Wild Shellfish Alert - Do not eat recreationally harvested mussels, oysters, clams, pipis, cockles, wedge shells abalone and scallop roe from in and around White Beach and Nubeena on the Tasman Peninsula (South East Tasmania).
Northern Zone - male 110mm, female 120mm
Southern Zone - male 110mm, female 105mm
Read about transiting between size limit zones.
cray, crayfish, green rock lobster, packhorse rock lobster, eastern green lobster, Sydney crayfish
Sagmariasus verreauxi
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Eastern rock lobster have a green body and brownish-orange legs. They have a short spike between the horns at the front of the carapace and their abdomen segments are smooth on the upper surface.
The same catch limits, rules, seasons and information apply to both Southern Rock Lobster and Eastern Rock Lobster in Tasmania. See species information for Southern Rock Lobster.
This lobster is found along the east coast of Australia including around the north and east coasts of Tasmania. They hide in rock crevices around exposed rocky reef areas up to 220 metres depth.
Level 3, 134 Macquarie St
Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: (03) 6165 3233, 1300 720 647
Email: fishing.enquiries@nre.tas.gov.au
GPO Box 44
Phone: (03) 6165 3000, 1300 368 550
Email: commercial.fisheries@nre.tas.gov.au
Level 1, 134 Macquarie St
Email: fishing.licensing@nre.tas.gov.au