New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.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 prawns in the Manning River if the net (including hauling lines) complies with the description set out in subclause (2) and the conditions set out in subclauses (3), (4) and (5) are complied with.
(2) The net must comply with the following description:(a) The total length of the net must not exceed 40 metres.(b) The mesh throughout must not be less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm.(c) The net must have no attachments except spreader poles and hauling lines.(d) The hauling line run on the first leg to the net must not be longer than 220 metres.(e) The hauling line running from the net to the motor boat used to assist in shooting the net must not be longer than 90 metres, and not be shorter than 60 metres.
(3) The net must be used only by the method of hauling, and must not be set or staked at any time.
(4) The net must be shot and hauled as follows:(a) One end of the hauling line run on the first leg to the net must be:(i) attached to a fixed point on shore, or(ii) anchored ashore, or(iii) attached to an unpowered boat which itself is secured on shore.(b) The line must then be cast from a motor boat, and the net then shot.(c) The second hauling line must then be cast (or laid out) from the motor boat as the boat moves in a circular path so as to return to a landing-up point near the shore end of the first hauling line.(d) The second hauling line must be attached to a point on the motor boat by the line’s extremity only (that is, one end must be attached to the net, and the other end secured to the boat to prevent loss of the line overboard).(e) The second hauling line must not be towed until all of it has been shot away free of tangles, knots or anything else which would effectively shorten it.(f) Once the shooting and hauling of the net have commenced, they must continue until the hauling lines have been removed from the water and the net landed in such depth of water, or onto the tray of the boat in such a way, as to enable any prohibited size fish taken in the net to escape.(g) Once any prohibited size fish have been allowed to escape, the net must be fully removed from the water.
(5) The net must be operated in accordance with the determination (if any) by the fisheries officer for the time being charged with the supervision of the Manning River as to the number of commercial fishers to constitute the crew operating the net.
(6) 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 prawn net (hauling).