Daily catch and effort logbook

Licenced commercial fishers and licenced charter fishers operating in Queensland are legally required to complete daily catch and effort logbooks.

Commercial fishers must ensure the logbook is available for immediate inspection while the fish is in their physical possession. This requirement does not apply to charter fishers.

The commercial fisher in control of the fishing operation is responsible for meeting the reporting requirements.

What to report

You must provide accurate information about the:

• retained catch
• discarded catch (in certain logbooks)
• time spent fishing
• location catch was taken
• fishing equipment used.

Use the fish species guides to accurately identify and report species.

The information that you provide in your logbook returns is used for fisheries management and research.

How to complete

You must complete the logbook:

• at the end of each day
• on the final day of the fishing operation before the boat lands
• for all calendar days, even when not fishing.

You can either submit this information in:

• paper hardcopy logbooks, or
• the Qld eFisher app (if eligible fishery).

Qld eFisher app

You can submit your logbook through the Qld eFisher app if:

• you operate in an eligible fishery, and
• all other records for this fishing operation are also submitted through the app.

Each daily logbook entry must be submitted within 24 hours after the fishing operation ends.

Read the Qld eFisher app instructions.

Paper logbooks

Hardcopy logbooks must be:

• submitted within 7 days after the fishing operation ends
• received by Fisheries Queensland no more than 15 days after the end of the month for which the record is made.

You can check if logbook pages have been received on FishNet Secure, under ‘Log Page Receipt'.

You can request a copy of submitted logbook pages.

Phone 13 25 23 if you need a logbook.

Access summary reports

The Qld eFisher fishing operation summary reports are emailed to the fisher at the end of the fishing operation.

You can also request a summary of logbook data.

Example logbooks

Crab fisheries

• Crab fisheries logbook
• Spanner crab fisheries logbook

Line fisheries

• Gulf of Carpentaria line fisheries logbook
• East coast line fin fish fisheries logbook
• Reef line multi-hook fin fish fishery

Harvest fisheries

• Sea cucumber and trochus fisheries logbook
• Aquarium fish fishery logbook
• Marine shell collection logbook
• Coral, shell grit and star sand fisheries logbook
• Crayfish and rocklobster fishery logbook
• Beachworm, bloodworm and yabby logbook
• Juvenile eel fishery logbook
• Adult eel fishery logbook
• Broodstock and culture stock collection fishery logbook

Net fishery

• East coast net fishery logbook
• Gulf of Carpentaria net fisheries logbook

Trawl fisheries

• East coast trawl fishery logbook
• Gulf of Carpentaria fin fish trawl logbook
• Stout whiting trawl fishery logbook

Charter fishery logbook

• Commercial fishing tours logbook