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Lord Howe Island Marine Park - recreational and commercial activities

The Lord Howe Island Marine Park zoning plan aims to conserve marine biodiversity while allowing sustainable recreational and commercial activities. The summary below shows the activities permitted in habitat protection, special purpose and sanctuary zones. It’s best to use the summary in conjunction with a printout of the marine park zoning maps.

Park activity summary

= permitted, = prohibited, P=permit required. The special conditions applying to some activities are indicated by (a) to (f).

Activity	Habitat protection zones	Special purpose zones (fish feeding)	Sanctuary zones
Commercial fishing
Limited line fishing		(a)(b)(c)
Trawling
Dredging
Trapping
Netting
Dropline
Longline
Recreational fishing
Line fishing	(a)(b)(d)
Trapping	(a)(b)(d)
Spearfishing
Netting	(a)(b)(d)
Collecting
Recreational (bait/food)	(a)(b)(c)
Scientific/educational	P	P	P
For private aquariums	P
For commercial aquariums
Commercial tourism
Charter fishing	P
Charter scuba/snorkeling/sightseeing	P	P	P
Recreational activities
Boating
Scuba/snorkeling/surfing/swimming
Vessels other than personal water craft	(e)	(e)	(e)
Personal water craft
Other activities
Aquaculture
Line competitions	P	P
Domestic animal exercise	(f)	(f)	(f)
Research	P	P	P

 

• For more information see the Lord Howe Island Marine Park User’s Guide to the Zoning Plan, 2004 - 3.5 Mb
• Defences for possession of fishing equipment in marine park sanctuary zones 120 Kb

Special conditions for commercial and recreational activities

(a) NSW Fisheries Regulations

(b) Fishing only by the following methods: hand held line or rod and reel, dip or scoop nets, landing nets & baits traps (as defined in the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2002)

(c) Restricted to species in table 1 below

(d) Restricted to species in table 2 below

(e) Permit required for anchoring of vessels over 5m in the lagoon. Vessels over 25m may only be anchored in designated anchoring areas. Anchoring in sanctuary zones (other than designated areas) prohibited

(f) Domestic animals are permitted except where currently prohibited by legislation administered by the Lord Howe Island Board

Table 1

Finfish	All species except those prohibited by the Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2002
Polychaete worms	All species
Crabs	All species
Lobster, crayfish	All species
Ghost shrimp, marine yabbie, nipper	All species
Snapping shrimp	All species
Slipper lobster, shovel-nosed lobster r bug	All species
Prawns	All species
Squid & octopus	All species
Turban shell	All species
Black snail	Nerita atramentosa
Sea urchin	Entrostephanus rodgersii & Heliocidaris tuberculata
Sharks & rays	All species except those prohibited by the Fisheries Management (General ) Regulation 2002

Table 2

Finfish	All species except double header and bluefish and those prohibited by the Fisheries Management (General ) Regulation 2002
Sharks & rays	All species except those prohibited by the Fisheries Management (General ) Regulation 2002