(a) the holder of a commercial freshwater fishing licence; or
(b) a person authorised or required by the holder of a commercial freshwater fishing licence to take freshwater fish on behalf of that licence holder;
day means the 24-hour period commencing at midnight on any calendar day;
drop, in relation to a wing or leader of a fyke net, means the vertical distance between the head rope and ground rope measured at 2 points at either end of the wing or leader;
eel trap means a trap that –
(a) does not exceed 720 millimetres in height; and
(b) does not exceed 1 200 millimetres in length; and
(c) does not exceed 800 millimetres in width; and
(d) does not have any wings or leaders; and
(e) has a mesh size of not less than 15 millimetres; and
(f) has a round rigid opening not more than 65 millimetres in diameter;
eligible pensioner means a person who is –
(a) the holder of a current pensioner concession card issued in accordance with the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth or as a fringe benefit under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth; or
(b) the holder of a current Gold Card or White Card issued in accordance with the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth;
estuarine waters means any waters in a river that are subject to tidal movement;
freshwater crayfish means fish of the family Parastacidae;
fyke net means a collapsible, conical net that –
(a) has mesh of not less than 15 millimetres and not more than 39 millimetres; and
(b) has internal compartments and a tapered cod end; and
(c) has one entrance; and
(d) does not have a wing or leader attached that –
(i) is more than 10 metres in length; or
(ii) has a drop of more than 1 200 millimetres; and
(e) has a frame at the mouth of the net not more than 700 millimetres in height and 800 millimetres in width; and
(f) is securely fitted with a platypus exclusion screen; and
(g) does not contain bait;
grid reference means the grid reference taken from the Universal Grid Reference System used in Tasmania and based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia (also known as the "the GDA" or "GDA94") as defined in the Commonwealth Gazette No. GN 35, 6 September 1995;
junior angling development fishery means the waters specified in Schedule 2 ;
Lake Crescent waters includes waters in –
(a) Lake Crescent; and
(b) the outflow canal draining from Lake Crescent to the outflow screening structure at grid reference E512344 N5331352; and
(c) the inflow canal flowing into Lake Crescent from Lake Sorell;
Lake Duncan means the water body located at grid reference 485526 5348018 (commonly known as Lake Duncan);
Lake Lynch means the water body located at grid reference 485581 5347908 (commonly known as Lake Lynch);
Lamberts Dam means the water body located at grid reference 453376 5422762 (commonly known as Lamberts Dam);
landing net means a hand-held net that –
(a) has a handle of not more than 2 metres in length; and
(b) has an opening of not more than one metre in diameter; and
(c) is used to land a fish that is controlled with a rod and line;
lure means an artificial representation, of an animal, that –
(a) is capable of being affixed to a hook; and
(b) is designed to visually attract, or is capable of visually attracting, fish; and
(c) is not, in whole or in part, bait within the meaning of paragraph (c) or (d) of the definition of bait;
mesh has the meaning given by regulation 4;
platypus exclusion screen means a screen covering the mouth of a fyke net that does not have an opening with a perimeter of more than 220 millimetres in length;
prescribed waters, of the Western Lakes, means the waters of the Western Lakes other than the following waters:
(a) Carter Lakes;
(b) Double Lagoon;
(c) East Rocky Lagoon;
(d) Emma Tarns;
(e) First Lagoon;
(f) Howes Lagoon Bay;
(g) Lake Agnes;
(h) Lake Baille;
(i) Lake Botsford;
(j) Lake Chipman;
(k) Lake Dudley;
(l) Lake Flora;
(m) Lake O’Dells;
(n) Lake Paget;
(o) Lake Tin Hut;
(p) Little Blue Lagoon;
(q) Rocky Lagoon;
(r) Sandy Lake;
(s) Second Lagoon;
(t) Talinah Lagoon;
(u) Third Lagoon;
rainbow trout means the species Oncorhynchus**mykiss of the family Salmonidae;
rod means a piece of wood, metal or other semi-rigid material that is not less than one metre in length;
Rossarden Dam means the water body located at grid reference 562472 5388490 (commonly known as Rossarden Dam);
seine net means a net that is used to encircle or surround fish;
seniors card means –
(a) a concession card of that name issued by the Tasmanian Government; or
(b) a concession card of that name issued by the Government of another State or a Territory;
set rod means a rod that –
(a) has a line with a bait or a lure attached and the bait or lure is in or on the water; and
trolling means fishing by towing a bait or lure from a boat under propulsion;
watercraft includes a boat, canoe, kayak, float tube or any other craft that is used, or is capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water;
Western Lakes means –
(a) the Central Plateau Conservation Area west of the Highland Lakes Road; and
(b) the Walls of Jerusalem National Park;
whitebait net means a net –
(a) no part of which is more than 120 centimetres in circumference; and
(b) that is not fitted with a funnel, screen, valve or other device that impedes or prevents fish from escaping from the net; and
(c) that is not fitted with, nor used in conjunction with, any wings, leaders or other screens or structures capable of diverting fish into the net;
world heritage area means an area that is a declared World Heritage property within the meaning of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.
(2) In these regulations, a reference to a particular type of licence is a reference to a licence of that type in the Act.
(3) For the purposes of these regulations, possession of something includes the following:
(a) actual possession or actual custody of the thing;
(b) control of the thing for the use or benefit of any person, whether or not that person has actual possession or custody of the thing.