River and inshore beam trawl fishery

The river and inshore beam trawl fishery area is in state waters off Queensland’s east coast from the Brisbane river in the south, to Cape York in the north.

Fishery symbols

  • T5: Trawl fishery (river and inshore area 1)
  • T6: Trawl fishery (river and inshore area 2)
  • T7: Trawl fishery (river and inshore area 3)
  • T8: Trawl fishery (river and inshore area 4)
  • T9: Trawl fishery (river and inshore area 5)

Management

Operating area

Quota or effort units

This fishery has no effort quotas or total allowable commercial catch (TACC) limits in place.

Operators do not need to hold effort units to access this fishery.

Licences

To operate in the fishery, you need a:

Reporting and monitoring

Commercial fishers must:

Closures

  • There are closures that apply to beam trawl.

Equipment

Target species

  • Endeavour prawns
  • Banana prawns
  • Bay prawns