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 | 27° 59.268'S | 153° 31.747'E | 6 from Gold Coast Seaway | 46 |
Surface FAD | FAD 2: Gold Coast 50s | 27° 55.790'S | 153° 45.198'E | 16 from Gold Coast Seaway | 85 |
Surface FAD | FAD 3: Gold Coast 36s | 27° 48.408'S | 153° 37.472'E | 12 from Gold Coast Seaway | 68 |
Surface FAD | FAD 11: Gold Coast 36s | 28° 03.047'S | 153° 39.480'E | 16 from Gold Coast seaway | 65 |
Surface FAD | FAD 12: Gold Coast 36s | 27° 56.040'S | 153° 38.331'E | 11 from Gold Coast seaway | 64 |
Surface FAD | FAD 12B: Gold Coast 36s | 27° 55.834'S | 153° 37.353'E | 11 from Gold Coast seaway | 64 |
Surface FAD | FAD 12C: Gold Coast 36s | 27° 55.029'S | 153° 38.267'E | 11 from Gold Coast seaway | 64 |
Surface FAD | FAD 13: Gold Coast 50s | 27° 44.368'S | 153° 44.314'E | 20 from Gold Coast Seaway | 86 |
Surface FAD | FAD 14: Gold Coast 36s | 27° 41.278'S | 153° 36.832'E | 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 | 26° 55.735'S | 153° 31.775'E | 12 from Comboyuro Point | 100 |
Surface FAD | FAD 18: Wide Caloundra | 26° 44.758'S | 153° 27.189'E | 18 from Mooloolaba | 60 |
Surface FAD | FAD 19: Mooloolaba 18nm | 26° 34.521'S | 153° 27.213'E | 18 from Mooloolaba | 49 |
Surface FAD | FAD 7: Mooloolaba 10nm | 26° 35.908'S | 153° 19.686'E | 10 from Mooloolaba | 55 |
Surface FAD | FAD 7B: Mooloolaba 10nm | 26° 34.999'S | 153° 18.665'E | 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 | 26° 34.259'S | 153° 33.796'E | 24 from Mooloolaba | 101 |
Surface FAD | FAD 20: Noosa | 26° 22.700'S | 153° 14.300'E | 9 from Noosa | 52 |
Surface FAD | FAD 9: Noosa | 26° 15.558'S | 153° 19.754'E | 14 from Noosa | 55 |
Surface FAD | FAD 10: Double Island offshore | 25° 53.075'S | 153° 21.907'E | 16 from Wide Bay Bar | 57 |
Surface FAD | FAD 21: K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) offshore | 25° 41.269'S | 153° 22.616'E | 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 |
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