Pre-trip notice

Commercial fishers must give a pre-trip notice:

• before you commence a fishing operation, or
• if any details have changed since you last submitted a pre-trip notice.

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

What to include

You must ensure your pre-trip notice details are accurate:

• primary commercial fishing licence used
• commercial fisher licence number of the person in charge (AIVR only)
• purpose of the trip (commercial, recreation, charter)
• landing place (only applicable if the trip intention is commercial).

You cannot change the details after a fishing operation has begun (except the landing place).

If the landing place changes during a fishing operation, you must report the new landing place in a limited pre-trip (also known as an amending notice).

How to report

You can either:

• submit through the Qld eFisher app (if eligible fishery)
• call the Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system.

AIVR system

You only need to give a new pre-trip notice through AIVR if any of the details change (e.g., the fisher in charge, type of fishing operation or landing place).

Otherwise, the existing pre-trip notice automatically applies to future fishing operations.

Qld eFisher app

You can submit the notice through the Qld eFisher app if:

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

The app will automatically link the commercial fisher licence logged in.