COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

MINIMUM SIZE/MASS

BAG LIMITS

CLOSED SEASON

Anchovies

Family Engraulidae

None

none

Angelfish

Brama brama

none

Unlimited

Bonito (Katonkel)

sarda sards

none

Unlimited

Chub mackerel

Scomber japonicus

None

none

Garfishes

Family Belonidae

None

none

Halfbeaks

Family Hemiramphidae

None

none

Horse mackerel / maasbanker

Trachurus trachurus

maasbanker capensis

None

none

Mulletts / harders

Family Mugilidae

None

none

Sardines (pilchard & red-eye)

Family Clupeidae

none

none

Sauries

Family Scomberesocidae

none

none

Scads

Decapterus spp.

none

Skipjack

Euthynnus pelamis

none

none

Snoek (Cape snoek)

Thyrsites atun

60 cm

Unlimited

Squid (Chokka)

Loligo vulgaris

20

25 October to 22 November in any year

Tunas (tunny)

Thunnus spp

Unlimited

Albacore

Thunnus alalunga

Unlimited

Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus

3.2 kg

Unlimited

Bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

6.4 kg

Unlimited

Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus albacares

3.2 kg

Unlimited

Yellowtail

Seriola lalandi

none

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