Netting for escapees

Netting for escapees © NRE Tas

Recreational fishers are again pursuing Atlantic salmon escapees in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Huon River areas following an escape event from a nearby aquaculture pen.

A reminder that the bag limit is 12, possession limit 24 and there is no boat limit. You cannot sell, buy, barter or raffle recreationally caught fish but you are allowed to give your catch away.

If you are using a net please remember:

• the net soak time is no longer than two hours if you are in a Shark Refuge Area. This includes the D'Entrecasteaux Channel (North West Bay River and Huon River), the River Derwent and Frederick Henry and Norfolk Bays.
• Night netting is not allowed.
• Your net must be adequately weighted so it doesn't roll up and become a ghost net.
• There must be buoys at each end marked with your licence code and 'G'.
• Set over sand and not reef to avoid catching species such as bastard trumpeter.
• Don't set nets near seabird rookeries.

Check the netting rules here...