sec.94Bait netting

sec.94 Bait netting

This section applies to a person in relation to using the marine park for carrying out bait netting. If the person is a recreational fisher, the person may carry out bait netting in the marine park using only a cast net, scoop net or seine net complying with the Fisheries Declaration 2019 , chapter 4 , part 4 . If the person is a commercial fisher, the person may carry out bait netting in the marine park using only a cast net, scoop net or mesh net complying with the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 , schedule 4 , part 7 . If a person is a commercial fisher and is carrying out bait netting in the conservation park zone, the person must not— take a relevant fish; or possess a relevant fish taken in contravention of paragraph (a) . For subsection (4) (a) , a person does not take a relevant fish if— the fish is taken unintentionally; and the person does not allow the net containing the fish to be out of the water other than to immediately remove the fish from the net; and the person immediately releases the fish into water deep enough to allow the fish to escape. In this section— relevant fish means any of the following— bream of the genus Acanthopagrus or Rhabdosargus ; flathead of the genus Platycephalus ; whiting of the genus Sillago . (sec.94-ssec.1) This section applies to a person in relation to using the marine park for carrying out bait netting. (sec.94-ssec.2) If the person is a recreational fisher, the person may carry out bait netting in the marine park using only a cast net, scoop net or seine net complying with the Fisheries Declaration 2019 , chapter 4 , part 4 . (sec.94-ssec.3) If the person is a commercial fisher, the person may carry out bait netting in the marine park using only a cast net, scoop net or mesh net complying with the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 , schedule 4 , part 7 . (sec.94-ssec.4) If a person is a commercial fisher and is carrying out bait netting in the conservation park zone, the person must not— take a relevant fish; or possess a relevant fish taken in contravention of paragraph (a) . (sec.94-ssec.5) For subsection (4) (a) , a person does not take a relevant fish if— the fish is taken unintentionally; and the person does not allow the net containing the fish to be out of the water other than to immediately remove the fish from the net; and the person immediately releases the fish into water deep enough to allow the fish to escape. (sec.94-ssec.6) In this section— relevant fish means any of the following— bream of the genus Acanthopagrus or Rhabdosargus ; flathead of the genus Platycephalus ; whiting of the genus Sillago .

• (a) take a relevant fish; or
• (b) possess a relevant fish taken in contravention of paragraph (a) .
• (a) the fish is taken unintentionally; and
• (b) the person does not allow the net containing the fish to be out of the water other than to immediately remove the fish from the net; and