Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated RegulationsIn these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"amateur fishing gear" means gear specified in regulation 46.
"amateur drag net" means a net that:
(a) is not longer than 16 m, excluding the length of any attached haul lines; and
(b) is made of mesh no larger than 28mm; and
(c) has a drop of not more than 2 m; and
(d) is made of netting material of not less than 0.35 mm in diameter (equivalent to 6 kg monofilament fishing line).
"auto-baiting device" means a device, through which fish hooks are passed, that assists in fixing baits to the hooks.
"bait net" means a net which:
(a) is not longer than 300 m, excluding the length of any attached haul lines;
(b) has both pocket, if any, and net made of mesh not larger than 65 mm; and
(c) has a drop of not more than 5 m.
"cast net" means a net which:
(a) has a diameter not more than 6 m;
(b) is made of mesh not larger than 25 mm; and
(c) has a drop of not more than 3 m when suspended from the centre.
"coastal net" means a net which:
(a) is not longer than 300 m, excluding the length of any attached haul lines;
(b) has both the pocket, if any, and net made of mesh not larger than 65 mm; and
(c) has a drop of not more than 5 m.
"demersal" means on or near the sea bed.
"demersal long-line" means a main line anchored to the seabed at both ends and at intervals along its length, to which hooks or branch lines with hooks are attached.
"drop", in relation to a net, means the distance between the head and foot ropes where the net is in normal operation or, if ropes are not present, the positions in which they would be located if present.
"drop line" means a weighted line which has not less than 6 and not more than 40 hooks attached.
"finfish long-line" means a main line that:
(a) is weighted to the seabed at both ends; and
(b) has finfish snoods, or branch lines with finfish snoods, attached to it.
"finfish snood" means a short length of unsheathed monofilament nylon or fluorocarbon material that:
(a) has a diameter of not more than 2 mm; and
(b) has a fish hook attached to it.
"finfish trawl gear" means a net:
(a) which has a mesh size of more than 110 mm;
(b) the cod end of which is not covered by a double cod end liner;
(c) the total weight on the footline (including bobbin lines, chains, bridles and any other device weighing on the footline) of which does not exceed 4 kilograms wet weight in the air per linear metre; and
(d) the twine size in the forward half (including wing and belly sections) of which does not exceed 90 ply by 400 denier or the equivalent in other material types.
"fishing gear" includes a net, line, apparatus, device or thing capable of being used in fishing.
"fish-trap" means a portable cage or part of a cage designed or intended to catch fish or which is capable of catching fish, that:
(a) has a volume greater than 0.5 m 3 ; and
(b) has an external structure made of wire, steel or other rigid material or other approved material.
"fixed fish-trap" means a permanently positioned structure made of wire, steel or other rigid material which has a door at least 1 m 2 in the seaward part of the lower third of the trap through which fish may escape when the structure is not in use.
"freshwater pot" means a portable device designed to act as, or used as, a trap for fish or aquatic life and which:
(a) is less than 0.3 m 3 in volume; and
(b) has not more than 2 entrances; and
(c) has no material placed in the pot which is likely to entangle fish or aquatic life; and
(d) has a turtle excluding device fitted to each opening (other than an opening for emptying fish or aquatic life from, or placing bait or other material used to entice fish into, the pot).
"gill net" means a net or part of a net (including any warp, rope, chain, material, device or thing used in conjunction with or attached to the net or part of the net) that:
(a) has a mesh size greater than 65 mm; and
(b) is used or is capable of being used to catch fish or aquatic life.
"hand spear" means a spear propelled by human power without the use of a device.
"jigging gear" means a line to which is attached one or more hooked rippers, being a device the stem of which is fitted with at least one, but not more than 3, circles of upturned, barbless hooks.
"line" includes a mono-filament, multi-filament, synthetic or natural fibre twine, material, wire, rope or chain.
"mesh" means one of the open spaces of a net.
"mesh size", in relation to a net, means the distance between the inner edges of the knots of opposite corners of the mesh or, where the mesh does not have knots, the inner edges of opposite corners of the mesh, measured with the mesh closed, as determined in accordance with regulation 6.
"mono-filament twine" means one continuous length of fibre of synthetic material that is not twisted but is suitable for use as a twine.
"multi-filament twine" means:
(a) fibres, made of synthetic or natural material, that are twisted together to form a filament, then twisted to form a strand; or
(b) a combination of mono-filament twines twisted or knotted to form a continuous twine.
"net" means a device made of twine forming a number of meshes used or designed to be used to catch or hold fish, whether or not lead ropes, floats, lead lines, anchors or leads are attached, but does not include a scoop net which is hand held and attached to a rigid hoop.
"pelagic long-line" means a main line that can be anchored and to which hooks or branchlines with hooks are attached.
"pelagic net" means a net:
(a) constructed of twine not less than 0.9 mm diameter;
(b) with a mesh size of not less than 160 mm and not greater than 185 mm; and
(c) having a drop of not more than 100 meshes.
"pocket" means a structure, made of net and attached to or forming part of a net, in which fish may be collected.
"pot" means a portable device designed to take or which may be used to take fish or aquatic life, which:
(a) has a volume of 0.5 m 3 or less;
(b) does not exceed 1 m in length, height or diameter;
(c) has 1 or 2 openings into any enclosure (excluding an opening for emptying fish or aquatic life from, or for placing bait or other material used to entice fish into, the pot); and
(d) has no material placed in the pot which is likely to entangle fish or aquatic life,
and includes a dilly pot and a crab pot but does not include a fish trap, freshwater pot or a fixed fish trap.
"restricted bait net" means a net which:
(a) is not longer than 100 m, excluding the length of any attached haul lines;
(b) has both pocket, if any, and net made with a mesh 65 mm or less; and
(c) has a drop of not more than 5 m.
"scoop net" means a net, a landing net, a basket or other similar device with an attached handle, made of mesh attached to a frame and designed to be held in the hand at all times when in use for scooping fish from water.
"snood" means a short length of line that has a fish hook attached to it.
"spear-gun" means a device used in underwater fishing to propel spears, arrows or other projectiles and includes propulsion by means of rubber (commonly known as an Hawaiian sling), bows, compressed gas or explosive charges.
"trammel net" means a configuration of multi-panelled nets set one behind the other, all or some or part of which are attached to the same section of a headrope.
"troll line" means a line to which is attached only one of the following:
(a) one hook;
(b) one set of joined hooks attached to the one piece of bait;
(c) one lure to which hooks may be attached.
"turtle excluding device" means a rigid ring with an internal diameter not greater than 90 mm.
"twine" means mono-filament or multi-filament twine.
"vertical line" means a weighted line to which no more than 5 hooks are attached.