Indigenous cultural fisheries are now acknowledged as one of three fishing sectors in Australia along with the commercial and recreational sectors but little is known about them. This presentation is based on a study of Aboriginal cultural fishing in NSW funded by FRDC. The study focussed on the Tweed region of far north NSW and was done in partnership with traditional Aboriginal owners. A specially designed questionnaire and cultural fishing logbook were used to obtain quantitative and qualitative catch data. Fifty-six Aboriginal participants completed the questionnaire and 20 kept logbooks. This study found that cultural fishing still occurs on a regular basis, is predominantly shore-based around estuaries and adjacent coastal waters. The main gear types used were rods and handlines and to a lesser extent nets, traps and spears. The cultural catch was made up of a range of finfish and invertebrate species. The finfish component was dominated by estuarine and near-shore species such as tailor, (Pomatomus saltatrix) sand whiting, (Sillago ciliata), mullet, (Mugil cephalus), swallowtail dart (Trachinotus coppingeri), bream (Acanthopagrus australis) and dusky flathead, (Platycephalus fuscus). A few Indigenous fishers fish offshore in deeper waters and their catch tends to be dominated by snapper (Pagrus auratus). A variety of invertebrates are also caught with the dominant species being pipis, (Plebidonax deltoides), oysters, (Saccostrea glomerata), beach worms, (F. Onuphidae), bait yabbies (Callianassa australiensis), mud crabs, (Scylla serrata), and prawns. The cultural catch is consumed by the fishers, their families, extended families and other community members. To a lesser extent some of the catch is bartered or traded for other goods and services within the community.