Contacts

NSW Fisheries head office

Telephone: 1300 550 474 (Australia only) or +61 2 4982 1232

Facsimile: +61 2 4982 1107

Postal address: Locked Bag 1, Nelson Bay NSW 2315

Street address: Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, Taylors Beach Road, TAYLORS BEACH NSW 2316

Email: information-advisory@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Regional Offices

Not all of Fisheries NSW regional offices are involved in aquatic habitat rehabilitation and protection. The offices listed below should be your first point of contact for assistance in relation to aquatic habitat. Either contact a regional conservation manager or contact the person dealing with a specific aquatic habitat issue.

Contact details for regional conservation managers

The following contact details are for regional NSW DPI Fisheries Ecosystems Unit staff who can assist with inquiries relating to fish habitat conservation and management.

Region	Catchments covered	Postal address	Telephone (02)	Fax (02)
Greater Darling	Barwon-Darling, Gwydir, Namoi, Bogan, Macquarie, Castlereagh	Aquatic Habitat Protection Unit NSW DPI 4 Marsden Park Road CALALA NSW 2340	6763 1255	6763 1265
Greater Murray	Murrumbidgee, Murray, Lower Darling	Aquatic Habitat Protection Unit NSW DPI Unit 3/556 Macauley Street ALBURY NSW 2640	6042 4213	6021 0113
North Coast and Border Rivers	The Border Rivers and coastal catchments from teh Tweed to Hastings catchments	Aquatic Habitat Protection Unit NSW DPI 1243 Bruxner Highway WOLLONGBAR NSW 2477	6626 1269	6626 1377
Central	Coastal catchments from Manning River to Central Coast	Aquatic Habitat Protection Unit NSW DPI Locked Bag 1 NELSON BAY NSW 2315	4916 3931	4982 2306
Sydney Metropolitan Area Area	Hawkesbury-Nepean and Sydney Metropolitan Area catchments south to the Hacking River	Aquatic Habitat Protection Unit NSW DPI Locked Bag 1 NELSON BAY NSW 2215	9527 8552	9527 8576
South Coast and Lachlan	Coastal catchments from Wollongong to Victorian border and the Lachlan	Aquatic Habitat Protection Unit NSW DPI PO Box 97 HUSKISSON NSW 2540 or PO Box 17 BATEMANS BAY NSW 2536	4428 3401 or 4478 9103	4441 8961 or 4472 7542

Aquatic habitat issues

The following contact details are for regional NSW DPI Conservation Action Unit staff who can assist with inquiries relating to fish habitat issues and rehabilitation.

Issue	Contact person	Address	Telephone (02)
Floodgates	Simon Walsh	Wollongbar Agricultural Institute 1243 Bruxner Highway WOLLONGBAR NSW 2477	6626 1200
Fish passage	Matthew Gordos	Wollongbar Agricultural Institute 1243 Bruxner Highway	6626 1200
Fish friendly farms	Scott Nichols	Wollongbar Agricultural Institute 1243 Bruxner Highway WOLLONGBAR NSW 2477	6626 1200
Wetlands on farms (west of the range)	Sam Davis	NSW Government Offices 37 Carrington Avenue DUBBO NSW 2830 Postal address PO Box 865 DUBBO NSW 2830	6881 1270
Resnagging (coastal)	Kylie Russell	Port Stephens Fisheries Centre Taylors Beach Road TAYLORS BEACH NSW 2316 Postal address Port Stephens Research Centre Locked Bag 1 NELSON BAY NSW 2315	4916 3817
Resnagging (west of the range)	Sam Davis	NSW Government Offices 37 Carrington Avenue DUBBO NSW 2830 Postal address PO Box 865 DUBBO NSW 2830	6881 1270
Fishers for Fish Habitat / Fish Habitat Network	Liz Baker	Wollongbar Agricultural Institute 1243 Bruxner Highway WOLLONGBAR NSW 2477	6626 1200
Saltmarsh or seagrass rehabilitation	Craig Copeland	Wollongbar Agricultural Institute 1243 Bruxner Highway WOLLONGBAR NSW 2477	6626 1200

Fish habitat network

Email mailing list
Website

Reporting a sighting of a pest, threatened or protected species

To report a sighting of a pest species:

Either Telephone: 02 4916 3877 (recorded 24 hour service)

Or email aquatic.pests@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Or download the Protected, Threatened and Pest Species Sighting Form and send to:

Aquatic Pest Taskforce
Port Stephens Fisheries Centre
Locked Bag 1
NELSON BAYNSW 2315
Fax: 02 4982 1107

To report a sighting of a threatened or protected species:

Either Telephone: 02 4916 3877 (recorded 24 hour service)

Or email fisheries.threatenedspecies@dpi.nsw.gov.au