Fishing gear
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Restrictions apply to fishing gear to prevent overfishing.
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Tidal waters—prohibited fishing methods
- Jagging or foul hooking
- Using underwater breathing apparatus (other than a snorkel) to catch fish
- Using a crab hook
- Using fishing gear (including nets) across a waterway or navigation channel if it makes more than half its width impassable to a boat or fish
Tidal waters—fishing gear rules
You can use a drone to deploy fishing gear.
Fresh waters—prohibited fishing methods
You can't use:
- hand pumps or worm digging forks
- a spear or spear gun (including a bow for propelling a spear)
- underwater breathing apparatus (other than a snorkel) to catch fish
- a cast net or seine net
- a crab pot.
You can't interfere with gear that you didn't set—this is a serious offence that carries heavy penalties.