Consolidated Notices and Orders - S 43 Prohibition

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Last updated: 19 September 2025

S 43 Prohibition

S 43 Prohibition - Closed Waters / Marine Reserves

Houtman Abrolhos Reef Observation Areas Notice 1994 (PDF, 96.43KB)

Netting Prohibition (Fishing Net) Kimberley Region (PDF, 96.41KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Jurien Bay Marine Park) Order 2005 (PDF, 110.4KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (King Sound South) Order 2018 (PDF, 113.2KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Lake Argyle) Order 2012 (PDF, 78.03KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Leschenault Estuary) Order 2002 (PDF, 90.24KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Marmion Marine Park) Order 1999 (PDF, 88.74KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Roebuck Bay) Order 2013 (PDF, 49.07KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Shark Bay Marine Park) Order 2004 (PDF, 261.38KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Shoalwater Islands Marine Park) Order 2010 (PDF, 237.02KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (South-West Coast Beach Net) Order 2010 (PDF, 263.64KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing and Line Fishing (Quindalup Artificial Reef) (PDF, 80.8KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (“HMAS Swan” Wreck Site) Order 1998 (PDF, 91.04KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (“Kunmunya” and “Samson II” Wrecks Site) Order 2000 (PDF, 90.37KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (“Lena” Wreck Site) Order 2007 (PDF, 13.29KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (“Saxon Ranger” Wreck Site) Order 2005 (PDF, 91.21KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (“South Tomi” Wreck Site) Order 2005 (PDF, 90.42KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Bardi Jawi Gaarra Marine Park) Order 2025 (PDF, 312.52KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Bernier Island) Order 2018 (PDF, 73.73KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Burswood Lake) Order 2015 (PDF, 74.8KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park) Order 2018 (PDF, 145.16KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Esperance Jetty) Order 1997 (PDF, 95.67KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (General) Revocation Order 2019 (PDF, 11.35KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Greens Pool) Order 2018 (PDF, 110.81KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve) Order 2004 (PDF, 91.69KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Heirisson Island) Order 2007 (PDF, 13.14KB)

Prohibition on Fishing ('HMAS Perth' Wreck Site) Order 2002 (PDF, 89.79KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Lake Clifton) Order 1996 (PDF, 87.68KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Lalang-garram / Camden Sound Marine Park) Joint Authority Order 2021 (PDF, 277.74KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Lalang-garram / Camden Sound Marine Park) Order 2021 (PDF, 290.1KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Lalang-garram / Horizontal Falls Marine Park) Joint Authority Order 2021 (PDF, 296.61KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Lalang-garram / Horizontal Falls Marine Park) Order 2021 (PDF, 293.22KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Montebello Islands and Barrow Island Marine Park) Order 2020 (PDF, 180.22KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Ngari Capes Marine Park) Order 2018 (PDF, 673.93KB)

Prohibition on Fishing ('Omeo' Wreck Site) Order 2017 (PDF, 201.6KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Point Samson) Order 2006 (PDF, 11.64KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Rottnest Island) Order 2007 (PDF, 32.25KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Rowley Shoals Marine Park) Order 2019 (PDF, 407.91KB)

Prohibition on Fishing ('Sanko Harvest' Wreck Site) Notice 1995 (PDF, 91.33KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Shannon River) Order 2007 (PDF, 15.27KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing (Jurien Bay Marine Park) Order 2005 (PDF, 125.81KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing (Marmion Marine Park) Order 1999 (PDF, 154.95KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing (Muiron Islands Marine Management Area) Order 2008 (PDF, 26.13KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing (Shark Bay Marine Park) Order 2004 (PDF, 33.48KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing (Shoalwater Islands Marine Park) Order 2010 (PDF, 213.71KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing Activities (Walpole / Nornalup Estuary) Order 2002 (PDF, 23.69KB)

Prohibition on Boat Fishing (Danggu Geikie Gorge) Order 2021 (PDF, 200.98KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Muiron Islands Marine Management Area) Order 2008 (PDF, 132.49KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Ningaloo Marine Park) Order 2005 (PDF, 198.46KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing (Ningaloo Marine Park) Order 2005 (PDF, 207.56KB)

S 43 Prohibition - Gear Restrictions

Closed Waters Netting (Willie and Barred Creeks) Notice 1992 (PDF, 84.68KB)

Closed Waters Professional Netting (Rivers, Estuaries, Inlets and Lakes South of 23° South Latitude) Notice 1992 (PDF, 99.95KB)

Closed Waters Recreational Netting (Rivers, Estuaries, Inlets and Lakes South of 23° South Latitude) Notice 1992 (PDF, 45.56KB)

Fish Traps - Between 26°30’S Latitude and 34°24’S Latitude Notice 1990 (PDF, 85.07KB)

Fish Traps - Channel Entrance to Peel Inlet (Mandurah) Notice 1975 (PDF, 81.67KB)

Fish Traps - Murchison River Notice 1974 (PDF, 80.14KB)

Fish Traps - North of 23°30’S Latitude and West of 114°25’E Longitude Notice 1987 (PDF, 78.58KB)

Fish Traps - Fish Traps Prohibition Notice 1994 (PDF, 83.07KB)

Line Fishing - Prohibition on Use of Long Lines, Bultows or Set Lines (Warnbro Sound, Metropolitan Beaches and Inland Waters) Notice 1974 (PDF, 83.65KB)

Netting - Carnarvon and Onslow Areas Notice 1985 (PDF, 93.31KB)

Netting - Closed Waters Netting (Cape Naturaliste to Windy Harbour) Notice 1990 (PDF, 98.24KB)

Netting - Closed Waters Netting (Esperance Area) Notice 1992 (PDF, 91.13KB)

Netting - Closed Waters Netting (Fremantle to Yanchep) Notice 1991 (PDF, 98.17KB)

Netting - Closed Waters Netting (Metropolitan Beaches) South of Fremantle Harbour (PDF, 97.31KB)

Netting - Closed Waters Netting (Mid West Coast) Notice 1990 (PDF, 103.94KB)

Netting - Closed Waters Netting (Preston Beach to Dunsborough) Notice 1990 (PDF, 104.59KB)

Netting - Closed Waters Netting (West of Albany) Notice 1990 (PDF, 96.14KB)

Netting - Prohibition on Fishing Activity (Minimum Net Mesh Size in Beaufort Inlet) Order 2002 (PDF, 93.84KB)

Netting - Prohibition on Fixed or Drifting Mesh or Gill Net - Shark Bay Notice (PDF, 83.42KB)

Netting - Prohibition on Use of Set Nets (Cape Naturaliste to Capel River) Notice 1990 (PDF, 86.11KB)

Netting - Prohibition on Use of Set Nets (Cockburn Sound to Cape Bouvard) 1976 (PDF, 82.2KB)

Netting - Vasse and Wonnerup Netting Restrictions Notice 1991 (PDF, 90.5KB)

North Coast Shark Fishing (Professional) Notice 1993 (PDF, 100.22KB)

Netting - Prohibition on Commercial Fishing by Net (Exmouth Gulf) Order 2005 (PDF, 95.33KB)

Netting - Prohibition on Fishing (Ashburton River) Order 1998 (PDF, 89.51KB)

Netting - Hardy Inlet Lawful Nets Order 1996 (PDF, 98KB)

Line Fishing - Prohibition on Line Fishing (Metal in Lines and Traces) Order 2008 (PDF, 15.64KB)

Prohibition on Fishing by Trawl Net Order 2025 (PDF, 235.53KB)

Prohibition on taking Fish by Dredge - All Waters Notice 1987 (PDF, 79.61KB)

Prohibition on Herring Trap Nets Order 2015 (PDF, 10.28KB)

Prohibition on Fishing by Line from Fishing Boats (Pilbara Waters) Order 2006 (PDF, 99.24KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Purse Seining) Order 2017 (PDF, 139.39KB)

North West Coast Shark Fishing (Professional) Gear Prohibition Notice 1993 (PDF, 96.68KB)

Pointed Instruments - Commercial Spearfishing Prohibition Notice 1993 (PDF, 84.14KB)

Pointed Instruments - Prohibition on the Use of Pointed Instruments Notice 1991 (PDF, 87.6KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Diving) Order 1999 (PDF, 129.66KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Wire Trace) Order 2024 (PDF, 117.29KB)

S 43 Prohibition - Species Restrictions

Coral (Scleractinian) - Port Gregory Notice 1983 (PDF, 78.73KB)

Fishing Restrictions (Roebuck Bay) Notice 1992 (PDF, 87.68KB)

Gastropod Molluscs (Class Gastropoda) Broome Area Notice 1986 (PDF, 80.47KB)

Mud Crabs (Scylla Spp) Notice 1985 (PDF, 79.35KB)

Prawn Fishing Restrictions Notice 1992 (PDF, 84.33KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing for Blue Mackerel Order 1999 (PDF, 88.1KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing for Crabs (Cockburn Sound) Order 2024 (PDF, 178.83KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing for Demersal Scalefish (Pilbara Area) Order 1997 (PDF, 94.15KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing for Gastropoda, Lamellibranchiata, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea Notice 2007 (PDF, 13.02KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing for Whitebait Order 2019 (PDF, 111.67KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing (Land Hermit Crabs) Order 2008 (PDF, 15.27KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Cockburn Sound and Warnbro Sound) Order 2005 (PDF, 230.02KB)

Prohibition on Fishing (Coral, 'Live Rock' and Algae) Order 2007 (PDF, 270.11KB)

Prohibition on Fishing for Blue Swimmer Crabs Order 2019 (PDF, 514.96KB)

Prohibition on Fishing for Crabs (Geographe Bay) Order 2005 (PDF, 95.91KB)

Prohibition on Fishing for Crabs (Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary) Order 2007 (PDF, 82.66KB)

Prohibition on Fishing for Demersal Scalefish from Boats (Closed Season – West Coast Region) Order 2024 (PDF, 202.1KB)

Prohibition on Recreational Fishing for Greenlip Abalone (Busselton Jetty to Shoal Cape) Order 2023 (PDF, 202.29KB)

Prohibition on Fishing for Abalone (North of Greenough River Mouth) Order 2024 (PDF, 182.08KB)

Prohibition on Taking Samson Fish or Yellowtail Kingfish (Houtman Abrolhos) Notice 1995 (PDF, 99.07KB)

S 43 Prohibition - Rock Lobster

Prohibition on Fishing for Rock Lobster (Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin) Order 2005 (PDF, 111.87KB)

Prohibition on Commercial Fishing for Rock Lobster (Dampier) Order 1997 (PDF, 94.28KB)

Prohibition on Fishing for Rock Lobster Order 2018 (PDF, 172.7KB)

Prohibition on Fishing for Rock Lobster (Seven Mile Beach) Order 2014 (PDF, 78.4KB)

S 43 Prohibition - Designated Fishing Zones

Bonito, Two Peoples, Bettys, Hassels, Cheyne, Boat Harbour East, Salmon Bay, Fosters, Dillon, Bremer, Peppermints, Trigilow and Doubtful Island 1995 (PDF, 97.05KB)

Mutton Bird, Torbay, Shelly, Boat Harbour, Foul Bay and Windy Harbour 1975 (PDF, 90.48KB)

Nanarup Beach 1984 (PDF, 81.62KB)

Pallinup and Bremer Bay 1975 (PDF, 79.17KB)

Parry's Beach - Point Hillier 1985 (PDF, 79.1KB)

Smith's Beach and Cape Naturaliste 1975 (PDF, 84.8KB)

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