South Australian Current Regulations

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 26

26—Requirement to remove anchors etc from nets removed from Lakes and Coorong Fishery

        (1)         A person who—

            (a)         for a commercial purpose engages in a fishing activity of a class that constitutes the Lakes and Coorong Fishery; and

            (b)         for the purposes of engaging in that activity places a net in the Lakes and Coorong,

must, on removing the net from the Lakes and Coorong, immediately remove from the Lakes and Coorong any buoy, anchor or other device or thing to which the net was attached.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $210.

        (2)         In this regulation—

"Lakes and Coorong" means the waters of the Coorong, Lake Alexandrina, Lake Albert, and the coastal waters adjacent to South Australia between the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°31′23.45″ South, 138°46′23.86″ East (Beach Road, Goolwa) and the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 36°49′34.54″ South, 139°50′55.98″ East (Kingston SE Jetty).