crabbing query : crabs

nagz · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:09 pm Post subject: crabbing query

Hi guys,
Hopefully this isn't too much of a stupid question, but I was wondering about the marking of crab traps. Im going to be mainly throwing them in from the shore and tying them to a tree for a few hours and was wondering about the rules of marking them?
Any info would be great

Cheers

Mud · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: crabbing query

Hey Nags..gotta have yur name and address on the float. If u dont have a float might want to put something on the end that you can write on. (might wanna make it a camo float so your crabs dont get lifted...)

fishfanatic · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: crabbing query

You only need to have a float with your name attached on it for each pot, see below.

Extract from NT Fisheries Regulations:
NT Fish - Mud crabs
Male and female mud crabs may be taken in Northern Territory waters and minimum carapace width size limits of 130 mm and 140 mm apply respectively for recreational fishers. Each crabber may take ten mud crabs and a boat limit of thirty mud crabs applies when there are three or more people on board a vessel.

Catching mud crabs
Pots and dillies are the most popular type of traps and although each crabber may use up to five traps, each vessel is limited to 10 traps, despite the number of people on board. Crab traps may not exceed a metre in any dimension and half a cubic metre in capacity. A float showing the user's name must be attached to each trap rope. Female mud crabs bearing eggs must be released unharmed and entanglement nets are prohibited.

Mud · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: crabbing query

good grief! I always thought you had to have your address on it! well done FF

Mr RiverBabe · Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: crabbing query

Sam I thought you had to have your number on it as well.

Runs off and removes numbers off
Pots.

troamaru · Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:23 am Post subject: Re: crabbing query

Yeah I just have my full name written on my pots have never worried about address or number

Fish Tank · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: crabbing query

Yeap, just write your name on the float. You must have a float though. Tying to a tree without a float is illiegal, what constitutes a float is open for interpretation.

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