99Restrictions on fishing licence (Danish seine)

99 Restrictions on fishing licence (Danish seine)

(1)  The holder of a fishing licence (Danish seine) must not use a Danish seine net in accordance with that licence if the Danish seine net is being towed by, or is connected to, a vessel that is not the vessel specified in the fishing licence (Danish seine).

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(2)  If a Danish seine net has a whiting codend attached, the holder of a fishing licence (Danish seine) must not use that net in State waters other than the following State waters:

(a) east of the line of longitude extending through Woolnorth Point to the line of longitude extending through Waterhouse Point;

(b) north of an imaginary straight line from Yellow Bluff on North Bruny Island to Outer North Head on the Tasman Peninsula.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(3)  The holder of a fishing licence (Danish seine) must not use a Danish seine net in the following State waters:

(a) within one nautical mile of any part of the coast of Tasmania, except Ile des Phoques (also known as White Rock);

(b) Anderson Bay;

(c) Frederick Henry Bay and Norfolk Bay;

(d) Great Oyster Bay;

(e) Mercury Passage;

(f) west and north of imaginary straight lines from Cape Degerando to Cape Baudin, from Cape Faure to Ile des Phoques, from Ile des Phoques to Cape Boullanger and from Cape Bernier to Cape Peron;

(g) the River Derwent;

(h) the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(4)  Subrules (2) and (3) do not apply to the holder of a fishing licence (Danish seine) if that licence is endorsed to allow the holder of the licence to use a Danish seine net in those waters, and the holder is acting in accordance with that endorsement.