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Australia · Spearfishing zone

Marmion Marine Park inshore waters within 1800 m of the mainland (Western Australia)

Prohibited zonespearfishing closure (special purpose / recreation zone)

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Marmion Marine Park inshore waters within 1800 m of the mainland (Western Australia).

Marmion Marine Park runs along about 15 km of Perth's northern beaches from Trigg to Burns Beach. Clause 3 of the Prohibition on Recreational Fishing (Marmion Marine Park) Order 1999 closes the entire park to recreational fishing, and clause 4 restores only the activities listed in Schedule 4. Spearfishing appears in Schedule 4 item 3 but only “not less than 1800 metres from the high water mark on the mainland” and only without compressed air, so the whole inshore belt of the park — the reef platforms and lagoons that most shore-entry divers use, including the popular Mettams Pool and Marmion Angling Club stretch — is closed to the speargun. Inside the belt only line fishing (and licensed rock lobster, Roe's abalone, crabs and octopus-pot fishing) is permitted, plus shore-based line fishing in the Waterman Recreation Area. Sea urchin is excluded from the line and pointed-instrument permissions altogether (Schedule 4 item 9). The three sanctuary areas inside the park are separately closed to all fishing.

On the coast

Location

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

31.8183°S, 115.7235°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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