18Fish and waters protected from commercial fishing

18 Fish and waters protected from commercial fishing

18 Fish and waters protected from commercial fishing

(1) For the purposes of section 20 (2) of the Act, Schedule 2 specifies the particular waters in which all commercial fishing, or a particular class of commercial fishing, is prohibited.

(2) For the purposes of section 20 (2) of the Act, commercial fishing other than the following commercial fishing activities is prohibited in all ocean and estuarine waters—

(a) a fishing activity referred to in Schedule 1 to the Act,

(b) the taking of sea urchin or turban shell,

(c) the use of an otter trawl net (fish) or danish seine trawl net (fish) to take fish (other than prawns) from ocean waters that are not more than 3 nautical miles from the natural coast line and are south of a line drawn due east from Barrenjoey Headland,

(d) the taking of fish from Lord Howe Island waters.

(3) For the purposes of section 20 (2) of the Act, any commercial fishing activity other than the taking of yabbies or carp is prohibited in all inland waters.