Commercial Size Limits

[Tulz]

Do commercial fishos have different size limits to rec fishos?

I noticed 3 well undersize Jewies at a local fish shop today. Would have only been around 50-55cm.

[elferoz777]

Same. I have seen luderick and bream at one place that would have been 15 cms.

[Yowie]

From memory, the pros are allowed 10 fish from 45 to 70cm, though us fishos are limited at the new 70cm size.

[pjbink]

The allowance for smaller mulloway is for mesh netters I think you will find. Otherwise the pros have the same legal sizes as recs. Often the undersized fish you see in shops are from aquaculture.

Edited June 7, 2015 by billfisher

[Guest no one]

probably farmed fish,

[Tulz]

Thanks guys

[Guest 4myson]

My Brother in law used to run a Fish & Chip shop & while buying his supplies from the fish markets in Sydney he would notice quite a few undersized fish all of species & I mean TINY ! He would regularly send me photos . When he questioned the auctioneers about the size limits regarding trawlers , Apparently there allowed to sell onto the fish markets a small percentage of undersized fish known as Bycacth ... There were commercial fisherman who would disregard the small percentage rule & every now & then Fisheries would hand out Fines & remove the undersized fish from sale , But the Fisheries would only inspect the markets every so often ... Which according to my Brother In Law wasn't done regularly enough !!

[bessell1955]

Funny one law for us and another for them.

[fragmeister]

Hi Tulz,

Yes the replies are pretty spot on. A few different rules, some farm fish. What I find most interesting is the quality of the fish in your typical fish shop. I sus out the local fish shop most days and I see the same fish for most of the week still on ice for sale. Un-gutted fish clearly bruised from poor handling at least 3 or 4 days old is clearly not going to be any good on the table at least to the taste of a fisherman.

[Scratchie]

Have just checked with a fisheries officer and they are allowed to sell a certain quota of there bycatch being undersized fish. It will equate to a portion of there catch. Most are returned to the water, however their mortality rate is high so they are allowed to sell them!

Cheers scratchie!!!