27Seine net (prawns): clover leafing

27 Seine net (prawns): clover leafing

27 Seine net (prawns): clover leafing

(1) It is lawful for the holder of a prawning endorsement to use a seine net for taking prawns in the waters specified in the Table to this clause if the net (including hauling lines) complies with the description set out in relation to those waters in that Table, the net is used in the manner described in subclause (4) and the following conditions are complied with—

(a) (Repealed)

(b) the net is used only between sunset and sunrise,

(c) there is no string, rope, wire, cord, netting or other material fixed to the codend, except as permitted by subclauses (2) and (3).

(2) A draw or closing string and a secondary string may be attached to the net in accordance with one of the following methods—

(a) method 1: a frill or panel of diamond shaped mesh (not less than 30 mm nor more than 40 mm), used to facilitate the insertion of a draw or closing string, is attached to the codend within 3 bars of the last row of bars of the codend; the frill or panel is no greater than 15 meshes deep and a draw or closing string is inserted directly in the codend, or by means of a secondary string, within 3 bars of the end of the codend,

(b) method 2: a frill or panel of diamond shaped mesh (not less than 30 mm nor more than 40 mm), used to facilitate the insertion of a draw or closing string, is attached to the codend; the frill or panel does not consist of a greater number of meshes in circumference than the number of bars in the circumference of the codend; and a draw or closing string is inserted directly in the frill, or by means of a secondary string, within 3 meshes of the point where the frill or panel is attached to the codend,

(c) method 3: a draw or closing string is inserted directly into the codend, or by means of a secondary string, without a frill or panel of diamond shaped mesh.

(3) A chain or weight may be attached to the last row of the meshes of the codend for the purpose of preventing tangling of the net while it is being used.

(4) The net must be used in the following manner—

(a) a hauling line is cast or shot from a boat,

(b) that hauling line, the net and a second hauling line are then cast or shot from the boat as it moves in a circular direction resulting in the boat returning to the marker buoy,