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In forceAbandoned or unattended gear
Part 4Possession and use of fishing gear
31 Abandoned or unattended gear
(1)
A person must not abandon a net, fish-trap, fixed fish-trap, line or pot.
(2)
A person is taken not to have abandoned fishing gear that is left unattended if:
(a)
in the case of gear which may be used for the purposes of amateur fishing, it is left in a place where it is not capable or will not become capable of taking fish or aquatic life; or
(b)
in the case of gear which may be used only under a licence, it is secured at an approved location or, if it is net, in accordance with regulation 33.
(3)
Subregulation (1) does not apply to the holder of a Mud Crab
Fishery licence who abandons a pot in water.
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