Fishing apparatus testing
99 Fishing apparatus testing
Subsection (2) applies if, under a provision of this chapter, possessing or using a trawl net is regulated in regulated waters.
A person may possess or use a trawl net on a boat in the waters if—
the possession or use is only for testing the net or other fishing apparatus normally used with the net; and
the person in control of the boat has given the nearest Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol oral or written notice of the testing; and
the net’s cod ends are open; and
no fish are taken during the test.
The notice must—
be given at least 24 hours before the testing starts; and
state—
a square area, with boundaries no longer than 1n mile each side, where the testing is to happen; and
when the testing is to start and end.
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