Section 29 - Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006 - Flathead net

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29 Flathead net

(1) It is lawful for the holder of a meshing endorsement to use a flathead 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 following conditions are complied with—

(a) in the case of a net being used in Lake Illawarra—the net is used only to take flathead and blue swimmer crab,

(b) in the case of a net being used in Tuggerah Lakes, Wallis Lake or Smiths Lake—the net is not used to take sand whiting or bream,

(c) the net is used only by the method of meshing,

(d) the net is not used in Lake Illawarra for any period from 1 September in any year to 31 May in the following year or for a period exceeding 6 hours between sunrise and sunset from 1 June to 31 August in any year,

(e) the net is not used in Tuggerah Lakes, Wallis Lake or Smiths Lake for any period from 1 December in any year to 28 February in the following year or between sunrise and sunset during any other period,

(f) the net is not used in such a manner as causes—

(i) the lead line to be raised from the bed of the estuary, or

(ii) (Repealed)

(iii) the corks, floats, cork line or float line not to be completely submerged,

(g) if the net is set after sunset—

(i) it must be retrieved, or be in the process of being retrieved, by sunrise, and

(ii) if more than one net has been set by an endorsement holder, all nets must have been retrieved by sunrise or all nets, but one, must have been retrieved by sunrise and the last one must be in the process of being retrieved,

(h) if the net is used after sunset by an endorsement holder in combination with, or in the same waters as, a meshing net being used as a set net by the person in excess of 3 hours, the combined total length of the nets must not exceed 1,450 metres,

(i) both ends of a set net must be marked on the surface of the water by a white buoy that—

(i) is moored so as to be positioned above the end of the net, and