Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 39

39 .         Prawns, permitted ways to fish for by recreational fishers

        (1)         A person, other than a person who is the holder of a commercial fishing licence, must not fish for prawns by means of using any fishing gear other than —

            (a)         a single hand dip net; or

            (b)         subject to subregulation (2), a single prawn hand trawl net; or

            (c)         a single hand scoop net.

        (2)         A person fishing for prawn using a prawn hand trawl net must not —

            (a)         attach that net to a boat; or

            (b)         set the net.

        Penalty: $3 000.

        [Regulation 39 amended in Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4301‑2.]