Black Cod Draft Recovery Plan
View the plan here. Comments or suggestions can be made online, by fax or posted to the department.
Status report
The report detailing the status of fisheries resources in NSW has been released. Detailed information on 92 species is available.
Fishing in Sydney Harbour
Recreational fishing dietary advice and commercial fishing closure in Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson)
NSW recreational fishing fee
Pay your recreational fishing licence fee here! Find more information and how your fees support fishing
SPOTLIGHT
- Draft NSW Carp Control Plan - Invitation to comment
- New Primefact - Carp in farm dams
- Better Regulation Statement (108 kb, PDF)
- SharkSmart - know the risks and minimise your chance of a close encounter with a shark
- Habitat Action Grants - now open
- Ornamental fish update - important information
- Permits for research, aquarium collecting and activities other than aquaculture
- Saltwater Fishing Guide 2009
- Freshwater Fishing Guide 2009
- Changes to commercial fisheries Share Management Plans and other regulations
- NSW fish species
- Catch and Release Mats available to recreational fishers
- NSW Indigenous Fisheries Strategy
- Fishing in Sydney Harbour
Recent publications
Safe Fishing
- NSW Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program
- Fishing Safety Advice
- Angel Rings program
- SafeWaters information (www.safewaters.nsw.gov.au)
- Safe boating with NSW Maritime Authority (www.maritime.nsw.gov.au)
For general fishing information, call the Fisheries Information Line on 1300 550 474.
Popular
News releases
- 23 Nov 2009Get Hooked Fishing Workshop in Sydney [25.8 kb PDF]
- 22 Nov 2009Avoid rockfishing tragedy this summer [52.7 kb PDF]
- 11 Nov 2009Draft Carp Control Plan seeks to eradicate common pest
- 11 Nov 2009Trial helicopter aerial surveillance – shark patrols [30.3 kb PDF]
- 09 Nov 2009Sydney joins popular fishing FAD [30.2 kb PDF]
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