Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 64L

64L .         Crabs, permitted ways to fish for by recreational fishers

        [(1A)         deleted]

        (1)         A person, other than the holder of a commercial fishing licence, must not fish for crabs other than —

            (a)         by hand; or

            (b)         by using not more than 10 complying drop nets; or

            (c)         by using a hand scoop net that complies with subregulation (3); or

            (d)         by using a wire hook which is not capable of piercing a crab and is held in the hand.

        (2)         The master of a boat which is not a licensed fishing boat or a charter boat must not use, cause or permit to be carried on the boat, more than 10 drop nets in any one day.

(3AA)         The master of a charter boat with fewer than 10 people on board must not use, or cause or permit to be carried on the boat, more than 10 drop nets in any one day.

        (3AB)         The master of a charter boat with 10 or more people on board may carry up to 20 drop nets at any one time, but must not use more than 10 drop nets in any one day.

(3AC)         If a charter boat has smaller tender boats that use the charter boat as a primary boat —

            (a)         the charter boat is to be used to calculate the total number of drop nets that may be used or carried as a part of that charter boat’s fishing tour for the purposes of subregulations (3AA) and (3AB); and

            (b)         the master of the charter boat must not use, or cause or permit to be carried on any single tender boat, more than 10 drop nets in any one day.

        (3A)         The master of a boat which is not a licensed fishing boat must not use, or cause or permit to be carried on the boat, a drop net that is not a complying drop net.

        (3)         A hand scoop net must —

            (a)         be generally hemispherical; and

            (b)         be hollow; and

            (c)         have a circular top rim with an internal diameter not exceeding 375 mm; and

            (d)         have a maximum internal depth measured from the plane of that rim not exceeding 210 mm; and

            (e)         be constructed of material that is —

                  (i)         inflexible; and

                  (ii)         not capable of ensnaring or entangling a crab.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        [Regulation 64L inserted: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4312; amended: Gazette 6 Nov 2009 p. 4471; 7 Aug 2015 p. 3202‑3; 4 Oct 2019 p. 3537.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4313.]