New South Wales - Recreational Fishing License

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Procedure

Online

1. Complete the online form, Link - NSW Recreational Fishing Fee .
2. Provide all the required information and payment details.
3. Do not forget to check the "I agree" box before you submit your application.

If purchasing your fishing licence online, please ensure you are using one of the following browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari

By Phone

If you have a Visa or a MasterCard credit card holder you may pay for the fee by calling 1300 369 365.

Standard and gold fishing fee agents

Gold agents are the preferred sellers of the NSW recreational fishing fee receipt. Gold agents do not take commission on fee sales all money goes to the Recreational Fishing Trusts to be spent on improving recreational fishing.

Standard agents charge 5% commission on fee sales, the remainder goes to the recreational fishing trusts.

Majority of DPI Fisheries offices process payments for NSW recreational fishing fee.

Licence agents - LINK

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Required Documents

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1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

Department of Primary Industries

Address:
LMB 3020
NOWRA
NSW 2541

Phone: 02 4424 7400

Fax: 02 4424 7449

Contact Email:
recfish.licensing@
industry.nsw.gov.au

DPI Fisheries Officer
Fisheries Information Phone: 1300 550 474
Fishers Watch Phone: 1800 043 536
Recreational Licensing Phone: 02 4424 7499
Offices

Eligibility

You are required to pay the NSW recreational fishing fee to fish in fresh and salt water in the state unless you are:

1. under the age of 18
2. an adult assisting a person under the age of 18 to take a fish using a single rod or to take prawns using a single dip or scoop net
3. a person fishing in a private dam with a surface area of two hectares or less
4. an Aboriginal person
5. the holder of a:
   1. current Pensioner Concession Card issued by Centrelink
   2. current Pensioner Concession Card issued by the Department of Veterans' Affairs
   3. Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs Gold Treatment Card endorsed "Totally and Permanently Incapacitated"(TPI)
   4. Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs Gold Treatment Card endorsed "Extreme Disablement Adjustment" (EDA)
   5. letter from the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs stating that the person receive a disability pension of 70 per cent or higher, or an intermediate pension.

Note: Senior's Cards, Health Care Cards and Repatriation Health Cards will not exempt you from paying the fishing fee.

To know more about recreational fishing fee exemptions - Link

Fees

Recreational fishing license:

• 3 days: $7
• 1 month: $14
• 1 year : $35
• 3 years: $85

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Instructions

You may pay for the recreational fishing fee through the following:

• online
• by calling 1300 369 365 (Visa and Mastercard only)
• hundreds of standard and gold fishing fee agents
• most Kmart stores in NSW.

Required Information

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Need for the Document

Before you can a fish in NSW waters (both freshwater and saltwater), you are required by law to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee. This applies when:

• spear fishing
• hand lining
• hand gathering
• trapping
• bait collecting
• prawn netting
• in possession of fishing gear in, on or adjacent to waters.

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Do not forget to collect your receipt, this will serve as proof that you have paid the license fee.

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External Links

• Department of Primary Industries: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/recreational-fishing-fee

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