Fisheries Declaration 2019
sec.66Using particular nets
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.66
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Fisheries Declaration 2019.
sec.66 Using particular nets
A person must not— use a set mesh net in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A); or use a net that is neither fixed nor hauled in offshore waters in the regulated waters. Despite subsection (1) , a person may use a set mesh net or a net that is neither fixed nor hauled in offshore waters in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A) if the net— is made of monofilament no more than 0.65mm in diameter; and has a drop of no more than 33 meshes; and is used by at least 2 persons, each of whom is on a boat floating on the water and within 100m of the net. This section is subject to— sections 67 , 68 and 69 ; and for a person taking fish in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A) under a licence for a commercial net fishery—the authorisations under, and conditions of, the licence stated in the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 , schedule 4 . s 66 amd 2019 SL No. 181 s 27 sch 1 ; 2024 SL No. 52 s 9 (sec.66-ssec.1) A person must not— use a set mesh net in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A); or use a net that is neither fixed nor hauled in offshore waters in the regulated waters. (sec.66-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) , a person may use a set mesh net or a net that is neither fixed nor hauled in offshore waters in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A) if the net— is made of monofilament no more than 0.65mm in diameter; and has a drop of no more than 33 meshes; and is used by at least 2 persons, each of whom is on a boat floating on the water and within 100m of the net. (sec.66-ssec.3) This section is subject to— sections 67 , 68 and 69 ; and for a person taking fish in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A) under a licence for a commercial net fishery—the authorisations under, and conditions of, the licence stated in the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 , schedule 4 .
- (a) use a set mesh net in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A); or
- (b) use a net that is neither fixed nor hauled in offshore waters in the regulated waters.
- (a) is made of monofilament no more than 0.65mm in diameter; and
- (b) has a drop of no more than 33 meshes; and
- (c) is used by at least 2 persons, each of whom is on a boat floating on the water and within 100m of the net.
- (a) sections 67 , 68 and 69 ; and
- (b) for a person taking fish in the Hervey Bay–Tin Can Bay (greater dugong protection area A) under a licence for a commercial net fishery—the authorisations under, and conditions of, the licence stated in the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 , schedule 4 .