Tasmanian Numbered Regulations

FISHERIES (SCALEFISH) RULES 2004 (S.R. 2004, NO. 91) - REG 89

89. Prohibited use of gillnets

      (1) A person must not set or use a gillnet in a shark refuge area unless  –

(a) the person –

(i) is the holder of a fishing licence (personal) that is endorsed under rule 21 for the use of gillnet in that shark refuge area; and

(ii) is acting in accordance with that endorsement; or

(b) the person is a person specified in Schedule 6.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 2 penalty.

      (2) A person must not set or use a graball net in –

(a) Eaglehawk Bay; or

(b) Georges Bay; or

(c) the waters of Great Oyster Bay north of an imaginary line from Waterloo Point at Swansea to The Fisheries at Coles Bay; or

(d) Robbins Passage; or

(e) waters within 200 metres of the mouth of the Scamander River; or

(f) The Narrows at Southport bounded in the east by an imaginary line from Martins Point at the end of Deephole Bay; or

(g) waters within 100 metres of Stringers Cove at Dover.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 2 penalty.