Prawn fishery - Gulf of St Vincent

King prawns are taken in the Gulf St Vincent by this fishery. Prawns are caught by trawlers during the night.

Licensing

There are no new licences available for commercial fishing in the Gulf St Vincent prawn fishery.

Fees

Commercial licence fees must be paid each financial year. Invoices are issued annually in early June.

Payments can be made:

• up-front
• in a lump sum
• in quarterly installments.

Transfers

Licences can be transferred from 1 person to another.

See the Application to transfer a Prawn Fishery licence (PDF 411.5 KB) for more information.

Gulf St Vincent Prawn units can be transferred.

See the GSV Prawn unit transfer (PDF 267.9 KB) for more information.

Boat registration and de-registration

All boats used for commercial fishing must be registered.

Use the Application to vary a boat registration endorsement form (PDF 264.5 KB) to register or de-register a boat.

Boat master registration

All people who act as a commercial fishing boat master must be registered by the licence holder. Multiple boat masters can be registered using the form below.

Application to change registration of a master/s (PDF 385.9 KB)

Gulf St Vincent prawn fishery management

Download the Gulf St Vincent Prawn Fishery Management Plan (PDF 2.4 MB)

Download the Gulf St Vincent Prawn Fishery Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) Risk Assessment (PDF 797.6 KB)

Stock assessment report

• Gulf St Vincent Prawn Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus Fishery 2017/18 (PDF 3.4 MB)

Economic indicator reports:

• Econsearch website.

Department of Environment

The Commonwealth Department of the Environment requires that all commercial fisheries that export product be assessed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Product from the Abalone Fishery is currently approved for export.

For more information, go to the South Australian fisheries page on the Department of the Environment website.

Closures

See the closures page.

Regulations

Fishing activities in the Gulf St Vincent Prawn Fishery are regulated under:

• Fisheries Management (Prawn Fisheries) Regulations 2017
• Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017.

Determinations

View the Ministerial determinations.

Contacts

Steve Shanks
Fishery Manager
Phone: (08) 8429 0197
Email: steve.shanks@sa.gov.au

St Vincent Gulf Prawn Boat Owner’s Association
Neil MacDonald, Executive Officer
Email: neil@nmac.com.au