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Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006
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#### 25 Prawn running net
25 Prawn running net
> > (1) It is lawful for the holder of a prawning endorsement to use a running net for taking prawns 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—
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> > > (a) if the net is not staked, the net is used only by the method of casting or shooting the net and picking up and landing the whole of the net into a boat in the manner known as “running the net” within 1 hour of the commencement of the casting or shooting,
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> > > (b) for a net that is being used for taking prawns in the waters of Lake Illawarra—the net must not be operated by, or with the assistance of, another commercial fisher who is also operating, or assisting in the operation of, another prawn running net,
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> > > (c) in the case of a staked net—
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> > > > (i) the net is not set earlier than 1 hour before sunset, and
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> > > > (ii) (Repealed)
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> > > > (iii) no stakes are left in the water in the period between sunrise and 1 hour before sunset.
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> > (2) It is also lawful to use a running net to take 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 prawns.
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> > (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 prawn running net.
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> Table Prawn running net
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> | 1 | (a) Waters—Wallaga Lake, Cuttagee Lake, Middle Lake (Bega), Lake Wollumboola, Swan Lake, Coila Lake, Corunna Lake, Tilba Tilba Lake and Lake Brou.(b) Description of net—Total length not exceeding 75 metres; mesh throughout not less than 25 mm nor more than 36 mm. |
> | 2 | (a) Waters—Tuggerah Lakes and Lake Illawarra.(b) Description of net—Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 25 mm nor more than 36 mm. |