Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 64J

64J .         Fishing nets for recreational fishing, use of

                A person, other than the holder of a commercial fishing licence, must not —

            (a)         set a fishing net in any ocean waters outside 800 m of the low water mark of any part of the State or any island within WA waters; or

            (b)         use a metal stake in connection with the setting of a fishing net; or

            (c)         leave a stake which was used in connection with the setting of a fishing net after the net is retrieved; or

            (d)         in the waters lying south of a line drawn from Cape Inscription on Dirk Hartog Island due east to the mainland —

                  (i)         use any stake in connection with the setting of a fishing net; or

                  (ii)         set or leave a set fishing net within the period beginning 1½ hours after sunrise and ending 1½ hours before sunset on any one day.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Regulation 64J inserted: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4311; amended: Gazette 30 May 2014 p. 1717.]