Tuggerah Lakes

Area affected

Species of fish that must not be taken

Methods of fishing prohibited

Period

Tuggerah Lakes

The whole of the waters of that part of the entrance to Tuggerah Lake from the confluence of Tuggerah Lake and the South Pacific Ocean bounded by a line commencing on the high water mark at a point 201 metres south-westerly from the north-western corner of portion 39 in the parish of Wallarah, then north-westerly to 33°19.410′S, 151°30.293′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 096), then north-westerly to 33°19.344′S, 151°30.112′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 095), then northerly to 33°19.143′S, 151°29.959′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 094), then northerly to 33°18.934′S, 151°29.875′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 093), then south-westerly to 33°19.225′S, 151°29.589′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 092), then south-westerly to 33°19.636′S, 151°29.134′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 091), then south-westerly to 33°20.055′S, 151°28.708′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 090), then easterly to 33°20.138′S, 151°29.122′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 089), then south-easterly to 33°20.220′S, 151°29.235′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 088), then south-easterly to 33°20.364′S, 151°29.300′E (NSW Maritime Navigation Aid Number 087), then south-easterly to a point on the high water mark of the eastern shore of that lake 805 metres southerly from the northern extremity of Picnic Point.

Map of Tuggerah Lakes closed waters (PDF, 215.66 KB)

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of the following:

(a) a hoop or lift net,

(b) a hand-hauled prawn net,

(c) a push or scissors net (prawns),

(d) a crab trap,

(e) a lobster trap.

All year.

The above closures are generated from the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019 unless otherwise specified.

For more detailed local information see the Central Coast and Hawkesbury River Recreational Fishing Guide