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GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK REGULATIONS 2019 (F2019L00166) - REG 15

Bait netting--limitations on netting

             (1)  This section declares the nets and prescribes the limitations on netting (within the ordinary meaning of the expression) for the purposes of the definition of bait netting in the Zoning Plan.

             (2)  The following nets are declared:

                     (a)  for a recreational fisher--a cast, scoop or seine net that complies with the size, measurement and other physical requirements in the following provisions of the Fisheries Regulation:

                              (i)  for a cast net--section 187A;

                             (ii)  for a scoop net--section 187B;

                            (iii)  for a seine net--section 187C;

                     (b)  for a commercial fisher--a seine, cast or mesh net that complies with the size, measurement and other physical requirements in the following provisions of the Fisheries Regulation:

                              (i)  for a seine net--subsection 475(1);

                             (ii)  for a cast net--section 532;

                            (iii)  for a mesh net (other than a seine net)--section 533.

             (3)  The following limitations are prescribed:

                     (a)  for a recreational fisher--bait netting must be in accordance with section 179 of the Fisheries Regulation;

                     (b)  for a commercial fisher:

                              (i)  while using a seine net, bait netting must be in accordance with sections 179 and 181 and subsections 472(6), 472(7) and 475(2) of the Fisheries Regulation; and

                             (ii)  while using a cast net for taking 'N11' fish, the fisher must comply with the licence condition in subsection 247(5) of the Fisheries Regulation; and

                            (iii)  while using a mesh net, bait netting must be in accordance with sections 179, 181, 530, 533 and 533B of the Fisheries Regulation and, if the net used for taking 'N11' fish, the fisher must comply with the licence condition in subsection 247(5) of the Fisheries Regulation;

                     (c)  a commercial fisher must not:

                              (i)  take a non-bait fish in the Conservation Park Zone using a net mentioned in subsection (2); or

                             (ii)  possess (whether or not in the Conservation Park Zone) a non-bait fish that was taken in the Conservation Park Zone using a net mentioned in subsection (2).

             (4)  However, a commercial fisher does not take or possess a non-bait fish if:

                     (a)  the fish is taken unintentionally; and

                     (b)  the fisher 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

                     (c)  the fisher immediately releases the fish into water deep enough to allow the fish to escape.



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