Port Kembla

Area affected

Species of fish that must not be taken

Methods of fishing prohibited

Period

Port Kembla - Outer Harbour

The whole of the waters of the Outer Harbour of Port Kembla within the following boundary: east of a line drawn from the green navigation light on the western end of the northern bank of the inner harbour entrance canal to the red navigation light at the western end of the southern bank of the inner harbour entrance canal, and from the northernmost extremity of the eastern breakwater, west to the southern extremity of the northern breakwater.

Map of Port Kembla - Outer Harbour closed waters (PDF, 102.74 KB)

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a net or trap (other than a landing net).

All year.

Port Kembla - Inner Harbour

The whole of the waters of the Inner Harbour of Port Kembla, formerly known as Tom Thumb’s Lagoon, and its tributaries, west of a line drawn from the green navigation light on the western end of the northern bank of the inner harbour entrance canal to the red navigation light at the western end of the southern bank of the inner harbour entrance canal.

Map of Port Kembla - Inner Harbour closed waters (PDF, 238.97 KB)

Any species of fish.

Any method.

All year.

The above closures are generated from the

Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019

 

unless otherwise specified.

For more detailed local information see the Illawarra Recreational Fishing Guide