| Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
Minimun
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 |
Catface
rockcodi |
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 |
| Kingklip |
Genypterus
capensis |
none |
1 |
| King
Mackerel |
Scomberomorus
commerson |
none |
10 |
| Kob - See at end of
table |
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 |
30cm |
5 |
| Sardines (pilchard & red-eye) |
Family
Clupeidae |
none |
none |
| Sauries |
Family
Scomberesocidae |
none |
none |
| Scads |
Decapterus
spp. |
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 |
Spotted
gulley shark |
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 rockcod (Captain Fine) |
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 |
| Kob
- caught from a boat at sea [Cape Agulhas to Umtamvuna River] |
Argyrosomus
spp. |
50 cm |
|
Kob caught
from a boat at sea
[The Province of KwaZulu-Natal]
|
Argyrosomus
spp. |
40 cm |
|
Kob caught in estuaries & from the
shore
[East of Cape Agulhas only]
|
Argyrosomus
spp. |
60 cm |
1 |
Kob
[West of Cape Agulhas only] |
Argyrosomus
spp. |
50 cm |
5 |
