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Barker Inlet—St Kilda Aquatic Reserve, South Australia

Prohibited zonemarine_reserve

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Barker Inlet—St Kilda Aquatic Reserve, South Australia.

Aquatic reserve constituted under section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (SA), covering the waters of Barker Inlet east of the Grand Trunkway road bridge and downstream to the St Kilda channel. Section 76 of the Act makes it an offence to engage in any fishing activity in an aquatic reserve except as authorised by the regulations, and regulation 4(b)(i) of the Fisheries Management (Aquatic Reserves) Regulations 2016 authorises only two things here: taking fish with a rod and line or hand line, and taking bloodworms for bait with a hand net. Spearfishing is a fishing activity within the Act's definition and is not in that exhaustive list, so it is prohibited throughout the reserve. Entry, boating, swimming and diving remain lawful under regulation 4(a)(i) — it is the taking of fish by spear that is unavailable. The reserve is a mangrove and tidal-creek nursery inside the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary; the mapped point sits in the open water of the outer inlet.

On the coast

Location

Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.

34.7601°S, 138.5332°E

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Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Australia

Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.

License requiredvia State/territory fisheries authority (e.g. NSW DPIRD Fisheries, VFA Victoria, DPIRD WA, Fisheries Queensland, PIRSA, NRE Tasmania, NT Fisheries).

Online via the relevant state fisheries authority website, or from authorised agents/tackle shops.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · dpird.nsw.gov.au

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