Recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, 7a to 7k are limited to catch-and-release only from 01 January to 29 February and 1 December to 31 December.
From 1 March to 30 November, not more than two seabass may be retained per fisherman per day. In recreational fisheries in ICES divisions 8a and 8b, a maximum of two seabass may be retained per recreational fisherman per day throughout the year.
The minimum size of European seabass retained shall be 42 cm.
For further information, please see The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021
These rules apply if you are fishing from a boat or from the shore.
Source: Gov.UK
Any fish of 99% or under can be weighed on club scales or using the existing video method.
All fish of 100% or over must come back too club scales, the only exception to this is Ray, Larger shark species and Conger ells however, these species must be witnessed and videoed clearly and in the correct manner.
Any club records MUST come back too club scales to be witnessed regardless of the specie, the only exception will be legally protected fish i.e. Tope.
