26Checking of equipment

26 Checking of equipment

(1)  In this regulation –

protected wildlife means wildlife of a species specified in Schedule 2 to the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010 .

(2)  A commercial fisher who sets, lays or places in position any eel trap or fyke net under the authority of a commercial freshwater fishing licence must –

(a) inspect that eel trap or fyke net daily; and

(b) immediately after inspecting the eel trap or fyke net, remove or release from the eel trap or fyke net any fish or protected wildlife that the commercial fisher finds to be caught in it.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 5 penalty units and not more than 10 penalty units and a special penalty of 1 penalty unit for each fish.