The development of a sardine fishery in Tasmania is still in its early stages. NRE Tas seeks to understand a full range of opinions, values and ideas from Tasmanians. It's important our communities are involved in the development of major Government policies involving natural resource management.
How can the Tasmanian Government best design a Tasmanian Sardine Fishery in a way that maximises social and economic benefit to Tasmanians, ensures ecosystem sustainability, minimises environmental impacts, and follows best practice governance?
We are now seeking feedback from you on our intentions for a sardine fishery, and rationale, that we have outlined in the policy paper. Your feedback will help inform a draft management plan, i.e. the design of the fishery and its rules, which is the next step in the process of developing this new fishery.
You will also be able to have your say on a draft management plan in 2026, through statutory public consultation.
Your feedback on the Policy Paper can be submitted through:
- The Online Form Below
- Email
sardine.enquiries@nre.tas.gov.au - Post
Wild Fisheries Management Branch, Marine Resources
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
L3, 134 Macquarie Street HOBART TAS 7000
All feedback must be received by 5pm (AEDST) on 6 February 2026.
Privacy and Copyright Information
Other than indicated below, submissions will be treated as public information. Your feedback may be published in full or included in a published summary report of submissions.
Only your name or organisation will be published; no other personal details will be included (eg. your email/phone number/address). Submissions will not be published if they contain defamatory or offensive material, or if it identifies other individuals. Copyright in submissions remains with the author(s), not with the Tasmanian Government.
Accessibility of Submissions
It's important Government information is accessible and easily understood by people with diverse communication needs. Please write your feedback in plain English, either within the feedback form, in a Microsoft Word doc or email body. We can't take responsibility for the accessibility of feedback provided by the public.
The Right to Information Act 2009 and Confidentiality
Information provided to the Government may be provided to an applicant under the provisions of the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI). If you have indicated that you wish all or part of your submission to be treated as confidential, your statement detailing the reasons may be taken into account in determining whether or not to release the information in the event of an RTI application for assessed disclosure. You may also be contacted to provide any further comment.