Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015
42Fishing apparatus for fishing licence (scalefish A) or fishing licence (scalefish B)
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42 Fishing apparatus for fishing licence (scalefish A) or fishing licence (scalefish B)
[Rule 42 Substituted by S.R. 2023, No. 71, Applied:01 Nov 2023]
(1) The holder of a fishing licence (scalefish A) or fishing licence (scalefish B) may –
(a) possess on a fishing vessel squid jigs, landing nets, hand-held dipnets and spears; and
(b) use the hand-held dipnets and spears to take scalefish; and
(c) use the landing nets to land scalefish; and
(d) use not more than 5 squid jigs attached to hand lines.
(2) The holder of a fishing licence (scalefish A) or fishing licence (scalefish B) who is not the holder of a fishing licence (automatic squid jig) may, at any one time, use fish attraction lamps not exceeding a total power rating of 2 000 watts.
(3) The holder of a fishing licence (scalefish A) or a fishing licence (scalefish B) who is not the holder of a fishing licence (automatic squid jig) may use, at any one time, not more than 4 automatic squid-jigging machines or manual squid-jigging machines.