Recreational Fishing
With South Africa’s extensive coastline spanning two oceans and its numerous dams, lakes, rivers and streams, South Africa is a recreational fisher’s paradise. However, recreational fishing may only be undertaken with a valid permit, and recreational fishing is limited to certain times of the fishing season.
To reduce user conflicts between commercial and recreational fishing, and to, protect stocks during breeding periods, certain areas have been declared closed areas.
Recreational fishers are also subject to bag limits of fish on a per-day basis.