Many forms of commercial fishing are permitted in specified marine park zones. NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) regulates the industries, including:
- estuary general fishery
- lobster fishery
- abalone fishery
- ocean hauling fishery
- ocean trap and line fishery
The marine park zoning also places additional conditions on commercial fishing:
- No trawling in the park
- No mesh netting in the Clyde River
- Beach haul netting is allowed in general use zones and at the following beaches within habitat protection zones:
- Maloneys Beach
- Long Beach
- Wimbie Beach
- Rosedale Beach
- Barlings Beach
- Shark Bay Beach
- beaches between Merringo Lake and Mullimburra Point
- Tuross Beach
- Purse seining, lift netting, set lining and estuary mesh netting are restricted to general use zones
- Garfish netting is permitted in general use and habitat protection zones but not in estuaries
- Trapping, turban and urchin fishery and abalone fishery are permitted in general use and habitat protection zones.
Vessels travelling through sanctuary zones
Fishers may transit through any sanctuary zone with:
- Fishing rods 'fully rigged', provided no part of the line is immersed in the water and no hook is baited
- Nets provided no part of the net is in the water
Other management actions