Notices to commercial fishers
17 June 2020
16 June 2020
- Carry over of quota entitlements Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery ()
- Carry over of quota entitlements Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery ()
20 March 2020
- Notice to Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishers – temporary extension of 2020 fishing season in the Inner Region ()
17 March 2020
4 March 2020
26 February 2020
20 December 2020
12 December 2019
- Notice to Central Zone Abalone fishery licence holders TACC ()
- Notice to Western Zone Abalone fishery licence holders TACC ()
6 December 2019
- Notice to fishers – 72 hour maximum soak time for unattended mesh and gill nets set in the Lakes and Coorong ()
- Notice to fishers - Proposed licence condition to prior report catches of school and gummy shark ()
31 October 2019
- Notice to Fishers – Future snapper management arrangements ()
- Section 79 – Snapper Closure STATEWIDE 1 Nov 2019 to 1 Feb 2020 ()
- Section 79 – Closure notice 2019–20 in Gulf St Vincent, Spencer Gulf and West Coast waters ()
- Snapper fishing closure map 2019–2023 ()
17 October 2019
- Notice to Fishers – Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery ()
- Fisheries Management Act 2007: Section 115 Ministerial Excemptions ME9903068 ()
11 September 2019
- Notice to Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Licence Holders 2019–20 TACC ()
- Notice to Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Licence Holders 2019–20 TACC ()
- Notice to Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Licence Holders – Amendments to Fisheries Management (Rock Lobster Fisheries) Regulations 2017 ()
- Notice to Miscellaneous (Giant Crab) Fishery Licence Holders 2019–20 TACC ()
3 July 2019
Southern Garfish Management Arrangements for 2019–2020.
- Notice to Fishers – Licence holders with haul nets Garfish management arrangements ()
- Notice to Fishers – Licence holders without haul nets Garfish management arrangements ()
- Section 79 – Gulf St Vincent Garfish closure and use of modified hauling net ()
- Section 79 – Spencer Gulf Garfish closure ()
- Section 79 – Garfish commercial size limit increase ()
- Section 79 – Hauling net pocket mesh size increase ()
12 April 2019
Refinements to the May 2019 King George Whiting Spawning Spatial Closure:
- Notice to Fishers – King George Whiting spawning spatial closure in May ()
- Section 79 – King George Whiting spawning spatial closure ()
- Map of King George Whiting spawning spatial closure area ()
20 March 2019
MSF Reform Committee:
3 March 2019
Wrasse Management Changes:
- Notice to Fishers – Temporary Wrasse management arrangements ()
- Ministerial Exemption – Wrasse ()
- Wrasse Daily Catch Log Sheet ()
14 December 2018
Reevesby Island Management Arrangements:
- Notice to Fishers – Reevesby Island management arrangements ()
- Map of Reevesby Island net spatial closure area ()
- Section 79 – Closure to double-drain off net shot ()
- Section 79 – Spatial closure of fish net activities ()
14 September 2018
13 September 2018
- Notice to Miscellaneous (Giant Crab) Fishery Licence Holders 2018-19 TACC ()
- Notice to Fishers – Northern & Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Licence holders – Licence Change – Dual Jurisdiction Trips ()
28 August 2018
- Notice to Fishers - Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Licence Holders 2018-19 TACC ()
- Notice to Fishers - Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Licence Holders 2018-19 TACC ()
21 August 2018
- Notice to Fishers – Lakes and Coorong Black Bream management arrangements ()
- Section 79 – Lakes and Coorong temporary Black Bream fishing closure ()
15 August 2018
- Notice to Fishers – Northern Zone Rock Lobster electronic reporting 2018–19 ()
- Notice to Fish Processors – Northern Zone Rock Lobster electronic reporting 2018–19 ()
18 January 2018
- Notice to Fishers – Ministerial Exemption to take Roe's Abalone () (Western Zone Abalone Fishery Licence Holders)
- Notice to Fishers – Ministerial Exemption to possess and process Roe's Abalone () (Fish Processors)
3 January 2018
Notice to Fishers – Simplify Day 2017 – Amendments under the Fisheries Management Act 2007, for:
- Abalone Fishery ()
- Blue Crab Fishery ()
- Charter Boat Fishery ()
- Fish Processors ()
- Lakes and Coorong Fishery ()
- Marine Scalefish Fishery ()
- Miscellaneous Fishery ()
- Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery ()
- Prawn Fishery ()
- River Fishery ()
- Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery ()
- Licence holders with Vessel Monitoring Systems ()
28 December 2017
15 December 2017
13 December 2017
- Notice to Fishers – Central Zone Abalone total allowable commercial catch ()
- Notice to Fishers – S79 Notice Central Zone Abalone total allowable commercial catch ()
- Notice to Fishers – Tiparra Notice Central Zone Abalone total allowable commercial catch ()
11 December 2017
- Notice to Fishers – Snapper Measures ().Notice to Fishers – Cuttlefish Closure – Spencer Gulf February 2018 ().
- Notice to Fishers – Cuttlefish closure ()
- Notice to Fishers – Draft Section 79 – Upper Spencer Gulf Cuttlefish closure ()
- Upper Spencer Gulf Cuttlefish closure map ().
8 December 2017
Notice to Fishers – Licence holders in the Blue Crab Fishery ()
27 October 2017
- Notice to Fishers – Implementation of licence conditions relating to bycatch of Gummy and School Shark ()
- Notice to Fish Processors – Southern Zone Rock Lobster fishery electronic reporting 2017–18 ()
- Notice to Fishers – Southern Zone Rock Lobster fishery electronic reporting 2017–18 ()
24 October 2017
Notice to Fishers – Company Ownership of Pipi quota ()
12 September 2017
- Notice to Fishers – Licence holders in the Southern Zone Abalone Fishery ()
- Notice to Miscellaneous (Giant Crab) Fishery licence holders and Rock Lobster Fishery licence holders with Giant Crab quota: determination of the Giant Crab quota unit value for the 2017–18 fishing season ().
5 September 2017
Notice to fishers – Regulation changes to restrict transfers of Marine Scalefish Fishery licences
This notice is to notify licence holders in the Marine Scalefish Fishery of the changes to restrict Marine Scalefish Fishery licence transfers to once in every 5 years effective of 15 January 2018. Further information about this change can be found in the Notice to Fishers.
29 August 2017
Notice to the Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery licence holders: determination of the value of a Rock Lobster quota unit for the 2017–18 fishing season ()
9 August 2017
Notice to Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery licence holders: determination of the value of a Rock Lobster quota unit for the 2017–18 fishing season ()
24 February 2017
21 December 2016
Notice to Marine Scalefish Fishery licence holders with a Sardine net entitlement
31 August 2016
Notice to fishers – New licence condition and management arrangements for use of large mesh nets
- Notice to fishers re Management arrangements of large mesh nets ()
- Notice to fishers re Approval of mesh net licence condition ()
27 May 2016
Notice to fishers – Extension of the fishing season in the outer region of the Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery
This notice provides information on new management arrangements for the Northern Zone Rock Lobster fishery that removes the annual winter fishing closure in the outer region of the fishery.
25 February 2016
15 December 2015
Update – Blue Crab Fishery Temporary Fishing Trial for the 2015/16 Season
These documents inform commercial fishers of details about a temporary fishing trial in the Gulf St Vincent Zone of the Blue Crab Fishery:
8 December 2015
Snook commercial legal minimum size limit
These documents inform commercial fishers and fish processors about variations to the commercial size limit for Snook:
- Notice to fishers – Snook commercial size limit decrease - December 2015 ()
- 115 Ministerial exemption notice ME9902835 ()
- 115 Ministerial exemption notice ME9902836 ()
30 October 2015
Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery regional quota introduction
The following document outlines changes to the commercial Northern Zone Rock Lobster fishery, with the introduction of regional quota units for the 2015/16 season.
16 January 2014
Temporary commercial crab pot closure on metropolitan waters
The use of commercial crab pots will be temporarily prohibited in an area along Adelaide metropolitan waters from Thursday, 16 January 2014 to Wednesday, 30 April 2014, covering an area extending from the southern Outer Harbor breakwater to Marino Rocks and affects commercial fishers using both blue crab and sand crab pots.