New South Wales fishing regulations

Whenever fishing in NSW seas, both freshwater and saltwater, you might be needed legally to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and carry a receipt showing the repayment associated with cost. This is applicable when:

• spear fishing
• hand coating
• hand gathering
• trapping
• bait obtaining
• prawn netting
• in possession of fishing equipment in, on or right beside oceans.

Buying your recreational fishing licence

The fees tend to be:

• $7 for 3 days
• $14 for just one thirty days
• $35 for just one year
• $85 for 36 months

You can purchase your recreational licence:

• by phoning 1300 369 365 (Visa and Mastercard only)
• from most Kmart shops in NSW.

If buying your fishing licence on the web, kindly make sure you are utilizing one of the after browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Ie 9, 10 or 11
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari

Recreational Fishing Trusts

All cash raised because of the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is put into the Recreational Fishing Trusts and spent on improving recreational fishing in NSW. These trusts tend to be regulated by-law and supervised by two committees consists of recreational fishers - one for saltwater and something for freshwater.

Plastic receipts

In the event that you pay money for a one year or three-year leisure fishing licence duration on line, over the phone, at an impression agent or you renew your licence with your restoration letter, you can expect to get a synthetic receipt in the post. Proof payment is your receipt number, which needs to be capable of being produced if required by an authorised officer (until you get your bill in the post).

In the event that you pay money for a three-day or a month period, no bill would be posted.

Your fishing bill must be held whilst fishing.