10Waters permanently closed to ocean hauling

10 Waters permanently closed to ocean hauling

10 Waters permanently closed to ocean hauling

(1) Pursuant to section 20 (2) of the Act, it is declared that the waters within 200 metres of the mean low water mark of the waters listed in Schedule 1 are waters in which the class of commercial fishing that consists of the taking of fish by commercial fishers in the fishery is prohibited, subject to subclauses (2) and (3).

(2) The declaration under subclause (1) does not prohibit the use of any of the following nets, where those nets are cast from and hauled back to a boat, in waters that are adjacent to a headland that is at the end of a beach specified in Schedule 1—

(a) garfish net (hauling),

(b) pilchard, anchovy and bait net (hauling).

(3) The declaration under subclause (1) does not prohibit the use of a hauling net (general purpose) from 1 March to 31 July in each year in waters adjacent to the shoreline between the southwesternmost point on Crowdy Head and the northern breakwall at Harrington Inlet.