Daylight Saving and Fisheries
The change from standard time (GMT + 8 hours) to daylight saving (GMT + 9 hours) at 2am on 26 October 2008, and back at 2am standard time on 29 March 2009, will have no effect on the permitted times for most fishing activity except lobster potting and diving.
In most fisheries the regulated times by the clock for fishing remained unchanged. Fishers should adjust their clocks forward one hour to daylight savings time and fish by the displayed time.
Specific fishing regulations that define times for permitted activities include:
Daily bag limits
The definition of a day remains unchanged. Daily bag limits continue to apply between midnight and midnight in all fisheries except marron, where midday to midday applies as the period for a daily bag limit.
Net fishing times
Most of these are described relative to sunset and sunrise. Times regulated by the clock are unchanged and refer to standard time when daylight saving ends.
Recreational west coast abalone
The fishing times will remain 7.00 - 8.00am after daylight saving starts. Adjust your clocks for daylight saving and start fishing at 7.00am.
Rock lobster
A prohibition on pulling pots or taking western rock lobsters by diving at night exists to allow undersize lobster a chance to leave pots before they are pulled. These times are adjusted forward during daylight saving to prevent fishers operating during the hours of darkness.
View the Rock lobster 2008/09 brochure.
Pulling lobster pots and diving for lobsters is prohibited at the following times:
| Summer – daylight saving | 8.30pm – 5.30am (daylight saving time) |
| Winter – 1 April to 30 June | 6.00pm – 6.00am (standard time) |
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