Mud Grab pots

Hi All,

I am chasing mud crab pots, are we able to use the large trap style pots in WA like these ones

http://www.bcf.com.au/online-store/products/Rogue-4-Entry-Round-Crab-Pot.aspx?pid=120362#Recommendations

If not what are people using in the kimberly?

Thanks


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 From the fisheries guide

Sat, 2015-05-16 07:41

 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.

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In other words

Sat, 2015-05-16 08:00

Put simply, no, you cannot use them here in WA

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entangling crabs

Sun, 2015-05-17 19:36

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

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 Thanks guys, confirms what I

Mon, 2015-05-18 19:38

 Thanks guys, confirms what I thought.