sec.140AAPossessing or using trawl nets in particular waters in particular period

sec.140AA Possessing or using trawl nets in particular waters in particular period

A person must not possess or use a trawl net in the central trawl region or northern trawl region in the period from midday on 15 December to midday on 1 March. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses or uses a trawl net on a boat if— the possession or use is only for testing the net or other fishing apparatus normally used with the net; and the person in control of the boat has given the nearest Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol oral or written notice of the testing; and the net’s cod ends are open; and no fish are taken during the test. A notice under subsection (2) (b) must— be given at least 24 hours before the testing starts; and state— a square area, with boundaries no longer than 1n mile each side, where the testing is to happen; and when the testing is to start and end. Also, a person may possess a trawl net in the waters in the period mentioned in subsection (1) if the net is stowed and secured on a boat. For subsection (4) , an otter trawl net is stowed and secured on a boat only if— during the daytime— the net and any other fishing apparatus normally used with the net are drawn up to the boat and are visible from an aircraft or another boat; and the net’s cod ends are open; and the net’s lazy lines are on the blocks; and at night— the boat is at anchor in an area marked as an anchorage or boat harbour on a navigational chart; or the net and other fishing apparatus are inboard the boat and are stored or suspended from a mast or boom. otter boards, ground chains or ropes for an otter trawl net s 140AA ins 2020 SL No. 236 s 58 (sec.140AA-ssec.1) A person must not possess or use a trawl net in the central trawl region or northern trawl region in the period from midday on 15 December to midday on 1 March. (sec.140AA-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses or uses a trawl net on a boat if— the possession or use is only for testing the net or other fishing apparatus normally used with the net; and the person in control of the boat has given the nearest Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol oral or written notice of the testing; and the net’s cod ends are open; and no fish are taken during the test. (sec.140AA-ssec.3) A notice under subsection (2) (b) must— be given at least 24 hours before the testing starts; and state— a square area, with boundaries no longer than 1n mile each side, where the testing is to happen; and when the testing is to start and end. (sec.140AA-ssec.4) Also, a person may possess a trawl net in the waters in the period mentioned in subsection (1) if the net is stowed and secured on a boat. (sec.140AA-ssec.5) For subsection (4) , an otter trawl net is stowed and secured on a boat only if— during the daytime— the net and any other fishing apparatus normally used with the net are drawn up to the boat and are visible from an aircraft or another boat; and the net’s cod ends are open; and the net’s lazy lines are on the blocks; and at night— the boat is at anchor in an area marked as an anchorage or boat harbour on a navigational chart; or the net and other fishing apparatus are inboard the boat and are stored or suspended from a mast or boom. otter boards, ground chains or ropes for an otter trawl net