Please note that when fishing in NSW waters, both fresh
and saltwater, you are required by law to carry a NSW fishing
licence. This also applies when spear fishing, hand lining,
hand gathering, trapping and bait collection and prawn netting.
Recreational fishing licences are available
for three days, one month, 1 year or three years.
If you have a current freshwater licence, you can use it to fish in all
waters, including saltwater, until it expires.
If you're planning to fish from a charter boat or go with a fishing guide,
ask the operator if you're covered by their exemption certificate. If the
operator has paid an annual fee, you may not need to purchase your own
fishing licence.
Licence Exemptions
You require a NSW recreational fishing
licence to fish in fresh and salt water in NSW unless you
are:
- Under the age of 18.
- An adult assisting a person under the age of 18
to take a fish using a single rod or to take prawns
using a single dip or scoop net.
- A person fishing in a private dam with a surface
area of two hectares or less.
- An Aboriginal person fishing in freshwater; or,
when fishing in saltwater, an Aboriginal person that
is a party to a registered native title claim, or is
taking part in a traditional cultural activity as a
member of their local land council, or in the company
of a member of the local land council.
- The holder of:
- Current Commonwealth Pensioner Concession
Card issued by Centrelink
- Current Commonwealth Pensioner Concession
Card issued by the Department of Veteran's Affairs.
- Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs
Gold Treatment Card endorsed "Totally and
Permanently Incapacitated"
- Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs
Gold Treatment Card endorsed "Extreme Disablement
Adjustment"
- Letter from the Commonwealth Department of
Veterans Affairs stating that the person receive
a disability pension of 70 per cent or higher,
or an intermediate pension.
** Please note that Senior's Cards, Health
Care Cards and Repatriation Health Cards will not exempt
you from buying a fishing licence.
Information is courtesy of NSW Fisheries.
For further details visit www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au
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