When is mud crab season in australia

Managed area B C3 fishery symbol is managed via a daily quota, or in-possession limit. The fishery is only small, in both catch and number of participants. Also consider Read the Fisheries Regulation for a description and full details of each fishery symbol. Commercial crab fishing gear From 1 September , there are new rules and reporting requirements for Queensland commercial fisheries.

Mud crabs and blue swimmer crabs The main apparatus used by commercial fishers to catch mud crabs and blue swimmer crabs are wire-mesh crab pots and trawl-mesh nylon crab pots.

Spanner crabs Commercial spanner crab fishers are required by law to use dillies - frames with netting stretched across them - no more than 1m square in size. Read the Fisheries Regulation for detailed information about commercial crab fishing gear. Government controls and legislation for crab fisheries From 1 September , there are new rules and reporting requirements for Queensland commercial fisheries.

Licensing There are commercial crabbing licences that allow the take of blue swimmer crab and mud crabs and about spanner crab licences in Queensland. Commercial crab fishers comply with the following licensing laws: The fisher must have a commercial fisher licence. The boat must be licensed with a commercial fishing boat licence. The boat licence must be officially endorsed with a fishery symbol for the particular fishery i. To take spanner crabs in managed area A, a commercial fisher also needs to hold spanner crab quota.

Monitoring and reporting Commercial fishers have a legal obligation to report information about their fishing activities in a compulsory daily logbook. Regulations The following laws apply to Queensland's commercial crab fisheries.

Mud crab fishery Licence to be marked with a C1 fishery symbol. Take limited to crabs only but not spanner crabs. Females must be returned to the water. Minimum size 15cm across carapace tip to tip. No total catch limit. No individual catch limit. Hooking crabs out from underneath rocks, tree roots and burrows or scoop-netting for them in shallow water can harm the environment.

So please tread carefully on mud flats and stay on a single path if possible. Avoid stepping on and destroying mud crab burrows. In addition, keep away from mangrove roots because they are vital for the health of mangroves. Mud crabs can be fast and strong and their big claws can be dangerous.

A: There are a variety of crab traps, in different shapes and sizes, including round, square, pyramid, collapsible and net types. Almost every pot is now made of string mesh. Which crab pot you choose is up to you and your budget. The cheap rectangular pots are as good as any, but you must check and repair them constantly, as the old crab will either walk out, or chew his way out.

Commercial pots are made by "Crabmaster" , while "Bully" pots are made in Karumba by an ex-commercial fisherman. Both are excellent, as crabs don't get out of them and they come with a large bait-bag built into the floor of the pot.

A: Crabs like fresh bait, so some crabbers will change bait twice a day. Fresh fish or frames and heads are excellent, in particular whole mullet score the flesh down the the bone. Chicken carcass or necks, and kangaroo meat and bones are also good but the secret is: it has to be FRESH.

A: Mud Crabs have very robust claws, used for crushing shells, so you don't want the crab to bite you. A: Where you put the pot is the most important part of the mud crab hunt. During heavy rain, or 'the wet' in the tropics, the rivers are high and fresh and crabs, like most other fish, can not survive in fresh-water, so they move out along the shallow coastal flats.

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