104Setting of gillnets

104 Setting of gillnets

(1)  A person must not set or leave a commercial gillnet in State waters for a continuous period of more than 6 hours.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(2)  A person must not set or leave a commercial gillnet, that is not a shark net, in State waters between –

(a) one hour after sunset; and

(b) one hour before sunrise –

unless the person is the holder of a fishing licence of class scalefish or a fishing licence (small-mesh gillnet).

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(3)  Subrules (1) and (2) do not apply to –

(a) the holder of a fishing licence (personal) that is endorsed to permit the setting of unattended graball nets or small-mesh gillnets in the waters of the north coast of Tasmania bounded –

(i) in the west by a line of latitude through Cape Grim; and

(ii) in the east by a line of latitude through Cape Naturaliste; or

(b) [Rule 104 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] the setting or leaving of a commercial gillnet, as authorised under a scalefish licence, if the net is attended by the holder of the scalefish licence; or

(c) [Rule 104 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] the setting or leaving of a commercial gillnet in the waters of Macquarie Harbour that is in accordance with a fishing licence (scalefish A), or fishing licence (scalefish B), endorsed to take scalefish for commercial purposes in Macquarie Harbour.

(4)  [Rule 104 Subrule (4) inserted by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] The holder of a fishing licence (scalefish A), or fishing licence (scalefish B), endorsed to take scalefish for commercial purposes in Macquarie Harbour, must not set or leave a gillnet –

(a) in Macquarie Harbour Internal Waters; or