Fisheries Declaration 2019
sec.164Particular fishing methods prohibited
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sec.164 Particular fishing methods prohibited
A person must not take fish in any of the following ways— by jagging or foul-hooking; using underwater breathing apparatus, other than a snorkel; using a crab hook; using fishing apparatus across a waterway or navigation channel in a way that makes more than half of its width impassable to a boat or fish. In this section— crab hook means a hook, other than a baited hook, used for impaling or extracting crabs. jagging or foul-hooking means using a device consisting of a hook or a collection of hooks that is used, other than with a lure or bait, to take fish. (sec.164-ssec.1) A person must not take fish in any of the following ways— by jagging or foul-hooking; using underwater breathing apparatus, other than a snorkel; using a crab hook; using fishing apparatus across a waterway or navigation channel in a way that makes more than half of its width impassable to a boat or fish. (sec.164-ssec.2) In this section— crab hook means a hook, other than a baited hook, used for impaling or extracting crabs. jagging or foul-hooking means using a device consisting of a hook or a collection of hooks that is used, other than with a lure or bait, to take fish.
- (a) by jagging or foul-hooking;
- (b) using underwater breathing apparatus, other than a snorkel;
- (c) using a crab hook;
- (d) using fishing apparatus across a waterway or navigation channel in a way that makes more than half of its width impassable to a boat or fish.