Port Stephens - Great Lakes Marine Park

Written By Dave Nash

Port Stephens–Great Lakes Marine Park extends from Cape Hawke near Forster south to Birubi Beach at the northern end of Stockton Beach.

The Marine Park is approximately 980 km2and includes:

  • offshore waters to the three nautical mile limit of NSW waters;

  • all of Port Stephens, the Karuah River, the Myall River, Myall and Smiths Lakes, and their creeks and tributaries to the tidal limit.

The park was established in December 2005 and its zones and management rules commenced in 2007. Changes to the rules regarding fishing from some ocean beaches and headlands were introduced in June 2018.

See full details at Fisheries website

Or download the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park User Guide which outlines all your fishing regulations in the Marine Park

Dave Nash
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