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Recreational Fishing Licence

  • Recreational Fishing Fee

    When fishing in NSW waters, both freshwater and saltwater, you are required by law to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and carry a receipt showing the payment of the fee. This applies when spear fishing, hand lining, hand gathering, trapping, bait collecting and prawn netting or when in possession of fishing gear in, on or adjacent to waters.


 
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Apply online for a Recreational Fishing Fee

Pay and get your Recreational fishing licence fee online

Renew your Recreational Fishing Fee Online

Renew your long term (1 or 3 year) fishing licence

Find a Fishing agent in your area

Find a fishing agent by postcode or suburb on an interactive map

Guide to Recreational Fishing

Handy guides for Recreational fishing in Freshwater or Saltwater

Useful Links

Recreational fishing - information and services

All about recreational fishing in NSW - from Department of Primary Industries

Sign-in to Fishing Private register

Authorised users sign-in to the fishing private register.

Recreational Fishing Trusts

Trusts are funded by the fishing fees you pay to improve fishing in NSW

Where you can fish

Maps and information on local fishing areas in NSW

Contact a fisheries officer

Get help from a fisheries officer in your area.