Prohibition on use of fishing gear to take bait
14 Prohibition on use of fishing gear to take bait
(1) A licensee must not use fishing gear, other than a spanish mackerel restricted bait net, to take bait.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(2) A licensee who is using a spanish mackerel restricted bait net must not do any of the following:
haul the net other than by hand;
stake or otherwise fix the net at more than one end;
(c) use the net in less than 30 cm of water while clearing the catch in the net;
(d) use the net in the Mary River Fish Management Zone within the meaning of the Barramundi Fishery Management Plan 1998;
(e) use the bait taken from the net other than as bait to take fish under his or her licence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
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