auxiliary fishing apparatus means a type of apparatus used to deploy or retrieve fishing line for the purposes of non-commercial fishing, other than a setline, a manually operated fishing rod and line, an electric fishing reel mounted on a fishing rod and line or a handline;
auxiliary vessel means a dinghy, tender or other vessel that is –
(a) part of the equipment of a fishing vessel; and
(b) transported with, capable of being carried on, and operated solely from, the fishing vessel; and
(c) not operated further than 2 nautical miles from the fishing vessel;
bait net means an encircling net that is not more than 6 metres in length and 2 metres in depth with a mesh size of not more than 20 millimetres;
bait pump means a hand-operated, non-powered device with a barrel which is inserted into the sand to extract burrowing shrimp, marine worms and other invertebrate bait species by means of a vacuum;
bait trap means a trap that –
(a) is not more than 500 millimetres long, 350 millimetres wide and 250 millimetres high; and
(b) has not more than 2 entrances that are not more than 65 millimetres at the widest diameter; and
(c) has a mesh size not less than 10 millimetres and not more than 40 millimetres;
banded morwong quota docket means a docket, in an approved form, relating to banded morwong;
banded morwong quota unit means a unit that is an entitlement to take one 1 193rd of the total allowable catch for the banded morwong fishery;
banded morwong quota unit balance, for a fishing licence for a quota period, means the quantity of banded morwong allocated to the licence for the quota period that remains to be caught in the quota period;
beach seine net means an encircling net that –
(a) has a bag or bunt, including a panel that forms a bunt; and
(b) has a mesh size of not less than 30 millimetres; and
(c) is not pursed or drawn through rings into the shape of a bag; and
gillnet, also known as a set net, means one of the following nets that is set vertically in the water, so that fish swimming into it are entangled in the mesh:
(a) a graball net;
(b) a mullet net;
(c) a shark net;
(d) a small-mesh gillnet;
(e) a special small-mesh gillnet;
graball net means a single-mesh net that –
(a) has a weighted bottom line; and
(b) is intended to be set with its bottom line on the seabed or riverbed; and
(c) has a mesh size of not less than 105 millimetres and not more than 140 millimetres;
holding tank means fishing apparatus used to hold live fish on land or on a pier, jetty or other artificial extension of land;
hook includes –
(a) a lure; and
(b) a jig that is not a squid jig; and
(c) a set of ganged hooks;
lampara net means an encircling net that is –
(a) used from a fishing vessel; and
(b) not pursed or drawn through rings into the shape of a bag;
land, in relation to a landing net, means to remove a fish from the water after it has been caught or captured by some other means;
landing means –
(a) bringing scalefish ashore or in contact with a pier, a jetty or another artificial extension of land; or
(b) bringing a vessel containing scalefish ashore or in contact with a pier, a jetty or another artificial extension of land;
landing area means the area on the landward side of the high-water mark within a 200-metre radius of the point of landing;
landing net means a hand-held net that –
(a) is used to land fish; and
(b) is attached to a frame so that the maximum length across the net is not more than 600 millimetres;
licensed fishing vessel means a vessel specified on a fishing licence (vessel);
licensing year, in relation to a commercial fishing licence, means the period beginning on 1 March each year and ending at midnight on the last day of February in the following year;
longline means a line that –
(a) is set horizontally; and
(b) is weighted and buoyed at both ends; and
(c) once set is not attached to a person or a vessel;
(b) published on a website operated by, or on behalf of, the Department or Government for the duration of the period for which the notice is in effect;
(c) published in a newspaper circulating generally in the State;
purse seine net means an encircling net that –
(a) is used from a fishing vessel; and
(b) is pursed or drawn through rings into the shape of a bag;
recreational licence means a fishing licence of a class specified in item 6 of the table in rule 7 ;
report, in relation to an activity involving banded morwong, means a report that contains the information required under rule 70 to be provided in a report for such an activity;
reporting service means a service approved under rule 70 ;
seine licence means a fishing licence of a class specified in item 3 of the table in rule 7 ;
seine net includes –
(a) a beach seine net; and
(b) a lampara net; and
(c) a purse seine net;
set means to place, or attempt to place, in State waters;
set line means a dropline or a longline;
shark includes a shark carcass;
shark net means a single-mesh net, of a type that is authorised for use to take shark under an appropriate authority, that –
(a) has a weighted bottom line; and
(b) is intended to be set with its bottom line on the seabed or riverbed; and
(c) has a mesh size of not less than 150 millimetres and not more than 165 millimetres;
shark refuge area means the following areas:
(a) Blackman Bay;
(b) D'Entrecasteaux Channel;
(c) East Coast waters;
(d) Frederick Henry Bay and Norfolk Bay;
(e) Georges Bay;
(f) Great Oyster Bay;
(g) Mercury Passage;
(h) Pitt Water;
(i) Port Sorell;
(j) River Derwent;
(k) River Tamar;
small-mesh gillnet means a single-mesh net that –
(a) has a weighted bottom line; and
(b) is intended to be set with its bottom line on the seabed or riverbed; and
(c) has a mesh size of not less than 75 millimetres and not more than 100 millimetres;
spear includes –
(a) a spear gun; and
(b) any other apparatus with a pointed end that is used to fish;
special small-mesh gillnet means a single-mesh net that –
(a) has a weighted bottom line; and
(b) is intended to be set with its bottom line on the seabed or riverbed; and
(c) has a mesh size of not less than 70 millimetres and not more than 100 millimetres;
squid jig means a baited lure, or artificial lure, that –
(a) has one or more sets of pointed hooks or spikes; and
(b) is used to take squid;
squid line means a line with a squid jig attached;
subsidiary vessel means a dinghy, tender or other vessel that is –
(a) part of the equipment of a vessel used for non-commercial fishing; and
(b) transported with, capable of being carried on, and operates solely from, the vessel; and
(c) is not operated further than 2 nautical miles from the vessel;
TAC area means State waters (other than the Tamar River) off the north, east and south coasts of Tasmania that are –
(a) south of the line of latitude 40º40'S; and
(b) east of an imaginary straight line starting at Low Head and running due north; and
(c) east of an imaginary straight line starting at Whale Head and running due south;
trawl net means a net, whether fitted with a whiting codend or not, that is –
(a) a Danish seine net; or
(b) a board trawl net;
unique identifying code, in relation to a person, means a unique number allotted to the person by the Secretary under rule 125 ;
whiting codend means a codend that has a mesh size of not less than 42 millimetres calculated over a length of not more than 400 meshes;
(2) In these rules, a reference to a species or type of fish is a reference to that species or type of fish as defined in Schedule 1 .
(3) In these rules, a reference to a body of waters, or a region, by name is a reference to the body of waters or region so named as defined in Schedule 2 .
(4) In these rules –
(a) a person is taken to be in charge of a vessel if a fisheries officer has reason to believe that the person is in charge of the vessel; and
(b) 2 fillets of fish are equivalent to one fish.
(5) For the purposes of these rules, a gillnet is set once the entire headline length of the gillnet is placed in the water.