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Aquaculture lease forms
The following list of application forms and information kits relate to aquaculture leases. For more information on any forms please contact Aquaculture Administration on 02 4916 3900 or email aquaculture.administration@dpi.nsw.gov.au.
It is recommended that you read the relevant information kit before you submit an application form.
Application fee details can be found in the Aquaculture fee schedule.
It is an aquaculture leaseholder's responsibility to be aware of their obligations under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and the Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Regulation 2017. The following document provides a snapshot of these responsibilities.
Aquaculture permit and lease holder responsibilities (PDF, 429.97 KB)
Information Kits
- Consolidate an aquaculture lease
- New lease application
- Renew an aquaculture lease
- Subdivide an aquaculture lease
- Sublet an aquaculture lease
- Surrender an aquaculture lease
- Transfer an aquaculture lease
- Transmit an aquaculture lease
- Way of Access (WOA) through an aquaculture lease
Application forms
- Cancel sublet agreement - leaseholder request (PDF, 161.02 KB)
- Cancel sublet agreement - permit holder request (
PDF, 144.92 KB) - Consolidate aquaculture lease application (PDF, 155.22 KB)
- Discharge mortgage over aquaculture lease (PDF, 116.39 KB)
- New lease application for POAA (PDF, 180.91 KB)
- New lease application for outside POAA (PDF, 244.49 KB)
- New lease preliminary application for POAA (PDF, 151.47 KB)
- New lease preliminary application for area outside POAA (
PDF, 206.56 KB) - New lease Class 2 (marine) application (PDF, 171.44 KB)
- New lease Class 2 (marine) preliminary application (
PDF, 189.69 KB) - Register mortgage over aquaculture lease (PDF, 124.49 KB)
- Renew aquaculture lease application (PDF, 173.74 KB)
- Statutory Declaration to replace lease documents PDF, 124.34 KB
- Subdivide aquaculture lease application (PDF, 149.03 KB)
- Sublet aquaculture lease application (PDF, 163.55 KB)
- Surrender aquaculture lease application (PDF, 162.73 KB)
- Transfer aquaculture lease application (PDF, 245.74 KB)
- Transmit aquaculture lease (Joint tenancy) application (PDF, 176.77 KB)
- Transmit aquaculture lease (Common tenancy) application (PDF, 139.5 KB)
- Vary aquaculture lease application - install floating marks (PDF, 197.73 KB)
- Vary aquaculture lease application - change cultivation methods (PDF, 199.63 KB)
- Way of Access through aquaculture lease (PDF, 181.29 KB)
