New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) It is lawful for an officer of NSW Fisheries or a person acting on behalf of the Director to use a beach safety meshing net for the purposes of shark meshing activities.
(2) The meshing net may only be used as a sunk net. No part of the net (other than that used for the purposes of tagging) may be on the surface.
(3) A meshing net must comply with the following specifications:(a) 150 metres of not less than 8 mm diameter, synthetic rope with a breaking strain of not less than 900 kg.(b) 150 metres of not less than 8 mm diameter, synthetic rope with a breaking strain of not less than 900 kg.(c) Gill net floats used must be of not less than 10 cm diameter and not less than 5 cm thickness, or a float of equivalent buoyancy approved by the Director and spaced at not more than 5 metre centres.(d) The twine must be continuous synthetic filament with a breaking strain of not less than 60 kg.(e) The mesh size must be not less than 50 cm and not more than 60 cm. To measure the mesh size the net is to be soaked in water for a period of not less than 5 minutes, then stretched out and the distance between the inside edges of the knots measured using a steel rule certified in accordance with the Trade Measurement Act 1989 .(f) The number of meshes for each mesh size must be as follows:(i) 60 cm mesh-not less than 12 meshes deep,(ii) 55 cm mesh-not less than 13 meshes deep,(iii) 50 cm mesh-not less than 14 meshes deep,so that the height is approximately 6 metres when set.
(4) Nets must be tagged at the surface with a minimum of 25 cm bubbles and clearly marked “Beach Safety Meshing Net”.