PERMITTED FISHING GEAR
Line Fishing
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No more than 4 rods or lines to be
used or set by any one person at any one time.
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No more than 3 hooks or 3 gangs of
hooks attached per line. (A gang of hooks should have
no more than 5 hooks.)
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One line may have 6 single hooks with
lure attached to be used by the method of hand jigging
only.
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No more than 3 treble hooks attached
to a lure.
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Jagging is illegal (hooking, or attempting
to hook, fish other than through the mouth).
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Drift lines are banned.
Nets that can be used to catch prawns
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1 hand-hauled prawn net maximum length
- 6 metres, mesh size between 30mm-36mm
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1 push or scissors net - lead line
to 2.75 metres, mesh 30mm-36mm
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1 dip or scoop net - mesh, handle
minimum 20mm maximum 1.2 metres - diameter 0.6m maximum,
drop 1.25m
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Prawn nets must be hand held and not
staked, set, or towed by a boat. They cannot be joined
or used with another net.
Nets that can be used to catch fish and crabs
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Up to 5 hoop or lift nets - mesh 13mm
min, 1-2 hoops per net. Not to be used in ocean waters
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1 landing net - mesh 25mm min, diameter
0.6m max
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1 spanner crab net - 1.6m long x 1m
wide. Only North of Hat Head
Traps
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1 lobster trap or pot - 1.2m x 1.2m,
buoy 10cm min
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1 crab trap - up to 1.2m x 1m x 0.5m,
buoy 10cm min, mesh 50mm min, 4 entrances
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1 bait trap - entrances 60mm max,
not exceeding 45cm long x 35cm diameter
General
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All set gear must display your name
and address above the water
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Hand hauled and scissor nets must
be registered at a NSW Fisheries office
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Local closures for fishing, nets and
traps must be observed
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Fish to which a legal length applies
must not be filleted at sea
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It is illegal for recreational fishers
to sell their catch
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It is illegal for recreational fishers
to use firearms to take fish
Diving and Spear Fishing
Permitted
- You may use a snorkel when taking fish
- Scuba for scallops and sea urchins only
- Bare or gloved hand only to take lobsters
Banned
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Hookah apparatus
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A light with a spear / spear gun
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Power heads and explosive devices
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Spears / spear gun to take blue,
brown or red groper or any protected fish
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Spearfishing on ocean beaches, except
the last 20 metres at each end of the beach
Information is courtesy of NSW Fisheries.
For further details visit www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au
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