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Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019
34Dip or scoop net (prawns)
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#### 34 Dip or scoop net (prawns)
34 Dip or scoop net (prawns)
> > (1) It is lawful for a person to use a dip or scoop net for taking prawns or any other fish in the waters specified in the Table to this clause if the net complies with the description as set out in that Table and the following conditions are complied with—
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> > > (a) the net is used as a hand implement only and not staked or set, or joined or placed together with any other net,
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> > > (b) a person uses only 1 net at any one time.
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> > (2) This clause does not apply to or in respect of the holder of an endorsement in the estuary general fishery when taking fish for sale in that fishery.
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> > Note.
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> > See the [Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2006-0734) in relation to the use of dip or scoop nets (prawns) in the estuary general fishery.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this Regulation or any other instrument under the Act, a net described in this clause may be referred to as a dip or scoop net (prawns).
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> | Waters—Any waters (other than inland waters).Description of net—Net attached to a frame, hoop or ring not exceeding 0.6 metre in its greatest diameter, with a total length from the centre of the plane of the frame, hoop or ring to the extremity of the net not exceeding 1.25 metres; mesh not less than 20 mm. |