ANGLING TRUST WESSEX MARINE
REGION
RECOMMENDED RETENTION
SIZE LIMITS
SPECIES BOAT SHORE
Cms cms
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 23 23
Lessor Spotted Dogfish 46 38
Flounder* 27 27
Garfish 38 38
Gurnard – Tub 28 28
Haddock 35 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
Spur Dog 58 58
All Skates & Rays 41 41
(Across the wings)
Smoothhound 76 51
Sole 25 25
Scad 25 25
Trigger Fish 30 30
Turbot 41 35
Whiting 27 27
Witch 28 28
Wrasse – Ballan 23 23
Unclassified 20 20
By
weight: kg kg
Halibut 0 3
Monkfish 7 7
Sharks 23 18
Tope 9 9
RECOMMENDED
RETENTION SIZE LIMITS (RRSLs) AND MAFF MINIMUM LANDING SIZES (ML-Ss)
The UK Government,
via MAFF, lay down certain Minimum Landing Sizes (MLSs). However, with conservation in mind, the Angling
Trust provide Recommended Retention Size Limits
(RRSLs) for the majority of fish likely to be caught in UK waters.
An RRSL is a
suggested size for fish below which it should be returned to sea. Should there be any dispute on the
measurement of a fish, the Match Organiser’s Master
Measure will be the deciding measure.
All fish are measured
from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail fin, except skates and Rays,
which are to be measured wing tip to wing.
The
Recommended Retention Size Limits are in metric; equivalents in imperial may be
used by competition organisers, if specified.
FISH BELOW THESE
SIZES ARE NOT TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SCALES IN NFSA MATCHES, UNLESS THEY ARE
“WEIGH AND RETURN” OR “MEASURE AND RETURN” MATCHES.
