Commercial fishing rules
The Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) phone system has been upgraded. Commercial fishers must now call the following numbers to report notices:
- All east coast fisheries and the Gulf of Carpentaria mud crab fishery – call (07) 3031 8225
- Gulf of Carpentaria black jewfish fishery – call (07) 3031 8235
- Gulf of Carpentaria shark fishery – call (07) 3031 8215
- Vessel tracking (manual reporting and checking unit polling status) – call (07) 3031 8283
Queensland’s commercial fishing regulations support a sustainable fishing future for commercial operators.
New reporting requirements – July 2022
The Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system has been upgraded to streamline reporting phone lines. Commercial fishers must now call the following numbers to report notices:
- All east coast fisheries and the Gulf of Carpentaria mud crab fishery – call (07) 3031 8225
- Gulf of Carpentaria black jewfish fishery – call (07) 3031 8235
- Gulf of Carpentaria shark fishery – call (07) 3031 8215
- Vessel tracking (manual reporting and checking unit polling status) – call (07) 3031 8283
New commercial fishing rules – 1 July 2022
From 1 July 2022, the coral fishery will be managed under a new enforcement framework:
New commercial fishing rules – 1 September 2021
From 1 September 2021, there are new rules for Queensland commercial fisheries:
- aquarium fish fishery (PDF, 169.9KB)
- blue swimmer crab fishery (PDF, 187.1KB)
- commercial trawl fishery (fin fish) (PDF, 177.7KB)
- east coast inshore fishery (PDF, 264.9KB)
- east coast Spanish mackerel fishery (PDF, 207.5KB)
- east coast trawl fishery (PDF, 216.4KB)
- mud crab fishery (PDF, 270.7KB)
- reef line fishery (PDF, 213.5KB)
- rocky reef fishery (PDF, 212.8KB)
- sea cucumber fishery (PDF, 154.1KB)
- spanner crab fishery (PDF, 195.1KB)
- tropical rocklobster fishery (PDF, 172.4KB).
There will be a mixture of new, revised and existing catch limits commencing with the new harvest strategies:
A number of minor amendments have also been made to legislation to clarify fishing rules and provide consistency across fisheries legislation:
New reporting requirements– 1 September 2021
New reporting requirements also come into effect from 1 September 2021:
- reporting requirements (PDF, 264.2KB)
- quota-managed fisheries (PDF, 134.5KB)
- quota and reporting requirements checklist for using paper logbooks (PDF, 125.0KB)
- landing places (PDF, 195.4KB)
- landing location codes (PDF, 482.9KB)
- application to request a landing place code (PDF, 83.0KB)
- recreational fishing on a commercial fishing operation
- Interim ocean beach reporting requirements – NEW 31 March 2022 (PDF, 211.4KB)
Factsheets relating to reporting with the Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system:
- Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system fact sheet (PDF, 182.9KB)
- Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system quick guide (PDF, 421.1KB)
- Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system quick guide: Gulf of Carpentaria black jewfish and jewfish unspecified (PDF, 123KB)
- Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system quick guide: Gulf of Carpentaria shark fishery (PDF, 169KB)
- Frequently asked questions to Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) reporting requirements
Fishery-specific reporting flowcharts:
- aquarium and inshore trawl fisheries (PDF, 328.2KB)
- east coast fin fish trawl fishery (PDF, 428.5KB)
- east coast inshore fisheries (PDF, 428.6KB)
- east coast trawl fishery (PDF, 428.8KB)
- mud crab, blue swimmer crab and spanner crab fisheries (PDF, 427.5KB)
- reef line, Spanish mackerel and rocky reef fisheries (PDF, 431.0KB)
- sea cucumber fishery (PDF, 428.1KB)
- tropical rocklobster fishery (PDF, 430.1KB).
