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Rules and Regulations
Fishing Tips
- The Mary River is closed to all forms of fishing from 400 metres upstream to 400 metres downstream of the Mary River Barrage.
- Tinana Creek is closed to all forms of fishing from 400 metres upstream to 400 metres downstream of the Tinana Creek Barrage.
- At Fraser Island, from midday 1 September to midday 30 September, the eastern foreshores 400 metres north of Waddy Point to 400 metres south of Indian Head and out to sea for a distance of 400 metres at low tide are closed to all forms of fishing.
- The taking of barramundi is prohibited from midday 1 November to midday 1 February each year (dates can change).
- Platypus Bay off Fraser Island is closed year round to the taking of narrow-barred macherel and barracuda because of the risk of ciguatera poisoning. It is a good idea not to consume any large mackerel or barracuda from Hervey Bay waters.
- Spear fishing is prohibited:
- in the vicinity of the Artifical reef off Woodgate, north Hervey Bay
- near the artificial reef near Woody Island at the northern end of Great Sandy Strait
- No dogs are allowed on Fraser Island.
- A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish Lake Baramba, Lake Boonoodma and Lenthalls Dam.
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