Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015

A person must not set, or use, apparatus that is marked with a marker buoy, as required under these rules, unless that marker buoy – has a diameter of not less than 195 millimetres at its narrowest point; and floats on the surface of water; and is specifically designed as a buoy; and is marked with the marks required under these rules in such a way that the marks remain clear and legible while the buoy is in use; and has no deliberate marks other than the marks required under these rules for the activity for which the buoy is to be used. Grade 1 penalty.

Subrule (1) does not apply to – the holder of a fishing licence (banded morwong); or a buoy that is used for marking a non-commercial gillnet for the purposes of rule 133(8).

Unless otherwise specified, a mark that is required to be placed on a buoy under these rules must be in figures not less than 70 millimetres high and 12 millimetres wide.

A person must not set or use apparatus that is marked with a buoy that is in addition to the buoys required, under these rules, for that apparatus unless the additional buoy – is marked as required, under these rules, for a buoy used with that apparatus; and bears no other deliberate marks other than the marks referred to in paragraph (a). Grade 1 penalty.