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

Net-free fishing zones

  • net-free north area (waters from Cape Bedford north to Cape York)

Gulf of Carpentaria

North Queensland

Capricorn

Fraser-Burnett

Moreton

Closures across multiple regions

Last updated: 08 Oct 2025