Section 28 - Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 - Meshing net

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28 Meshing net

(1) It is lawful for the holder of a meshing endorsement to use a meshing net for taking permitted species of fish 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 conditions set out in this clause are complied with.

(2) The net must be used—

(a) by the method of splashing (that is, shooting the net, immediately splashing and retrieving it as a continuous operation) at any time, or

(b) as a set net, but only—

(i) from 1 February to 30 November in any year, and

(ii) between sunset and sunrise, and

(iii) for no more than 3 hours at a time.

(3) The 3 hour time limit referred to in subclause (2) (b) (iii) (the 3-hour limit) does not apply—

(a) from 1 June to 31 August in any year in the waters of regions 1, 2 and 3, and

(b) from 1 June to 30 September in any year in the waters of regions 4, 5, 6 and 7.

(4) If used as a set net, the net must not be set until on or after sunset and it must be retrieved, or be in the process of being retrieved, by the relevant deadline. If more than one net has been set by an endorsement holder, all nets must have been retrieved by the relevant deadline. Alternatively, all nets, but one, must have been retrieved by the relevant deadline and the last one must be in the process of being retrieved.

(5) For the purpose of subclause (4), the relevant deadline is sunrise or, if the 3-hour limit applies, the end of the 3-hour limit (whichever occurs first).

(6) During any period in which the 3-hour limit does not apply, no more than 3 meshing nets may be set by the endorsement holder at any one time in excess of 3 hours and the combined total length of all nets set in excess of 3 hours must not exceed the maximum total length for an individual net, as set out in the Table to this clause.

(7) If the net is set by an endorsement holder in excess of 3 hours and in combination with, or in the same waters as, a flathead net being used by the endorsement holder, the combined total length of the nets must not exceed 1,450 metres.