Fisheries Management (Supporting Plan) Regulation 2006
11EAIllegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of traps
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11EA Illegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of traps
11EA Illegally reducing mesh size or lateral mesh openings of traps
(1) It is unlawful for a person to use a trap in which any meshes are wholly or partly covered 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 trap.
(2) It is unlawful for a person to use a trap in which any string, rope, wire, cord, netting or other material is fixed to any meshes or placed around the trap 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 trap.