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• What is the best recreational gear for catching spot prawns?
• What gear can I use to assist me when free diving for spiny lobster?
• Where can I find information on crabbing zones?
• Can I use homemade gear as a hoop net?
• If I'm sharing hoop nets with a friend or several friends on my boat, do all of our GO ID numbers need to be on the buoys, or can I just have one GO ID number on each of the buoys?
• How many hoop nets can I use on my boat?
• I want to use a hoop net for lobster this season and bring my scuba gear on the kayak at the same time. Is this legal?
• Can I carry a pole spear or a spear gun while diving for lobsters?
• Can I catch lobsters with a hoop net while my friend next to me chooses to dive?
• Can a sport fisherman use traps to take lobster? What about lobsters that are taken on hook and line while fishing for finfish?
• How many hoop nets can I use while fishing from a public pier?
• Why can commercial lobster fishermen use huge traps when recreational fishermen are restricted to using hoop nets? It just doesn’t seem fair!
• I sometimes lend my hoop nets to friends. Can I mark my GO ID number on the buoys with something removable, like tape?