Harlequin fish legal size?
Submitted by Sandgroper-WA on Tue, 2014-12-09 14:16
Came across a large Harlequin fish while diving for Crays last week, might be better to say it was following me from ledge to ledge. I was having a look at the 2014 fishing regs and I couldn't see a min size for them so do they have a min legal size?
Gav475
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size
No legal size mate, just counts as a demersal.
D_d_001
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make of this what you will !!!
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/harlequin-size-limit
Gav475
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Harlis are not stated so no
Harlis are not stated so no size limit, just a bag limit
Cods
*
Family Serranidae (Pictured top to bottom:
Breaksea cod, estuary cod, Malabar cod)
All species including grey banded rockcod,
Rankin cod and harlequin fish
exceptChinaman cod
Estuary cod:
400 mmBreaksea cod:
300 mmEstuary and Malabar cod
over 1,000 mm or 30 kg
are protected (recreational fishers only
Ben85
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not worth keeping regardless
not worth keeping regardless imo, tried my first harly last night crumbed and I thought it lacked taste, was dry and a bit mushy. In fairness it had been frozen since just before the ban, but that shouldn't have effected it much at all. So I don't need to know what the size limit is going forward
woody
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You have got to be joking
You have got to be joking Ben!!!! Harlies are one of the best eating fish going!! Pure firm white flesh....a lot of southern ocean fishos rate them higher than nannygai (red bightfish) and anything else down here.
I say catch another and try again.........
Ben85
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haha im dead serious, I was
haha im dead serious, I was quite upset to because I had only heard good reports and the flesh looked the goods when filleting. I might have to try it once more just to be sure. The new spot I found just before the ban in 40m is loaded with them. Caught 2 good size ones one after another and only kept the one to try. First time I had caught them, have seen a few diving.
S.Cotchin
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im with you here Woody they
im with you here Woody
they are a bloody buitiful eating fish
my uncle caught one just before the ban on my 5.95 trailcraft
ill load a pic if i new how too?
can any one tell me how to upload a pic into a thread
cheers
Reel men smoke shimano's
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you need to use a website
you need to use a website like photo bucket, once you create your own login, upload your picture to that site, once youve done that you have to copy the pictures IMAGE URL which is provided with each picture in the ( share links tab ), it sounds harder then it is
hope that makes sense
also once you figure all that out you then come to this site, easiest to have 2 pages open one on photo bucket one for fishwrecked. important to add the copied url at least 2 lines down (so press enter twice) click paste a window will open then you paste the url in that window and your done, best to preview your post first to see if it works
S.Cotchin
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lol it is harder than it
lol it is harder than it sounds
Reel men smoke shimano's
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ok the link worked but
ok the link worked but should show us the pic not the link, keep trying not far off but
Hutch
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Try pasting the image URL
Try pasting the image URL between [img]_______[/img) with all square brackets (had to change the last one so it didn't try to post an image)
S.Cotchin
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great eating
thanks for the tips on loading pics here's my uncles Harlie just before the ban I've seen bigger but great eating this size
Reel men smoke shimano's
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sea-kem
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One we caught at Dunsborough
One we caught at Dunsborough in October.
Love the West!
sunshine
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Used to catch them with a cray loop
They are that damned inquisitive it isn't difficult and hell they are superb eating
Uluabuster
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Haha...that thread was posted
Haha...that thread was posted by me!!
This is the official reply from Fisheries...if they fine you for a 290mm fish, bring 'em to court!
Hi Eric,
I have confirmed that there is no legal size limit for Harlequin fish.
I will discuss this with the section that you previously called.
Kind Regards,
Rhiannon Jones
Fisheries Management Officer
* 168 St Georges Terrace, PERTH WA 6000
( (08) 9482 7387
: Rhiannon.Jones@fish.wa.gov.au http://www.fish.wa.gov.au
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Hi Rhiannon,
As per our tele-conversation this morning, please confirm if there is indeed NO legal size for Harlequin fish as I find it rather confusing when another colleague of yours told me over the phone that it is 300mm.
Thanks
Eric
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Dear Eric,
Thank you for your e-mail of 4 July 2013.
In response to your questions, there is no minimum legal size limit for Harlequin fish, or a general 'cod' minimum legal size limit.
There are minimum size limits for specific species of cod (e.g. Breaksea cod) which are set out in the recreational fishing guide (available at http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Fishing-and-Aquaculture/Recreational-Fishing/Recreational-Fishing-Rules/Pages/default.aspx ).
Kind Regards,
Rhiannon Jones
Fisheries Management Officer
* 168 St Georges Terrace, PERTH WA 6000
( (08) 9482 7387
: Rhiannon.Jones@fish.wa.gov.au http://www.fish.wa.gov.au
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Hi Fisheries,
I would like to find out about the legal size limit for Harlequin fish. I did check the 2013 Fisheries Guide but there is not size limit stated.
Appreciate your kind clarification as I do not want to be on the other side of the law.
Thanks
Eric
Uluabuster
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By the way, I rate them
By the way, I rate them higher than dhufish.
I call them poor man's Coral Trout!
Sandgroper-WA
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Well I guess that's all
Well I guess that's all cleared up now. I would still be nice if Harlequin Fish are given the N/A size rating in the fishing guides to avoid this confusion.