20Garfish net (hauling)

#### 20 Garfish net (hauling) 20 Garfish net (hauling) > > (1) It is lawful for the holder of a category one or category two hauling endorsement to use a hauling 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 by the method of hauling, > > > > > (b) the net is deployed from, and hauled to, a beach. > > > (2) It is also lawful to use a hauling net for taking any other permitted species of fish (other than a prohibited size class of fish) that are taken by the net when it is being lawfully used for taking garfish. > > > (3) (Repealed) > > > (4) 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 (hauling) or as a garfish net (hauling)—estuary general fishery. > > Table Garfish net (hauling) > > | 1 | (a) Waters—That part of the Hawkesbury River known as Broken Bay from its confluence with the South Pacific Ocean upstream to a line drawn from Little Box Head to Green Point, a line from the most easterly extremity of Middle Head to the most northerly extremity of West Head and a line northeasterly from Soldiers Point to Sand Point; that part of Port Stephens east of a line northerly from Corlett Point to Orungall Point (excluding those parts which include Wobbegong Bay, Wobbegong Creek, Pindimar Bay, Corrie Creek, Paddy Marr’s Bay and Myall River and its tributaries), generally north and northeast of a line from Orungall Point to a point being the south-western corner of Oyster Farm No 83–361, and a line from the last mentioned point to Myall Point.(b) Description of net—Mesh of not less than 28 mm nor more than 36 mm; total length not exceeding 300 metres. |