Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person,
other than the holder of a commercial fishing licence, must not fish for rock
lobster other than —
(a) by
hand —
(i)
without the use of an instrument; or
(ii)
using an instrument which is not capable of piercing a
rock lobster,
and without piercing
or damaging the rock lobster; or
(b) by
means of using or submerging at any one time not more than 2 rock lobster pots
which —
(i)
are attached to a surface float which conforms to the
requirements of regulation 32; and
(ii)
are pulled from the water by the holder of the licence
personally.
(2) A person, other
than the holder of a commercial fishing licence, who takes and keeps any rock
lobster must tail clip or tail punch the rock lobster —
(a)
where a boat is used in connection with the taking of the rock lobster, within
5 minutes of bringing the rock lobster to the boat; or
(b)
where no boat is used in connection with the taking of the rock lobster,
within 5 minutes of bringing the rock lobster onto land.
(3) In this
regulation —
tail clip means the removal of the bottom half of
the central segment (telson) of the tail fan of a rock lobster by horizontal
cut, so that only the upper portion of the telson remains attached to the last
(6th) segment of the rock lobster tail;
tail punch means the punching of a circular hole
of no less than 10 mm in diameter in the central segment of the tail fan
(telson) of a rock lobster by any means.
Penalty: $5 000 and the penalty provided in
section 222 of the Act.
[Regulation 31 amended in Gazette
4 Nov 2005 p. 5310.]