Recreational Fishing
Recreational fishing licence fee
When you're fishing in NSW waters you're required by law to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Licence Fee
Fish Aggregating Devices - FADs
FADs are installed to provide better fishing for sport and game anglers
Artificial reefs
A series of small artificial reefs have been deployed in identified barren areas in three Recreational fishing havens
Gamefish tagging program
The program is used to obtain information on the biology (distribution, movement, growth, exploitation) of billfish, tunas, sharks and sport fish
Help line
Report illegal or suspect fishing activities to your nearest Fisheries Office or use the Fishers Watch Phoneline on 1800 043 536.
Popular items
- Fishing event management
- Fishing workshops
- Fishing safety
- Charter fishing in NSW
- Saltwater bag & size limits
- Freshwater bag & size limits
- Catch & release
- Fishcare volunteers
- Fish stocking
- Newscast magazine
- Recreational fishing havens
- Fishing clubs
See NSW Maritime website (www.maritime.nsw.gov.au) for boating maps showing navigational aids, boating restrictions, boating facilities and general information.
Whats new
- Magazine articles on DPI Catch & Release research
- NSW DPI Game Fish Tagging Program Summary and Report
- Dollar for Dollar Native Fish Stocking Program - Expression of interest - 2008-2009 Stocking Season
- New closure to help keep abalone disease out of NSW
- Avoiding cruelty in shellfish preparation
- Summary of changes to NSW size limits, bag limits & fishing methods introduced in September 2007
- NSW submarine cable protection zones (www.acma.gov.au)
- Catch and Release Mats now available to recreational fishers
- NSW Angler Access Survey
Recent news releases
- 30 Jul 2008Fish benefit from excavation works at Brogo Dam on the South Coast
- 24 Jul 20086.4 million more fish in NSW waters
- 16 Jul 2008Grey nurse shark saved near Byron Bay
- 16 Jul 2008Fish devices removed for winter from Mid North, Hunter and Central Coast waters
- 15 Jul 2008North Coast waters now too cold for fish aggregating devices
- 12 Jul 2008Sydney Harbour gets thumbs up from fishers