LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN NO-SALE SPECIES
These species are illegal to buy or sell in South, Africa according to the Marine Living Resources Act. Some of these “no-sale” species are very important recreational species that cannot handle commercial fishing pressures, and may therefore only be caught for your own enjoyment and use, subject to the possession of a valid recreational fishing permit and other restrictions that may apply (such as daily bag limits, closed seasons and minimum sizes).
PROHIBITED SPECIES LIST
COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Baardman (bellman, tasselfish) - Umbrina spp.
Banded galjoen - Dichistius multifasciatus
Blacktail (dassie) - Diplodus sargus capensis
Brindle bass - Epinephelus (Promicrops) lanceolatus *
Bronze bream - Pachymetopon grande
Cape knifejaw - Oplegnathus conwayi
Cape stumpnose - Rhabdosargus holubi
Galjoen - Dichistius capensis
Garrick (leervis) - Lichia amia
Great white shark - Carcharodon carcharias *
John Brown - Gymnocrotaphus curvidens
Kingfishes - Caranx spp and Carangoides spp
Large-spot pompano (moony, wave garrick) - Trachinotus botla
Leopard cat shark - Poroderma pantherinum
Natal knifejaw (cuckoo bass) - Oplegnathus robinsoni
Natal stumpnose (yellowfin bream) - Rhabdosargus sarba
Natal wrasse - Anchichoerops natalensis *
Pipefish & seahorses Family - Syngnathidae*
Potato bass - Epinephelus tukula*
Ragged tooth shark - Carcharias taurus
River bream (perch) - Acanthopagrus berda
River snapper (rock salmon) - Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Sawfishes Family - Pristidae*
Seventy-four - Polysteganus undulosus*
Southern pompano - Trachinotus africanus
Spotted grunter (tiger) - Pomadasys commersonnii
Spotted gulley shark - Triakis megalopterus
Springer (ten pounder) - Elops machnata
Stonebream - Neoscorpis lithophilus
Striped cat shark - Poroderma africanum
West coast steenbras - Lithognathus aureti
White musselcracker (brusher, cracker) - Sparodon durbanensis
White steenbras (pignose grunter) - Lithognathus lithognathus
Zebra (wildeperd) - Diplodus cervinus hottentotus
* denotes species that are also prohibited for recreational fishers