The Tasmanian scalefish fishery includes a diverse array of licences, fishing gears and target species. The fishery includes small dinghy operators who conduct part-day fishing trips and target multiple species; through to large vessels who fish over multiple days and target individual species.

Some of the species commercially targeted include: banded morwong, southern calamari, octopus, tiger flathead, school whiting, southern garfish, wrasse, Gould’s squid, bastard trumpeter, blue warehou, silver warehou, flounder, silver trevally and striped trumpeter.

Fishing  gear include gillnets, hook and line, longlines, spears, drop lines, squid jigs, automatic squid jig machines, fish traps, purse seine nets, beach seine nets, dipnets, octopus pots and Danish seine.