NSW Council of Freshwater Anglers has been pressing the NSW Government to follow the lead of other jurisdictions and ban these traps. The design is quite dangerous for airbreathing animals such as platypus.

NSWCFA have just received the this news that they will be banned from 30 Apr 2021. An education program, including free swaps on nets, will commence soon.

Another positive outcome from CFA agitation.

From a personal perspective:
I’m disappointed in respect to a couple of matters in the Minister’s statement: no mention that the swap of nets was funded by RFFTEC (our ‘licence’ fees) rather than Government funds, no mention of use on private property and finally describing the yabby trap change as a ‘minor change’ – why then did it take so long.