Net/mesh opening size = 20cm by 20cm square opening. “Our second delivery of 6,000 nets has now arrived with tackle shops so we’re keen for anglers who missed the first offer to return and swap over up to three opera house nets for three open-top lift nets. Open-top nets are permitted in public and private waters, so the rule change next year will make it simpler for fishers who will be able to use the same nets regardless of location. The authority said trials had indicated that wildlife-friendly gear such as open top lift nets and hoop nets could catch more yabbies than opera house nets when fished actively. From this Friday, recreational fishers with opera house nets can swap them for platypus friendly open-top lift nets for free at any one of 45 tackle stores throughout Victoria. No other traps and nets are permitted in inland waters. Large lower square frame = 60cm by 60cm. Permitted traps and nets are the yabby trap, shrimp trap, hoop net, open pyramid lift net, hand hauled yabby net and landing net. Yabby traps must be lifted within a 24 hour period (except commercial fishers). For many of us, hunting Yabbies in the dams, tanks, creeks and rivers when we were kids is a wonderful memory. The opera house nets were banned because their use has been implicated in the drowning of air breathing wildlife, such as native water rats (rakali), platypus and turtles. ‘‘Our second delivery of 6000 nets has now arrived with tackle shops so we’re keen for anglers who missed the first offer to return and swap over up to three opera house nets for three open-top lift nets.’’ The net swap program comes ahead of the banning of opera house nets in all public and private waters from July 1, 2019. The NSW government has been urged to finish passing regulations to ban the use of "Opera house" yabby traps after four platypuses were found dead in one outside Braidwood. VFA’s research has shown alternative 'wildlife friendly' yabby nets, such as open top lift nets, are just as effective at … The program makes it easy for thousands of keen yabby fishers to swap up to three opera house nets for three free wildlife friendly open-top nets. Overall height of frame = 38cm. Open top lift nets can't be used in the above systems because they will catch spiny crays and that is not what they were intended for. 5x Square Folding Yabby Net Yabbie Pyramid Trap Brand New. by using a combined total of 10 labelled nets (either hoop nets or open top lift nets) in all other inland waters, including Lake Eildon, Rocklands Reservoir and Lake Dartmouth. PACK OF 5 YABBY NETS. Gillies Pyramid Lift Net for Yabbies – Yabby Nets. The hunt, the catch and the delicious spoils were so good, most of us have continued chasing Yabbies from childhood, and we deploy a trap whenever we get the chance. The Victorian Fisheries Authority said open top lift nets could be used in both public and private waters and were proven to be effective yabby catchers. Maximum Net/mesh heigh = 14cm with net/mesh extended to it's maximum.