NSWIn ForceRegulation
Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006
19Garfish net (bullringing)
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 19
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006.
#### 19 Garfish net (bullringing)
19 Garfish net (bullringing)
> > (1) It is lawful for the holder of a category one or category two hauling endorsement to use a net for taking garfish in the waters specified in the Table to this clause if the net complies with the description set out in relation to those waters in that Table and the following conditions are complied with—
> >
> > > (a) the net is used only between 1 February and 30 November in any year,
> >
> > > (b) the net is used only by the method of bullringing (that is, casting the net in a circle, then retrieving the net to the boat, both of which are to be completed as a continuous operation),
> >
> > > (c) the length of any hauling line attached to the net does not exceed 25 metres.
>
> > (2) It is also lawful to use a net to take other permitted species of fish, other than a prohibited size class of fish, taken by the net when it is being lawfully used to take garfish.
>
> > (3) For the purposes of this Plan or any other instrument under the Act, a net described in this clause may be referred to as a garfish net (bullringing).
>
> Table Garfish net (bullringing)
>
> | 1 | (a) Waters—Clarence River.(b) Description of net—Total length not exceeding 375 metres; mesh throughout not less than 28 mm nor more than 45 mm. |
> | 2 | (a) Waters—Tuggerah Lakes.(b) Description of net—Total length not exceeding 550 metres; mesh throughout not less than 28 mm nor more than 45 mm. |
> | 3 | (a) Waters—All other waters specified in the Table to clause 4.(b) Description of net—Total length not exceeding 275 metres; mesh throughout not less than 28 mm nor more than 45 mm. |