Fees for commercial fishing authorities

On 1 July 2025 most of our fees and charges increased by 3.4%, in line with the government's indexation policy.

Commercial and charter fishing operators need to pay:

  • annual fees for licences and quota units
  • one-off fees for applications.

Annual fees

Annual fees are paid in advance for:

  • licences
  • quota units
  • trawl effort units.

We send fees notices to you every 6 months in May and November for the periods:

  • 1 July to 31 December
  • 1 January to 30 June.

You can receive fee notices and pay annual fees electronically through FishNet Secure.

You can also pay fee notices through Australia Post.

Call Fisheries Queensland on 13 25 23 for:

  • advice about paying overdue fees
  • details about specific fees, charges or prices.

Fees for annual quota units and effort units for a trawl region are rounded to 2 decimal places (previously 7 decimal places). The fees include any increments to the previous year after the annual review.

  • Type Annual fee
    Commercial fisher licence Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Primary commercial fishing licence Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Charter fishing licence Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
  • Symbol Annual fee
    Gulf Inshore Net (N3) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    East Coast Net (N10) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Commercial Bait Net (N11) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Net Gulf of Carpentaria No. 3 (N12) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Net Gulf of Carpentaria No. 4 (N13) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Ocean Beach (K1 to K8) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per symbol
  • Symbol Annual fee
    Blue Swimmer Crab - East Coast (BC1-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Mud Crab - East Coast (EC1-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Mud Crab - Gulf (GC1-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Queensland Crab (C1) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Spanner Crab Symbol (C2) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Spanner Crab Quota (C2 units) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Spanner Crab (C3) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
  • Symbol Annual fee
    Queensland Line (L1) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Queensland Line (L2) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Queensland Line (L3) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    QFJA Line No. 1 (L4) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    East Coast Multiple Hook (L8) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Line Quota Symbols (RQ, SM) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Coral Trout Quota (CT units) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Red Throat Emperor Quota (RTE units) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Other Species Quota (OS units) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Spanish Mackerel (SM units) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
  • Symbol Annual fee
    Moreton Bay Restricted (M2) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    East Coast Trawl Quota Symbol (T1) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    East Coast Trawl Quota Symbols (T2)Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    East Coast Trawl Quota Symbols (M1)Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Effort Unit for a Trawl Region Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Stout Whiting (T4) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    T4-ITQ Unit T4 Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Beam Trawl (T5 to T9) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
  • Symbol Annual fee
    Rock lobster (R-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Pearl (P) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Beche-de-mer (B1B-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Beche-de-mer (B1W-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Beche-de-mer (B1O-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Trochus (J1-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Aquarium fish (A1) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Aquarium fish - limited (A2) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Eel (E) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Juvenile eel (JE) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Oyster harvesting (O) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per area
    Beachworm (W1) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Bloodworm (W2) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Yabby (Y) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Coral harvesting (DO-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Coral harvesting (DS-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit
    Shell grit harvesting (G) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Star sand harvesting (H) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
    Shell (F) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23
  • Symbol Annual fee
    East Coast Net and Line (ENL-ITQ) Unavailable. Please contact DAF 13 25 23 per unit

One-off application fees