14ASorting of prawns caught in certain nets

14A Sorting of prawns caught in certain nets

14A Sorting of prawns caught in certain nets

(1) For the purposes of section 68 (6A) of the Act, it is a condition of an endorsement that the following steps are taken immediately after using a relevant net to take fish in the fishery—

(a) any prawns caught in the net are graded immediately after the net is retrieved,

(b) the unwanted portion of the catch is returned to the water, alive, as soon as practicable (and in any case before the cooking of the retained portion of the catch).

(2) In this clause, a relevant net means any of the following nets—

(a) dip or scoop net (prawns),

(b) hand-hauled prawn net,

(c) prawn net (hauling),

(d) prawn net (hauling)—Manning River,

(e) prawn net (hauling)—Wallis Lake,

(f) prawn net (set pocket),

(g) prawn running net,

(h) push or scissors net (prawns),

(i) seine net (prawns),

(j) seine net (prawns)—clover leafing.