Regulated waters in Queensland
The Fisheries Declaration 2019 describes regulated waters that are closed to fishing.
These fisheries regulated waters (FRW), described in Schedule 1, may make reference to a particular location shown on the maps listed.
East Coast
- Caloundra to Moreton strip closure (PDF, 3.0 MB)
- Cattle Point to Cardigan Point FRW-200 (PDF, 85.6 KB)
- Centenary Lakes, Cairns FRW-137 (PDF, 45.8 KB)
- Cherub's Cave grey nurse shark protection area FRW-304 (PDF, 48.8 KB)
- Coombabah Lake and Coombabah Creek FRW-024 (PDF, 52.1 KB)
- Currimundi Lake and Currimundi Creek near Caloundra FRW-045 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Currumbin Beach FRW-016 (PDF, 48.2 KB)
- Currumbin Creek FRW-017 (PDF, 51.8 KB)
- Dunwich FRW-030 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Eurimbula Creek FRW-162 (PDF, 128.1 KB)
- Fitzroy Island - High Island FRW-135 (PDF, 124.0 KB)
- Flat Rock grey nurse shark protection area FRW-302 (PDF, 49.0 KB)
- Fraser Island (Indian Head-Waddy Point) FRW-061 (PDF, 254.5 KB)
- Henderson Rock grey nurse shark protection area FRW-303 (PDF, 48.8 KB)
- Hervey Bay (recreational netting) FRW-069 (PDF, 48.7 KB)
- Hervey Bay (scallop ranching area) FRW-276 (PDF, 66.6 KB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel (all nets) FRW-220 (PDF, 154.8 KB)
- Hook Island (fishing) FRW-116 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Island Bluff to Charon Point FRW-202 (PDF, 85.2 KB)
- Keppel Bay (fishing) FRW-087 (PDF, 46.0 KB)
- Lakes and lagoons south of the northern bank of the Endeavour River FRW-014 (PDF, 361.7 KB)
- Macushla Point to Forkeys Creek Hinchinbrook Island FRW-211 (PDF, 147.4 KB)
- Mission Bay FRW 139 (PDF, 48.4 KB)
- Mooloolah River netting FRW-047 (PDF, 98.7 KB)
- Moreton Bay including the Broadwater FRW-029 (PDF, 221.4 KB)
- North Reef strip closure (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- Pioneer Bay FRW-111 (PDF, 49.8 KB)
- Platypus Bay FRW-161 (PDF, 93.3 KB)
- Port Clinton dugong protection area 1 FRW-901 (PDF, 87.2 KB)
- Rocky Dam Creek FRW-097 (PDF, 91.6 KB)
- Rodds Harbour commercial netting FRW-079 (PDF, 70.1 KB)
- Rodds Harbour recreational netting FRW-314 (PDF, 63.2 KB)
- Sandgate Pier FRW-038 (PDF, 48.7 KB)
- Seaforth Creek FRW-106 (PDF, 50.3 KB)
- Sheep Station Creek to Barratta Creek FRW-207 (PDF, 91.3 KB)
- South Maroochy River and the North Maroochy River FRW-048 (PDF, 89.8 KB)
- Stradbroke Island strip closure (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Swan Bay North Stradbroke Island FRW-027 (PDF, 52.3 KB)
- Tallebudgera Creek netting FRW-018 (PDF, 53.1 KB)
- Trinity Inlet FRW-313 (PDF, 57.6 KB)
- Victor Creek FRW-108 (PDF, 48.9 KB)
- Wolf Rock grey nurse shark protection area FRW-305 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Yanks Jetty at Orpheus Island FRW-127 (PDF, 48.2 KB)
Net-free fishing zones
- Net-free north area (waters from Cape Bedford north to Cape York)
Gulf of Carpentaria
- Albert River FRW-269 (PDF, 302.2 KB)
- Bynoe River and Little Bynoe River FRW-267 (PDF, 221.7 KB)
- Flinders River and Armstrong Creek FRW-268 (PDF, 277.1 KB)
- Gilbert River FRW-264 (PDF, 276.1 KB)
- Gin Arm Creek FRW-271 (PDF, 291.0 KB)
- Kirke River FRW-285 (PDF, 240.5 KB)
- Mitchell River FRW-262 (PDF, 277.6 KB)
- Nicholson River FRW-270 (PDF, 265.9 KB)
- Norman River FRW-288 (PDF, 250.7 KB)
- North Cape York FRW-223 (PDF, 358.3 KB)
- Northern Gulf FRW-286 (PDF, 430.1 KB)
- Pine River north of Weipa FRW-256 (PDF, 232.4 KB)
- Pormpuraaw FRW-287 (PDF, 224.5 KB)
- Port Musgrave and Wenlock River FRW-274 (PDF, 161.8 KB)
- South Mitchell River FRW-227 (PDF, 297.3 KB)
- Staaten River FRW-263 (PDF, 291.1 KB)
- Topsy Creek FRW-290 (PDF, 262.1 KB)
- Watson River FRW-258 (PDF, 278.2 KB)
- Wellesley Islands Protected Wildlife Area FRW-275 (PDF, 496.9 KB)
- Western Gulf FRW-289 (PDF, 430.3 KB)
North Queensland
- Barron River area netting FCW-213 (PDF, 400.0 KB)
- Bizant River Princess Charlotte Bay FCW-152 (PDF, 434.4 KB)
- Bundaberg Gladstone Rockhampton regional waterways FCW-188 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Burdekin River Anabranch Area FCW-206 (PDF, 596.8 KB)
- Burdekin Townsville Ingham regional waterways FCW-193 (PDF, 1017.7 KB)
- Cairns and Port Douglas regional waterways FCW-195 (PDF, 887.6 KB)
- Gentle Annie Creek FCW-209 (PDF, 424.6 KB)
- Herbert River FCW-126 (PDF, 635.7 KB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel FCW-189 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel FCW-210 (PDF, 462.5 KB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel FCW-220 (PDF, 540.2 KB)
- Innisfail regional waterways FCW-194 (PDF, 636.8 KB)
- Johnstone River FCW-133 (PDF, 606.7 KB)
- Mackay regional waterways FCW-192 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
- Mossman River area FCW-215 (PDF, 395.3 KB)
- Murray River FCW-130 (PDF, 478.9 KB)
- Nobbie Inlet FCW-205 (PDF, 410.9 KB)
- North Cape York FCW-223 (PDF, 556.3 KB)
- Port Douglas FCW-214 (PDF, 405.6 KB)
- Russell River Mulgrave River and Mutchero Inlet FCW-134 (PDF, 644.1 KB)
Capricorn
- Boyne River and part of South Trees Inlet FCW-081 (PDF, 781.6 KB)
- Calliope River FCW-083 (PDF, 609.8 KB)
- Causeway Lake, Shoal Bay FCW-091 (PDF, 419.9 KB)
- Fitzroy River FCW-312 (PDF, 451.2 KB)
- Round Hill Creek FCW-077 (PDF, 621.0 KB)
- The Narrow near Curtis Island FCW-084 (PDF, 614.6 KB)
- Water Park Creek FCW-092 FCW-092 (PDF, 630.9 KB)
- Wild Cattle Creek FCW-080 (PDF, 829.5 KB)
Fraser-Burnett
- Burnett River FCW-074 (PDF, 613.4 KB)
- Burnett River FCW-310 (PDF, 459.0 KB)
- Fraser Island FCW-306 (PDF, 735.0 KB)
- Fraser Island Hook Point to northern tip FCW-062 (PDF, 605.5 KB)
- Fraser Island Tooloora Creek to Ngkala Rocks FCW-282 (PDF, 517.3 KB)
- Hervey Bay FCW-181 (PDF, 537.2 KB)
- Kolan River FCW-311 (PDF, 461.1 KB)
- Mary River FCW-308 (PDF, 508.1 KB)
- South of Baffle Creek FCW-175 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- South of Burnett River FCW-174 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Tinana Creek FCW-309 (PDF, 582.1 KB)
Moreton
- Bribie Islands Eastern Shore and the Sand Spit at Kings Beach FCW-042 (PDF, 220.3 KB)
- Brisbane Airport floodway channel to Pine River FCW 037 (PDF, 471.8 KB)
- Manly Boat Harbour FCW-033 (PDF, 404.8 KB)
- Moreton Bay FCW-177 (PDF, 345.6 KB)
- Moreton Bay FCW-218 (PDF, 332.9 KB)
- North Stradbroke Island northern beaches FCW-284 (PDF, 415.4 KB)
- Particular foreshores of Wynnum FCW-224 (PDF, 600.6 KB)
- South of North Stradbroke Island FCW-176 (PDF, 235.3 KB)
- South Pine River and North Pine River FCW-039 (PDF, 522.5 KB)
Closures across multiple regions
- Rivers and creeks east of longitude 142-degrees-9-minutes-east FCW-173 (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Rivers and creeks north of Baffle Creek FCW-185 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Rivers and creeks north of Burnett River FCW-183 (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- South of latitude 20-degrees-south near Bowen and west of longitude 143-degrees-east FCW-163 (PDF, 5.9 MB)
- St Lawrence Creek to Endeavour River FCW-095 (PDF, 1.8 MB)