
W.F.S.A. MINIMUM FISH SIZE, SPECIMEN & CERTIFICATE TARGET WEIGHTS
| Species | Minimum | Boat | Specimen | Merit | Bronze | Silver | Gold | |||||
| Size | Shore | Lbs | Oz | Lbs | Oz | Lbs | Oz | Lbs | Oz | Lbs | Oz | |
| ANGLER FISH | 10lbs | B&S | 20 | 00 | 24 | 00 | 28 | 00 | 32 | 00 | 36 | 00 |
| BASS | 18" | B&S | 6 | 00 | 8 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 14 | 00 |
| BLACK BREAM | 10" | B | 2 | 00 | 2 | 08 | 3 | 00 | 3 | 08 | 4 | 00 |
| S | 1 | 04 | 1 | 08 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 04 | 2 | 08 | ||
| RED BREAM | 10" | B&S | CONSIDERATION GIVEN | |||||||||
| GILTHEAD BREAM | 10" | B&S | CONSIDERATION GIVEN | |||||||||
| PANDORA BREAM | 10" | B&S | CONSIDERATION GIVEN | |||||||||
| BRILL | 12" | B | 2 | 00 | 3 | 00 | 3 | 08 | 4 | 00 | 4 | 08 |
| S | 1 | 00 | 1 | 04 | ||||||||
| BULL HUSS | 24" | B | 8 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 14 | 00 | 15 | 00 |
| S | 7 | 00 | 8 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 15 | 00 | ||
| COALFISH | 14" | B | 4 | 00 | 7 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 13 | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| S | 2 | 00 | 2 | 08 | 3 | 00 | 3 | 08 | 4 | 00 | ||
| COD | 14" | B | 7 | 00 | 8 | 00 | 15 | 00 | 25 | 00 | 30 | 00 |
| S | 6 | 00 | 8 | 00 | 15 | 00 | 25 | 00 | 30 | 00 | ||
| DAB | 9" | B | 0 | 12 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 06 | 1 | 10 |
| S | 0 | 12 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 08 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | ||
| LESSER SPOTTED DOGFISH | 18" | B&S | 2 | 06 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 00 | 3 | 04 | 3 | 08 |
| EEL CONGER | 24" | B | 18 | 00 | 25 | 00 | 30 | 00 | 38 | 00 | 45 | 00 |
| S | 10 | 00 | 15 | 00 | 20 | 00 | 25 | 00 | 30 | 00 | ||
| EEL SILVER | 15" | B&S | 1 | 04 | 2 | 04 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 04 | 3 | 12 |
| FLOUNDER | 10" | B&S | 1 | 04 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 04 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 04 |
| GARFISH | 12" | B | 0 | 12 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 08 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 |
| S | 0 | 12 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 08 | 1 | 12 | ||
| GURNARD GREY | 7" | B | 0 | 08 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 08 |
| S | 0 | 06 | 0 | 09 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | ||
| GURNARD RED | 10" | B | 1 | 04 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 08 | 3 | 04 | 4 | 00 |
| S | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 02 | ||
| GURNARD TUB | 10" | B | 3 | 00 | 4 | 08 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 08 | 9 | 00 |
| S | 2 | 00 | 3 | 00 | 4 | 00 | 5 | 00 | 6 | 00 | ||
| HADDOCK | 12" | B | 0 | 14 | 2 | 03 | ||||||
| S | 0 | 14 | 1 | 01 | ||||||||
| HAKE | 12" | B | 3 | 00 | 5 | 00 | 7 | 00 | 9 | 00 | 11 | 00 |
| S | 1 | 08 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 04 | 2 | 08 | 3 | 00 | ||
| HERRING | 8" | B&S | 0 | 06 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| JOHN DORY | 10" | B | 2 | 00 | 3 | 00 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 08 | 5 | 00 |
| S | 1 | 00 | 1 | 00 | ||||||||
| LING | 20" | B | 10 | 00 | 14 | 00 | 20 | 00 | 24 | 00 | 26 | 00 |
| S | 2 | 00 | 4 | 00 | 5 | 08 | 7 | 00 | 8 | 00 | ||
| MACKEREL | 12" | B&S | 1 | 00 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 04 |
| MONKFISH | 12lbs | B | 20 | 00 | 25 | 00 | 30 | 00 | 40 | 00 | 45 | 00 |
| S | 15 | 00 | 20 | 00 | 25 | 00 | 30 | 00 | 40 | 00 | ||
| MULLET GOLDEN GREY | 8" | B | 0 | 09 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 00 |
| S | 1 | 00 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 08 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | ||
| MULLET THICK LIPPED | 12" | S | 3 | 00 | 4 | 08 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 00 | 5 | 04 |
| MULLET RED | 7" | B&S | 0 | 08 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| PLAICE | 10" | B&S | 1 | 04 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 04 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 00 |
| POLLACK | 14" | B | 6 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 13 | 00 | 15 | 00 | 17 | 00 |
| S | 4 | 00 | 6 | 00 | 7 | 08 | 8 | 08 | 10 | 00 | ||
| POUTING | 8" | B | 1 | 08 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 04 | 3 | 12 |
| S | 0 | 12 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 04 | ||
| RAY BLONDE | 5lbs | B | 10 | 00 | 14 | 00 | 18 | 00 | 22 | 00 | 26 | 00 |
| S | 7 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 16 | 00 | 25 | 00 | ||
| RAY CUCKOO | 2lbs | B&S | 2 | 04 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 04 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 04 |
| RAY SMALL EYED | 5lbs | B&S | 8 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 11 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 13 | 00 |
| RAY SPOTTED | 2lbs | B&S | 3 | 00 | 4 | 00 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 08 | 6 | 00 |
| RAY STING | 5lbs | B&S | 15 | 00 | 18 | 00 | 26 | 00 | 34 | 00 | 42 | 00 |
| RAY THORNBACK | 5lbs | B | 10 | 00 | 14 | 00 | 16 | 00 | 18 | 00 | 21 | 00 |
| S | 7 | 00 | 10 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 14 | 00 | 15 | 00 | ||
| ROCKLING THREE BRD | 9" | B&S | 1 | 04 | 1 | 08 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 08 |
| ROCKLING FIVE BEARD | 6" | B | 0 | 06 | ||||||||
| S | 0 | 06 | 0 | 09 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 00 | ||
| SANDEEL GREATER | 9" | B | 0 | 06 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 00 |
| S | 0 | 06 | 0 | 08 | ||||||||
| SCAD | 9" | B | 0 | 12 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 08 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 |
| S | 0 | 08 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 08 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 08 | ||
| SEA SCORPION SH SP | 9" | B&S | 0 | 08 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| SHARK BLUE | 25lb | B | 40 | 00 | 60 | 00 | 80 | 00 | 100 | 00 | 115 | 00 |
| S | 20 | 00 | 20 | 00 | ||||||||
| SHARK PORBEAGLE | 30lb | S | 50 | 00 | 70 | 00 | 100 | 00 | 130 | 00 | 160 | 00 |
| S | 30 | 00 | 30 | 00 | ||||||||
| SMOOTHOUND | 18" | B& S | 6 | 00 | 11 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 13 | 00 | 14 | 00 |
| SMOOTHOUND STARRY | 18" | B | 6 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 14 | 00 | 16 | 00 | 18 | 00 |
| S | 6 | 00 | 9 | 00 | to | 00 | 11 | 00 | 12 | 00 | ||
| SPURDOG | 24" | B | 7 | 00 | 9 | 08 | 11 | 08 | 14 | 08 | 16 | 00 |
| S | 5 | 00 | 7 | 08 | 9 | 08 | 11 | 08 | 12 | 08 | ||
| SOLE DOVER | 10" | B | 1 | 00 | 1 | 08 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 04 |
| S | 1 | 00 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 08 | 3 | 00 | 3 | 04 | ||
| TADPOLE FISH | 7" | B&S | 0 | 06 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| TOPE | 20lb | B | 30 | 00 | 35 | 00 | 40 | 00 | 45 | 00 | 50 | 00 |
| S | 20 | 00 | 25 | 00 | 30 | 00 | 35 | 00 | 40 | 00 | ||
| TRIGGER FISH | 10" | B&S | 2 | 00 | 2 | 08 | 3 | 00 | 3 | 08 | 4 | 00 |
| TURBOT | 15" | B | 6 | 00 | 9 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 15 | 00 | 19 | 00 |
| S | 3 | 00 | 4 | 00 | 6 | 00 | 7 | 08 | 9 | 00 | ||
| WEEVER GREATER | 10" | B&S | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| WHITING | 11" | B | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 04 | 3 | 12 |
| S | 1 | 04 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 00 | 2 | 08 | 2 | 10 | ||
| WRASSE BALLAN | 12" | B | 2 | 08 | 3 | 08 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 00 | 4 | 04 |
| S | 2 | 08 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 08 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 00 | ||
| WRASSE CUCKOO | 7" | B | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 04 | 1 | 12 |
| MINI SPECIES | ||||||||||||
| Species | Minimum Size | Specimen | ||||||||||
| BLENNY TOMPOT | 7 inches | 2oz | 12drams | |||||||||
| DRAGON NET | 6 " | 3oz | 00drams | |||||||||
| GOBY BLACK | 4 " | 1oz | 08drams | |||||||||
| GOBY ROCK | 3 " | 12drams | ||||||||||
| POOR COD | 7 " | 7oz | 04drams | |||||||||
| ROCKLING SHORE | 8 " | 8oz | 12drams | |||||||||
| SEA SCORPION LONG SPINED | 6 " | 5oz | 00drams | |||||||||
| SHANNY | 7 " | 4oz | 00drams | |||||||||
| TOPKNOT | 1oz | 08drams | ||||||||||
| WEEVER LESSER | 4 " | 2oz | 00drams | |||||||||
| WRASSE CORKWING | 5 " | 6oz | 12drams | |||||||||
| WRASSE GOLDSINNY | 4 " | 2oz | 00drams | |||||||||