7EUse of set lines (other restrictions applying to waters outside 3 nm and the taking of school and gummy shark)

7E Use of set lines (other restrictions applying to waters outside 3 nm and the taking of school and gummy shark)

7E Use of set lines (other restrictions applying to waters outside 3 nm and the taking of school and gummy shark)

(1) This clause applies to the following fishing activities—

(a) the taking of fish by means of a set line in ocean waters more than 3 nautical miles from the natural coast line, and

(b) the taking of school and gummy shark by means of a set line in ocean waters south of a line drawn due east from the northern point of the entrance to the Moruya River, if all hooks attached to the set line or lines being used are no smaller than 9/0.

(2) The holder of a line fishing endorsement must not, for the purpose of taking fish in the fishery, use a set line or lines if the total of all hooks on all set lines being used by the endorsement holder at any one time, for the purposes of a fishing activity to which this clause applies, exceeds either of the following limits—

(a) a limit of 1,200 hooks per endorsement (the endorsement limit),

(b) a limit of 1,200 hooks per fishing business (the fishing business limit).

(3) The endorsement limit applies in respect of each line fishing endorsement, so that the maximum number of hooks that may be used on set lines at any one time, pursuant to that endorsement, in waters to which the endorsement applies is 1,200.

(4) The fishing business limit applies to all line fishing endorsements that are components of the same fishing business, so that the maximum number of hooks that may be used on set lines at any one time pursuant to endorsements that are components of that fishing business is 1,200 hooks.

Note—

For example, if a fisher holds both a line fishing western zone endorsement and a line fishing eastern zone endorsement, and they are components of the same fishing business, the fisher must not exceed the following limits—

(a) 1,200 hooks, in respect of the western zone endorsement,

(b) 1,200 hooks, in respect of the eastern zone endorsement,

(c) 1,200 hooks, in respect of the fishing business of which the endorsements are a component.

Accordingly, the fisher could use up to 1,200 hooks on set lines in the western zone without exceeding the endorsement limit for that endorsement, and use up to 1,200 hooks on set lines in the eastern zone without exceeding the endorsement limit for that endorsement. However, the fisher must ensure that the total number of hooks used across both zones does not exceed 1,200, as this is the fishing business limit for those endorsements.