East Coast Catch Cap

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The East Coast catch cap area (from Eddystone Point to Coal Point) is CLOSED to commercial fishing from 00:01am on Wednesday 18 June 2025 until the start of the 2026/27 quota season on 1 March 2026.

The East Coast Catch Cap was set at 94 tonnes for the 2025/26 season commenci​ng 1 March 2025.  

​The East Coast Catch Cap area extends from the line of latitude 41° 16' 30" south off St Helens Point south to  the line of latitude ​43° 20' south off Coal Point (see map at bottom of this page).  

The area near Red Rocks, ​lin​e of latitude 41°00’15’’​ south to Tasman Head, line of latitude 43° 30’ 58" south, the East Coast Stock Rebuilding Area​, including the East Coast Catch Cap area, has closed now that the catch cap has been reached.The closed area excludes the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and the River Derwent, and is bounded by an imaginary straight line from Cape Direction to Dennes Point, Bruny Island, as shown in the map below.

Important: GPS coordinates are provided in degrees, minutes, and seconds (e.g. 40°59'35"S). If you use GPS in degrees and decimal minutes (e.g. 40°59.583'S) or in decimal degrees (e.g. 40.9931°S), you must accurately convert the coordinates to the correct format.

Rock lobster com​mercial open and closed areas.

For more details on the closure, see the published notice​:

 Public Notice Closing East Coast stock rebuilding zone June 18 2025 (PDF 98Kb)

Below is a table of cumulative catches from the East Coast Catch Cap Area for the 2025/26 season.

Cumulative Catch from East Coast Catch Cap Area​ 2025/26 season.

Catch update as of 14 July​​​ 2025 from entered quota dockets, catch from unloading telephone and app reports​ in brackets.​

Cumulative Catch from East Coast Catch Cap Area​ 2024/25 season.

Finalised East Coast Catch Cap Catch 2024​

Cumulative Catch from East Coast Catch Cap Area​ 2023/24 season.

Finalised East Coast Catch Cap Catch 2023

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