46Taking of saltwater nippers, worms, pipis etc

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—

(a) a pump or similar device having a barrel or cylinder with a diameter of not more than 85 mm, or

(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

(c) a single blade knife with a blade longer than it is wide, or

(d) a spade or fork (except in a seagrass bed, mangrove or saltmarsh area or for the taking of pipis), or

(e) pliers.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

(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).