New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 1995 - REG 37

37 Meshing net

(1) It is lawful to use a meshing net for taking fish in the waters specified in the Table to this clause if the net complies with the description as set out in relation to those waters in that Table and the net is used:

(a) by the method of splashing (that is, shooting the net, immediately splashing and retrieving it as a continuous operation) at any time, or

(b) as a set net, but only:

(i) between February and November (inclusive) in any year, and

(ii) between sunset and sunrise, and

(iii) for no more than 3 hours at a time.

(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 meshing net.

Table Meshing net

1	(a) The tributaries of the Clarence River known as Lake Woolooweyah and the Broadwater.(b) Total length not exceeding 1,450 metres; mesh throughout not less than 80 mm.
2	(a) Port Jackson (including the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers) above a line drawn between Little Sirius Point and Point Piper; Middle Harbour above The Spit.(b) Total length not exceeding 225 metres; mesh throughout not less than 80 mm.
3	(a) Womboyn River, Durras Water and that part of Wallaga Lake, together with all its inlets and tributaries extending seawards from the bridge and embankment on the Narooma-Bermagui Road to the Pacific Ocean.(b) Total length not exceeding 375 metres; mesh throughout not less than 80 mm.
4	(a) All other waters (except inland waters and ocean waters).(b) Total length not exceeding 725 metres; mesh throughout not less than 80 mm.