The Fisheries Declaration 2019 describes regulated waters that are closed to fishing.
These fisheries regulated waters (FRW), described in Schedule 1, may make reference to a particular location shown on the maps listed.
Some of the maps will have references to historical fisheries subordinate legislation—these are current in the Fisheries Declaration 2019 without an update to the reference in the maps.
East Coast
- Cattle Point to Cardigan Point FRW-200 (PDF, 85.6 KB)
- Centenary Lakes, Cairns FRW-137 (PDF, 45.8 KB)
- Cherub's Cave grey nurse shark protection area FRW-304 (PDF, 48.8 KB)
- Coombabah Lake and Coombabah Creek FRW-024 (PDF, 52.1 KB)
- Currimundi Lake and Currimundi Creek near Caloundra FRW-045 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Currumbin Beach FRW-016 (PDF, 48.2 KB)
- Currumbin Creek FRW-017 (PDF, 51.8 KB)
- Dunwich FRW-030 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Eurimbula Creek FRW-162 (PDF, 128.1 KB)
- Fitzroy Island - High Island FRW-135 (PDF, 124.0 KB)
- Flat Rock grey nurse shark protection area FRW-302 (PDF, 49.0 KB)
- Fraser Island (Indian Head-Waddy Point) FRW-061 (PDF, 171.0 KB)
- Henderson Rock grey nurse shark protection area FRW-303 (PDF, 48.8 KB)
- Hervey Bay (recreational netting) FRW-069 (PDF, 48.7 KB)
- Hervey Bay (scallop ranching area) FRW-276 (PDF, 66.6 KB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel (all nets) FRW-220 (PDF, 154.8 KB)
- Hook Island (fishing) FRW-116 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Island Bluff to Charon Point FRW-202 (PDF, 85.2 KB)
- Keppel Bay (fishing) FRW-087 (PDF, 46.0 KB)
- Lakes and lagoons south of the northern bank of the Endeavour River FRW-014 (PDF, 361.7 KB)
- Macushla Point to Forkeys Creek Hinchinbrook Island FRW-211 (PDF, 147.4 KB)
- Mission Bay FRW 139 (PDF, 48.4 KB)
- Mooloolah River netting FRW-047 (PDF, 98.7 KB)
- Moreton Bay including the Broadwater FRW-029 (PDF, 221.4 KB)
- Pioneer Bay FRW-111 (PDF, 49.8 KB)
- Platypus Bay FRW-161 (PDF, 93.3 KB)
- Port Clinton dugong protection area 1 FRW-901 (PDF, 87.2 KB)
- Rocky Dam Creek FRW-097 (PDF, 91.6 KB)
- Rodds Harbour commercial netting FRW-079 (PDF, 70.1 KB)
- Rodds Harbour recreational netting FRW-314 (PDF, 63.2 KB)
- Sandgate Pier FRW-038 (PDF, 48.7 KB)
- Seaforth Creek FRW-106 (PDF, 50.3 KB)
- Sheep Station Creek to Barratta Creek FRW-207 (PDF, 91.3 KB)
- South Maroochy River and the North Maroochy River FRW-048 (PDF, 89.8 KB)
- Swan Bay North Stradbroke Island FRW-027 (PDF, 52.3 KB)
- Tallebudgera Creek netting FRW-018 (PDF, 53.1 KB)
- Trinity Inlet FRW-313 (PDF, 57.6 KB)
- Victor Creek FRW-108 (PDF, 48.9 KB)
- Wolf Rock grey nurse shark protection area FRW-305 (PDF, 46.7 KB)
- Yanks Jetty at Orpheus Island FRW-127 (PDF, 48.2 KB)
- Stradbroke Island strip closure (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Caloundra to Moreton strip closure (PDF, 3.0 MB)
- North Reef strip closure (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Net-free fishing zones
- net-free north area (waters from Cape Bedford north to Cape York)
Gulf of Carpentaria
- Albert River FRW-269 (PDF, 302.2 KB)
- Bynoe River and Little Bynoe River FRW-267 (PDF, 221.7 KB)
- Flinders River and Armstrong Creek FRW-268 (PDF, 277.1 KB)
- Gilbert River FRW-264 (PDF, 276.1 KB)
- Gin Arm Creek FRW-271 (PDF, 291.0 KB)
- Kirke River FRW-285 (PDF, 240.5 KB)
- Mitchell River FRW-262 (PDF, 277.6 KB)
- Nicholson River FRW-270 (PDF, 265.9 KB)
- Norman River FRW-288 (PDF, 250.7 KB)
- North Cape York FRW-223 (PDF, 358.3 KB)
- Northern Gulf FRW-286 (PDF, 430.1 KB)
- Pine River north of Weipa FRW-256 (PDF, 232.4 KB)
- Pormpuraaw FRW-287 (PDF, 224.5 KB)
- Port Musgrave and Wenlock River FRW-274 (PDF, 161.8 KB)
- South Mitchell River FRW-227 (PDF, 297.3 KB)
- Staaten River FRW-263 (PDF, 291.1 KB)
- Topsy Creek FRW-290 (PDF, 262.1 KB)
- Watson River FRW-258 (PDF, 278.2 KB)
- Wellesley Islands Protected Wildlife Area FRW-275 (PDF, 496.9 KB)
- Western Gulf FRW-289 (PDF, 430.3 KB)
North Queensland
- Barron River area netting FCW-213 (PDF, 400.0 KB)
- Bizant River Princess Charlotte Bay FCW-152 (PDF, 434.4 KB)
- Bundaberg Gladstone Rockhampton regional waterways FCW-188 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Burdekin River Anabranch Area FCW-206 (PDF, 596.8 KB)
- Burdekin Townsville Ingham regional waterways FCW-193 (PDF, 1017.7 KB)
- Cairns and Port Douglas regional waterways FCW-195 (PDF, 887.6 KB)
- Gentle Annie Creek FCW-209 (PDF, 424.6 KB)
- Herbert River FCW-126 (PDF, 635.7 KB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel FCW-189 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel FCW-210 (PDF, 462.5 KB)
- Hinchinbrook Channel FCW-220 (PDF, 540.2 KB)
- Innisfail regional waterways FCW-194 (PDF, 636.8 KB)
- Johnstone River FCW-133 (PDF, 606.7 KB)
- Mackay regional waterways FCW-192 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
- Mossman River area FCW-215 (PDF, 395.3 KB)
- Murray River FCW-130 (PDF, 478.9 KB)
- Nobbie Inlet FCW-205 (PDF, 410.9 KB)
- North Cape York FCW-223 (PDF, 556.3 KB)
- Port Douglas FCW-214 (PDF, 405.6 KB)
- Russell River Mulgrave River and Mutchero Inlet FCW-134 (PDF, 644.1 KB)
Capricorn
- Boyne River and part of South Trees Inlet FCW-081 (PDF, 781.6 KB)
- Calliope River FCW-083 (PDF, 609.8 KB)
- Causeway Lake, Shoal Bay FCW-091 (PDF, 419.9 KB)
- Fitzroy River FCW-312 (PDF, 451.2 KB)
- Round Hill Creek FCW-077 (PDF, 621.0 KB)
- The Narrow near Curtis Island FCW-084 (PDF, 614.6 KB)
- Water Park Creek FCW-092 FCW-092 (PDF, 630.9 KB)
- Wild Cattle Creek FCW-080 (PDF, 829.5 KB)
Fraser-Burnett
- Burnett River FCW-074 (PDF, 613.4 KB)
- Burnett River FCW-310 (PDF, 459.0 KB)
- Fraser Island Hook Point to northern tip FCW-062 (PDF, 605.5 KB)
- Fraser Island Tooloora Creek to Ngkala Rocks FCW-282 (PDF, 517.3 KB)
- Fraser Island FCW-306 (PDF, 735.0 KB)
- Hervey Bay FCW-181 (PDF, 537.2 KB)
- Kolan River FCW-311 (PDF, 461.1 KB)
- Mary River FCW-308 (PDF, 508.1 KB)
- South of Baffle Creek FCW-175 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- South of Burnett River FCW-174 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Tinana Creek FCW-309 (PDF, 582.1 KB)
Moreton
- Bribie Islands Eastern Shore and the Sand Spit at Kings Beach FCW-042 (PDF, 220.3 KB)
- Brisbane Airport floodway channel to Pine River FCW 037 (PDF, 471.8 KB)
- Manly Boat Harbour FCW-033 (PDF, 404.8 KB)
- Moreton Bay FCW-177 (PDF, 345.6 KB)
- Moreton Bay FCW-218 (PDF, 332.9 KB)
- North Stradbroke Island northern beaches FCW-284 (PDF, 415.4 KB)
- Particular foreshores of Wynnum FCW-224 (PDF, 600.6 KB)
- South of North Stradbroke Island FCW-176 (PDF, 235.3 KB)
- South Pine River and North Pine River FCW-039 (PDF, 522.5 KB)
Closures across multiple regions
- Rivers and creeks east of longitude 142-degrees-9-minutes-east FCW-173 (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Rivers and creeks north of Baffle Creek FCW-185 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Rivers and creeks north of Burnett River FCW-183 (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- South of latitude 20-degrees-south near Bowen and west of longitude 143-degrees-east FCW-163 (PDF, 5.9 MB)
- St Lawrence Creek to Endeavour River FCW-095 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Last updated: 08 Oct 2025