Wallis Lake

Area affected

Species of fish that must not be taken

Methods of fishing prohibited

Period

Wallis Lake

That part of Wallis Lake known as Minimbah Creek upstream from its confluence with Wallis Lake.

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a seine net (prawns).

All year.

Wallis Lake closure map

That part of Wallis Lake known as Duck Gully Creek upstream from its confluence with Wallis Lake.

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a seine net (prawns).

All year.

Wallis Lake - Nets and Traps

The whole of the waters within the following boundaries: Commencing at the entrance to Wallis Lake at the eastern extremity of the northern breakwater and bounded then by that breakwater and a part of the foreshores of the village of Tuncurry generally southerly to the prolongation of the western side of Wharf Street: then by a line bearing approximately 239 degrees to the north-eastern corner of Oyster Lease 71.295; then by a line bearing approximately 168 degrees to the north-western corner of Oyster Lease 70.434 and by a line bearing approximately 155 degrees across the water to the south-western corner of Oyster Lease 57.295 on Godwin Island; then by the northern foreshore of that island north-easterly to its most northern point; then by a line bearing 60 degrees to the foreshore of the village of Forster at the prolongation of the southern boundary of Section 27; then by that foreshore generally northerly to the southern breakwater, by that breakwater north-easterly to its eastern extremity and by a line across the entrance to the point of commencement.

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a net or trap, other the following:
(a)  a dip or scoop net (prawns),
(b)  a landing net.

All year.

Wallis Lake - Nets & Traps closure maps

Wallis Lake - Weekend Netting

The whole of the waters of Wallis Lake and its creeks and tributaries, inlets and bays, including Wallamba, Wang Wauk, Wallingat and Coolongolook Rivers, upstream of its confluence with the South Pacific Ocean.

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a net, other than the following:
(a)  a dip or scoop net (prawns),
(b)  a push or scissor net (prawns),
(c)  a hand-hauled prawn net,
(d)  a prawn net (set pocket),
(e)  a landing net,
(f)  a hoop or lift net.

The period from November in any year to February in the next year (both months inclusive): 4pm Friday to 6pm Sunday in each week.
The period from March to May in each year (both months inclusive): 4pm Friday to 4pm Sunday in each week.
The period from September to October in each year (both months inclusive): 4pm Friday to 4pm Sunday in each week.

Wallis Lake - Weekend Netting closure map

Wallis Lake - Winter Prawning

The whole of the waters of Wallis Lake and its creeks and tributaries, inlets and    bays, including Wallamba, Wang Wauk, Wallingat and Coolongolook Rivers, upstream of its confluence with the South Pacific Ocean.

Any species of prawns.

Any method.

The period from June to August in each year (both months inclusive).

Wallis Lake - Winter Prawning closure map

Wallis Lake (Forster Keys Canal Estate) - Nets

The whole of the canal waters of Forster Keys Canal Estate, adjacent to (but not including) Pipers Creek, contained within the following:
(a)  a line drawn across the entrance to Wyuna Canal,
(b)  a line drawn from the southwest corner of Lot No 1 Wyuna Place to the northwest corner of Lot No 87 Elouera Crescent,
(c)  a line from the southeast corner of Lot No 160 Elizabeth Parade to the southwest corner of Lot No 116 Sirius Key.

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a net, other than the following:
(a)  a dip or scoop net (prawns),
(b)  a hoop or lift net,
(c)  a landing net.

All year.

Wallamba River - Nets

The whole of the waters of Wallamba River and its tributaries, upstream to its source from the Pacific Highway bridge at Nabiac.

Any species of fish.

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

All year.

Wallamba River closure map