Sea fish species size limits and minimums

Fortunately for all of us their are minimum keeping size's of sea fish, Unfortunately though not all people stick to the rules I have been down my local pier on several occasions to see a chinese man with buckets full of shoal bass.

Its not only unfair to the fish but also to the fisherman respectfull of the rules that are put in place to allow the fish to breed thus giving us a better chance of catching them. So if you see someone keeping undersize fish tell them to chuck them back or be chucked in! Stand up for your fellow fisherman and sea fish!

Sea fishing species

BOAT
(cm)

SHORE
(cm)

Bass

41

41

Bream

24

24

Brill

35

35

Bull Huss

58

58

Coalfish (Saith)

35

35

Cod

35

35

Conger Eel

120

91

Dab

20

20

LS Dogfish

46

38

Flounder

25

25

Garfish

38

38

Tub Gurnard

28

28

Haddock

35

30

Hake

30

30

John Dory

33

25

Ling

72

72

Mackerel

30

30

Megrim

25

25

Mullet

33

33

Plaice

28

28

Pollack

30

30

Pouting

25

18

Poor Cod

18

18

Rockling

18

18

Silver Eel

38

38

Spurdog

58

58

All Skates and Rays (Measured from wing to wing)

41

41

Smoothhound

51

51

Sole

25

25

Scad

25

25

Trigger Fish

30

30

Turbot

41

35

Whiting

27

27

Witch

28

28

Ballan Wrasse

23

23

Unclassified

20

20

kg

kg

Halibut

10

3

Monkfish

7

7

Sharks

23

18

Tope

9

9

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