New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (AQUATIC RESERVES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 29

29 Exemption for commercial fishers

(1) A commercial fisher may take, or attempt to take, fish from the refuge zone by means of:

(a) lawful hauling nets or garfish nets (bullringing), or

(b) lawful meshing nets, but only when used by the method known as splashing (that is, shooting the net, splashing the water in the vicinity and fully retrieving the net from the water without delay), or

(c) lawful fish traps.

(2) The exemption under subclause (1) does not authorise a person to take, or attempt to take, fish from the sanctuary zone.