Australia · Spearfishing zone

North Harbour (Sydney) Aquatic Reserve, NSW

Prohibited zoneaquatic reserve

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at North Harbour (Sydney) Aquatic Reserve, NSW.

A ~260 ha aquatic reserve in northern Sydney Harbour, between North Head and Grotto Point and inside a line joining Little Manly Point, Manly Point and Forty Baskets Beach. Line fishing for finfish is permitted, but spearfishing is expressly prohibited (as is taking any invertebrates or shells).

On the coast

Location

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

33.8070°S, 151.2760°E

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

dpird.nsw.gov.au

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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