameter and 50cm in height. The maximum mesh size of round traps is 25mm, with a maximum of 4 entrances made of rigid material. The maximum entrance size is 10cm. The following restrictions apply:  Round traps with a maximum rigid opening size of 5cm in all dimensions can be used in all Queensland fresh waters. Round traps with a rigid opening size between 5cm and 10cm can only be used in fresh waters west of a line following the Great Dividing Range and west of the Gore Highway (A39) or in the following impoundments—Atkinsons Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Beehive Dam, Bill Gunn Dam (Lake Dyer), Bjelke-Petersen Dam, Boondooma Dam, Borumba Dam, Burdekin Dam (Lake Dalrymple), Callide Dam, Cania Dam, Connolly Dam, Cooby Dam, Coolmunda Dam, Cressbrook Dam, Eungella Dam, Ewen Maddock Dam, Fairbairn Dam, Fred Haigh Dam (Lake Monduran), Glenlyon Dam, Gordonbrook Dam, Hinze Dam, Kinchant Dam, Koombooloomba Dam, Lake Awonga, Lake Gregory, Lake MacDonald, Lenthalls Dam (Lake Lenthall), Leslie Dam, Maroon Dam, Middle Creek Dam, Moogerah Dam, Mount Morgan Big Dam, North Pine Dam, Peter Faust Dam, Ross River Dam, Sideling Creek Dam (Lake Kurwongbah), Somerset Dam, Storm King Dam, Teemburra Dam, Theresa Creek Dam, Tinaroo Dam, Wivenhoe Dam, Wuruma Dam, Wyaralong Dam.
  Seine nets (bait or drag nets)	Tidal water Must not exceed 16m in length and 3m in drop. Mesh size should not exceed 28mm. The net must not contain a bag, pocket or anything similar. It must not be anchored, staked or fixed. The net should not be out of the water when containing fish other than to remove and release them. All regulated fish not intended to be taken should be released into deep enough water to allow escape. Seine nets are not permitted in freshwater.
  Shell dredges	Tidal water Mouth of the dredge must not exceed 60cm across Teeth should be no longer than 7.5cm Conditions should be checked further in fisheries legislation.
  Spearfishing and spear guns (including bows)	Tidal water (selected locations only) A power head is not permitted unless in defence against a shark. You are not able to hunt barramundi between 6pm and 6am. Spear and spear gun apparatus are not permitted in freshwater.
  Tropical rock lobster fishing gear	Tidal water Free-diving using a mask and snorkel and a rubber-powered spear or spear gun is the only form of breathing and equipment apparatus permitted.
  Worm digging fork	Tidal water To be used on foreshores for collecting worms only. Forks are not permitted in freshwater.

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• Catch limits and closures

  There are limits on the size (length) of a species you can take and the amount of a certain species you can have in your possession. Size limits generally allow a fish to spawn at least once in order to add to the species numbers. Some fish have a maximum and a minimum size limit because it is the larger individuals who may contribute more to their population.

  Possession limits are in place to conserve heavily sought after species, species that are easily captured, share more catch, reduce illegal fish marketing and promote responsible fishing. Possession limits do not apply on a per day basis. Any fish you have caught previously and may be keeping at home in your freezer, for example, are included in your possession limit for a fish species.

  Certain waterways are regulated, or closed for a period of time due to a population of endangered or threatened species living there, fish spawning in the location, potential overfishing of a species or to support the successful migration of a fish through the waterway. You aren’t allowed to fish during closed seasons or in regulated waters because of the impact it could have on a particular species and their lifecycle.

  Find out more about size and possession limits in tidal waters or size and possession limits in fresh waters.

  Detailed information is available about recreational fishing closures in your area.

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• Size and possession limits - tidal waters

  General possession limit

  There is a general possession limit of 20 for all tidal species not listed on this page.

  Coral reef fin fish

  Other tidal species

  Refer to coral reef fin fish closures. Cods and groupers Coral trout Emperors Fusiliers Parrotfishes Surgeonfishes Sweetlips Tropical snappers and sea perches Wrasse

  Australian bass Barramundi Bream Bugs Cobia (black kingfish) Cod (estuary) Crab Eels Flathead Garfish Green snail Golden snapper (fingermark) Grass emperor (sweetlip) Javelin Jewfish Luderick Mackerel Mahi mahi (dolphin fish) Mangrove jack Mullet Bivalve molluscs and gastropods Oysters Mulloway Pearl perch Prawns Rays Sawfish Sea cucumber Sharks Snapper Tailor Teraglin Threadfin (salmon) Trevally Trochus Tropical rock lobster Wahoo Whiting Wolf herring Worms Tidal bait species

  Coral reef fin fish closures apply. In addition to individual possession limits for each coral reef fin fish species listed, a combined possession limit of 20 in total of all coral reef fin fish applies.

  Cods and groupers

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	38cm min Combined limit of 5 in total of all cod and grouper species
  Barramundi cod	No take
  Camouflage grouper	50cm min 70cm max Combined limit of 5 in total of all cod and grouper species
  Flowery rockcod	50cm min 70cm max Combined limit of 5 in total of all cod and grouper species
  Greasy rockcod	38cm min 100cm max Combined limit of 5 in total of all cod and grouper species
  Maori rockcod	45cm min Combined limit of 5 in total of all cod and grouper species
  Potato rockcod	No take
  Queensland groper	No take

  Coral trout

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	38cm min Combined limit of 7 in total of all trout species
  Blue spotted coral trout (Chinese footballer)	50cm min 80cm max Combined limit of 7 in total of all trout species

  Emperors

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	25cm min 5 per species
  Redthroat emperor (sweetlip emperor)	38cm min Possession limit of 8
  Long nose emperor	38cm min Possession limit of 5
  Spangled emperor	45cm min Possession limit of 5

  Fusiliers

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	Possession limit of 20

  Parrotfishes

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	25cm min 5 per species

  Surgeonfishes

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	25cm min 5 per species

  Sweetlips

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	25cm min 5 per species

  Tropical snappers and sea perches

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All tropical snappers and sea perches (including Moses perch (snapper) (exceptions follow)	25cm min 5 per species
  Chinaman fish	No take
  Crimson snapper (small mouth nannygai) and Saddletail snapper (large mouth nannygai)	40cm min Combined limit of 9 in total of both species
  Flame snapper	38cm min Possession limit of 5
  Goldband snapper and Sharptooth snapper	38cm min Combined limit of 5 in total of both species
  Green jobfish	38cm min Possession limit of 5
  Hussar	25cm min Possession limit of 10
  Rosy snapper (jobfish) and Lavendar snapper (jobfish)	38cm min Combined limit of 8 in total of both species
  Paddletail	No take
  Red bass	No take
  Red emperor	55cm min Possession limit of 5
  Ruby snapper	38cm min Possession limit of 5
  Smalltooth jobfish	38cm min Possession limit of 5
  Miscellaneous jobfish	38cm min 5 per species

  Wrasse

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	30cm min 5 per species
  Humphead Maori	No take
  Tuskfish (all species)	30cm min Combined limit of 6 in total of all tuskfish species

  Australian bass †

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	30cm min Possession limit of 2 Read note 1

  Barramundi †

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	58cm min 120cm max Possession limit of 5 per person / 10 per boat (with 2 or more people on board) Read note 1

  Bream

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Pikey, Tarwhine and Yellowfin	25cm min Combined limit of 30 in total of these species

  Bugs ^

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Moreton Bay (bay lobster)	7.5cm min (across widest part of carapace) Possession limit of 20 Read note 2
  Smooth (Balmain)	10.5cm min (across widest part of carapace) Possession limit of 20 Read note 2

  Cobia (black kingfish)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	75cm min Possession limit of 2

  Cod (estuary)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Blackspotted rockcod and Goldspotted rockcod	38cm min 120cm max Combined limit of 5 in total of all cod and grouper species

  Crab ^†

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Blue swimmer	11.5cm min Possession limit of 20 Read note 2
  Mud	15cm min Possession limit of 7 per person / 14 per boat (with 2 or more people on board) Read note 2
  Spanner †	10cm min Possession limit of 20 Read note 1 and note 2
  Three-spot	10cm min Possession limit of 20 Read note 2

  Eels

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Longfin, Pacific shortfin (south Pacific) and Southern shortfin	30cm min Combined limit of 10 in total of all species

  Flathead

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	30cm min Combined limit of 5 in total of all species (except dusky flathead)
  Dusky (mud flathead)	40cm min 75cm max Possession limit of 5

  Garfish

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Possession limit of 50

  Green snail

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	280g min Possession limit of 20

  Golden snapper (fingermark)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	35cm min Possession limit of 5

  Grass emperor (sweetlip)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	30cm min Possession limit of 10

  Javelin

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Barred (spotted grunter)(East coast)	40cm min Possession limit of 10
  Barred (spotted grunter)(Gulf of Carpentaria)	40cm min (whole or with head or tail removed) or 26cm min (fillet length) 10 whole fish or 20 fillets
  Silver (small spotted grunter)	30cm min Possession limit of 10

  Jewfish

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Black (East coast)	75cm min Possession limit of 1 per person / 2 per boat (with 2 or more people on board) Fish must be kept whole while on a boat. Note: Will become a no-take species if the annual total allowable commercial catch is reached – fishery currently open.
  Black (Gulf of Carpentaria)	60cm min Possession limit of 1 per person / 2 per boat (with 2 or more people on board ) Fish must be kept whole while on a boat. Note: Will become a no-take species if the annual total allowable commercial catch is reached – fishery currently open.
  Scaly (jewel fish)	45cm min Possession limit of 20 (fish must be kept whole while on a boat)

  Luderick

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	30cm min Possession limit of 10

  Mackerel

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Grey	60cm min Possession limit of 5
  Spanish	75cm min Possession limit of 3 per person / 6 per boat (with 2 or more people on board)
  School	50cm min Possession limit of 10
  Shark	50cm min Possession limit of 10
  Spotted	60cm min Possession limit of 5

  Mahi mahi (dolphin fish)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	50cm min Possession limit of 5

  Mangrove jack

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	35cm min Possession limit of 5

  Mullet

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Diamondscale	30cm min Possession limit of 20
  Sea	30cm min Possession limit of 20
  Mullet exceptions (all other mullet except diamondscale, sea and freshwater)	No size limit Possession limit of 50

  Bivalve molluscs and gastropods

  Includes pipis, mud whelks and cockles, and excluding oysters.

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	No size limit Combined possession limit of 30 except in Moreton Bay where bivalve molluscs and gastropods (excluding pipi) are no take
  Clams (family Tridacnidae), Helmet shells and Trumpet shells	No take

  Oysters ≈

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	No size limit Possession limit of 20 Read note 3
  Blacklip pearl oyster	9cm min Possession limit of 20 Read note 3
  Goldlip pearl oyster	13cm min 23cm max Possession limit of 20 Read note 3

  Mulloway

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	75cm min Possession limit of 2 (fish must be kept whole while on a boat)

  Pearl perch

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	38cm min Possession limit of 4

  Prawns ‡

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Possession limit of 10 litres per person / 20 litres per boat (with 2 or more people on board) Read note 4

  Rays

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exception follows)	1.5m max or interdorsal length 60cm max (rays with a round body shape only need to comply with the 1.5m maximum size limit) Possession limit of 1
  Guitarfish	1.5m max or interdorsal length 60cm max Possession limit of 1
  Manta ray	No take
  Shovelnose ray	1.5m max or interdorsal length 60cm max Possession limit of 1

  Sawfish

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Sawfish	No take

  Sea cucumber

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	No size limit Possession limit of 5 per person / 10 per boat (with 2 or more people on board) for waters north of latitude 20° south (near Bowen) and waters east of longitude 142°31’49’’ East
  All	No take in waters south of latitude 20º south (near Bowen) and waters west of longitude 142º31’49’’ East (Gulf waters)
  Black teatfish	No take
  White teatfish	No take

  Sharks

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	1.5m max or interdorsal length 60cm max Possession limit of 1 per person / 2 per boat (with 2 or more people on board)
  Grey reef shark	1.5m max or interdorsal length 60cm max Possession limit of 1
  Whitetip reef shark	1.5m max or interdorsal length 60cm max Possession limit of 1
  White shark	No take
  Sand tiger shark	No take
  Speartooth shark	No take
  Hammerhead sharks	No take

  Snapper

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	35cm min 4 per person with no more than 1 over 70cm / 8 per boat with no more than 2 over 70cm (with 2 or more people on board)

  Tailor

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	35cm min Possession limit of 20

  Teraglin

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	38cm min Possession limit of 5

  Threadfin (salmon)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  King (East coast)	65cm min Possession limit of 5
  King (Gulf of Carpentaria)	60cm min Possession limit of 5
  Blue (East coast)	40cm min Possession limit of 10
  Blue (Gulf of Carpentaria)	40cm min Possession limit of 20

  Trevally (family Carangidae)

  Includes but is not limited to trevally and scad/yakka.

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	No size limit Combined limit of 20 in total for all members of the Carangidae family
  Amberjack and Samsonfish	50cm min Combined limit of 2 in total of both species
  Swallowtail dart	30cm min Possession limit of 30
  Giant queenfish	50cm min Possession limit of 5
  Yellowtail kingfish	60cm min Possession limit of 2

  Trochus

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	8cm min 12.5cm max Possession limit of 30

  Tropical rock lobster †^#

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (exceptions follow)	No size limit Combined possession limit of 5 per person / 10 per boat in total of all species (with 2 or more people on board)
  Painted crayfish †#^ (Panulirus ornatus)	11.5cm tail min 9cm carapace min Combined possession limit of 5 per person / 10 per boat in total of all species (with 2 or more people on board) Read note 1, note 2 and note 5
  Red Champagne Lobster	7.5 min Combined possession limit of 5 per person / 10 per boat in total of all species (with 2 or more people on board)

  Wahoo

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	75cm min Possession limit of 2

  Whiting

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Sand (summer), Goldenline and Northern	23cm min Combined limit of 30 in total of these whiting species
  Trumpeter (winter)	No size limit Possession limit of 50

  Dorab Wolf herring

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Possession limit of 10

  Worms (including part thereof)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Beach worm	No size limit Possession limit of 30
  Cribb Island worms – formerly  known as bloodworms	No size limit Possession limit of 50

  Tidal bait species

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Southern herring	No size or possession limit
  Common hardyhead	No size or possession limit
  Australian sardine	No size or possession limit
  Australian anchovy	No size or possession limit
  Silver biddy	No size or possession limit
  Saltwater yabby	No size or possession limit
  Soldier crab	No size or possession limit
  Non-regulated worms  (e.g. mangrove worm)	No size or possession limit
  Mullet   (excluding diamondscale,  sea and freshwater)	No size limit Possession limit of 50
  Cuttlefish or squid  (excluding tiger squid)	No size limit Possession limit of 50
  Smooth-clawed rock crab	No size limit Possession limit of 50
  Yellowtail pike	No size limit Possession limit of 50

  Notes:

  1. † A closed season applies to these species.
  2. ^ Female mud crabs and blue swimmer crabs are no take.  Egg-bearing spanner crabs, three-spot crabs, slipper lobsters, tropical rock lobsters and bugs are no take. Tropical rock lobsters with tar spots attached (tar spots and sperm packets) are no take.
  3. ≈ It is illegal to take oysters (excluding pearl oysters) from any oyster ground; however, you may consume oysters on the spot where taken in any public oyster reserve or unlicensed oyster grounds.
  4. ‡ A person must not possess prawns with the heads or any other part removed, unless the removal is to process the prawns for immediate consumption.
  5. # Recreational fishers must not possess live tropical rock lobsters.
  6. Grey nurse sharks, whales, porpoises, dugongs, turtles and dolphins are protected under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.

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• Size and possession limits - fresh waters

  General possession limit

  There is a general possession limit of 20 for all freshwater species not listed on this page.

  Freshwater species
  Australian bass Australian lungfish Barramundi Bivalve molluscs and gastropods Cherabins Cod Eels Freshwater catfish Freshwater sawfish Garfish Goby Edgbaston hardyhead, Myross hardyhead Mangrove jackMolluscs Mullet Perch and grunter Rainbowfish Redclaw River blackfish Saratoga Spiny crayfish Yabby

  Australian bass

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All (in all dams and weirs under the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme)	30cm min Possession limit of 5
  All  (elsewhere in Queensland)	30cm min Possession limit of 2

  Australian lungfish

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No take

  Barramundi †

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	58cm min 120cm max (1 greater than 120cm from some dams) Possession limit of 5 per person / 10 per boat (with 2 or more people on board Possession limit of 1 per person / 2 per boat (with 2 or more people on board) during the closed season for some dams Read note 1

  Cherabins

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Combined limit of 10 in total of Macrobrachium lar and M. rosenbergii species

  Cod †

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Bloomfield River cod	No take
  Mary River cod (no take except upstream of the walls within Cressbrook, Ewan Maddock, Hinze, Maroon, Moogerah, North Pine, Somerset, Wivenhoe and Wyaralong dams; lakes Dyer (Bill Gunn Dam), Clarendon, Manchester and Kurwongbah (Sideling Creek Dam); Caboolture River Weir; Enoggera Reservoir and Robina Lakes)	60cm min Possession limit of 1
  Mary River cod (elsewhere in Queensland)	No take
  Murray cod † (Queensland part of Murray-Darling Drainage Division)	60cm min Possession limit of 2 Read note 1

  Eels

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Longfin, Pacific shortfin (south Pacific) and Southern shortfin	30cm min Combined limit of 10 in total of all species

  Freshwater catfish (eel-tailed catfish, Tandanus tandanus)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	35cm min Combined limit of 5 in total of fish in the general Neosilurus, Tandanus and Neosiluroides families (e.g. black, Cooper Creek, eel-tailed, false spine, short-finned and Hyrtl’s tandan)

  Freshwater sawfish

  	Size and possession limits
  All	No take

  Garfish

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Possession limit of 50

  Goby

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Cling goby (of the subfamily Sicydiinae)	No take

  Edgbaston hardyhead, Myross hardyhead

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Edgbaston hardyhead, Myross hardyhead	No take (Thomson river)

  Mangrove jack

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	35cm min Possession limit of 5

  Bivalve molluscs and gastropods

  Includes pipis, mud whelks and cockles. Excludes oysters

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Combined possession limit of 30 except in Moreton Bay where bivalve molluscs and gastropods (excluding pipis) are no take.

  Mullet

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Freshwater	30 cm min Possession limit of 20
  Diamonscale	30cm min Possession limit of 20
  Sea	30 cm min   Possession limit of 20
  Mullet exceptions (all other mullet except diamondscale, sea and freshwater)	No size limit   Possession limit of 50

  Perch and grunter

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Golden perch (yellowbelly)	30cm min Possession limit of 10
  Jungle perch and Spotted flagtail (northern jungle perch)	35cm max Combined limit of 1 in total of jungle perch and spotted flagtail
  Silver perch, Barcoo grunter and Welch’s grunter	30cm min Combined limit of 5 in total of these species (no more than 2 of these fish can be silver perch) Silver perch in Paroo and Warrego River basins are a no take species
  Sooty grunter	28cm min Combined limit of 10 in total for Sooty grunter and Khaki grunter species
  Khaki grunter (khaki bream)	No size limit Combined limit of 10 in total for Sooty grunter and Khaki grunter species

  Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sp.)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Combined limit of 20 per species

  Redclaw ±

  In its natural range including Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Division and from the Jacky Jacky River basin south to the Normanby River basin on the east coast of Queensland.

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Possession limit of 40

  River blackfish

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No take

  Saratoga

  Species	Size and possession limits
  Northern and Southern	50cm min Combined limit of 1 in total of these species

  Spiny crayfish

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No take

  Yabby ± (blueclaw crayfish, Cherax destructor)

  Species	Size and possession limits
  All	No size limit Possession limit of 100 Read note 2

  Notes:

  1. † A closed season applies to these species.
  2. ± Females carrying eggs or young must be returned to the water within their natural range.

Recreational fishing rules, 04 Jan 2021, [https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/activities/boating-fishing/rec-fishing/rules]

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