Fisheries Management (Supporting Plan) Regulation 2006
11EIllegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of nets
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11E Illegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of nets
11E Illegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of nets
(1) It is unlawful for a person to use a net in which any meshes (or any bars) are wholly or partly covered or twisted in any manner—
(a) so as to reduce the mesh size of the meshes to less than that specified under the share management plan for a fishery as lawful, or
(b) so as to reduce the size of the lateral mesh openings in the net.
(2) It is unlawful for a person to use a net in which any string, rope, wire, cord, netting or other material is fixed to any meshes or placed around the net in any manner—
(a) so as to reduce the mesh size of the meshes to less than that specified under the share management plan for a fishery as lawful, or
(b) so as to reduce the size of the lateral mesh openings in the net.