123Use or possession of recreational hoop nets or open top lift nets

123 Use or possession of recreational hoop nets or open top lift nets

(1) A person must not use or possess more than 2 recreational hoop nets in or on any marine waters.

(2) Despite subregulation (1), a person must not use a recreational hoop net in marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, the Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) during the period commencing on 15 September and ending on 15 November in each year.

(3) Despite subregulation (1), a person must not leave a recreational hoop net immersed or set in marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, the Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) during the period commencing on 15 September and ending on 15 November in each year.

(4) A person must not use or possess an open top lift net in, on or next to any marine waters.

(5) A person must not use or possess more than 10 nets that are either recreational hoop nets or open top lift nets in or on any inland waters.

(6) Despite subregulation (5), a person must not use an open top lift net or more than 5 recreational hoop nets in the waters of the Goulburn River system, the Ovens River system, the Glenelg River system, the Latrobe River system, the Tarra River system, the Mitta Mitta River, the Kiewa River, Wodonga Creek, Ryans Creek, Waranga Basin, Carrol's Creek or in any streams or tributaries flowing into those waters or in any waters impounded on those waters.

(7) Subregulation (6) does not apply to the waters of Lake Eildon, Rocklands Reservoir or Lake Dartmouth.