go out pick up 4, deposit back in car then go get the rest.
Just wondered if u went out with a mate in a boat and
Put out say 8 crab pots and let soak over night and u
go home and ya mate breaks a leg or something and
U can't find anyone else to come what should ya do to
get ya pots back legally when its 4 pots per person???
my rides 3.7 m tinnie
V8 vn ss
GQ swb patrol
go out pick up 4, deposit back in car then go get the rest.
"someone else" would have a different name to what was on the pots,I would simply phone fisheries and ask for direction.
I believe a signed note/letter from the owner of the 4 pots declaring what has happened and giving you permission to gather his pots would probable suffice and be acceptable to most fisheries officers but this is only my opinion.
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Sorry don't mean to hijack the thread but from what I read are you guys saying that even if there are 2 guys on the boat that all 8 pots cant have the same name on them?
I thought that the skipper could own all of the pots and as long as there were appropriate number of people on the boat (ie 2 if 8 pots out) then all was good? Maybe I have been breaking the law all these year unknowingly
Yeah they all my pots i don't change names
I just asking to save me getting a fine or losing my boat
my rides 3.7 m tinnie
V8 vn ss
GQ swb patrol
For more information on responsible crabbing, visit www.fisheries.qld.gov.au or call 13 25 23 might be time to make a call if you get an answer post it up.
You must have the different names of the 2 persons on the pots.
Pots need ur last name address and phone number on it sooo in that case if ur mate breaks his leg get his wife on the boat same last name and address and take his mobile