FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 1995

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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 1995 - REG 29

Prawn net (hauling)

29 Prawn net (hauling)

(1) It is lawful to use a hauling net for taking prawns 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 by the method of hauling.

(b) The net is not set or staked at any time.

(c) The net is landed on the tray of a boat or in sufficient depth of water to enable prohibited size fish that are taken in the net to escape.

(d) There is no seine net (prawns) on the boat from which the net is used.

(2) It is also lawful to use a try net in the waters specified in the Table to this clause to facilitate the taking of prawns by the means of a prawn net (hauling) if the try net complies with the following description:
The net is attached to a frame not exceeding 0.6 metre in width and 0.5 metre in height, with a total length from the centre of the plane to the extremity of the net not exceeding 2 metres; mesh not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm.

(3) It is also lawful to use a hauling net to take other fish (other than a prohibited size class of fish) which are taken by the net when it is being lawfully used for taking prawns.

(4) For the purposes of this Regulation or any other instrument under the Act, a net described:
(a) in subclause (1) or in the Table to this clause may be referred to as a prawn net (hauling), and

(b) in subclause (2) may be referred to as a try net (prawns).

Table Prawn net (hauling)

1 (a) Tuggerah Lakes (other than that part described in Schedule 2).(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 140 metres.

2 (a) Lake Illawarra (other than that part described in Schedule 2).(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 220 metres.

3 (a) Botany Bay, Georges River, Shoalhaven River and St Georges Basin.(b) Total length not exceeding 90 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 220 metres.

4 (a) Lake Macquarie, together with all its inlets, bays, creeks and tributaries within the following boundaries: commencing at the southernmost extremity of Wangi Wangi Point, and bounded then by a straight line to the northernmost extremity of Galgabba or Stony Point, by the foreshore generally northerly to a point distant about 1,000 metres southerly from the southern point of the junction of the waters of the entrance with those of the lake, then by a line drawn west about 800 metres, then by a line drawn northerly to a point about 800 metres west of the western extremity of Marks Point and then by that line to Marks Point, and then by the eastern, northern and western shore of Lake Macquarie and its tributaries to the point of commencement.(b) Total length not exceeding 20 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 65 metres.

5 (a) Myall Lakes, Booloombayte Lakes, the Broadwater (Myall Lakes) and Smith’s Lake.(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.

6 (a) That part of Wallis Lake included within the following boundaries: commencing at a post marked “FD” situated at the high water mark of Pipers Bay (the post being located by a line bearing 186 degrees from an electricity pole numbered 14808, situated at the eastern end of Pipers Bay Drive Forster), then bounded by a line bearing 217 degrees to a second post marked “FD” situated at the high water mark on the southern side of Big Island, then to a third post marked “FD” situated at the high water mark of Wallis Island, bearing 245 degrees from the second post, then southerly, westerly and northerly along the high water mark of Wallis Island to a jetty located on the western side of Wallis Island, then westerly along the length of the jetty to its end, then to a fourth post marked “FD”, situated at the high water mark on the foreshore of Coomba Park, bearing 246 degrees and 30 minutes from the end of the jetty, then generally southerly, easterly and northerly by the high water mark of Wallis Lake to the point of commencement.(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 140 metres.

7 (a) Port Jackson (including the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers and Middle Harbour).(b) Total length not exceeding 60 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.

8 (a) Wallagoot Lake and Blackfellows Lake.(b) Total length not exceeding 90 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 190 metres.

9 (a) Coila Lake and Wallaga Lake.(b) Total length not exceeding 75 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.

10 (a) Tweed River and Terranora Inlet.(b) Total length not exceeding 40 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 220 metres.

11 (a) Any other waters (except inland waters, the Manning River and the waters described in the Table to clause 30A).(b) Total length not exceeding 40 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.

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1	(a) Tuggerah Lakes (other than that part described in Schedule 2).(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 140 metres.
2	(a) Lake Illawarra (other than that part described in Schedule 2).(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 220 metres.
3	(a) Botany Bay, Georges River, Shoalhaven River and St Georges Basin.(b) Total length not exceeding 90 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 220 metres.
4	(a) Lake Macquarie, together with all its inlets, bays, creeks and tributaries within the following boundaries: commencing at the southernmost extremity of Wangi Wangi Point, and bounded then by a straight line to the northernmost extremity of Galgabba or Stony Point, by the foreshore generally northerly to a point distant about 1,000 metres southerly from the southern point of the junction of the waters of the entrance with those of the lake, then by a line drawn west about 800 metres, then by a line drawn northerly to a point about 800 metres west of the western extremity of Marks Point and then by that line to Marks Point, and then by the eastern, northern and western shore of Lake Macquarie and its tributaries to the point of commencement.(b) Total length not exceeding 20 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 65 metres.
5	(a) Myall Lakes, Booloombayte Lakes, the Broadwater (Myall Lakes) and Smith’s Lake.(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.
6	(a) That part of Wallis Lake included within the following boundaries: commencing at a post marked “FD” situated at the high water mark of Pipers Bay (the post being located by a line bearing 186 degrees from an electricity pole numbered 14808, situated at the eastern end of Pipers Bay Drive Forster), then bounded by a line bearing 217 degrees to a second post marked “FD” situated at the high water mark on the southern side of Big Island, then to a third post marked “FD” situated at the high water mark of Wallis Island, bearing 245 degrees from the second post, then southerly, westerly and northerly along the high water mark of Wallis Island to a jetty located on the western side of Wallis Island, then westerly along the length of the jetty to its end, then to a fourth post marked “FD”, situated at the high water mark on the foreshore of Coomba Park, bearing 246 degrees and 30 minutes from the end of the jetty, then generally southerly, easterly and northerly by the high water mark of Wallis Lake to the point of commencement.(b) Total length not exceeding 140 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 140 metres.
7	(a) Port Jackson (including the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers and Middle Harbour).(b) Total length not exceeding 60 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.
8	(a) Wallagoot Lake and Blackfellows Lake.(b) Total length not exceeding 90 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 190 metres.
9	(a) Coila Lake and Wallaga Lake.(b) Total length not exceeding 75 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.
10	(a) Tweed River and Terranora Inlet.(b) Total length not exceeding 40 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 220 metres.
11	(a) Any other waters (except inland waters, the Manning River and the waters described in the Table to clause 30A).(b) Total length not exceeding 40 metres; mesh throughout not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; length of each hauling line not exceeding 130 metres.