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Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019
46Taking of saltwater nippers, worms, pipis etc
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#### 46 Taking of saltwater nippers, worms, pipis etc
46 Taking of saltwater nippers, worms, pipis etc
> > (1) A person must not take any saltwater nippers, squirt worms, blood worms, beachworms, pipis or any other intertidal invertebrate from a rock platform by any method other than by use of a single blade knife with a blade longer than it is wide, or from any other place by any method other than by use of—
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> > > (a) a pump or similar device having a barrel or cylinder with a diameter of not more than 85 mm, or
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> > > (b) a tube or cylinder (whether or not fitted with a cap at one end) with a length of not more than 250 mm and a diameter of not more than 85 mm, or
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> > > (c) a single blade knife with a blade longer than it is wide, or
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> > > (d) a spade or fork (except in a seagrass bed, mangrove or saltmarsh area or for the taking of pipis), or
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> > > (e) pliers.
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> > Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
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> > (2) This clause does not prevent a person from taking any fish by the method of hand picking (whether or not while wearing a glove).