QUEENSLAND 2016-2017 Edition Recreational Boating & Fishing GUIDE www.gbrmpa.gov.au 2016-0028 Water sports . 48 Contents Water skiing . 48 Key contacts . 2 Water skiing safety tips . 49 Fisheries Queensland . .. 2 Sail boats and sail boards . 50 Maritime Safety Queensland . .. 3 Rowing . 50 Queensland Water Police . 3 Canoes, kayaks and surf skis . 50 National parks, marine parks, fish habitat areas Kitesurfing . .. 50 and wildlife . 3 Boating offshore . 50 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . 3 Bar crossings . 51 Boating in Queensland Bar crossing rules (under 4.8m) . 51 Changes to the marine safety laws . 8 Bar crossings can be dangerous . 51 General safety obligation . 8 Boating on freshwater . 51 Australian Builders Plate . 8 Carbon monoxide hazard . 52 Registering a boat . 10 Pollution . 52 Marine driver licence . 12 Fuels, oils and chemicals . 52 BoatSafe – How to obtain a licence . 12 Sewage . 53 Alcohol and drugs . 12 Marine Parks in Queensland Marine incidents . 12 Marine Parks Zoning . 54 Speed limits . 13 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning . 55 Safety equipment . 14 Know your zones in Moreton Bay Marine Park . 57 Life jackets . 14 Great Sandy Marine Park . 60 Life jacket checklist . 16 Fishing in Queensland . Distress flares 16 Recreational fishing rules for Queensland . .. 61 . EPIRBs 18 Recreational fishing in Queensland waters . 61 . Fire fighting equipment 19 Size and possession limits . 61 . Navigation equipment 19 Measuring fish . 61 . Other equipment 19 Catch and release . 62 Marine radio . 20 Compliance . 64 Licences and certificates . 20 Miscellaneous prohibitions . 65 Mobile phones . .. 20 Fishing ethics . 65 Coastal distress marine radio network . .. 20 Fresh waters . 66 Safety equipment for recreational boats and No take species . 66 personal watercraft . 22 Freshwater fishing gear . 66 Water limits . 27 Bait . .. 68 Safe operation . 34 Freshwater closed seasons . .. 68 Navigating checklist . 34 Freshwater closed waters . 69 How to avoid marine incidents . 34 Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme (SIPS) . 70 Collision rules . 36 Noxious fish . 71 Channels . .. 36 Non-indigenous fish . 71 Giving way . 36 Tidal waters . 72 Overtaking . 38 No take species . 72 Sailing boats . 39 Tidal fishing gear . 72 Sound signals . 39 Spearfishing, spear guns and underwater breathing Navigation lights . 40 apparatus . 73 Minimum required lights . 40 Skin and fillet removal . 74 IALA buoyage system . 42 Tidal waters closed seasons . 75 Ship navigation area tips . 45 Tidal waters closed waters . 75 Navigating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) . 45 Crabbing . 77 Boating weather . 46 Marine plants . 79 Extreme weather events and cyclones . 46 Size and possession limits - Tidal waters . 82 Personal watercraft . 46 Size and possession limits - Fresh waters . 91 Personal watercraft registration . 47 Pre-trip item checklist . 96 This handbook should only be used as a guide, and the legislation is determinant. You should review the law if you have any doubts. The information in this edition is current at the time of printing. 1 Key contacts Published by: Fisheries Queensland Customer Service Centre . 13. 25 23 Email: callweb@daf .qld .gov .au Website: www .fisheries .qld .gov .au Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol Formerly Inflight Publishing Pty. Ltd. Publisher: Patrick McElligott Report suspected illegal fishing to the Fishwatch Hotline: 1800 017 116 PO Box 670, Stones Corner, QLD 4120 Shark Safety Hotline: 1800 806 891 Telephone: (07) 3891 7793 Whale Hotline: 1800 806 891 Facsimile: (07) 3891 7702 Warwick Email: [email protected] 604 Yangan Road, Warwick www .ttmediagroup .com .au (07) 4660 3666 or 13 25 23 Gold Coast 40-44 Sea World Drive, Main Beach (07) 5635 6900 or 13 25 23 Redland Bay 26-40 Delancey Street, Cleveland (07) 3825 0445 or 13 25 23 Brisbane (Pinkenba) Marine Operations Base, McArthur Avenue East, Pinkenba (07) 3330 4210 or 13 25 23 Mooloolaba 18-20 Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba Editorial Coordination: (07) 5444 4599 or 13 25 23 Fisheries Queensland Noosa GPO Box 46, Brisbane 4001 2 Russell Street, Noosaville Customer Service Centre phone: 13 25 23 (07) 5449 7555 or 13 25 23 Email: [email protected] Kingaroy Website: www .fisheries .qld .gov .au 214 Goodger Road, Kingaroy (07) 4160 0700 or 13 25 23 Hervey Bay (services Gladstone) Buccaneer Avenue, Urangan (07) 4125 3989 or 13 25 23 © The State of Queensland (Department of Bundaberg Agriculture and Fisheries) 2016 Enterprise Street, Bundaberg (07) 4131 2365 or 13 25 23 http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/2.5/au You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the Yeppoon work, as long as you attribute the authors. John Howes Drive, Rosslyn Bay (07) 4933 6404 or 13 25 23 The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) advises Mackay that the summarised information in this guide should not be relied 30 Tennyson Street, Mackay on as a complete or accurate representation of the legislative (07) 4967 0724 or 13 25 23 requirements. Users may access copies of the Fisheries Act 1994 Airlie Beach and other fisheries legislation via the internet at www.legislation.qld. Combined Marine Operations Base, gov.au and should seek their own legal advice. DAF disclaims all Shingley Drive, Airlie Beach liability for all claims, loss, damages, cost or expense of whatever (07) 4946 7003 or 13 25 23 nature, howsoever occurring as a result of reliance upon the information contained in this guide. Townsville 9-15 Langton Street, Garbut (07) 3330 4536 or 13 25 23 2 Ingham Karumba* 7 Haig Street, Ingham Lot 75, Yappar Street, Karumba 4891 (07) 4776 1611 or 13 25 23 (07) 4745 9281 A/H 1300 551 899 Cairns Thursday Island* 38-40 Tingira Street, Portsmith, Cairns Hastings Street, Thursday Island 4875 (07) 4035 0700 or 13 25 23 (07) 4069 1351 A/H 1300 551 899 Port Douglas # Office is closed on Mondays 9 Ashford Avenue, Port Douglas (07) 4099 5160 or 13 25 23 * Telephone enquiries only. Karumba 8 Palmer Street, The Point, Karumba Queensland Water Police (07) 4745 9142 or 13 25 23 Gold Coast . (07) 5509 5700 Weipa Brisbane . (07) 3895 0333 Kerr Point, Evans landing, Weipa Redland Bay . (07) 3829 4129 (07) 4069 8114 or 13 25 23 Sunshine Coast . (07) 5457 6711 Maritime Safety Queensland Hervey Bay . (07) 4125 3900 . Gold Coast Gladstone (07) 4971 3222 40–44 Sea World Drive, Main Beach 4217 Yeppoon . (07) 4933 7990 (07).