Marine Parks Sydney

[Basil D]

Hi everyone, I want to know if there are any marine parks in sydney, ie, banned fishing in certain areas (and not becuase of pollution) any info would be great.

[Snapn]

Shelly beach in Manly,

Great for scuba diving, lots of blue groper and an awesome giant cuttlefish

Edited November 26, 2009 by Snapn

[paulthetaffy]

Most of the info you're looking for can be found here http://www.mpa.nsw.gov.au/

There are a number of reserves where line fishing is allowed but you're not allowed to collect anythng else (pippis, cunje, crabs, etc), not even for bait, so that's more likely to be of note to you.

I'd love to wet a line at Shelly - I've spotted some monster flathead there of well over 100cm. Not surprising to see though since fishing is banned.

And that giant cuttlefish is truly awesome - we had a staring contest once for a few minutes