Commercial licence forms

The following licences are necessary for all commercial fishing activities in Western Australia.

Registration for Fish Eye Online Services and nomination of online user roles can only be made by downloading and completing forms ET-1 and ET-2 from the list below. Online applications are not currently available. For more information, visit Fish Eye.

Please note the following conditions:

1. Our online application forms may be amended at any time, it is therefore advisable that they are downloaded and printed as required. 
2. Once downloaded, the text/format of the form should not be modified as this could make the form invalid.
3. When completing application forms, please carefully read the instructions provided. Failure to complete all sections of the form could make the application invalid and it being returned to you.
4. Stamp duty is payable with regard to forms T1, T2, T3 and V2. The Office of State Revenue can provide further details about this and the requirements that must be satisfied before the Director General of the Department of Fisheries can accept these applications.
   W:www.osr.wa.gov.au
   T: (08) 9262 1100.
5. Post completed application forms with the required fee to:
   Department of Fisheries
   168-170 St George’s Terrace
   Perth WA 6000
6. For further enquiries:
   T: 61 (08) 9482 7348 or 61 (08) 9482 7248 (8.30 am - 4.30 pm).

ET-1​​	Fish Eye Online Services Registration Form (used to register individuals for secure access to Fish Eye Online Services.)​	​-
​ET-2	Fish Eye Online Services Nomination Form (used by Authorisation or Certificate Holders to nominate individuals into specific online user roles and act on their behalf using Fish Eye Online Services.)​	​-
R1​	Application for a Copy of an Entry, or Extract from the Register (used to obtain information on licence details.)	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​
R2​	Application for Notation of Security Interest Holder on the Register (used by the authorisation holder to make a security interest notation on the Register.)​​	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​
R3​​	Application for the Removal or Variation of a Notation of a Security Interest on the Register (used by the authorisation holder to remove or vary a security interest notation on the Register.)​	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​ ​
C1​	Application for the Grant of a Commercial Fishing Licence (Used by the applicant to apply for a commercial fishing licence to work as a deckhand or skipper on a commercial fishing boat.)	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​ ​
T1​	Application for the Transfer of an Authorisation (used by the authorisation holder to transfer a licence or licence package.)	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​
T2​ ​	Application for the Transfer of Part of an Entitlement (used by the authorisation holder to permanently transfer entitlements such as units of quota or units of gear ie. pots.)​	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​ ​
T3​	Application for the Temporary Transfer of Part of an Entitlement (used by the authorisation holder to temporarily transfer entitlements such as units of quota or gear ie. pots.)	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​
​P1	Application for a Permit to Construct, Establish or Modify a Fish Processing Place (used by the applicant to apply for a permit to construct, establish or modify a fish processing place on land or at sea, prior to a Fish Processors Licence being applied for and granted.)	​see Schedule 1 of FRMR​
P2​	Application for a Fish Processor's Licence (used by the applicant to apply for a Fish Processor's Licence to process fish.)	-
V1​	Application for the Variation of an Authorisation Additional Sheet - Boat Replacement - Further Information Additional Sheet - Abalone Managed Fishery - Nominated Diver (used by the authorisation holder to vary the details of the authorisation such as a boat replacement, condition amendment, change of nominated diver.)	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​
V2​	Application for the Variation of an Authorisation where it is intended that another authorisation is also to be varied at the same time (used by the authorisation holder to increase or reduce units of entitlement under a West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery zone A or B managed fishery licence.)​	see Schedule 1 of FRMR​
E1​	Application For The Release Of Information (used by the applicant to apply for catch/operational history or entitlement use information held by the Department relating to an authorisation.)​	-
P3	Notification of Intent to Become a Registered Receiver of Rock Lobster - West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (used by the applicant to register with the Department of Fisheries as a receiver of rock lobster caught within the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery.)	-