sch.4-sec.153YMarking nets

sch.4-sec.153Y Marking nets

A set mesh net used during the day must be marked by— light-coloured floats no more than 20m apart along its length; and a solid, white float— no less than 15cm in any dimension; and with either the commercial fisher’s name or the primary boat mark for the net written on both ends of the net. A set mesh net used at night must be marked by a white light, visible at least 400m in all directions from the light, at both ends of the net. A mesh net that is neither fixed nor hauled used in offshore waters during the day must be marked by— a pole, with an orange flag on it at least 2m above the water, attached to one end of the net; and solid, light-coloured floats, no less than 15cm in any dimension, no more than 100m apart along the length of the net. A mesh net that is neither fixed nor hauled used in offshore waters at night must be marked by a white light, visible at least 400m in all directions from the light, at both ends of the net. sch 4 s 153Y ins 2023 SL No. 194 s 17 (sch.4-sec.153Y-ssec.1) A set mesh net used during the day must be marked by— light-coloured floats no more than 20m apart along its length; and a solid, white float— no less than 15cm in any dimension; and with either the commercial fisher’s name or the primary boat mark for the net written on both ends of the net. (sch.4-sec.153Y-ssec.2) A set mesh net used at night must be marked by a white light, visible at least 400m in all directions from the light, at both ends of the net. (sch.4-sec.153Y-ssec.3) A mesh net that is neither fixed nor hauled used in offshore waters during the day must be marked by— a pole, with an orange flag on it at least 2m above the water, attached to one end of the net; and solid, light-coloured floats, no less than 15cm in any dimension, no more than 100m apart along the length of the net. (sch.4-sec.153Y-ssec.4) A mesh net that is neither fixed nor hauled used in offshore waters at night must be marked by a white light, visible at least 400m in all directions from the light, at both ends of the net.

• (a) light-coloured floats no more than 20m apart along its length; and
• (b) a solid, white float— (i) no less than 15cm in any dimension; and (ii) with either the commercial fisher’s name or the primary boat mark for the net written on both ends of the net.
• (i) no less than 15cm in any dimension; and
• (ii) with either the commercial fisher’s name or the primary boat mark for the net written on both ends of the net.
• (i) no less than 15cm in any dimension; and
• (ii) with either the commercial fisher’s name or the primary boat mark for the net written on both ends of the net.
• (a) a pole, with an orange flag on it at least 2m above the water, attached to one end of the net; and
• (b) solid, light-coloured floats, no less than 15cm in any dimension, no more than 100m apart along the length of the net.