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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (ROCK LOBSTER FISHERIES) REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 23

23—Catch and disposal records (giant crab)—Southern Zone

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (2), if giant crab is taken under a licence in respect of the Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery subject to a condition fixing a giant crab quota entitlement, the holder of the licence or the registered master of the registered boat from which the giant crab is taken must ensure that—

            (a)         at least 1 hour before the giant crab is removed from the registered boat from which it was taken, the Minister is notified by telephone of—

                  (i)         the name of the person making the telephone call; and

                  (ii)         the number of the licence under which the giant crab was taken; and

                  (iii)         the certification station at which the giant crab is to be weighed; and

                  (iv)         the estimated time of arrival of the giant crab at that certification station; and

                  (v)         whether any giant crab is to be stored on a registered boat used under the licence after the boat is landed; and

            (b)         the Minister is notified of any change in the estimated time of arrival of the giant crab at the certification station if it appears likely to the holder of the licence or the registered master that the giant crab will arrive at the certification station earlier than the estimated time previously notified to the Minister or more than 30 minutes after that time.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply if the giant crab is to be weighed at a certification station nominated by the Minister by notice in the Gazette between the hours specified in the notice.

        (3)         The holder of a licence in respect of the Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery subject to a condition fixing a giant crab quota entitlement or the registered master of a registered boat used to take giant crab under such a licence must comply with the following provisions:

            (a)         before giant crab taken under the licence is removed from the registered boat from which it was taken, he or she must complete Part A of a GC-CDR form in respect of the giant crab;

            (b)         immediately after a registered boat used under the licence is landed, he or she must remove from the boat any giant crab that is not to be stored on the boat;

            (c)         he or she must ensure that the GC-CDR book is kept on board the registered boat from which the giant crab was taken until all the GC-CDR forms in the book are completed;

            (d)         he or she must deliver a completed GC-CDR book to the Minister within 14 days of its completion.

        (4)         If subregulation (1) or (3) is not complied with, the holder of the licence is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $315.



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