Saltwater fish species recommended for tagging
Billfish
- Black Marlin
- Blue Marlin
- Striped Marlin
- Sailfish
- Broadbill Swordfish
- Shortbill Spearfish
Mackerels
- Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel
- Broad-barred Mackerel
- Spotted Mackerel
- School Mackerel
- Wahoo
Tuna
- Albacore
- Big-eye
- Bonito
- Dogtooth
- Large Scale (Shark Mackerel)
- Longtail (Northern Bluefin)
- Mackerel (Kawa Kawa)
- Striped (Skipjack)
- Pacific Bluefin
- Southern Bluefin
- Yellowfin
Sharks
- Blue
- Hammerhead
- Tiger
- Mako
- Thresher
- Whaler
- School
Carangids
- Amberjack
- Samsonfish
- Rainbow Runner
- Yellowtail Kingfish (only fish over 70cm)
Miscellaneous
- Dolphinfish (Mahi Mahi)
- Cobia
- Barracuda
NOTE: All other fish including freshwater, endangered, protected and vulnerable species are not to be tagged under the NSW DPI Game Fish Tagging Program.