Fees for commercial fishing authorities

On 1 July 2025 most of our fees and charges increased by 3.4%, in line with the government's indexation policy.

Commercial and charter fishing operators need to pay:

  • annual fees for licences and quota units
  • one-off fees for applications.

Annual fees

Annual fees are paid in advance for:

  • licences
  • quota units
  • trawl effort units.

We send fees notices to you every 6 months in May and November for the periods:

  • 1 July to 31 December
  • 1 January to 30 June.

You can receive fee notices and pay annual fees electronically through FishNet Secure.

You can also pay fee notices through Australia Post.

Call Fisheries Queensland on 13 25 23 for:

  • advice about paying overdue fees
  • details about specific fees, charges or prices.

Fees for annual quota units and effort units for a trawl region are rounded to 2 decimal places (previously 7 decimal places). The fees include any increments to the previous year after the annual review.

One-off application fees