Fisheries Management Act 1994
6COcean trap and line fishery
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6C Ocean trap and line fishery
6C Ocean trap and line fishery
Description of fishery
(1) The ocean trap and line fishery consists of the following—
(a) the use of a fish trap to take fish from ocean waters,
(b) the use of a line with hooks attached to take fish from ocean waters,
(c) the use of a spanner crab net to take spanner crabs from ocean waters that are north of a line drawn due east from Korogoro Point (Hat Head).
(2) In this clause, ocean waters does not include the waters within 3 nautical miles of—
(a) the high water mark on Lord Howe Island, or
(b) Balls Pyramid.