Licence name
- Statutory fishing rights
- Fishing permits
- Fish receiver permits
- Scientific permits
Fees
Fisheries application fees can be found on the website of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).
Duration
- Statutory fishing rights - ongoing and can be permanently transferred
- Fishing permits - up to five years, but usually annually
- Fish receiver permits - 12 months
- Scientific permits - maximum of six months
Overview
Statutory fishing rights and permits are granted where statutory management plans exist for a Commonwealth-managed fishery.
The fisheries for which statutory fishing rights and permits are granted are:
- Antarctic
- Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop
- Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Coral Sea
- Eastern Tuna and Billfish
- High Seas Permits
- Norfolk Island
- North West Slope Trawl
- Northern Prawn
- Skipjack Tuna
- Small Pelagic
- Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark
- Southern Bluefin Tuna
- Southern Squid Jig
- South Tasman Rise
- Torres Strait
- Western Deepwater Trawl
- Western Tuna and Billfish.
Fishing permits allow commercial fishing for Commonwealth-managed species and high seas if applicable.
Fish receiver permits are required where the management arrangements for a specified fishery require receivers of fish to hold a receiver permit.
Scientific permits are granted for scientific research in a specified area of the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) or in a specified fishery.
All licences are granted under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Information about levy arrangements for the various fisheries can be found on the AFMA website.
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Apply for a licence or permit
Application forms for all Australian Government fisheries licences can be found on the AFMA website.
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More information
Other websites
GOFish - online licensing and quota-management for Commonwealth-managed fisheries