|
Species |
Recreational Seasons
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Commercial Seasons
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Rock Lobster
(crayfish) |
OPEN
Waters outside the
East Coast Stock Rebuilding Zone
- Open from Saturday, 5 November 2022.
East Coast Stock Rebuilding Zone
- Open from Saturday, 3 December 2022.
Information about transiting between seasonally closed waters.
CLOSED
Eastern Region (including ECSRZ)
- Closed from Monday, 1 May 2023.
Western Region (Females)
- Closed from Monday 1 May 2023.
Western Region (Males)
- Closed from Friday 1 September 2023. |
2022/23 SEASON OPEN Waters outside the
East Coast Stock Rebuilding Zone
- Open from Tuesday, 15 November 2022.
East Coast Stock Rebuilding Zone
- Open from Wednesday, 1 March 2023.
2023 - SEASON CLOSURE Female - closed from Monday, 1 May 2023 for all State waters. Male - closed from Friday, 1 September 2023 all waters south of St Helens Pt around to Sandy Cape (41° 29').
Male - closed from Sunday, 1 October 2023 all other State waters. |
Squid and Calamari
Spawning Closures |
East Coast
Upper south east coast waters including Great Oyster Bay and Mercury Passage from 15 October to 14 November inclusive each year.
North Coast
2022: From Cape Grim east to Cape Naturaliste will be closed from 23 September - 31 October 2022 inclusive. |
East Coast
Upper south east coast waters including Great Oyster Bay and Mercury Passage from 15 October to 14 November inclusive each year.
North Coast
2022: From Cape Grim east to Cape Naturaliste will be closed from
23 September - 31 October 2022 inclusive. |
Scallops
| 2023: Open from 1 April to 31 July 2023.
The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is closed. | Open 24 June 2022
Closed 31 December 2022 |
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Striped Trumpeter | Closed from 1 September to 31 October inclusive each year. | Closed from 1 September to 31 October inclusive each year. |
| Garfish | Northern Waters Above a line from Cape Grim east to Cape Naturaliste - closed to fishing from 15 January to 14 February inclusive in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Southern Waters All other waters south of the above line - closed to fishing from 15 November to 14 December inclusive in 2022, 2023 and 2024. *The line between Northern and Southern Waters is the same as the North Coast Squid closure line.
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Northern Waters From Cape Grim east to Cape Naturaliste - closed to fishing from 15 January to 14 February inclusive in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Southern Waters All other waters from Cape Grim south and around to Cape Naturaliste - closed to fishing from 15 November to 14 December inclusive in 2022, 2023 and 2024. |
| Giant Crab | Same as Rock lobster season. | Males - Open all year round. Females - from 15 November in a year to 31 May the following year inclusive. |
| Banded Morwong | Closed from 1 March to 30 April inclusive each year. | Closed from 1 March to 30 April inclusive each year. |
Abalone
| Open all year round. | Open all year round however catch caps exist in many zones. See
Abalone Closures. |