Wallaga Lake

Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Management (Estuary General Share Management Plan) Regulation 2006

Area affected

Species of fish that must not be taken

Methods of fishing prohibited

Period

Wallaga Lake - Weekend Netting

The whole of the waters of Wallaga Lake including its creeks, tributaries and lagoons.

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a net, other than the following:

  1. a prawn running net,
  2. a dip or scoop net (prawns),
  3. a hand-hauled prawn net,
  4. a hoop or lift net,
  5. a landing net,
  6. a push or scissors net (prawns)

During the period from November to February (both months inclusive): from 6am Saturday to 8pm Sunday, or to 6pm Monday if Monday is a public holiday. During the period from March to October (both months inclusive): from 6am Saturday to 6pm Sunday, or to 6pm Monday if Monday is a public holiday. On any weekday (other than a Monday) that is a public holiday: the period from 6am to 6pm.

Wallaga Lake - Blood Cockles

The whole of the waters of Wallaga Lake including its creeks, tributaries, inlets and bays.

Blood cockles (Anadara spp.).

Any method.

All year.

Wallaga Lake - Aborigines Bay

All of the waters of “Aborigines Bay”, north of a line drawn from the southernmost tip of Cemetery Point, directly east to the nearest point of land on the eastern side of “Aborigines Bay”.

Any species of fish.

Any method involving the use of a hauling net (general purpose).

All year

Wallaga Lake - Beauty Point

That part of the waters of Wallaga Lake situated generally east of a line drawn from the western tip of Beauty Point to Regatta Point to the southern point of the elevated approach to the Wallaga Lake road bridge.

Any species of fish.

Any species of fish.

All year.

Wallaga Lake - Christmas Hauling

The whole of the waters of Wallaga Lake upstream from its confluence with the Pacific Ocean.

Any species of fish

Any method involving the use of a hauling net (general purpose)

The period from 1 December to 31 January (both dates inclusive) in the next year.

Wallaga Lake - Set Mesh Nets

Meads Creek - to posts marked FD approximately 200 metres upstream of Neilson Bay.

Any species of fish

Any method involving the use of a meshing net, unless the net is used by the method of splashing (that is, shooting the net, immediately splashing and retrieving it as a continuous operation).

The period from 15 May to 31 August (both dates inclusive) in each year.