Aunty M,
You're quite right. The link I provided states on the top paragraph that the bill was read 01/11/10 and referred to ANR and the hearing was Tuesday.
Whether it's ghost nets or in this case ghost crab pots, they shouldn't be allowed to keep killing. They were handing out for free the rot strings at the boat ramp last year, which rot strings are just one part of this bill.
The way they deal with ghost nets and now ghost crab pots funding for retrival is a concern.