Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00788:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00788
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 4966–5966

8  Mesh size of trawl nets
 (1) The holder of a statutory fishing right may use a trawl net to fish for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) or mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) only if:
 (a) the trawl net has a mesh size of at least:
 (i) for Patagonian toothfish—120 millimetres at every part of the net; or
 (ii) for mackerel icefish—90 millimetres at every part of the net; or
 (b) the holder is acting in accordance with a scientific permit granted to the holder.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
Note: See section 33 of the Act about the grant of a scientific permit and section 15 of the Management Plan about using a boat in the area of the fishery for scientific research.
 (2) In this regulation:
mesh size, for a net, means the mesh size of the net measured in accordance with the method described in Articles 1 to 6 (inclusive) of CCAMLR Conservation Measure 22‑01 (1986), set out in Schedule 1.
 (3) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.