Fish aggregating devices

Find a fish aggregating device

Fish aggregating devices (FADs) are deployed in the following locations all year round:

South East Queensland

FAD type FAD location Latitude (DDM) Longitude (DDM) Distance from nearest access point (nm) Depth of water (m)
Surface FAD FAD 1: Gold Coast 24s Not deployed Not deployed 6 from Gold Coast Seaway 46
Surface FAD FAD 2: Gold Coast 50s Not deployed Not deployed 16 from Gold Coast Seaway 85
Surface FAD FAD 3: Gold Coast 36s Not deployedNot deployed 12 from Gold Coast Seaway 68
Surface FAD FAD 11: Gold Coast 36s Not deployed Not deployed 16 from Gold Coast seaway 65
Surface FAD FAD 12: Gold Coast 36s Not deployed Not deployed 11 from Gold Coast seaway 64
Surface FAD FAD 12B: Gold Coast 36s 27° 55.462'S 153° 37.571'E 11 from Gold Coast seaway 64
Surface FAD FAD 12C: Gold Coast 36s Not deployed Not deployed 11 from Gold Coast seaway 64
Surface FAD FAD 13: Gold Coast 50s Not deployed Not deployed 20 from Gold Coast Seaway 86
Surface FAD FAD 14: Gold Coast 36s Not deployed Not deployed 18 from Gold Coast Seaway 66
Surface FAD FAD 15: Point Lookout offshore 27° 23.448'S 153° 40.623'E 12 from South Passage bar 104
Surface FAD FAD 4: Stradbroke offshore 27° 17.029'S 153° 37.672'E 9.5 from South Passage Bar 83
Surface FAD FAD 16: Moreton offshore 27° 11.097'S 153° 36.894'E 13 from South Passage bar 108
Surface FAD FAD 5: Moreton offshore 27° 05.797'S 153° 34.177'E 14 from Comboyuro Point 89
Surface FAD FAD 17: Cape Moreton offshore 26° 59.654'S 153° 33.585'E 5 from Cape Moreton 108
Surface FAD FAD 6: Bribie offshore Not deployed Not deployed 12 from Comboyuro Point 100
Surface FAD FAD 18: Wide Caloundra Not deployed Not deployed 18 from Mooloolaba 60
Surface FAD FAD 19: Mooloolaba 18nm Not deployedNot deployed 18 from Mooloolaba 49
Surface FAD FAD 7: Mooloolaba 10nm Not deployedNot deployed 10 from Mooloolaba 55
Surface FAD FAD 7B: Mooloolaba 10nm Not deployed Not deployed 10 from Mooloolaba 56
Surface FAD FAD 7C: Mooloolaba 10nm 26° 35.099'S 153° 20.727'E 10 from Mooloolaba 56
Surface FAD FAD 8: Mooloolaba east Not deployed Not deployed 24 from Mooloolaba 101
Surface FAD FAD 20: Noosa Not deployedNot deployed 9 from Noosa 52
Surface FAD FAD 9: Noosa Not deployed Not deployed 14 from Noosa 55
Surface FAD FAD 10: Double Island offshore Not deployed Not deployed 16 from Wide Bay Bar 57
Surface FAD FAD 21: K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) offshore Not deployed Not deployed 17 from Wide Bay bar 51
Subsurface FAD SFAD 1A: Gold Coast continental shelf 27° 55.542'S 153° 53.764'E 25 from Gold Coast Seaway 256
Subsurface FAD SFAD 1B: Gold Coast continental shelf 27° 54.555'S 153° 54.108'E 25 from Gold Coast Seaway 273
Subsurface FAD SFAD 1C: Gold Coast continental shelf 27° 55.425'S 153° 54.765'E 26 from Gold Coast Seaway 306
Subsurface FAD SFAD 2A: Point Lookout continental shelf 27° 25.720'S 153° 49.764'E 19 from South Passage Bar 250
Subsurface FAD SFAD 2B: Point Lookout continental shelf 27° 24.894'S 153° 50.489'E 20 from South Passage Bar 258
Subsurface FAD SFAD 2C: Point Lookout continental shelf 27° 25.738'S 153° 51.278'E 20 from South Passage Bar 290
Subsurface FAD SFAD 3A: Cape Moreton continental shelf 27° 01.074'S 153° 45.918'E 22 from Comboyuro Point 269
Subsurface FAD SFAD 3B: Cape Moreton continental shelf 27° 00.412'S 153° 46.696'E 23 from Comboyuro Point 280
Subsurface FAD SFAD 3C: Cape Moreton continental shelf 27° 01.088'S 153° 47.563'E 23 from Comboyuro Point 295
Subsurface FAD SFAD 4A: Mooloolaba continental shelf 26° 40.491'S 153° 40.111'E 29 from Mooloolaba 233
Subsurface FAD SFAD 4B: Mooloolaba continental shelf 26° 39.887'S 153° 40.786'E 29 from Mooloolaba 244
Subsurface FAD SFAD 4C: Mooloolaba continental shelf 26° 40.709'S 153° 41.170'E 30 from Mooloolaba 252

Wide Bay Burnett

FAD type FAD location Latitude (DDM) Longitude (DDM) Distance from nearest access point (nm) Depth of water (m)
Surface FAD FAD F1: Rooney Point, K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) 24° 48.760'S 153° 06.151'E 31 from Urangan 34
Surface FAD FAD F2: K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) offshore 24° 37.897'S 153° 24.348'E 8 from Sandy Cape 54
Surface FAD FAD F3: K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) offshore 24° 58.062'S 153° 32.673'E 11 from Waddy Point 54
All-water FAD FAD B1a: Bundaberg offshore 24° 39.163'S 152° 32.925'E 10 from Burnett Heads 25
All-water FAD FAD B1b: Bundaberg offshore 24° 39.265'S 152° 33.012'E 10 from Burnett Heads 25
All-water FAD FAD B1c: Bundaberg offshore 24° 39.355'S 152° 32.922'E 10 from Burnett Heads 25
All-water FAD FAD B1d: Bundaberg offshore 24° 39.280'S 152° 32.835'E 10 from Burnett Heads 25

Far North Queensland

FAD type FAD location Latitude (DDM) Longitude (DDM) Distance from nearest access point (nm) Depth of water (m)
Surface FAD FAD G1: Weipa 12° 58.959'S 141° 17.009'E 36 from Weipa 30
Surface FAD FAD G2: Weipa 12° 56.448'S 141° 22.193'E 29 from Weipa 30
Surface FAD FAD G3: Weipa 12° 48.671'S 141° 23.665'E 25 from Weipa 30
Surface FAD FAD G4: Weipa 12° 49.903'S 141° 32.594'E 18 from Weipa 21
All-water FAD FAD G5: Karumba 17° 21.737'S 140° 43.887'E 8 from Karumba 7
All-water FAD FAD G6: Karumba 17° 14.916'S 140° 37.286'E 18 from Karumba 11

In this guide:

  1. How fish aggregating devices work
  2. Safe use of fish aggregating devices
  3. Find a fish aggregating device

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