(1)  A non-commercial fisher must not, in State waters, set or use or be in possession of more than one rock lobster pot at any one time.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  A non-commercial fisher must not, in State waters, set or use or be in possession of a rock lobster pot during a fishing trip on which fishing of any kind for commercial purposes is carried out.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  A non-commercial fisher must not, in State waters, set a rock lobster pot for a continuous period exceeding 48 hours.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(4)  A non-commercial fisher is not guilty of an offence under subrule (3) in respect of a rock lobster pot if –

(a) the rock lobster pot cannot be retrieved within 48 hours after it is set because of –

(i) adverse weather conditions; or

(ii) mechanical breakdown of, or structural damage to, the vessel from which the rock lobster pot is set; or

(iii) illness or incapacity of the licensee; and

(b) the non-commercial fisher advises a fisheries officer, within 48 hours after the rock lobster pot is set, that the rock lobster pot cannot be retrieved within that period and the reason why it cannot be so retrieved; and

(c) the non-commercial fisher, within 48 hours after giving the advice referred to in paragraph (b) , advises a fisheries officer of the arrangements made to retrieve the rock lobster pot; and

(d) the non-commercial fisher ensures that the rock lobster pot is retrieved in accordance with such directions as the fisheries officer referred to in paragraph (c) may give for its retrieval.