133Gillnets

133 Gillnets

(1)  A person must not take scalefish using, at any one time, more gillnets than –

(a) one graball net; and

(b) one mullet net.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  Unless otherwise specified, a person using a gillnet must ensure that –

(a) the net is marked with 2 white marker buoys, with one attached to each end of the gillnet; and

(b) when set, the gillnet is in the water and the buoys float on the surface of the water.

Penalty:   Grade 2 penalty.

(3)  A person in charge of a vessel must ensure that, at any one time, no more than 3 gillnets are on, or being used from, the vessel.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(4)  [Rule 133 Subrule (4) substituted by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] A person must not set or use a gillnet in Macquarie Harbour Internal Waters.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(5)  [Rule 133 Subrule (5) substituted by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] A person must not –

(a) leave a gillnet in a shark refuge area, unless the person is within 50 metres of that gillnet at all times while it is set in that area; or

(b) in State waters other than a shark refuge area, set or leave a gillnet for a continuous period of more than 2 hours; or

(c) in Macquarie Harbour, set or leave a gillnet for a continuous period of more than 2 hours.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(5A)  [Rule 133 Subrule (5A) inserted by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023] A person must not set a gillnet –

(a) in waters greater than 20 metres in depth; or

(b) in waters more than 250 metres from the high water mark.