Wildcatch Licences - Victoria

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to harvest and preserve seafood so that it is safe to sell (including cooking prawns onboard) or sell seafood you have harvested from a vessel at the point of unloading.

There are three types of licences:  

  • crustaceans licence: to harvest crustaceans. You can also harvest any other species with this licence.
  • noxious fish: to harvest noxious fish only.
  • general licence: to harvest anything except abalone, crustaceans and noxious fish. 

The seafood species you harvest determines which licence you need.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

Please consult the responsible agency for more information regarding eligibility requirements.

Duration

Annual then a recurring fee every June.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Victorian wildcatch crustaceans application fee:

  • landed catch less than 1 tonne - $162.00
  • landed catch 1 to 5 tonnes - $244.00
  • landed catch 5 to 10 tonnes - $335.00
  • landed catch over 10 tonnes - $484.00.

Fees for 2024-25

Apply Application All

Victorian wildcatch general application fee:

  • landed catch less than 10 tonnes - $162.00
  • landed catch 10 to 50 tonnes - $288.00
  • landed catch over 50 tonnes - $484.00.

Fees for 2024-25

Apply Application All

Victorian wildcatch noxious fish application fees:

  • landed catch less than 50 tonnes - $162.00
  • landed catch over 50 tonnes - $244.00.

Fees for 2024-25

General Licence All

Victorian wildcatch general annual fee:

  • landed catch less than 10 tonnes - $323.00
  • landed catch 10 to 50 tonnes - $576.00
  • landed catch over 50 tonnes - $968.00.

Please note, pro rata applies for the two highest fee categories. Fees for 2024-25

General Licence All

Victorian wildcatch crustaceans annual fee:

  • landed catch less than 1 tonne - $323.00
  • landed catch 1 to 5 tonnes - $488.00
  • landed catch 5 to 10 tonnes - $669.00
  • landed catch over 10 tonnes - $968.00.

Please note, pro rata applies for the two highest fee categories. Fees for 2024-25

General Licence All

Commonwealth wildcatch fees:

  • application - $484.00
  • annual - $968.00.

Please note, annual fee pro rata applies for the two highest fee categories. Fees for 2024-25

General Licence All

Victorian wildcatch noxious fish annual fees:

  • landed catch less than 50 tonnes - $323.00
  • landed catch over 50 tonnes - $488.00.

Please note, pro rata applies for the two highest fee categories. Fees for 2024-25

Forms

Other resources

Act(s) name

Seafood Safety Act 2003 Victoria

Administering agency

PrimeSafe

Contact details

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