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Vessel Tracking Rebate Scheme

The Queensland Government Vessel Tracking Rebate Scheme offsets the costs commercial fishers incur to purchase and have approved vessel tracking units installed on their fishing boats. 

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The Queensland Sustainable Fisheries Strategy 2017 – 2027 outlines a ten-year reform agenda for the sustainable management of Queensland fisheries. 

As part of this strategy, vessel tracking capability will be required on all commercial fishing boats by 2020, with a priority to install units on net, line and crab commercial fishing boats by 1 January 2019. 

Costs eligible for the rebate include those for the purchase and installation of approved vessel tracking units. View the frequently asked questions or Guidelines (PDF, 182KB) for more details. 

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The scheme will close to applications on 30 June 2022.

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • Yes. To be eligible for the rebate, all vessel tracking units must be registered on FishNet SECURE. 

    FishNet SECURE can be accessed via the following link: https://fishnet.fisheries.qld.gov.au/Content/Public/Secure.aspx 

    Note: Registering a vessel tracking unit on FishNet SECURE will link the unit to the fishing boat and fishing boat licence. It will not activate the unit with a satellite provider (e.g. Pivotel). 

  • The SPOT Trace unit is a Category A unit. Category B units are YB3i (RockFLEET), Skywave IDP690, IDP800, Orbcomm ST6100 and other existing approved units. 

  • This will depend on the number of applications at the time. It should not take longer than 15 days to process an application. Online applications can help speed up processing times. 

  • This depends on your licence and the symbols attached to your licence. Please refer to the below table for a summary of what you can be entitled to. 

      Commercial Fishing Boat Licence  Commercial Harvest Licence 
    No symbol  N/A No more than 7 
    B1 N/A N/A
    A1 or D  N/A N/A
    C or M or T or N11 or L3(0) only  No more than 1 N/A
    L3(1) only  No more than 2  N/A
    K or N only excluding N11  No more than 3  N/A
    L1 or L2 or L4 or R only  No more than 7 but depends on number of tenders with symbol  N/A
    L1 or L2 or L3 and RQ or SM  No more than 7 but depends on number of tenders with symbol  N/A
    Multiple symbols, one of which is L1 or L2 or L4 or R but non RQ or SM  No more than 7 but depends on number of tenders with symbol  N/A
    Multiple symbols none of which are L1 or L2 or L4 or R  No more than 3  N/A

     

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