28Permitted methods for taking sea urchins

28 Permitted methods for taking sea urchins

(1)  The holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) must not take sea urchins other than –

(a) by hand; or

(b) with tongs; or

(c) with a single pronged hook.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(2)  Subrule (1) does not apply to the taking of sea urchins for the purposes of culling the number of sea urchins.

(3)  In this rule –

tongs means an apparatus –

(a) used for holding things; and

(b) consisting of 2 arms each having a single prong or flattened end no more than 100 millimetres wide.