Some species that live in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are restricted for fishing and collecting purposes. You can only 'take' or 'possess' five specimens of each of the restricted species listed below when in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. To take more you must have a Marine Parks permit providing for this.
Note: 'Take' includes removing, gathering, killing or interfering with, or attempting to take. 'Possess' means to have custody or control of. There may be special arrangements for Traditional Owners.
Scientific Name - Common name/s or examples
1 Chlorurus microrhinos - Steephead parrotfish
2 Class Ascidiacea (all species) - Sea squirts
3 Class Gastropoda (all species except Cassis cornuta and Charonia tritonis) - Snails, whelks, slugs, limpets, cowries including trochus, bailer shell, volutes, murex shells, nudibranchs (except helmet shell and triton shell)
4 Family Anomalopidae (all species) - Flashlightfishes
5 Family Antennariidae (all species) - Anglerfishes and frogfishes
6 Family Aploactinidae (all species) - Velvetfishes
7 Family Apogonidae (all species) - Cardinalfishes and siphonfishes
8 Family Aulostomidae (all species) - Trumpetfishes
9 Family Balistidae (all species) - Triggerfishes
10 Family Batrachoididae (all species) - Toadfishes
11 Family Blenniidae (all species) - Blennies
12 Family Callionymidae (all species) - Dragonets
13 Family Caracanthidae (all species) - Crouchers and orbicular velvetfishes
14 Family Centriscidae (all species) - Razorfishes and shrimpfishes
15 Family Chaetodontidae (all species) - Butterflyfishes
16 Family Cirrhitidae (all species) - Hawkfishes
17 Family Clinidae (all species) - Scaled blennies, armoured blennies and weedfishes
18 Family Congridae (all species) - Conger eels
19 Family Diodontidae (all species) - Porcupinefishes
20 Family Ephippidae (all species) - Batfishes
21 Family Fistulariidae (all species) - Flutemouths
22 Family Gobiidae (all species) - Gobies
23 Family Holocentridae (all species) - Squirrelfishes and soldierfishes
24 Family Labridae (all species except Choerodon anchorago, C. schoenleini, C. cyanodus, C. cephalotes, C. venustus, Bodianus spp., Cheilinus undulatus, C. fasciatus and C. trilobatus) - Wrasses and tuskfishes (except anchor tuskfish, blackspot tuskfish, blue tuskfish, purple tuskfish, Venus tuskfish, pigfish, humphead Maori wrasse, redbreast Maori wrasse and tripletail Maori wrasse)
25 Family Malacanthidae (all species) - Sand tilefishes
26 Family Microdesmidae (all species) - Wormfishes and dartfishes
27 Family Monacanthidae (all species) - Leatherjackets
28 Family Monocentridae (all species) - Pineapplefishes
29 Family Muraenidae (all species) - Moray eels
30 Family Ophichthidae (all species) - Snake eels
31 Family Ostraciidae (all species) - Boxfishes
32 Family Pegasidae (all species) - Seamoths
33 Family Plesiopidae (all species) - Longfins
34 Family Pomacanthidae (all species) - Angelfishes
35 Family Pomacentridae (all species) - Damselfishes
36 Family Priacanthidae (all species) - Bigeyes
37 Family Pseudochromidae (all species) - Dottybacks and eel blennies
38 Family Scorpaenidae (all species) - Firefishes, scorpionfishes, lionfishes
39 Family Siganidae (all species) - Rabbitfish
40 Family Tetraodontidae (all species) - Pufferfishes
41 Family Tripterygiidae (all species) - Triplefins
42 Family Zanclidae (all species) - Moorish idol
43 Genus Nautilus (all species) - Nautilus
44 Genus Pinctada (all species) - Pearl oysters
45 Phylum Echinodermata (all species except those of the class Holothuroidea) - Sea stars, crinoids, brittle stars, sea urchins, but not sea cucumbers
46 Phylum Porifera (all species) - Sponges
47 Sub families Anthiinae and Grammistinae (all species) - Anthias and soapfishes
