Fishing Licences
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 $5,
one month $10, 1 year $25 or three years $70. (prices may be subject
to change)
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.
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