Amendments to the Tasmanian Abalone Fishery Management Plan
by DPIPWE Fishing 19 Sep 2019 04:50 UTC
1 November 2019
abalone rock crevice underwater © DPIPWE Fishing
Amendments to the Tasmanian Abalone Fishery Management Plan are being progressed resulting in the following changes applying from 1 November 2019:
- An Eastern Region bag limit of five abalone, with the Western Region to remain at 10.
- A statewide possession limit of 10 abalone.
- The introduction of an Eastern Region boat limit of 25 abalone. A boat limit will not apply for the Western Region.
- The possession limit for non-fishers (on land) reduced to two (down from five).