South Australian commercial fishing licences

Licence names

Charter boat fishing
Fish processor registration
Marine scalefish, including sardine and mud cockle
Rock lobster - southern zone and northern zone
Abalone - southern, central and western zone
Prawns - Gulf of St Vincent, Spencer Gulf, west coast
Blue crab
Lakes and Coorong, including pipi - Goolwa cockle
Permits and exemptions

Who should apply

Commercial fishers in South Australia need to:

hold a licence or permit in respect of the particular fishery

ensure that the person in charge of the boat is registered as the master of the boat

How to apply

Currently, there are no new licences available for any of South Australia's commercial wildcatch fisheries. Access to these fisheries is only available through licence transfer.

Under the Fisheries Management Act 2007 the Director of Fisheries can issue policy directives, notices and ministerial permits and exemptions to allow for permits and exemptions in specific circumstances.

The PIRSA website website has information about:

specific licences associated with commercial fishing in South Australia

licence transfer

licence holders.

Duration

Licence terms are aligned with the length of time of the fisheries management plan.

If there is no management plan licences are annual.

Permits can be provided for anything from one to three years.

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Page last updated 13 February 2018