New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) It is lawful to use a hauling net for taking trumpeter whiting in the waters specified in the Table to this clause if the net (including hauling lines) complies with the description as set out in relation to those waters in that Table and the following conditions are complied with:(a) The net is used only as a sunk net.(b) The net is used only by the method of hauling, that is, by casting and shooting the net and picking up and landing the whole of the net, including both hauling lines, without delay or interruption, or in the following manner:(i) the net and hauling lines attached to both ends of the net must be completely cast or shot from a boat,(ii) the net and hauling lines may be towed to the point of landing if the distance of the tow does not exceed the difference between the length of the hauling lines and 225 metres.(c) Any fish contained in a part of the net are immediately removed from the net on completion of the haul, or on removal of that part of the net from the water, whichever occurs first.
(2) For the purposes of this Regulation or any other instrument under the Act, a net described in this clause may be referred to as a trumpeter whiting net (hauling).
Table Trumpeter whiting net
1 (a) That part of Port Stephens east of a line drawn from Fame Point to Soldier’s Point, but excluding that part of Port Stephens and the Myall River north of a line drawn from the southern extremity of Orungall Point to the southern extremity of Myall Point.(b) Total length not exceeding 275 metres; mesh of wings not less than 50 mm nor more than 65 mm, having a depth of not more than 50 meshes, bunt 50 metres of mesh not less than 30 mm nor more than 40 mm; length of each hauling line not less than 100 metres nor more than 225 metres.