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Angling Licence - Tasmania

Description

You will need this licence to fish with a rod, reel or line at any inland water in Tasmania. This includes farm dams on private property.

You must have a separate licence for whitebait fishing.

You do not need an angling licence to fish:

  • at a registered private fishery
  • for native fish including bream, in specified (indigenous fish) waters as listed in the Inland Fisheries Regulations 2019
  • with a single rod at an open inland water if the person is under 14 years old.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

Please contact the agency to identify any eligibility requirements.

Duration

You can buy a licence for five seasons, one season, 28 days, seven days or 48 hours.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
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Fee information can be found here. Fees for 2025-26

Act(s) name

Inland Fisheries Act 1995 Tasmania

Regulation(s) name

Inland Fisheries Regulations 2019 Tasmania

Approval time

1 business day

Administering agency

Department of Natural Resources and Environment

Inland Fisheries Service

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.