76Lawful interference with set fishing gear

76 Lawful interference with set fishing gear

76 Lawful interference with set fishing gear

(1) Any commercial fisher may, for the purpose of using a net on any recognised fishing ground, remove any unattended fishing gear that has been so set as to obstruct the use of the fisher’s net.

(2) A fisher who so removes set fishing gear is not, if the fisher exercises reasonable care in the removal, liable for any damage to the fishing gear occasioned by such removal.

(3) This clause does not allow a commercial fisher to remove a net that has been lawfully set in the waters concerned.