Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 64O

64O .         Set fishing nets, use of

        (1)         A person must not set a fishing net in any waters of the West Coast Region other than in the waters of —

            (a)         the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary; or

            (b)         the Leschenault Estuary; or

            (c)         the Hardy Inlet.

        (2)         A person who fishes using a set fishing net in the West Coast Region must —

            (a)         attend that net; and

            (b)         remove the net from the water and clear it of fish at intervals of not more than one hour; and

            (c)         not set the net —

                  (i)         in the waters referred to in subregulation (1)(a) — except within the period beginning at 4.30 p.m. and ending at midnight on any Wednesday; and

                  (ii)         in the waters referred to in subregulation (1)(b) or (c) — within the period beginning 1½ hours after sunrise and ending 1½ hours before sunset on any one day.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Regulation 64O inserted: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4313; amended: Gazette 20 Dec 2011 p. 5375.]