Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022:reg:5:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 7/17)
Character Range: 35084–37559

include the following:
(a) a net commonly known as a bottom set net, which is a mesh net set along the seabed;
(b) a net commonly known as a ring net, which is a mesh net that is shot in a way that allows it to encircle the fish being targeted;
(c) a net referred to as a general purpose mesh net in the Commercial Fisheries Regulation;
(d) a net that is neither fixed nor hauled;
(e) a seine net;
(f) a set mesh net.
Note 2: Examples of a net that is not a mesh net include the following:
(a) a cast net;
(b) a scoop net;
(c) a set pocket net;
(d) a tunnel net.
mesh size:
 (a) of a net that is knotted, means the average distance, when the mesh of the net is closed, between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite knots of 10 meshes at least 30 cm from each other; and
 (b) of a net that is knotless, means the average distance, when the mesh of the net is closed, between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite corners of 10 meshes at least 30 cm from each other.
For the purposes of this definition, the mesh of a net is closed when the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposing knots or corners of the mesh are pulled:
 (c) by hand in opposite directions; and
 (d) using no more force than is reasonably necessary to pull the mesh, or the material from which it is made, to its natural length;
so that the sides of the mesh, when the knots or corners are pulled as described, are as close to touching each other as is reasonably practicable.
minor research aid means any of the following:
 (a) any of the following that is not powered in a way that poses a threat to the environment:
 (i) apparatus, or equipment, authorised under Queensland fisheries legislation for recreational use;
 (ii) a data logger;
 (iii) a water‑sampling device;
 (iv) a sediment‑sampling device;
 (v) passive acoustic monitoring or survey equipment;
 (vi) equipment for conducting an underwater video survey;
 (b) a tag;
 (c) a stake;
 (d) a non‑fixed plankton net;
 (e) a sub‑surface marker buoy;
 (f) a surface marker buoy;
 (g) a non‑fixed transect tape or quadrat;
 (h) clove oil in solution;
 (i) equipment for fastening anything described in another paragraph of this definition.
misuse of a public mooring includes the following:
 (a) attaching a vessel to the mooring by attaching the mooring tackle to a part of the vessel other than to its bow;
 (b) attaching a vessel to the mooring when another vessel is already attached to the mooring;
 (c) attaching a vessel (except a tender) to