House of Assembly: Thursday, December 03, 2020

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Commercial Fishing Licences

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (26 November 2020). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM (Finniss—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development): There is not only variation between sectors but also within sectors, as quota unit, Marine Scalefish access and gear fees vary the annual fees between licences within the same sector. A summary of base licence fees and average licence price is included below. For sectors which have quota, access or gear fees the average price has been worked out based on the sum of all annual fees within the sector divided by number of licences in the sector.

Fishery Base Fee Unit/Net/Boat Fees Avg Licence Fee
Blue Crab 3,215.00 27.00 per unit 35,474.00
Charter *note 50 per cent fee waiver for 2020-21 Financial Year* 3,208.00 Vary per boat size 2,198.07
CZ Abalone 17,317.00 693.00 per unit 78,238.63
SZ Abalone 16,495.00 297.00 per unit 78,865.00
WZ Abalone 13,491.00 513.00 per unit 67,662.17
WC Prawn 27,221.0 27,221.00
GSV Prawn 40,991.00 40,991.00
SG Prawn 27,049.00 27,049.00
SZ Rock Lobster 7,609.00 175.00 per unit (plus MSF access fees) 21,791.30
NZ Rock Lobster 3,582.00 11.80 per unit (plus MSF access fees) 28,871.27
Lakes & Coorong 2,724.00 Quota and Net fees 19,421.75
Miscellaneous 5,896.00 Net and VMS fees 9,341.59
Marine Scalefish* 2,947.00 Quota and Net fees 7,112.01
River 200.00 200.00
Exploratory/Developmental 2,391.00 2,391.00


*this includes licences in the Sardine & Vongole fishery