Club News|Jan 30, 2025

NEW PIRSA RULES FOR RAYS AND SHARKS

PIRSA have issued an update to the fishing regulations regarding sharks and rays. Can you believe that Green Eyed Spurdogs are now protected! The regulations represent a temporary prohibition for 12 months so, what do the new regulations mean in simple terms?

The following are protected and cannot be taken: Whitefin Swellshark, Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Green Sawfish, Greeneye Spurdog, Southern Dogfish, Basking Shark, Grey Nurse Shark, All stingaree species of genus Urolophus, All Skate species of genus Dipturus or Dentiraja.

Of the following, only 1 per day per angler is allowed to be taken up to a maximum boat limit of 3: Common Thresher, Broadnose Sevengill Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Smooth Stingray, Black Stingray, Bigeyer Thresher, Bronze Whaler, Dusky Whaler, Shortfin Mako, Melbourne Skate, School Shark.

 

The following are protected and cannot be taken: Whitefin Swellshark, Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Green Sawfish, Greeneye Spurdog, Southern Dogfish, Basking Shark, Grey Nurse Shark, All stingaree species of genus Urolophus, All Skate species of genus Dipturus or Dentiraja. 

Of the following, only 1 per day per angler is allowed to be taken up to a maximum boat limit of 3: Common Thresher, Broadnose Sevengill Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Smooth Stingray, Black Stingray, Bigeyer Thresher, Bronze Whaler, Dusky Whaler, Shortfin Mako, Melbourne Skate, School Shark.

Maximum take of any sharks (listed here or not) is 2 per person up to a boat limit of 6.

Smooth Stingray, Black stingray and Southern Eagle Ray larger than 100cm disk width (1 meter wingtip to wingtip) are protected.

Southern Fidler ray and Western Shovelnose Ray greater than 80cm length are protected. I have attached a complete copy of the management Act so that you can also try to decipher it – Good Luck.

I wonder if this means that all of my great Spurdog and 7 Giller spots should be deleted from my GPS?