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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes
1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for float: 🔊
1.2. 🇫🇷 French translation of float:
1.3. Definition of float in fisheries:
4 Other Definitions of Float per Country
1.4. Plural of float:
2. Other fisheries sub-sectors:

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for float: 🔊

/fləʊt/

1.2. 🇫🇷 French translation of float:

Flotteur

1.3. Definition of float in fisheries:

Float : object made of ethylene vinyl acetate or polyvinyl chloride whether solid, light coloured and clearly visible on the surface of the water, used to hold nets and other objects on the water surface.

4 Other Definitions of Float per Country

In Australia:

medium float means a float made of ethylene vinyl acetate or polyvinyl chloride that is at least—

(a)222mm long; and
(b)172mm in diameter.

✏️ Source -- Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, schedule 2, Section 19 ( Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 )

small float means a float made of ethylene vinyl acetate or polyvinyl chloride that is— (a)at least 180mm, but less than 222mm, long; and (b)at least 147mm, but less than 172mm, in diameter.

✏️ Source -- Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, schedule 2, Section 19 ( Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 )

compliant float, for using crab apparatus, means a float that—

(a)is solid, light coloured and clearly visible on the surface of the water; and
(b)is marked with the boat mark for the primary boat identified in the licence.

✏️ Source -- Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, schedule 7, Section 12 ( Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 )

compliant float, for using a dilly, means a float that is—

(a)solid, light coloured and clearly visible on the surface of the water; and
(b)no less than 15cm in any dimension; and
(c)marked with the boat mark for the primary boat identified in the licence.

✏️ Source -- Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, schedule 7, Part 2, Section 25 ( Queensland Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019 )