Retained fish notice

Certain fisheries can retain their fish and start a new fishing operation, without having to unload before they go back to sea:

• B1: Beche-de-mer (sea cucumber) fishery (east coast)
• R: Crayfish and rock lobster fishery
• RQ: Coral reef fin fish fishery
• SM: Spanish mackerel fishery
• T1: Trawl fishery
• T2: Trawl fishery
• M1: Moreton Bay trawl
• M2: Moreton Bay trawl
• T4: Trawl fishery (fin fish)

Who needs to report

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

These licence holders must give a retained fish notice:

• B1: Beche-de-mer (sea cucumber) fishery (east coast)
• R: Crayfish and rock lobster fishery
• RQ: Coral reef fin fish fishery
• SM: Spanish mackerel fishery
• T4: Trawl fishery (fin fish).

These licence holders do not need to give a retained fish notice:

• T1: Trawl fishery
• T2: Trawl fishery
• M1: Moreton Bay trawl
• M2: Moreton Bay trawl

When to report

• B1, R, RQ and SM licence holders: within 24 hours after the fishing operation ends or before the start of the next fishing operation—whichever occurs first.
• T4 licence holders: within 7 days after the fishing operation ends or before the start of the next fishing operation—whichever occurs first.

What to include

Report the accurate number of quota fish or containers of fish retained.

How to report

You can either:

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