Ocean beach net fishery

Structural adjustment payments

Applications are still open for supply chain business diversification grants, gillnet buyback and gillnet reel boat refit grants for eligible commercial licence holders, and businesses affected by the:

  • phase-out of gillnets on the Great Barrier Reef
  • Great Sandy Marine Park rezoning
  • new Gulf of Carpentaria gillnet-free areas.

Fishery symbols

Cancelled symbols

N1, N2, N4 and S symbols are no longer valid from 1 January 2024.

  • K1: Net fishery (ocean beach area 1)
  • K2: Net fishery (ocean beach area 2)
  • K3: Net fishery (ocean beach area 3)
  • K4: Net fishery (ocean beach area 4)
  • K5: Net fishery (ocean beach area 5)
  • K6: Net fishery (ocean beach area 6)
  • K7: Net fishery (ocean beach area 7)
  • K8: Net fishery (ocean beach area 8)

Management

Operating areas

Quota or effort units

The fishery is managed through the east coast inshore fishery.

Licences

To operate in the fishery, you need a:

There is a requirement for at least 2, but no more than 4 assistant fishers.

Reporting and monitoring

Commercial fishers must:

Read the reporting requirements for more detail.

Closures

  • Fish may only be taken from 1 April to 31 August.

Equipment

Fish may be taken only by using seine nets that are:

  • no longer than 500m
  • mesh size of at least 12mm but no more than 70mm
  • drop of at least 150 meshes for at least half of its length.