Tasmanian Numbered Regulations

FISHERIES (GIANT CRAB) RULES 2006 (S.R. 2006, NO. 7) - REG 49

49. Marker buoy requirements for traps, longlines and fish caufs

      (1) A person must not set or use a trap in State waters unless –

(a) a marker buoy is at all times attached to the trap by means of a line long enough for the marker buoy to float on the surface of the water; and

(b) the marker buoy –

(i) is spherical in shape; and

(ii) has a diameter of at least 195 millimetres at its widest point; and

(iii) is specifically designed as a buoy.

Penalty:

Grade 3 penalty.

      (2) The person in charge of a fishing vessel must ensure that the fishing vessel's distinguishing mark is marked clearly and legibly on the marker buoy of every trap used in connection with the fishing vessel.

Penalty:

Grade 3 penalty.

      (3) A distinguishing mark for the purposes of subrule (2) is to be at least 70 millimetres high and at least 12 millimetres wide.

      (4) The owner or person in charge of a fishing vessel must ensure that –

(a) a distinguishing mark marked on a marker buoy for the purposes of subrule (2) remains clear and legible; and

(b) the marker buoy bears only that distinguishing mark.

Penalty:

Grade 1 penalty.

      (5) A person must not, in State waters, be in possession of a device designed to conceal a marker buoy under the surface of the water.

Penalty:

Grade 3 penalty.

      (6) A person must not use a trap on a giant crab longline unless –

(a) any marker buoy used in connection with the giant crab longline is marked clearly and legibly with the number of traps attached to the giant crab longline; and

(b) there is a buoy, at least 300 millimetres in diameter, on each end of the giant crab longline.

Penalty:

Grade 3 penalty.

      (7) In this rule –

"distinguishing mark" has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Rules 1999 .