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Fisheries Management (Estuary Prawn Trawl Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006
17BSorting of prawns caught in certain nets
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17B Sorting of prawns caught in certain nets
17B Sorting of prawns caught in certain nets
For the purposes of section 68 (6A) of the Act, it is a condition of an endorsement that the following steps are taken immediately after using an otter trawl net (prawns) to take fish in the fishery—
(a) any prawns caught in the net are graded immediately after the net is retrieved,
(b) the unwanted portion of the catch is returned to the water, alive, as soon as practicable (and in any case before the cooking of the retained portion of the catch).