Marine Recreational Fishing - Regulations For Fishing of East Coast Rock Lobster

MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHING Regulations For Fishing Of East Coast Rock Lobster (Panulirus homarus) 1. Closed season: 1 November to the last day of February of the following year, both dates inclusive. 2. Minimum size: 65 mm - measured in a straight line from the point where the tail meets the body to the tip of the spine between the rock lobster’s eyes. 3. No person may collect more than eight east coast rock lobster per day. 4. No person may be in possession of or transport more than eight east coast rock lobster at any time. 5. No person shall engage in fishing, collecting or disturbing east coast rock lobster with the use of a vessel. 6. No person shall engage in fishing, collecting or disturbing any East Coast rock lobster with a trap other than:  a flat circular trap with no sides and which diameter does not exceed 30 cm; or  by means of baited hooks. For more information phone: (021) 402-3911 or consult the Amended Regulations (R24 of 14 January 2000) in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998