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° 02.980'S	153° 39.395'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° 55.462'S	153° 37.571'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	Not deployed	Not deployed	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	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)	Not deployed	Not deployed	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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