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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