Fisheries
Officers

Funds from the Recreational Fishing Trusts support
nine coastal, three coastal mobile squads and six inland
Fisheries Officers, and enhance DPI’s capacity to enforce
fisheries rules and regulations.

Priority Area Snapshot

34,524

Recreational compliance checks undertaken

90%

Compliance rate for recreational sector

108

Educational events attended by DPI Fisheries Officers

Fisheries Officers

Key Achievements:

34,524 recreational compliance checks undertaken across NSW waterways by DPI Fisheries Officers
the detection of 4,742 offences (resulting from recreational compliance checks), which led to 2,554 written warnings, 1,875 penalty notices totalling $595,150 in value, 180 prosecution actions and a range of other sanction types
attendance of DPI Fisheries Officers at 108 educational events.

Compliance Statistics

Total recreational contacts	34,524
Compliance rate for recreational sector	90%
Recreational field hours	42,602
Recreational offences	4,742
Recreational written warnings	2,554
Recreational penalty notices	1,875
Value of recreational penalty notices	$595,150
Recreational prosecution actions commenced	180
Recreational prosecution fines	117
Value of recreational prosecution fines	$141,300
Operations conducted (all sectors)	50
Recreational fish and invertebrates seized	24,997
Recreational fishing gear and other items seized	1,394
Vessel patrol hours (all sectors)	5,463
Educational events attended (all sectors)	108

2021-22 Annual Report

Income and expenditure from the Trusts are subject to an annual audit and regular announcements are made about licence fee expenditure. DPI also carries out periodic surveys of recreational fishing licence holders to ensure that the broad funding priorities are in line with angler expectations.

Download the 2021-22 Annual Report

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