Australia · Spearfishing zone
West Island Restricted Access Zone (RAZ-4), Encounter Marine Park (South Australia)
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at West Island Restricted Access Zone (RAZ-4), Encounter Marine Park (South Australia).
Restricted access zone of the Encounter Marine Park under the Marine Parks Act 2007 (SA). Except as the regulations otherwise allow, a person must not enter or remain in, or engage in any activity in, a restricted access zone (Marine Parks (Zoning) Regulations 2012 reg 9(3)(c), expiation fee $750), so spearfishing and even being in the water there are offences. Official identification: "Restricted Access Zone 4 follows Area 2 boundary within West Island Aquatic Reserve." A second instrument closes a much larger area to the spear: these waters are part of the West Island Encounter Bay Aquatic Reserve, in which section 76 of the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (SA) and regulation 4(a)(v) and (b)(v) of the Fisheries Management (Aquatic Reserves) Regulations 2016 permit only hand-line and rod-and-line fishing, and this restricted access zone is only about 8% of that reserve — the rest is mapped separately.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
35.6063°S, 138.5904°E
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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.
Online via the relevant state fisheries authority website, or from authorised agents/tackle shops.
Get your licenseOpens the official portal · dpird.nsw.gov.au



