Minimum sizes for salt water species

f you catch a fish that is below the minimum size, you must release it back into the sea as carefully as possible. Wet your hands with seawater before handling the fish, and remove it carefully from the fishing tackle.

If the fish is dead or clearly unable to survive, you may keep it for consumption.

To avoid catching more fish below the minimum size, you should move to another fishing area or use larger hooks.

Please note that tourist fishers are only allowed to use handheld fishing tackle. Species that can only be legally caught with gear other than handheld tackle may not be targeted by tourist fishers.

Different species are measured in different ways:

• Fish are measured from the tip of the snout to the outermost rays of the tail fin.
• Lobster and crayfish are measured from the tip of the rostrum to the rear edge of the middle tail flap.
• Shrimp are measured from the front of the eye to the rear edge of the tail.
• Crab are measured across the widest part of the shell.
• Iceland scallops are measured from the shell hinge to the opposite edge of the shell, at the longest point.
• Great scallops are measured across the longest part of the shell.
• King crab are measured from the inner edge of the eye socket to the rear edge of the carapace.