Mud Grab pots
Submitted by vscorsa on Sat, 2015-05-16 07:21
Hi All,
I am chasing mud crab pots, are we able to use the large trap style pots in WA like these ones
If not what are people using in the kimberly?
Thanks
groverwa
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Date Joined: 21/07/14
From the fisheries guide
From the fisheries guide page 38
Crabs
You can legally catch crabs by: • Hand. • Wire hook – you can use a hand-held blunt wire hook to catch crabs. Hooks must not be capable of piercing the crab. • Drop net – they must be no wider than 1.5 metres in diameter. There is a maximum limit of 10 drop nets per person or 10 drop nets per boat, regardless of how many people are aboard. OR • Scoop net – hand-held wire or plastic scoop nets must be bowl-shaped, made of rigid mesh that is not capable of entangling a crab, have an internal diameter no bigger than 375 mm, and a depth of no more than 210 mm.
Catching crabs by any method other than those listed above is illegal.
carnarvonite
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In other words
Put simply, no, you cannot use them here in WA
petermac
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entangling crabs
the strange thing is in NSW it is illegal to use the normal west aussie crap drop nets you have to use tangle nets , WA it is illegal to use tangle nets that they have to use in NSW go figger that out
vscorsa
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Date Joined: 26/07/13
Thanks guys, confirms what I
Thanks guys, confirms what I thought.