Hawkesbury River

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For the purposes of the Estuary Prawn Trawl Share Management Plan, the Hawkesbury River includes all waters from the confluence of the Hawkesbury River and the South Pacific Ocean (ie a line drawn from the southern extremity of Box Head to the Northern Extremity of Barrenjoey Headland), upstream to the vehicular ferry at Lower Portland.

The waters specified in the table below (Schedule 2 of the Estuary Prawn Trawl Share Management Plan) are waters in which the class of commercial fishing that consists of the taking of fish by commercial fishers in the fishery is prohibited.

Column 1 - Name	Column 2 - Waters	Column 3 - Closure map
Pittwater	The whole of the waters of Pittwater south of a line drawn from Shark (or Warners) Rock to the north eastern corner of West Head.
Brisbane Waters and Broken Bay	The whole of the waters of Brisbane Waters and its tributaries and the waters of Broken Bay north of a line drawn from Little Box Head to Green Point.
Patonga Creek	The whole of the waters of Patonga Creek upstream of its confluence with the Hawkesbury River, being a line drawn north easterly from the easternmost foreshore corner of Oyster Farm no 59–30 (section 2), on the western foreshore, to the southernmost extremity of the reserve on the opposite foreshore.
Cowan Creek, Smiths Creek, Coal and Candle Creek, Jerusalem Bay and America Bay	The whole of the waters of Cowan Creek and Smiths Creek south west of a line drawn between the north eastern most corner of Eleanor Bluffs and the north western most corner of Challenger Head adjacent to the Port Hand navigation marker on Challenger Head.
Dangar Island, Brooklyn	The whole of the waters from a line drawn from the most westerly point of Croppy Point to the most northerly point of Green Point, upstream to the rail bridge at Brooklyn.
Berowra Creek	The whole of the waters of Berowra Creek upstream of a line from the most south westerly point of Morgan Point to the north eastern point of Coba Point.
Mangrove Creek	The whole of the waters upstream of the Oyster Shell Road Bridge over Mangrove Creek.
Macdonald River	The whole of the waters of Macdonald River.
Webbs Creek	The whole of the waters of Webbs Creek.
Colo River	The whole of the waters of the Colo River upstream of the West Portland Road Bridge approximately 250 metres from its junction with the Hawkesbury River.