Crayfish possession limit - North Coast region

I am trying to clarify whether or not if you do an overnighter and camp on an Island, you are able to bring home possession limit or just the daily limit?

Catch limit regulations for the North Coast region state a daily boat limit of 8 (4 ornate and 4 western crays), but can't see in the fine print anything about painted crays. Do they classify painted crays as an ornate cray(in the regs) or seperate all together? You'd be hard pressed to find many Western Rock lobster in the Karratha and surrounding areas, but plenty of painted crays. After many discussions with local divers, most have a different opinion on catch limits. Many guys believe you can take 4 painted lobster(per person) each day. I'd hate to be caught out by fisheries being over the limit, as the fines are a big dent in the bank balance not to mention public shame in the local newspaper.

If anyone has some solid facts with the questions put forward, all feedback would be well received. Maybe fisheries need to be advised so they can capture this in their regs, as there are alot of grey areas in the wording. 

Cheers,

Brynner.

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 After looking through ALL

Sun, 2012-02-26 15:46

 After looking through ALL the regs and you can't figure it out. Best bet is to give the local/relevant fisheries office a call and get the word from them. Sometimes they'll need to check or you'll get different answers from different people so try to get the reply in an email, as if they've advised you they should charge you. Seems that when it's ambiguous, the interpretation of the rules can come down to individual officers so a letter/email/etc would give you backup. 

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You will be too pissed to

Sun, 2012-02-26 15:55

You will be too pissed to catch any crays

 

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I dive hedland and we get

Tue, 2012-02-28 02:18

I dive hedland and we get inspectors at the ramp all the time and they explain it fairly clearly.

daily bag limit is 4 painted

if mixed bag just remember ornate crays count as 2 painted

ie can have 4 painted or 2 ornate or 2 painted, 1 ornate

that said painted and ornates arent that great if you havent tried them yet, (compared to WRL) 

but theyre definately worth a look in so get out there

hope that helps a little bro

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