Commercial fishery symbols in Queensland

For a description and full details of each fishery symbol refer to the Fisheries Regulation 2008, and the Fishery Management Plans.

Copies of legislation can be downloaded directly at the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel website  or can be obtained by contacting the Government Bookshop on +61 7 3118 6900.

On this page:

• Commercial Fishing Boat fishery symbols
• Commercial Harvest fishery symbols

Commercial Fishing Boat fishery symbols

The fishery symbols below will appear on a Commercial Fishing Boat Licence to show that the boat is authorised to operate in the named fishery/ies.

Those which are marked "***" are restrictions as to how many tender boats can operate with the primary boat in that fishery. The number will appear in brackets after that fishery symbol on the licence. In other words, if "L1 (2)" is written on the licence, the primary boat and two tender boats can operate in the L1 fishery.

Crab fishery symbols
Line fishery symbols
Net fishery symbols
Net fishery symbols (Ocean Beach)
Pearl, crayfish or rock lobster fishery symbols
Trawl fishery symbols
Trawl fishery symbols (Moreton Bay)

Symbol	Description of symbol	Maps of fishery areas (in PDF format)
C1	Crab Fishery (Other than Spanner Crab)	Area of the C1 Crab Fishery ( PDF 227 kB)
C2	Crab Fishery (Spanner Crab Managed Area A)	Area of the C2 Crab Fishery ( PDF 220 kB)
C3	Crab Fishery (Spanner Crab Managed Area B)	Area of the C3 Crab Fishery ( PDF 222 kB)
K1	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 1)	Area of the K1 Net Fishery ( PDF 165 kB)
K2	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 2)	Area of the K2 Net Fishery ( PDF 175 kB)
K3	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 3)	Area of the K3 Net Fishery ( PDF 171 kB)
K4	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 4)	Area of the K4 Net Fishery ( PDF 162 kB)
K5	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 5)	Area of the K5 Net Fishery ( PDF 167 kB)
K6	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 6)	Area of the K6 Net Fishery ( PDF 161 kB)
K7	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 7)	Area of the K7 Net Fishery ( PDF 168 kB)
K8	Net Fishery (Ocean Beach - Area 8)	Area of the K8 Net Fishery ( PDF 187 kB)
L1 ***	Line Fishery (Other than Great Barrier Reef Region)	Area of the L1 Line Fishery (PDF 275 kB)
L2 *** and L3 ***	Line Fishery (Reef)	Area of the L2 & L3 Line Fishery ( PDF 217 kB)
L4 ***	Line Fishery (Queensland Fisheries Joint Authority No. 1)	Area of the L4 Line Fishery ( PDF 231kB)
L8	Line Fishery (Multiple Hook - East Coast)	Area of the L8 Line Fishery ( PDF 202 kB)
M1 and M2	Moreton Bay Trawl	Area of the M1 & M2 Moreton Bay Trawl Fishery ( PDF 197 kB)
N1	Net Fishery (East Coast No. 1)	Area of the N1 Net Fishery ( PDF 220 kB)
N2	Net Fishery (East Coast No. 3)	Area of the N2 Net Fishery ( PDF 220 kB)
N3	Net Fishery (Gulf of Carpentaria No. 1)	Area of the N3 GoC Net Fishery ( PDF 241 kB)
N5	Net Fishery (Baffle Creek to Kauri Creek)	Area of the N5 Net Fishery ( PDF 202 kB)
N6	Net Fishery (Bait No. 1)	Area of the N6 Net Fishery ( PDF 220 kB)
	Net Fishery (Gulf of Capentaria Bait No. 1)	Area of the N6 GoC Net Fishery ( PDF 238 kB)
N7	Net Fishery (Bait No. 2)	Area of the N7 Net Fishery ( PDF 221 kB)
	Net Fishery (Gulf of Capentaria Bait No. 2)	Area of the N7 GoC Net Fishery ( PDF 238 kB)
N8	Net Fishery (East Coast No. 2)	Area of the N8 Net Fishery ( PDF 201 kB)
N9	Net Fishery (Gulf of Carpentaria No. 2)	Area of the N9 GoC Net Fishery ( PDF 207 kB)
P	Pearl Fishery	Area of the P Pearl Fishery ( PDF 229 kB)
R ***	Crayfish and Rock Lobster Fishery	Area of the R Crayfish and Rock Lobster Fishery ( PDF 230 kB)
RQ ***	Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery	The RQ symbol can be used only in the area defined for the Line fishery symbol(s) appearing on the same licence
SM ***	Spanish Mackerel Fishery	The SM symbol can be used only in the area defined for the Line fishery symbol(s) appearing on the same licence
T1	Trawl Fishery	Area of the T1 Trawl Fishery ( PDF 226 kB)
T2	Trawl Fishery	Area of the T2 Trawl Fishery ( PDF  205 kB)
T4	Trawl Fishery (Fin Fish)	Area of the T4 Trawl Fishery ( PDF 189 kB)
T5	Trawl Fishery (River and Inshore - Area 1)	Area of the T5 Trawl Fishery ( PDF 216 kB)
T6	Trawl Fishery (River and Inshore - Area 2)	Area of the T6 Trawl Fishery ( PDF 224 kB)
T7	Trawl Fishery (River and Inshore - Area 3)	Area of the T7 Trawl Fishery ( PDF 197 kB)
T8	Trawl Fishery (River and Inshore - Area 4)	Area of the T8 Trawl Fishery ( PDF 220 kB)
T9	Trawl Fishery (River and Inshore - Area 5)	Area of the T9 Trawl Fishery ( PDF 240 kB)

Commercial Harvest fishery symbols

The following fishery symbols will appear on a Commercial Harvest Fishery Licence to show that the licence holder is authorised to operate in the named fishery/ies. These fishery symbols can also appear on a Commercial Fishing Boat Licence.

Symbol	Description of symbol	Maps of fishery areas (in PDF format)
A1	Aquarium Fish Fishery (A1)	Area of the A Aquarium Fishery ( PDF 234 kB)
A2	Aquarium Fish Fishery (A2)	Area of the A Aquarium Fishery ( PDF 234 kB)
B1	Beche-de-mer Fishery (East Coast)	Area of the B1 Beche-De-Mer Fishery ( PDF 228 kB)
D	Coral Fishery	Area of the D Coral Fishery ( PDF 229 kB)
E	Eel Fishery (Adults)	Area of the E Eel Fishery - Adults ( PDF 232 kB)
F	Shell Fishery	Area of the F Shell Fishery ( PDF 224 kB)
G	Shell Grit Fishery	Area of the G Shell Grit Fishery ( PDF 230 kB)
H	Star Sand Fishery	Area of the H Star Sand Fishery ( PDF 229 kB)
J1	Trochus Fishery (East Coast)	Area of the J1 Trochus Fishery ( PDF 230 kB)
JE	Juvenile Eel Fishery	Map not available: All Queensland waters
O	Oyster Fishery	Map not available: All foreshores between low water and high water
W1	Worm Fishery (Beachworm)	Area of the W1 Worm Fishery ( PDF 231 kB)
W2	Worm Fishery (Bloodworm)	Area of the W2 Worm Fishery ( PDF 231 kB)
Y	Yabby Fishery	Area of the Y Yabby Fishery ( PDF 229 kB)

Last updated 1 July 2009