{"id":"sr:fisheries-regulations-2019","name":"Fisheries Regulations 2019","slug":"fisheries-regulations-2019","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181507,"registerId":"vic-sr:fisheries-regulations-2019-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"Part 1—Preliminary\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Objectives","content":"\t1 Objectives\n\nThe objectives of these Regulations are—\n\n(a) to provide for the control and management of fisheries in Victoria on a sustainable basis; and\n\n(b) to provide for matters authorised to be prescribed under the **Fisheries Act 1995**.\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorising provision","content":"\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 153 of the **Fisheries Act 1995**.\n\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 1 February 2020.\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Revocations","content":"\t4 Revocations\n\nThe Regulations listed in Schedule 1 are **revoked**.\n\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"\t5 Definitions\n\nIn these Regulations—\n\n***abalone fishery access licence*** means any one of the following classes of access licence—\n\n(a) Abalone Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(b) Abalone Fishery (Central Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(c) Abalone Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence;\n\n***abalone label*** means a mark or label on the packaging of abalone that is required under regulation 326(1) or 437(1), or that is in accordance with regulation 332;\n\n***abalone tool***  means a blunt lever with rounded ends and does not include a screwdriver or a knife;\n\n***abalone zone*** means any of the following zones—\n\n(a) the western abalone zone;\n\n(b) the central abalone zone;\n\n(c) the eastern abalone zone;\n\n***Anderson Inlet*** means the total area of the inlet bounded by a straight line running between the mean high water marks on the seaward extremities of each side of the Anderson Inlet entrance;\n\n***animal*** means any animal except a human or fish, whether vertebrate or invertebrate, in any stage of biological development and whether alive or dead;\n\n***aquaculture incoming stock record*** means the record required to be kept and maintained by the holder of an aquaculture licence under regulation 434;\n\n***aquaculture production return*** means a return in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority that is used by an aquaculture licence holder to record information about activities carried out under an aquaculture licence as required under Part 13 and which includes the information set out in Schedule 2;\n\n***bait jig*** means a continuous series of no more than 6 unbaited lures with hooks that are less than 2 centimetres in length and less than 3 metres in total length that are attached to a fishing line;\n\n***bait pump*** means a hand operated suction pump with a barrel diameter not exceeding 8·5 centimetres;\n\n***bait trap*** means a net or trap not exceeding 50 centimetres long, 25 centimetres high and 25 centimetres wide with funnel entrances with an inside diameter not exceeding 5 centimetres;\n\n***banded morwong*** means *Cheilodactylus spectabilis*;\n\n***bay fish trap*** means a net or trap that is no more than 2 metres in length, 1 metre high and 1·5 metres wide and has no more than one entrance;\n\n***bin insert*** means any type of non-absorbent material used as a protective layer for the purpose of packaging live abalone;\n\n***bin tag*** means an individually numbered tag in the form issued by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to the holder of an abalone fishery access licence that is used to seal bins of abalone as required under Part 8;\n\n***blacklip abalone size zone*** means any of the areas of water described in item 1 in the Table at the foot of regulation 291 and shown in the plans in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 3;\n\n***black sea urchin*** means *Centrostephanus rodgersii*;\n\n***book of account*** includes a ledger, day book, cash book, account book, and any other document used in the ordinary business of a bank, or in the ordinary course of any other business, for recording the financial transactions of the business and also includes any document used in the ordinary course of any business to record goods produced in, or stock in trade held for, the business;\n\n***bug*** means all species of the family Scyllaridae, commonly known as bug or shovelnose lobster;\n\n***Cape Liptrap Coastal Park*** means the areas of land described in Part 15 of Schedule 3 to the **National Parks Act 1975**;\n\n***carcass*** means—\n\n(a) in relation to shark or elephantfish, the body of a shark or elephantfish which is not cut or mutilated in any manner other than to remove the gut and head forward and clear of the posterior gill slit; and\n\n(b) in relation to scale fish, the body of a fish which is not cut or mutilated in any manner other than to remove the gut or gills or scale the fish; and\n\n(c) in relation to rays, the body of the fish which is not cut or mutilated in any manner other than to remove the gut of the fish; and\n\n(d) in relation to spiny freshwater crayfish, the body of a crayfish which—\n\n(i) is not cut in any way other than to remove one or more legs or claws; or\n\n(ii) is not mutilated in any way other than the absence of one or more legs or claws;\n\n***cast net*** means a circular or elliptical net that—\n\n(a) is weighted around its circumference; and\n\n(b) has a rope attached to its centre to allow the net to be cast and retrieved;\n\n***catch and effort record*** means a record in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority that is used to record information about fish taken under an access licence;\n\n***catch and effort record book*** means a book containing hard copy catch and effort records issued by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to the holder of an access licence in respect of which an electronic catch and effort reporting requirement does not apply;\n\n***catch disposal record*** means an individually numbered record in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority that is used to record information in relation to the movement of fish from the place of landing of the fish by the holder of an access licence as required under Subdivision 6  of  Division 6 of Part 2;\n\n***catch disposal record book*** means a book containing catch disposal records issued by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to the holder of an access Licence;\n\n***central abalone size zone*** means all marine waters between longitude 143° 58' 30\" East (Lorne) and longitude 147° 58' 30\" East (Lakes Entrance) except Port Phillip Bay shown on the plans in Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 3;\n\n***central abalone zone*** means all marine waters between longitude 142° 31' East and longitude 148° East shown on the plan in Schedule 4;\n\n***central octopus zone*** means all marine waters between longitude 143° 40' East and longitude 147° 10' East shown on the plan in Schedule 5 but does not include Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Corner Inlet or any inlet of the sea;\n\n***central sea urchin zone*** means all marine waters between longitude 142° 31' East and longitude 148° East, excluding Port Phillip Bay shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 6;\n\n***central Victorian waters*** means the following waters shown on the plans in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 7—\n\n(a) all marine waters between longitude 143° 27' 36\" East (mouth of the Aire River) and longitude 145° 53' 35\" East (Arch Rock);\n\n(b) all marine waters between longitude 145° 53' 35\" East and longitude 145° 53' 53\" East, to the north or north-east of a line running from the point 38° 50' 21\" South, 145° 53' 39\" East (northern part of Arch Rock), to the point 38° 50' 18\" South, 145° 53' 50\" East, on the mainland;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *coff* amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 5(b).\n\n***coff*** means any of the following things—\n\n(a) in the case of rock lobster, any thing used to hold or keep rock lobster alive in or on Victorian waters whether or not that thing is in or attached to a boat, but excluding any wet well;\n\n(b) in the case of any other fish, any thing used to hold or keep fish alive in or on Victorian waters;\n\n***commercial abalone reef area*** means an area of marine waters within the abalone (commercial) fishery containing abalone habitat;\n\n***commercial abalone reef area code*** means the code relating to a commercial abalone reef area notified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to each holder of an abalone fishery access licence;\n\n***commercial fishery licence*** means any of the following licences—\n\n(a) an access licence;\n\n(b) an aquaculture licence;\n\n(c) a fish receiver licence;\n\n***commercial hoop net*** means a cylindrical net open at the top, consisting of not more than 2 hoops, but does not include a recreational hoop net;\n\n***consolidate***, in relation to an access licence, means the issuing of one access licence in respect of a fishery in the place of 2 access licences that were previously issued in respect of the same fishery;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *Corner Inlet* amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 5(c).\n\n***Corner Inlet*** means the total area of all the bays, inlets and entrances bounded by a line running south-westerly from the mean high water mark on the south-western end of the Ninety Mile Beach (McLoughlins Entrance) which follows the mean high water mark along the outer or seaward shoreline of the Nooramunga Islands that enclose Shoal or Shallow Inlet, crossing the entrances at McLoughlins Beach, Manns Beach, Kate Kearney Entrance and Port Albert with a straight line between the mean high water marks on the seaward extremities on each side of each entrance, continuing along the mean high water mark on the outer or seaward shoreline of Snake Island to Bentley Point then in a straight line to the mean high water mark on the most northern point of Entrance Point on Wilsons Promontory;\n\n***crab pot*** means a device with a capacity not exceeding 1 cubic metre with no more than one entrance;\n\n***crew member***, in relation to an access licence, means a person engaged by the licence holder or a licence operator to assist in carrying out an activity authorised by the licence but does not include a licence operator;\n\n***Cunninghame Arm*** means all of the waters of that arm in the Gippsland Lakes, east of a line running from the south-west point of Bullock Island south-easterly to the rock wall opposite, including the waters of that arm between Bullock Island and the mainland to the ocean side of the bridge between Bullock Island and the mainland;\n\n***Danish seine net*** means any net designed or used to surround fish that is drawn through the water to close the towing ropes and the ends of the net using a vessel under propulsion, but does not include a trawl net, purse seine net or lampara net;\n\n***designated access point***, in relation to the Discovery Bay pipi zone, means an access point specified in Part 5 of Schedule 8 that may be used by the holder of a Pipi Fishery Access Licence to access the Discovery Bay pipi zone;\n\n***designated pipi weighing point***, in relation to the Discovery Bay pipi zone, means a point specified in Column 1 of the Table in Part 6 of Schedule 8, being the point described by reference to the latitude and longitude measurements set out in Columns 2 and 3 of that Table corresponding to that point;\n\n***dip net*** means a hand-held net not exceeding 90 centimetres wide or deep and attached to a handle;\n\n***Discovery Bay (Eastern) pipi zone*** means all the following marine waters (including the intertidal zone) shown on the plan in Part 2 of Schedule 8—\n\n(a) between Sutton Rocks, Discovery Bay and longitude 141° 18' 14·76'' East;\n\n(b) all waters north and west of Discovery Bay Marine National Park between longitude 141° 18' 14·76'' East and longitude 141° 24' 49·8\" East;\n\n***Discovery Bay pipi zone*** means either of the following zones—\n\n(a) Discovery Bay (Western) pipi zone;\n\n(b) Discovery Bay (Eastern) pipi zone;\n\n***Discovery Bay (Western) pipi zone*** means all marine waters (including the intertidal zone) between the western Victorian border and Sutton Rocks, Discovery Bay shown on the plan in Part 2 of Schedule 8;\n\n***doughboy scallop*** means *Chlamys asperrimus*;\n\n***eastern abalone size zone*** means all marine waters east of longitude 147° 58' 30\" East (Lakes Entrance) except the Mallacoota airport abalone size zone shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 3;\n\n***eastern abalone zone*** means all marine waters east of longitude 148° East shown on the plan in Schedule 4;\n\n***eastern octopus zone*** means all marine waters between longitude 147° 10' East and the eastern Victorian border shown on the plan in Schedule 5 but does not include the Gippsland Lakes or any inlet of the sea;\n\n***eastern pipi zone*** means all marine waters (including the intertidal zone) between the most seaward point of Point Lonsdale and the eastern Victorian border shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 8 but does not include the Venus Bay commercial pipi zone, the Venus Bay recreational pipi zone, Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Corner Inlet, the Gippsland Lakes or any inlet of the sea;\n\n***eastern rock lobster zone*** means all marine waters east of longitude 143° 40' East shown on the plan in Schedule 9 but does not include Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Corner Inlet, the Gippsland Lakes or any inlet of the sea;\n\n***eastern sea urchin zone*** means all marine waters east of longitude 148° East shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 6;\n\n***eastern snapper zone*** means all marine waters east of the Wilsons Promontory lighthouse shown on the plan in Schedule 10 but does not include Corner Inlet, the Gippsland Lakes or any inlet of the sea;\n\n***electronic***, in relation to a notification or communication required to be made under these Regulations, includes a notification or communication by way of a telephone service;\n\n***electronic catch and effort record***  means a record prepared in accordance with regulation 95;\n\n***electronic catch and effort reporting requirement***  means a requirement under regulation 95 that the holder of an access licence use the fisheries notification service to provide catch and effort records to the Victorian Fisheries Authority;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *eligible access licence* inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 5(a).\n\n***eligible access licence*** means an Ocean Fishery Access Licence, Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence, rock lobster fishery access licence or Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *endorsed licence* inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 5(a).\n\n***endorsed licence*** means an eligible access licence that is endorsed in accordance with regulation 50A;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *endorsement notice* inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 5(a).\n\n***endorsement notice*** means a notice issued by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in accordance with regulation 50A(2);\n\n***family fishing lakes*** means the lakes specified in Schedule 11;\n\n***far western abalone size zone*** means all marine waters west of longitude 142° 30' 35\" East (mouth of Hopkins River) shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 3;\n\n***firearm*** has the same meaning as in the **Firearms Act 1996**;\n\n***fish movement record*** means a record created in accordance with regulation 451(3), (4) and (5) that is used to record information in relation to the acquisition of fish, other than by purchasing the fish, by a fishing industry participant;\n\n***fish receipt*** means a document created in respect of the sale of fish by a person selling the fish that contains the details specified in regulation 450(2) or (3) (as the case requires) in respect of the sale of that fish;\n\n***fish trap*** means any basket, box, net, trap or cage or any other thing that is designed or used to take fish by enticing or allowing fish to enter an enclosure, but does not include a rock lobster pot, bay fish trap, fyke net, stake net, recreational hoop net or commercial hoop net;\n\n***fisheries document*** means—\n\n(a) any of the following documents—\n\n(i) an aquaculture incoming stock record;\n\n(ii) a hard copy aquaculture production return;\n\n(iii) a bin tag;\n\n(iv) a catch and effort record or catch and effort record book;\n\n(v) a catch disposal record or catch disposal record book;\n\n(vi) a fish movement record;\n\n(vii) a fish receipt;\n\n(viii) a book of account; and\n\n(b) any other document required to be completed, kept or maintained under the Act or the regulations under the Act; and\n\n(c) any other document issued by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under the Act or the regulations under the Act—\n\nbut does not include—\n\n(d) a copy of any document referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or\n\n(e) an electronic catch and effort record; or\n\n(f) any details provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service; or\n\n(g) a rock lobster coff register; or\n\n(h) a wet well register;\n\n***fisheries notification service*** means—\n\n(a) the telephone service or Internet application (including any automated response system which captures the information provided) through which—\n\n(i) the holder of an access licence may provide electronic catch and effort records to the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and\n\n(ii) the holder of an access licence may notify specified details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and\n\n(iii) the holder of an access licence may complete a rock lobster coff register or a wet well register; and\n\n(iv) the Victorian Fisheries Authority may provide confirmation to a licence holder of the receipt of information provided by the licence holder to the Victorian Fisheries Authority under these Regulations; and\n\n\t(v) the Victorian Fisheries Authority may provide information about fish consignments and the time of landing of fish to the holders of fish receiver licences; or\n\n(b) if the telephone service or Internet application is not available, an alternative method, notified to a licence holder by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, by which the electronic catch and effort records, specified details, completion of a register, confirmation or information referred to in paragraph (a) may be given;\n\n***fishing boundary post*** means any post or sign which bears the words \"netting boundary\" or \"fishing boundary\";\n\n***fishing dredge*** means any net or cage attached to a rigid framed device or other thing that is designed for use, or is capable of being used for, or in connection with, the taking of molluscs other than scallop, but does not include a scallop dredge, shrimp dredge or dip net;\n\n***fishing industry participant*** means—\n\n(a) the holder of a commercial fishing licence or a permit authorising the taking of fish for sale; or\n\n(b) a person who carries on the business of selling, transporting, consigning, receiving or processing fish or fish products, including selling fish for consumption in a restaurant or cafe business;\n\n***fishing trip*** means—\n\n(a) in relation to fishing that involves the use of a fishing boat, the interval between a fishing boat leaving a port, mooring or launching point and returning to that or another, port, mooring or launching point; and\n\n(b) in relation to fishing that does not involve the use of a fishing boat, the interval between the commencement of a fishing activity and the end of that fishing activity;\n\n***flying gaff*** means a device, other than a harpoon, used in connection with landing a fish controlled by a line, that consists of—\n\n(a) a single hook (with or without a barb); and\n\n(b) a rope or cord that is affixed to the hook; and\n\n(c) a rigid pole—\n\nwhich is designed so that the hook and rigid pole detach from each other when the hook penetrates the body of a fish, allowing the fish to be landed by hauling on the rope or cord that is affixed to the hook;\n\n***fyke net*** means a collapsible, conical net that has—\n\n(a) meshes measuring no less than 1·5 centimetres and not exceeding 3·9 centimetres; and\n\n(b) 2 or more internal compartments; and\n\n(c) no more than one entrance; and\n\n(d) a maximum of 3 leaders or wings attached with each leader or wing being no longer than 46 metres and being made of meshes not exceeding 3·2 centimetres; and\n\n(e) a frame at the mouth of the net not exceeding 67 centimetres in height;\n\n***gaff*** means—\n\n(a) a barbless hook or a series of barbless hooks, with or without a handle, used in connection with landing a fish controlled by a line; or\n\n(b) a flying gaff;\n\n***general permit*** means a general permit issued under section 49 of the Act;\n\n***GDA94*** means the geodetic datum designated as the Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA) gazetted in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 35 on 6 September 1995;\n\n***Glenelg spiny freshwater crayfish*** means *Euastacus bispinosus*;\n\n***goatfish*** means any fish of the family Mullidae;\n\n***hand-held spear*** means a spear with one or more prongs (with or without barbs) that is—\n\n(a) held in the hand and propelled by human power without the use of any explosive, spring, elastic material or mechanism; and\n\n(b) designed so that the prong or prongs do not detach from the spear when they penetrate the body of a fish;\n\n***holder of a registered financial interest*** means a person who has registered details of the person's financial interest in an access licence under section 59 of the Act;\n\n***hook*** includes—\n\n(a) a lure or jig; and\n\n(b) a double or treble hook; and\n\n(c) not more than 4 hooks arranged in a gang; and\n\n(d) a keeper hook;\n\n***identifying mark*** means the combination of letters and numerals that are specified in the registration certificate for a boat as that boat's identifying mark;\n\n***intertidal zone*** means the area of Victoria commencing at the maximum high water mark and continuing to a point where the water is 2 metres deep at that time;\n\n***keeper hook*** means an assembly of 2 hooks arranged to secure one bait in one position at the end of a line and the assembly has—\n\n(a) one hook attached to the end of a line; and\n\n(b) one hook that is capable of sliding down the same line and touching the attached hook when unbaited;\n\n***Lake Hume*** means all waters and land, whether the lake is at full supply level or not, in—\n\n(a) the Murray River arm of the lake, from the weir wall upstream to the point where Seven Mile Creek enters the Murray River on the northern bank of the Murray River; and\n\n(b) the Mitta Mitta River arm of the lake, from the weir wall upstream to the Murray Valley Highway Bridge situated east of Tallangatta;\n\n***Lake Mulwala*** means all waters and land, whether the lake is at full supply level or not, from the Yarrawonga Weir upstream to the point where the Ovens River enters the Murray River marked by the Bundalong boat ramp;\n\n***lampara net*** means a positively buoyant surface net designed or used to surround fish that has a lead line shorter than the float line and is drawn through the water by a vessel under propulsion to close the ends of the net;\n\n***landed***, in relation to fish, means—\n\n(a) in the case of fish taken from a part of the intertidal zone that is not covered by water, the place where the fish are taken across the maximum high water mark; or\n\n(b) in any other case, the place where the fish—\n\n(i) are taken ashore; or\n\n(ii) make contact with any man-made fixed structure, including a pier, jetty or wharf; or\n\n(iii) make contact with any artificial extension of land;\n\n***landing net*** means a hand-held net not exceeding 90 centimetres wide or 90 centimetres deep that is attached to a handle and is used to land a fish that is controlled with a fishing line;\n\n***legally obtained***, in relation to any fish that is received and subsequently possessed by a person, means fish, that before such receipt by the person, had been taken, possessed or sold (including the packaging and labelling of the fish and documentation accompanying the fish) in accordance with—\n\n(a) the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(b) the laws of any place other than Victoria in which the fish was taken, possessed or sold;\n\n***licence number*** means the number allocated by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to a fishery licence issued under the Act;\n\n***licence operator***, in relation to an access licence, means a person whose name is specified in an access licence as a person permitted to carry out all fishing activities authorised by the licence;\n\n***licensing year*** means a period from 1 April in any year to 31 March of the following year inclusive;\n\n***longline*** means a line to which is attached more than 8 hooks;\n\n***Mallacoota airport abalone size zone*** means the area shown hatched on the plan in Part 2 of Schedule 3;\n\n***marine fish*** means any species of fish that naturally inhabits seawater other than barramundi, salmonids or eel;\n\n***marine national park*** has the same meaning as in the **National Parks Act 1975**;\n\n***marine sanctuary*** has the same meaning as in the **National Parks Act 1975**;\n\n***master*** has the same meaning as in the **Marine Safety Act 2010**;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *McLennan Straits* revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 5(d).\n\n***mesh net*** means any net that is designed or used to mesh or gill fish and includes a gill net or set net, but does not include a trammel net or stake net;\n\n***mouth***, in relation to any water flowing permanently or intermittently into the sea or into any lake, bay or inlet connected with the sea, means an imaginary line running between the extreme seaward or outward point of either bank or side, to the opposite extreme seaward or outward point, except—\n\n(a) in the case of the Barwon River, means an imaginary line across the downstream side of the Barwon Heads–Ocean Grove Bridge; and\n\n(b) in the case of Boggy Creek at Lake Tyers, means an imaginary line running generally south from the extreme seaward point of the limits of Ironstone Creek to the opposite bank of Boggy Creek; and\n\n(c) in the case of the Curdies River, means an imaginary line across the downstream side of the Great Ocean Road bridge at Peterborough; and\n\n(d) in the case of Ironstone Creek at Lake Tyers, means an imaginary line running from the extreme seaward or outward point of one bank to the opposite extreme seaward or outward point of the opposite bank where it joins Boggy Creek; and\n\n(e) in the case of the Merri River, means an imaginary line across the downstream side of the footbridge over that river between the viaduct leading to the breakwater and Pickering Point; and\n\n(f) in the case of Stony Creek at Lake Tyers, means an imaginary line across the downstream side of the Princes Highway Bridge; and\n\n(g) in the case of the Yarra River, means an imaginary line across the downstream side of the West Gate Bridge;\n\n***Murray cod waters*** means the waters specified in Schedule 12;\n\n***Murray spiny freshwater crayfish*** means *Euastacus armatus*;\n\n***mussel rake*** means a hand-operated rake with a rake head not exceeding 50 centimetres in width and a single row of teeth attached with the teeth not exceeding 10 centimetres in length;\n\n***net weight***, in relation to abalone,  means—\n\n(a) in respect of whole unshucked abalone, the weight of the whole abalone including the viscera, shell and any marine growth attached to the shell; and\n\n(b) in respect of shucked abalone, other than abalone in cans, the weight of the abalone meat not including any brine or other fluid; and\n\n(c) in respect of abalone in cans, the drained weight of the abalone meat in the can;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *non-endorsed licence* inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 5(a).\n\n***non-endorsed licence*** means an eligible access licence that has not been endorsed in accordance with regulation 50A;\n\n***North Arm*** means all the waters of that arm east of a line running between the south-west side of the ends of the 2 rocky walls at the entrance of the arm, including the waters of the arm between Bullock Island and the mainland up to the south-western side of the bridge between Bullock Island and the mainland;\n\n***noxious aquatic species permit*** means a permit issued under section 81 of the Act;\n\n***octopus commercial fishing management zone*** means any of the following zones—\n\n(a) western octopus zone;\n\n(b) central octopus zone;\n\n(c) eastern octopus zone;\n\n***octopus pot*** means an unbaited container of any description designed for, or capable of, catching octopus;\n\n***octopus trigger trap*** means a trap designed for, or capable of, catching octopus that—\n\n(a) is not more than 62 centimetres long, 20 centimetres wide or 20 centimetres high; and\n\n(b) has only one chamber capable of trapping octopus; and\n\n(c) has only one entrance which is fitted with a self-closing door; and\n\n(d) is designed in such a way as to prevent it from taking any fish once the door of the trap has closed; and\n\n(e) is made of rigid material which is not capable of ensnaring or entangling other fish; and\n\n(f) if baited, is only baited with plastic lures and light-emitting diodes;\n\n***old regulations*** means the Fisheries Regulations 2009[[1]](#endnote-1);\n\n***open top lift net*** means a square or rectangular net open at the top that—\n\n(a) is not more than 60 centimetres long and not more than 60 centimetres wide; and\n\n(b) has a mesh net height not more than 15 centimetres perpendicular from the base; and\n\n(c) has a top opening of not less than 20 centimetres by 20 centimetres; and\n\n(d) does not have any internal device designed for use, or capable of use, in connection with the taking of fish;\n\n***ornamental fish*** means fish, other than abalone, that are—\n\n(a) hatched, reared, bred or grown for display only; and\n\n(b) not for human consumption;\n\n***permit number*** means the number allocated by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to a permit issued under the Act;\n\n***personal file number***  means the unique identifying number allocated by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to a person who holds one or more commercial fishery licences or a person acting on behalf of the holder of a commercial fishery licence;\n\n***pipi*** means any species of the genus *Donax*;\n\n***pipi commercial fishing management zone*** means any of the following zones—\n\n(a) Discovery Bay (Western) pipi zone;\n\n(b) Discovery Bay (Eastern) pipi zone;\n\n(c) western pipi zone;\n\n(d) Venus Bay commercial pipi zone;\n\n(e) eastern pipi zone;\n\n***place of landing*** means—\n\n(a) for the purposes of abalone fishing by an abalone fishery access licence holder, a place of landing specified in regulation 319; and\n\n(b) for the purposes of banded morwong fishing by the holder of a Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence, a place of landing specified in regulation 81(1)(a); and\n\n(c) for the purposes of giant crab fishing by the holder of a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence, a place of landing specified in regulation 81(1)(b); and\n\n(d) for the purposes of rock lobster fishing by the holder of a rock lobster fishery access licence, a place of landing specified in regulation 81(1)(c); and\n\n(e) for the purposes of scallop fishing by the holder of a Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence, a place of landing specified in regulation 81(1)(d); and\n\n(f) for the purposes of sea urchin fishing by the holder of a Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence, a place of landing specified in regulation 81(1)(e); and\n\n(g) for the purposes of fishing by the holder of a Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence, a place of landing specified in regulation 81(1)(f); and\n\n(h) in any other case, a place where fish are landed;\n\n***Port Phillip Bay*** means all the waters within the bays lying north of a line from the most seaward point of Point Lonsdale to the most seaward point of Point Nepean and includes the waters of Hobson's Bay and Corio Bay, but not the waters of Swan Bay;\n\n***Port Phillip Bay abalone size zone*** means Port Phillip Bay shown on the plans in Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 3;\n\n***Port Phillip Bay sea urchin zone*** means Port Phillip Bay shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 6;\n\n***priority rivers and streams*** means the following rivers and streams—\n\n(a) Nariel Creek upstream of the Colac Colac Bridge;\n\n(b) Rubicon River;\n\n(c) Mitta Mitta River upstream of Lake Dartmouth;\n\n(d) Ovens River upstream of the Porepunkah Bridge;\n\n***product description***, in relation to abalone, means whether the abalone is unshucked or processed and, if processed, the exact form of the abalone product;\n\n***protected aquatic biota permit*** means a permit issued under section 72 of the Act;\n\n***public officer*** has the same meaning as in the **Public Records Act 1973**;\n\n***purse seine net*** means a positively buoyant surface net designed or used to surround fish that is closed by the tightening of the lead line;\n\n***quota unit balance***, in relation to an individual quota unit allocated to an access licence, means the remaining amount of fish permitted to be taken under that quota unit during a specified quota period, taking into account any authorisation in a quota order given to the holder of the access licence to take fish in excess of the allocated quota for the individual quota unit;\n\n***ray*** includes any species of ray, skate or guitarfish;\n\n***recreational bait net*** means a net not exceeding 6 metres in length designed, or capable of being used, for the purpose of taking fish by being drawn through the water, with hauling lines attached to each end not exceeding 6 metres in length, but does not include a cast net;\n\n***recreational hoop net*** means a cylindrical net open at the top, consisting of not more than 2 hoops not exceeding 77 centimetres in diameter with a maximum drop of 50 centimetres;\n\n***recreational reef zone*** means any area of marine waters hatched on the plans in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 13;\n\n***registered***, in relation to a boat, means registered under Part 5;\n\n***registered establishment number*** means the registration number allotted to a registered establishment under paragraph 4.09(a) of the Export Control (Prescribed Goods—General) Order 2005 of the Commonwealth by the Secretary to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Commonwealth;\n\n***registration number*** means the number allocated by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to a boat under regulation 110;\n\n***restaurant or cafe*** means premises that are used by the public, or a section of the public, to purchase cooked, prepared or pre-prepared food or drink for immediate consumption (whether that food or drink is consumed on the premises or not);\n\n***rock lobster coff register*** means—\n\n(a) a register that contains individually numbered records in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority that is used to record information about the movement of rock lobster in and out of a coff; or\n\n(b) a rock lobster coff register within the meaning of regulation 5 of the old regulations;\n\n***rock lobster fishery access licence*** means any one of the following classes of access licence—\n\n(a) Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(b) Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence;\n\n***rock lobster pot*** means any basket, box, net, trap or cage or any other thing that is designed for use, or is capable of being used, for or in connection with the taking by trapping of rock lobster or giant crab, but does not include a bay fish trap, recreational hoop net or commercial hoop net;\n\n***salmonid*** means any fish of the family Salmonidae, including brown trout, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon and chinook salmon;\n\n***scallop*** means *Pecten fumatus* or doughboy scallop;\n\n***scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone*** means an area shown hatched on a plan in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 14;\n\n***scallop dredge*** means any net or cage attached to a rigid framed device or any other thing that is designed for use, or is capable of being used for, or in connection with, the taking of scallop, but does not include a fishing dredge, shrimp dredge or dip net;\n\n***sea urchin*** means black sea urchin or white sea urchin;\n\n***sea urchin commercial fishing management zone*** is comprised of all of the following zones—\n\n(a) the western sea urchin zone;\n\n(b) the central sea urchin zone;\n\n(c) the Port Phillip Bay sea urchin zone;\n\n(d) the eastern sea urchin zone;\n\n***sea-run trout rivers*** means the rivers and streams specified in Schedule 15;\n\n***seine net*** means any net designed or used to surround fish that is drawn through the water to close the ends of the net but does not include a recreational bait net, trawl net, purse seine net, lampara net, Danish seine net or dip net;\n\n***Shallow Inlet*** means the total area of that inlet bounded by a straight line running between the mean high water mark on the seaward extremities of each side of the Shallow Inlet entrance;\n\n***shell shovel*** means a hand-held shovel with a blade not exceeding 30 centimetres in width and attached to a handle;\n\n***shrimp dredge*** means a net bag attached to a frame not exceeding 1 metre by 40 centimetres and that forms an opening or mouth to the net bag;\n\n***shuck*** means to remove the meat from the shell of a mollusc in any manner;\n\n***skipjack tuna*** means any species of the genus *Katsuwonus*;\n\n***snapper*** means *Pagrus auratus*;\n\n***snapper zone*** means either of the following zones—\n\n(a) western snapper zone;\n\n(b) eastern snapper zone;\n\n***soft-shelled rock lobster*** means a rock lobster where the carapace, if depressed along the dorsal median line, fails to immediately return to its original shape;\n\n***southern rock cod*** means any species of genera *Lotella* and *Pseudophycis*;\n\n***spear gun*** means a mechanical device or other thing that is capable of imparting propulsive energy to a spear or arrow, but does not include a crossbow or a bow and arrow;\n\n***specified details*** means any details required to be given by the holder of a commercial fishery licence to the Victorian Fisheries Authority, via the fisheries notification service, under regulations 79, 84, 86, 87, 88, 320 and 330;\n\n***spider crab trap*** means a device constructed of sticks or mesh not exceeding 1 metre in length and 40 centimetres in diameter used for the purpose of catching crab;\n\n***spiny freshwater crayfish*** means Glenelg spiny freshwater crayfish, Murray spiny freshwater crayfish and all other species of genera *Euastacus* and *Cherax* (except for *Cherax destructor*);\n\n***stake net*** means a net, joined to a stake or stakes or any other object in a fixed position, which is designed for use or capable of being used to catch fish by the movement of water through the net;\n\n***Swan Bay*** includes all the waters of that bay lying westward of a line from Black Billy Point to Point Norgate westward from the mouth of the Queenscliff Creek;\n\n***tare weight***, in relation to bins containing landed abalone, means the weight of all those bins including the bin lids and bin inserts, but does not include the abalone;\n\n***tender boat*** means a boat that is not registered that—\n\n(a) in a rock lobster fishery or giant crab fishery, is used by the holder of a rock lobster fishery access licence or a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence to assist with the landing of rock lobster or giant crab (as the case may be) from the registered boat specified in the licence; and\n\n(b) in any other fishery, is engaged in a fishing operation (other than an operation involving the use of purse seine nets) with—\n\n(i) one other larger boat that is registered; or\n\n(ii) 2 other boats, one of which is registered; and\n\n(c) has the letter \"T\" and the identifying mark of the registered boat displayed on both sides of the bow;\n\n***the Act*** means the **Fisheries Act 1995**;\n\n***trammel net*** means a configuration of multi‑panelled nets set one behind the other, all or some or part of which are attached to the same section of a head line;\n\n***trawl net*** means any net that is towed through the water by a boat or boats making way, but does not include a purse seine net, seine net, Danish seine net or lampara net;\n\n***trout*** means rainbow trout and brown trout;\n\n***trout cod waters*** means any of the following waters—\n\n(a) Lake Kerferd, Stanley;\n\n(b) Lake Sambell, Beechworth;\n\n***tuna*** means skipjack tuna and any species of the genus *Thunnus*, including albacore, longtail tuna, southern bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna;\n\n***use*** includes assist in the use of;\n\n***Venus Bay commercial pipi zone*** means all marine waters (including the intertidal zone) between longitude 145° 50' East and longitude 146° 11' 36'' East shown on the plan in Part 3 of Schedule 8 but does not include Shallow Inlet;\n\n***Venus Bay recreational pipi zone*** means the marine waters (including the intertidal zone) shown hatched on the plan in Part 4 of Schedule 8;\n\n***warm water finfish*** means any fish other than marine fish, aquatic invertebrates, salmonids and eel;\n\n***western abalone size zone*** means all marine waters between longitude 142° 30' 35\" East (mouth of Hopkins River) and longitude 143° 58' 30\" East (Lorne) shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 3;\n\n***western abalone zone*** means all marine waters west of longitude 142° 31' East shown on the plan in Schedule 4;\n\n***western octopus zone*** means all marine waters between the western Victorian border and longitude 143° 40' East shown on the plan in Schedule 5 but does not include any inlet of the sea;\n\n***western pipi zone*** means all marine waters (including the intertidal zone) between longitude 141° 18' 14·76\" East and the most seaward point of Point Lonsdale shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 8 but does not include—\n\n(a) any waters north or west of Discovery Bay Marine National Park; or\n\n(b) Port Phillip Bay or any inlet of the sea;\n\n***Western Port*** means all of the waters of the bay known as Western Port which lie north of a line bearing 53° East from Cape Woolamai to the opposite shore and a line running directly from West Head at Flinders to the southernmost point of Point Grant on Phillip Island;\n\n***western rock lobster zone*** means all marine waters west of longitude 143° 40' East shown on the plan in Schedule 9 but does not include any inlet of the sea;\n\n***western sea urchin zone*** means all marine waters west of longitude 142° 31' East shown on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 6;\n\n***western snapper zone***  means all marine waters west of the Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse shown on the plan in Schedule 10 but does not include Corner Inlet, Port Phillip Bay, Western Port or any inlet of the sea;\n\n***wet well*** means a thing used to hold or keep fish alive that is part of a boat;\n\n***wet well register*** means a register that contains individually numbered records in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority that is used to record information about—\n\n(a) the removal of giant crab or rock lobster from a wet well; and\n\n(b) the death of giant crab or rock lobster that are kept or held in a wet well; and\n\n(c) the number of giant crab or rock lobster remaining in a wet well;\n\n***white sea urchin*** means *Heliocidaris erythrogramma*;\n\n***yabby*** means *Cherax destructor*;\n\n***yabby pot*** means any pot or net that is designed for use, or is capable of being used for, or in connection with, the taking of yabby that does not exceed—\n\n(a) 90 centimetres in length; or\n\n(b) 30 centimetres in height; or\n\n(c) 90 centimetres in width.\n\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional types of fishing equipment prescribed for the purposes of the Act","content":"\t6 Additional types of fishing equipment prescribed for the purposes of the Act\n\n(1) For the purposes of paragraph (g) of the definition of ***commercial fishing equipment*** in section 4(1) of the Act, a snare is prescribed to be commercial fishing equipment.\n\n(2) For the purposes of the definition of ***commercial aquaculture equipment*** in section 4(1) of the Act, the following equipment is prescribed as commercial aquaculture equipment—\n\n(a) any commercial fishing equipment;\n\n(b) any commercial abalone equipment;\n\n(c) any structure or equipment that is designed for use in, or is capable of being used for, or in connection with, the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of fish.\n\n(3) For the purposes of the definition of ***recreational fishing equipment*** in section 4(1) of the Act, the following equipment is prescribed as recreational fishing equipment—\n\n(a) a rod and line;\n\n(b) a handline;\n\n(c) a dip net;\n\n(d) a bait trap;\n\n(e) a landing net;\n\n(f) a spear gun;\n\n(g) a hand-held spear;\n\n(h) a recreational bait net;\n\n(i) a recreational hoop net;\n\n(j) an abalone tool;\n\n(k) a bait pump;\n\n(l) a baited line with no hook;\n\n(m) a hook;\n\n(n) a bait jig;\n\n(o) an open top lift net;\n\n(p) a winch for the purposes of deploying or retrieving an anchor on a boat used in connection with the taking of fish;\n\n(q) a sonar device used in connection with the taking of fish;\n\n(r) a satellite global positioning system receiver used in connection with the taking of fish;\n\n(s) an electric fishing reel that has a hand-cranking mechanism and is designed for attaching to a rod;\n\n(t) a gaff.\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions of *fisheries*","content":"\t7 Definitions of *fisheries*\n\nFor the purposes of section 7 of the Act, a fishery specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 16 is defined by reference to the species of fish, type of fishing equipment or area of waters specified in Column 3, 4 or 5 of that Table that corresponds to that fishery.\n\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"References to geographic coordinates","content":"\t8 References to geographic coordinates\n\nFor the purposes of these Regulations, a reference to the longitude or latitude of a geographical point or line is, unless a contrary intention expressly appears, based on GDA94.\n\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation of periods of time","content":"\t9 Interpretation of periods of time\n\nIn these Regulations, a reference to a period of time beginning on one day and ending on another day includes the whole of both days unless the contrary intention expressly appears.\n\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Methods of measurement of fishing nets and mesh sizes","content":"\t10 Methods of measurement of fishing nets and mesh sizes\n\n(1) The method for measuring the size of a fishing net is as follows—\n\n(a) the length of a net is to be measured along the float line on which the net is hung;\n\n(b) the depth of a net is the distance from the float line to the lead line of the net.\n\n(2) The method for measuring the size of the mesh of a fishing net is as follows—\n\n(a) a knot of the mesh is to be designated knot 1, the next knot to the right on the same line is knot 2, the knot immediately below knot 2 is knot 3 and the knot to the left of knot 3 on the same line is knot 4 (so that with the net open, knot 1 is diagonally opposite knot 3 and knot 2 is diagonally opposite knot 4);\n\n(b) the mesh is to be closed by bringing knot 2 into contact with knot 4;\n\n(c) the distance from the centre of knot 1 to the centre of knot 3 is to be measured.\n\n(3) The size of the mesh of a fishing net is the distance referred to in subregulation (2)(c) in relation to that net.\n\n(4) If there is a dispute or doubt concerning the measurement of the mesh size of a fishing net, the net is to be hung vertically and a 1 kilogram weight is to be suspended from knot 3 before the measurement is made.\n\n(5) For the purpose of making a measurement under this regulation, it does not matter whether the fishing net is wet or dry.\n\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Method of measuring bait jig hook","content":"\t11 Method of measuring bait jig hook\n\n(1) The method for measuring a bait jig hook is that each hook on a bait jig must be measured from the outer bend of the hook.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the outer bend of the hook is the part of the hook that is the greatest distance from the outer edge of the eye or, if the hook does not have an eye, the outer edge of the flat end of the hook.\n\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Method of identifying boundary between waters of lakes and rivers","content":"\t12 Method of identifying boundary between waters of lakes and rivers\n\nFor the purposes of these Regulations, the boundary between the waters of a river or stream and the waters of a lake, reservoir or impoundment into which the river or stream flows is the point at which the flowing water of the river or stream meets the backed up waters of the lake or impoundment, regardless of the water level of the lake, reservoir or impoundment.\n\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of these Regulations to traditional owners","content":"\t13 Application of these Regulations to traditional owners\n\n(1) If a traditional owner group entity has entered into an agreement, any of these regulations (other than a regulation specified in subregulation (2)) that provides for an offence to carry out an agreed activity under that agreement does not apply to a member of the traditional owner group—\n\n(a) who is bound by the agreement; and\n\n(b) who carries out the agreed activity to which the offence applies in accordance with the agreement and on land to which the agreement applies.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the following regulations are specified—\n\n(a) regulation 124;\n\n(b) regulation 127;\n\n(c) regulation 136;\n\n(d) regulation 138(2);\n\n(e) regulation 139.\n\n***agreed activity*** has the same meaning as in section 79 of the **Traditional** **Owner Settlement Act 2010**;\n\n***agreement*** means an agreement under Part 6 of the **Traditional Owner Settlement Act** **2010**;\n\n***traditional owner group*** has the same meaning as in the **Traditional Owner Settlement Act** **2010**;\n\n***traditional owner group entity*** has the same meaning as in the **Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010**.\n\nPart 2—Commercial fishery licences\n\nDivision 1—Classes of commercial fishery licence\n\n\t14 Classes of access licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 38 of the Act, the following classes of access licence are created—\n\n\t(a) Abalone Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(b) Abalone Fishery (Central Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(c) Abalone Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(d) Bait (General) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(e) Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(f) Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(g) Eel Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(h) Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\nReg. 14(i) revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 6.\n\n(j) Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(k) Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(l) Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(m) Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(n) Ocean Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(o) Octopus Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(p) Pipi Fishery Access Licence;\n\n\t(q) Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(r) Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(s) Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(t) Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(u) Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(v) Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(w) Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(x) Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(y) Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(z) Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(za) Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence.\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Class of fish receiver licence","content":"\t15 Class of fish receiver licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 41 of the Act, the class of Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence is created.\n\nSection 4(12) of the Act provides that, on or after 1 July 2009, a reference in any subordinate instrument made under the Act to a \"fish receiver's licence\" or a \"fish receivers' licence\" is to be read and construed as a reference to a \"fish receiver licence\" or any derivative thereof.\n\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Classes of aquaculture licence","content":"\t16 Classes of aquaculture licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 43 of the Act, the following classes of aquaculture licence are created—\n\n(a) Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence;\n\n(b) Aquaculture (Crown Land—Bivalve Shellfish) Licence;\n\n(c) Aquaculture (Crown Land—Eels) Licence;\n\n(d) Aquaculture (Crown Land—Offshore) Licence;\n\n(e) Aquaculture (Crown Land—Other) Licence;\n\n(f) Aquaculture (On-shore Abalone) Licence;\n\n(g) Aquaculture (Private Land—Eels) Licence;\n\n(h) Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licence;\n\n(i) Aquaculture (Private Land—Marine) Licence;\n\n(j) Aquaculture (Private Land—Ornamentals) Licence;\n\n(k) Aquaculture (Private Land—Other) Licence;\n\n(l) Aquaculture (Private Land—Salmonids) Licence;\n\n(m) Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licence;\n\n(n) Aquaculture (Private Land—Warm Water Finfish) Licence;\n\n(o) Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies) Licence;\n\n(p) Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies Multi‑waters) Licence.\n\nDivision 2—Administration of commercial fishery licences\n\nSubdivision 1—Classes of licence prescribed for certain purposes\n\n\t17 Classes of commercial fishery licence that are transferable\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 50B of the Act, all classes of access licence are transferable except the following classes—\n\n(b) Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(c) Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(d) Ocean Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(e) Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(f) Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 50B of the Act, every class of aquaculture licence and fish receiver licence is transferable.\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Classes of commercial fishery licence that may be held by a corporation","content":"\t18 Classes of commercial fishery licence that may be held by a corporation\n\n(1) Every class of access licence may be held by a corporation except the following classes—\n\n(b) Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(c) Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(d) Ocean Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(e) Pipi Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(f) Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licence.\n\n(2) Every class of aquaculture licence may be held by a corporation.\n\n(3) Every class of fish receiver licence may be held by a corporation.\n\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Classes of access licence where licence holder must not personally carry out fishing activities unless permitted","content":"\t19 Classes of access licence where licence holder must not personally carry out fishing activities unless permitted\n\nFor the purposes of section 39(1) of the Act, all classes of access licence are specified.\n\nSection 39(1) of the Act provides that the holder of an access licence of a class specified by the regulations for the purposes of that subsection (that is, all classes of access licence) must not personally carry out any of the fishing activities authorised by the licence unless that licence holder is expressly permitted to do so by the licence. The maximum penalty for a contravention of section 39(1) of the Act is 200 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.\n\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Classes of access licence where services of other person not to be used unless permitted","content":"\t20 Classes of access licence where services of other person not to be used unless permitted\n\nFor the purposes of section 39(2) of the Act, all classes of access licence are specified except the following classes—\n\n(b) Ocean Fishery Access Licence.\n\nSection 39(2) of the Act provides that the holder of an access licence of a class specified by the regulations for the purposes of that subsection (that is, all classes of access licence other than those listed above in paragraph (a) or (b)) must not use the services of any other person to carry out any of the fishing activities authorised by the licence unless the other person is, in the opinion of the Victorian Fisheries Authority, a fit and proper person to carry out those activities and the licence permits the holder to use the services of that person and states the name of the person on the licence. The maximum penalty for a contravention of section 39(2) of the Act is 200 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.\n\nReg. 21 substituted by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 4.\n\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Classes of access licence where use of boat for fishing prohibited unless authorised","content":"\t21 Classes of access licence where use of boat for fishing prohibited unless authorised\n\nFor the purposes of section 39(3) of the Act, the following classes of access licence are specified—\n\n(b) Pipi Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(c) Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(d) Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(e) Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(f) Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(g) Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n1 Section 39(3) of the Act provides that the holder of an access licence of a class specified by the regulations for the purposes of that subsection must not use a boat to carry out any of the fishing activities authorised by the licence unless the licence permits the use of that boat and states the registration number of the boat. The maximum penalty for a contravention of section 39(3) of the Act is 200 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both.\n\n2 Under regulation 152, any boat used by the holder of an access licence to carry out any of the fishing activities authorised by the licence must be registered.\n\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 2","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Maximum numbers of access licences","content":"Subdivision 2—Maximum numbers of access licences\n\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maximum number of access licences that can be issued for a class of access licence","content":"\t22 Maximum number of access licences that can be issued for a class of access licence\n\n(1) The maximum number of licences that may be issued for a class of access licence listed in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 17 is the base number in Column 3 of that Table that corresponds to that class of licence less the adjustment number for that class of licence calculated in accordance with subregulation (2).\n\n(2) The adjustment number for a class of access licence is the total number of licences of that class that, since the commencement of these Regulations, have—\n\n(a) not been renewed within the 2-month period immediately following the date on which any fee, royalty or levy was due in respect of that class of licence; and\n\n(b) been consolidated with another licence of that class; and\n\n(c) been cancelled.\n\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Register of adjustment numbers","content":"\t23 Register of adjustment numbers\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must establish and keep current a register that sets out the value of the adjustment number calculated in accordance with regulation 22 in respect of each class of access licence listed in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 17.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must publish a copy of the register on the Victorian Fisheries Authority's Internet site.\n\n(3) A failure to comply with this regulation has no effect on regulation 22.\n\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 3","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Matters relating to the issue, transfer, renewal, suspension and surrender of licences","content":"Subdivision 3—Matters relating to the issue, transfer, renewal, suspension and surrender of licences\n\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aquaculture licences to be renewable","content":"\t24 Aquaculture licences to be renewable\n\nIn addition to the licences specified in section 57(1) of the Act, every class of aquaculture licence is a renewable licence.\n\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Grounds on which Victorian Fisheries Authority must refuse to issue aquaculture licence","content":"\t25 Grounds on which Victorian Fisheries Authority must refuse to issue aquaculture licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 51(4) of the Act, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must refuse to issue an aquaculture licence if it considers that the issue of the licence would pose an unacceptable risk to fisheries resources, ecosystems or the maintenance of genetic diversity in fisheries resources and ecosystems.\n\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application to transfer commercial fishery licence","content":"\t26 Application to transfer commercial fishery licence\n\nAn application for the transfer of a commercial fishery licence must—\n\n(a) include the name and address of the holder of the commercial fishery licence to be transferred and any holder of a registered financial interest in that licence; and\n\n(b) specify the name and address of the proposed transferee; and\n\n(c) specify whether the licence is a licence that is required to be consolidated; and\n\n(d) if requested by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, specify any additional information relating to the application; and\n\n(e) if the commercial fishery licence is a licence in respect of which there are relevant eligibility criteria prescribed, specify the proposed transferee's responses to the questions asked by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in relation to the eligibility criteria; and\n\n(f) be lodged with the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ground for refusing the transfer of access licence","content":"\t27 Ground for refusing the transfer of access licence\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must refuse to transfer an access licence if in the opinion of the Victorian Fisheries Authority the proposed transferee does not satisfy any relevant eligibility criterion prescribed in respect of the licence.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must refuse to transfer a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence if—\n\n(a) the proposed transferee is not the holder of a Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence; or\n\n(b) the boat proposed to be used under the licence is not the boat specified in the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence held by the proposed transferee; or\n\n(c) any proposed licence operator is not also a licence operator specified in the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence held by the proposed transferee.\n\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Eligibility criterion for issue, renewal or transfer of access licence","content":"\t28 Eligibility criterion for issue, renewal or transfer of access licence\n\nThe eligibility criterion that the following persons must satisfy is that the person must have a thorough knowledge of the provisions of the Act and these Regulations that are relevant to the particular fishery in respect of which the person is licensed or to be licensed to operate—\n\n(a) an applicant for the issue or renewal of an access licence;\n\n(b) the proposed transferee of an access licence.\n\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Individual quota units not to be transferred if levies not paid","content":"\t29 Individual quota units not to be transferred if levies not paid\n\nThe Victorian Fisheries Authority must not transfer an individual quota unit if the access licence holder who applies to transfer the quota unit has not paid any prescribed levy due in respect of the quota unit or the access licence to which the quota unit is allocated.\n\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Process for voluntary surrender of commercial fishery licence","content":"\t30 Process for voluntary surrender of commercial fishery licence\n\n(1) The holder of a commercial fishery licence may advise the Victorian Fisheries Authority, in writing, that the holder wishes to surrender that licence.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must, within one month after receiving a notice under subregulation (1)—\n\n(a) cancel the licence; and\n\n(b) advise the licence holder, in writing, that the licence is cancelled.\n\n","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed grounds for suspension of a fishery licence","content":"\t31 Prescribed grounds for suspension of a fishery licence\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 58(2)(c) of the Act, the other grounds on which the Victorian Fisheries Authority may require the holder of a fishery licence to show sufficient cause why the licence should not be suspended are—\n\n(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority believes on reasonable grounds that the holder of the fishery licence, or a person acting on behalf of the licence holder, has failed to comply with a designated licence condition; or\n\n(b) the holder of the fishery licence has been found guilty of a relevant offence; or\n\n(c) the holder of the fishery licence is a fine defaulter within the meaning of the **Fines Reform Act 2014** in relation to an infringement offence within the meaning of that Act that relates to a relevant offence.\n\n***holder***, in the case of a corporation or co‑operative, includes an officer of the corporation or co-operative who is acting in the officer's capacity as an officer of the corporation or co-operative;\n\n***relevant offence*** means—\n\n(a) an offence under the Act, the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988**, the **Marine and Coastal Act 2018**, the **National Parks Act 1975**, the **Wildlife Act 1975** or under a regulation made under any of those Acts; or\n\n(b) an associated offence; or\n\n(c) an offence involving violence against or the assault of a public officer; or\n\n(d) an offence involving the obstruction or hindering of an authorised officer; or\n\n(e) an offence under a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or New Zealand, that corresponds to a law specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).\n\n","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 4","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Compensation payable under section 63 of the Act","content":"Subdivision 4—Compensation payable under section 63 of the Act\n\n","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"\t32 Definitions\n\nIn this Subdivision—\n\n***financial documentation*** means for the purposes of regulation 38—\n\n(a) in the case of item A in the formula in regulation 34, a copy of the written determination of the valuer‑general; and\n\n(b) in the case of item B in the formulae in regulations 34 and 35—\n\n(i) a statement endorsed by a certified practising accountant, being a member of CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or the Institute of Public Accountants; or\n\n(ii) a personal taxation statement issued by the Australian Taxation Office; and\n\n(c) in the case of item D in the formulae in regulations 34 and 35, any documentation that the Secretary determines is relevant in determining the claim; and\n\n(d) in the case of item Y in the formulae in regulations 34 and 35—\n\n(i) a certified copy of a written agreement between the holder of the cancelled access licence and the holder of a registered financial interest in the licence and a statement signed by the holder of the licence and the holder of the registered financial interest that states the terms of the agreement and any dollar amount outstanding at the time the agreement was entered into; or\n\n(ii) if a written agreement was not entered into at the time an arrangement or understanding was made between the holder of the cancelled access licence and the holder of a registered financial interest in the licence, a statement signed by the holder of the licence and the holder of the registered financial interest that states the terms of the agreement and any dollar amount then outstanding;\n\n***independent negotiator*** means a person appointed under regulation 39;\n\n***valuer-general*** means the valuer-general under the **Valuation of Land Act 1960** and includes any deputy valuer-general and any valuer nominated by the valuer-general to make valuations of land referred to in section 3 of that Act.\n\n","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"33","sectionType":"section","heading":"Process for determination of compensation payable under section 63 of the Act","content":"\t33 Process for determination of compensation payable under section 63 of the Act\n\nIf an access licence is cancelled as a result of a direction under section 61 of the Act, the Secretary must in respect of a claim for compensation made under section 63(3) of the Act—\n\n(a) accept in full the claim; or\n\n(b) make an offer for compensation.\n\n","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Making an offer for compensation—cancelled transferable access licences","content":"\t34 Making an offer for compensation—cancelled transferable access licences\n\nFor the purposes of regulation 33(b), the compensation payable to the holder of a cancelled transferable access licence must be determined in accordance with the formula—\n\nwhere—\n\n\t**A** is a fair and reasonable valuation for the licence, including any quota entitlement issued in respect of the licence, as determined by the valuer-general;\n\n\t**B** is an income support payment equal to 3 times the average of the 4 highest net incomes before tax expressed in current dollars and returned from the 7 fishing seasons immediately before the cancellation of the licence, and based on catch records held by the Victorian Fisheries Authority;\n\n\t**C** is a discounted amount determined by the independent negotiator to adjust for the benefit gained from receiving a lump sum in lieu of future income;\n\n\t**D** is a fair and reasonable sum for any financial loss suffered as a natural and direct consequence of the cancellation of the licence that is not met by A or B;\n\n\t**E** is a solatium of not more than 10% of the result of ;\n\n\t**Y** is the total amount of the entitlement of the holders of a registered financial interest in the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Making an offer for compensation—cancelled non‑transferable access licences","content":"\t35 Making an offer for compensation—cancelled non‑transferable access licences\n\nFor the purposes of regulation 33(b), the compensation payable to the holder of a cancelled non-transferable access licence must be determined in accordance with the formula—\n\nwhere—\n\n\t**B** is an income support payment equal to 3 times the average of the 4 highest net incomes before tax expressed in current dollars and returned from the 7 fishing seasons immediately before the cancellation of the licence, and based on catch records held by the Victorian Fisheries Authority;\n\n\t**C** is a discounted amount determined by the independent negotiator to adjust for the benefit gained from receiving a lump sum in lieu of future income;\n\n\t**D** is a fair and reasonable sum for any financial loss suffered as a natural and direct consequence of the cancellation of the licence that is not met by B;\n\n\t**E** is a solatium of not more than 10% of the result of\n\n\t**Y** is the total amount of the entitlement of the holders of a registered financial interest in the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"36","sectionType":"section","heading":"Making an offer for compensation—holder of registered financial interest","content":"\t36 Making an offer for compensation—holder of registered financial interest\n\nFor the purposes of regulation 33(b), the compensation payable to the holder of a registered financial interest in an access licence must be—\n\n(a) determined in accordance with the financial interest expressed as a dollar amount and declared by the holder of the financial interest and agreed to by the holder of the access licence on the application for compensation form; and\n\n(b) assessed as a component of item Y in the formula set out in regulation 34 or 35 (as the case requires).\n\n","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"37","sectionType":"section","heading":"Provision of notification to holder of a cancelled licence etc.","content":"\t37 Provision of notification to holder of a cancelled licence etc.\n\nThe Secretary must provide to the holder of a cancelled licence and the holder of a registered financial interest in respect of a cancelled licence—\n\n(a) notification of the direction issued under section 61 of the Act; and\n\n(b) an application form for compensation.\n\n","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"38","sectionType":"section","heading":"Making applications for compensation","content":"\t38 Making applications for compensation\n\nAn application for compensation submitted to the Secretary must—\n\n(a) specify in respect of a claim made by—\n\n(i) the holder of a transferable access licence, the amounts claimed for each item in the formula set out in regulation 34 except items C and E; or\n\n(ii) the holder of a registered financial interest in a transferable access licence, the entitlement held in respect of item Y in the formula set out in regulation 34; or\n\n(iii) the holder of a non-transferable access licence, the amount claimed for each item in the formula set out in regulation 35 except items C and E; or\n\n(iv) the holder of a registered financial interest in a non-transferable access licence, the entitlement held in respect of item Y in the formula set out in regulation 35; and\n\n(b) be supported by financial documentation to substantiate those items in the relevant formula that must be specified in accordance with paragraph (a).\n\n","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"39","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appointment and role of independent negotiator","content":"\t39 Appointment and role of independent negotiator\n\n(1) The Secretary may appoint an independent negotiator who, in the opinion of the Secretary, has extensive knowledge of financial matters and asset valuation to provide the Secretary with advice on the compensation payable in respect of a cancelled access licence by a direction under section 61 of the Act.\n\n(2) The independent negotiator may provide advice to the Secretary on the financial documentation referred to in regulation 38(b).\n\n","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"40","sectionType":"section","heading":"Time limits for applications for compensation","content":"\t40 Time limits for applications for compensation\n\nAn application for compensation must be submitted by a date specified in writing by the Secretary, being a date not less than 6 months after the date on which the direction under section 61 of the Act is published in the Government Gazette.\n\n","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"41","sectionType":"section","heading":"Manner in which compensation is payable if claim accepted in full","content":"\t41 Manner in which compensation is payable if claim accepted in full\n\nIf the Secretary accepts in full a claim for compensation made under section 63(3) of the Act, the Secretary must—\n\n(a) give notice in writing of the acceptance of the claim to—\n\n(i) the holder of the cancelled access licence; and\n\n(ii) the holder of any registered financial interest in the cancelled access licence; and\n\n(b) pay the compensation to the claimant by means of a cheque or bank transfer in accordance with the written direction of the claimant.\n\n","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"42","sectionType":"section","heading":"Manner in which compensation is payable if Secretary makes an offer for compensation","content":"\t42 Manner in which compensation is payable if Secretary makes an offer for compensation\n\n(1) If the Secretary makes an offer for compensation in relation to a cancelled access licence under regulation 33(b), the Secretary must give the holder of the cancelled access licence and the holder of any registered financial interest in the cancelled access licence a notice in writing that sets out—\n\n(a) the total compensation amount offered; and\n\n(b) the compensation amount offered for each item calculated in accordance with regulation 34, 35 or 36 (as the case requires).\n\n(2) If the holder of a cancelled access licence or any holder of a registered financial interest in that access licence accepts in writing the offer for compensation, the Secretary must pay the compensation by means of a cheque or bank transfer in accordance with the written direction of the holder of the access licence or the holder of the registered financial interest in that access licence (as the case requires).\n\n","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 5","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Miscellaneous duties and powers of Victorian Fisheries Authority","content":"Subdivision 5—Miscellaneous duties and powers of Victorian Fisheries Authority\n\n","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"43","sectionType":"section","heading":"Matters to be specified by Victorian Fisheries Authority in a commercial fishery licence","content":"\t43 Matters to be specified by Victorian Fisheries Authority in a commercial fishery licence\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may specify in a commercial fishery licence any of the following matters in relation to the activities authorised by the licence—\n\n(a) the species of fish that is or are authorised by the licence to be taken, possessed, processed, sold, hatched, reared, bred, grown or displayed;\n\n(b) the type or types of commercial fishing equipment, commercial aquaculture equipment or other equipment that is or are authorised by the licence to be used or possessed;\n\n(c) the number of items of, or size of, or specifications for, or marking of, commercial fishing equipment or commercial aquaculture equipment that is authorised by the licence to be used or possessed;\n\n(d) the waters, land, area or premises in or on which the activities authorised by the licence may be carried out;\n\n(e) the number and class of persons who may be engaged to carry out an activity authorised by the licence.\n\nActivities which are authorised by a commercial fishery licence are specified in Division 3 and Parts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 in relation to certain types of commercial fishery licence. This regulation allows the Victorian Fisheries Authority to specify further matters in a commercial fishery licence in relation to those authorised activities.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must specify on a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence the licence number of the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence held by that licence holder.\n\n","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"44","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority may give directions or authorisations relating to lost, stolen or damaged documents","content":"\t44 Victorian Fisheries Authority may give directions or authorisations relating to lost, stolen or damaged documents\n\n(1) On receiving a report from a licence holder under regulation 55(2) that a fisheries document or the copy of a fisheries document reported as lost or stolen has been located, the Victorian Fisheries Authority may—\n\n(a) direct the licence holder to return that document or copy to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner, and to the place, specified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in that direction; or\n\n(b) authorise the licence holder to use that document or copy.\n\n(2) On receiving a report from a licence holder under regulation 55(1) that a fisheries document or the copy of a fisheries document has been damaged the Victorian Fisheries Authority may—\n\n(a) direct the licence holder to return that document or copy to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner, and to the place, specified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in that direction; or\n\n(b) authorise the licence holder to use that document or copy.\n\n","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"45","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority may direct return of fisheries documents","content":"\t45 Victorian Fisheries Authority may direct return of fisheries documents\n\nThe Victorian Fisheries Authority may direct a licence holder to return any unused or partly used fisheries document or completed copy of a fisheries document, which was issued or contained in a book issued by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to the licence holder, in the manner, and to the place, specified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in that direction.\n\n","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"46","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority may allocate forfeited individual quota units in respect of fishery by tender","content":"\t46 Victorian Fisheries Authority may allocate forfeited individual quota units in respect of fishery by tender\n\n(1) This regulation applies to the allocation of an individual quota unit in respect of a fishery that is forfeited under section 66 of the Act.\n\n(2) If the Victorian Fisheries Authority determines that an individual quota unit should be allocated to the holder of an access licence, the Victorian Fisheries Authority may invite each holder of an access licence authorised to take fish in the same specified zone of the fishery in respect of which the quota unit had been allocated to purchase the quota unit by tender in the manner set out in the invitation.\n\n","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"47","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority to confirm receipt of catch and effort record or specified details to licence holder","content":"\t47 Victorian Fisheries Authority to confirm receipt of catch and effort record or specified details to licence holder\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must make all reasonable efforts to provide a licence holder with confirmation that it has received an electronic catch and effort record or specified details from the licence holder via the fisheries notification service as soon as is practicable after the licence holder has provided those details via that service.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), confirmation is to be provided by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the following manner—\n\n(a) on receipt of specified details from the holder of a commercial fishery licence under regulation 84, 320 or 330, by providing the licence holder with a confirmation number, via the fisheries notification service;\n\n(b) in any other case, by providing the confirmation in the manner determined by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply if—\n\n(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority determines that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the licence holder has failed to comply with these Regulations; or\n\n(b) the specified details or electronic catch and effort record were provided via the fisheries notification service by way of sending a text message from a mobile phone.\n\n(4) If the licence holder does not receive confirmation in accordance with subregulation (2), the Victorian Fisheries Authority may issue the licence holder with confirmation by way of an alternative method determined by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"48","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority to advise of means of accessing the fisheries notification service","content":"\t48 Victorian Fisheries Authority to advise of means of accessing the fisheries notification service\n\n(1) This regulation applies if the holder of a commercial fishery licence is required under these Regulations to—\n\n(a) provide the Victorian Fisheries Authority with electronic catch and effort records via the fisheries notification service; or\n\n(b) provide the Victorian Fisheries Authority with specified details via the fisheries notification service; or\n\n(c) complete a rock lobster coff register or a wet well register; or\n\n(d) retrieve information about fish consignments or the time of landing of fish via the fisheries notification service.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must notify the licence holder in writing of—\n\n(a) the means of accessing the fisheries notification service for the purposes set out in subregulation (1); and\n\n(b) any changes to the means of accessing the fisheries notification service; and\n\n(c) any alternative method by which the specified details, electronic catch and effort records, completion of a register or information referred to in subregulation (1) may be given by the licence holder.\n\n","sortOrder":50},{"sectionNumber":"49","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority to notify holders of Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence when aggregated limit reached","content":"\t49 Victorian Fisheries Authority to notify holders of Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence when aggregated limit reached\n\nThe Victorian Fisheries Authority must notify in writing all holders of a Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence when the aggregated amount (within the meaning of regulation 271) for a snapper zone is met or exceeded.\n\n","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"50","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority to notify holders of abalone fishery access licence of commercial abalone reef area codes","content":"\t50 Victorian Fisheries Authority to notify holders of abalone fishery access licence of commercial abalone reef area codes\n\nThe Victorian Fisheries Authority must notify in writing all holders of an abalone fishery access licence of the commercial abalone reef area codes for the purposes of providing specified details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service under regulation 320.\n\nPt 2 Div. 2 Subdiv. 6 (Heading and regs 50A, 50B) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 7.\n\n","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 6","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Endorsement of certain access licences","content":"Subdivision 6—Endorsement of certain access licences\n\nReg. 50A inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 7.\n\n","sortOrder":53},{"sectionNumber":"50A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Endorsement of eligible access licences","content":"\t50A Endorsement of eligible access licences\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may decide to endorse an eligible access licence for a licensing year.\n\n(2) If the Victorian Fisheries Authority decides to endorse an eligible access licence, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must issue an endorsement notice to the holder of an eligible access licence informing the licence holder of the endorsement of the licence as soon as possible after the endorsement.\n\n(3) The endorsement of an eligible access licence comes into effect on the date specified in the endorsement notice referred to in subregulation (2).\n\n(4) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may cancel an endorsement under this regulation at any time.\n\n(5) If an endorsement under this regulation is cancelled, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must give a written notice to the holder of an endorsed licence.\n\n(6) A cancellation of an endorsed licence comes into effect on the date specified in the written notice referred to in subregulation (5).\n\n(7) An endorsement under this regulation remains in force until whichever of the following occurs first—\n\n(a) the term of the endorsement expires;\n\n(b) the endorsed licence is transferred;\n\n(c) the endorsement is cancelled by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\nReg. 50B inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 7.\n\n","sortOrder":54},{"sectionNumber":"50B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determination that upper limit of shark taken reached","content":"\t50B Determination that upper limit of shark taken reached\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may determine that the total combined amount of gummy shark and school shark taken by all eligible access licence holders, and all holders of a Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence and a Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence and all holders of a permit authorising the taking and possession of gummy shark or school shark, and any persons acting on behalf of those holders has exceeded 36 tonnes in a licensing year.\n\n(2) A determination—\n\n(a) must specify that it comes into effect on a particular date and time; and\n\n(b) may be varied or revoked by the Victorian Fisheries Authority at any time.\n\n(3) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must ensure that a copy of a determination under subregulation (1) is given to each licence holder and permit holder referred to in subregulation (1) as soon as possible after it is made.\n\n(4) A determination under subregulation (1) comes into effect on the day on which a licence holder or permit holder referred to in subregulation (1) receives a copy of the determination or on any later date specified in the determination.\n\n(5) If the Victorian Fisheries Authority revokes a determination made under subregulation (1)—\n\n(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority must give to each licence holder and permit holder referred to in subregulation (1) a written notice of that revocation; and\n\n(b) the revocation is taken to have come into effect when the notice is received by the licence holder or permit holder.\n\n","sortOrder":55},{"sectionNumber":"Div 3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by every access licence","content":"Division 3—Activities authorised by every access licence\n\n","sortOrder":56},{"sectionNumber":"51","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by every access licence","content":"\t51 Activities authorised by every access licence\n\nAn access licence authorises the licence holder to use or possess the following commercial fishing equipment in, on or next to Victorian waters—\n\n(a) a winch for the purposes of deploying or retrieving an anchor on a boat used in connection with the taking of fish;\n\n(b) a sonar device used in connection with the taking of fish;\n\n(c) a satellite global positioning system receiver used in connection with the taking of fish.\n\nIn addition to the equipment specified in this regulation, the holder of an access licence may be authorised to use or possess other types of commercial fishing equipment under Part 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 (as the case may be) or the Victorian Fisheries Authority may, under regulation 43, specify in the access licence other types of commercial fishing equipment that may be used or possessed.\n\n","sortOrder":57},{"sectionNumber":"Div 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions on all commercial fishery licences","content":"Division 4—Conditions on all commercial fishery licences\n\n","sortOrder":58},{"sectionNumber":"52","sectionType":"section","heading":"Every commercial fishery licence subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t52 Every commercial fishery licence subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every commercial fishery licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every commercial fishery licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) any condition applying to that class of licence set out in Division 5 or 6 or Part 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from one or more conditions in these Regulations to which the licence is subject.\n\n","sortOrder":59},{"sectionNumber":"53","sectionType":"section","heading":"Keeping or provision of information","content":"\t53 Keeping or provision of information\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that any information required to be recorded, kept, retained, maintained or provided under the Act or the regulations under the Act, whether in a prescribed form or otherwise, is recorded, kept, retained, maintained or provided in a form that is clear, legible, truthful and accurate.\n\n","sortOrder":60},{"sectionNumber":"54","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fisheries documents and copies to be kept in safe place","content":"\t54 Fisheries documents and copies to be kept in safe place\n\nThe licence holder must keep in a safe place at all times any of the following documents that is required to be kept, retained or maintained by the licence holder under the Act or the regulations under the Act—\n\n(a) a fisheries document;\n\n(b) a copy of a fisheries document.\n\nUnder section 120B of the Act, a person must keep any document that the person is required under the Act (which includes these Regulations) to keep for a period of 3 years after various dates set out in that section. A maximum penalty of 60 penalty units applies if a person contravenes that section.\n\n","sortOrder":61},{"sectionNumber":"55","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged fisheries documents or copies","content":"\t55 Lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged fisheries documents or copies\n\n(1) If any of the following documents are lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged, the licence holder must report that fact to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority within 5 business days after the document was lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged—\n\n(a) an unused fisheries document issued or provided by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to the licence holder;\n\n(b) a fisheries document or copy of a fisheries document that is required to be completed, kept, retained or otherwise dealt with by the licence holder under the Act or these Regulations.\n\n(2) If a document or a copy of a document that is reported as lost or stolen under subregulation (1) is located, the licence holder must—\n\n(a) report that fact to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority within 5 business days after the document is located; and\n\n(b) ensure that the document is not used unless the licence holder is authorised to do so by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 44.\n\n(3) If a document is reported as damaged under subregulation (1), the licence holder must ensure that the document is not used unless the licence holder is authorised to do so by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 44.\n\n(4) The licence holder must comply with any direction of the Victorian Fisheries Authority given under regulation 44 to return a fisheries document or a copy of a fisheries document referred to in subregulation (1) or (3) to the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":62},{"sectionNumber":"56","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fisheries documents to be used in sequential numerical order","content":"\t56 Fisheries documents to be used in sequential numerical order\n\nIf a licence holder is issued with a fisheries document by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the form of a book containing numbered fisheries documents, the licence holder must ensure that the numbered fisheries documents are used in sequential numerical order.\n\n","sortOrder":63},{"sectionNumber":"57","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fisheries documents not to be lent, given or made available to others","content":"\t57 Fisheries documents not to be lent, given or made available to others\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that the licence holder or any person acting on behalf of the licence holder does not give, lend, or make available any fisheries document issued or provided to the licence holder by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to any person other than—\n\n(a) the Secretary or the Victorian Fisheries Authority; or\n\n(b) an authorised officer; or\n\n(c) another person as required under the Act or these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":64},{"sectionNumber":"58","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence holder to retain all unused fisheries documents in book issued","content":"\t58 Licence holder to retain all unused fisheries documents in book issued\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that any unused fisheries document and any copy of a fisheries document contained in a book issued to the licence holder by the Victorian Fisheries Authority is retained in that book unless directed by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 45 to return the document to the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":65},{"sectionNumber":"59","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence holder must return unused or partly used documents","content":"\t59 Licence holder must return unused or partly used documents\n\nThe licence holder must comply with a direction of the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 45 to return unused or partly used fisheries documents or copies of fisheries documents to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in accordance with that regulation.\n\n","sortOrder":66},{"sectionNumber":"60","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence holder to notify of change of name, address or telephone number","content":"\t60 Licence holder to notify of change of name, address or telephone number\n\nThe licence holder must notify the Victorian Fisheries Authority within 14 days after any change to—\n\n(a) the name of the licence holder; or\n\n(b) the residential address or postal address and telephone number of the licence holder or, in the case of a licence holder that is a corporation or co-operative, the address and telephone number of the registered office of the corporation or co-operative.\n\n","sortOrder":67},{"sectionNumber":"61","sectionType":"section","heading":"Return of fish and animals to water or natural habitat","content":"\t61 Return of fish and animals to water or natural habitat\n\n(1) A licence holder who takes a fish that is not of a noxious aquatic species, and that is not to be retained by the licence holder, must immediately return that fish to the water with the least possible injury or damage.\n\n(2) A licence holder must ensure that any animal taken incidentally while undertaking fishing activities is immediately returned to its natural habitat with the least possible injury or damage or is otherwise dealt with in accordance with the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988**, the **Wildlife Act 1975** and any regulations, orders, licences or authorisations under those Acts.\n\n","sortOrder":68},{"sectionNumber":"62","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fees, levies or royalties in respect of licences to be paid by due date","content":"\t62 Fees, levies or royalties in respect of licences to be paid by due date\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that any fee, levy or royalty due in respect of the licence is paid to the Victorian Fisheries Authority by the date specified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":69},{"sectionNumber":"63","sectionType":"section","heading":"Levies and royalties in respect of individual quota units to be paid by due date","content":"\t63 Levies and royalties in respect of individual quota units to be paid by due date\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that any levy or royalty due in respect of an individual quota unit allocated to the licence, which is held by the licence holder, is paid to the Victorian Fisheries Authority by the date specified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":70},{"sectionNumber":"64","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accuracy of weight measurements of fish","content":"\t64 Accuracy of weight measurements of fish\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the licence holder must ensure that any details regarding the weight of fish that are required to be provided under these Regulations are correct to within 1 kilogram of the actual weight.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any details regarding the weight of giant crab or rock lobster that are required to be provided under these Regulations are correct to within 0·1 kilograms of the actual weight, if the details relate to less than 100 kilograms of giant crab or rock lobster.\n\n","sortOrder":71},{"sectionNumber":"Div 5","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of all access licences","content":"Division 5—Conditions of all access licences\n\n","sortOrder":72},{"sectionNumber":"65","sectionType":"section","heading":"Every access licence subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t65 Every access licence subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every access licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every access licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) any condition applying to that class of licence set out in Division 4 or 6 or Part 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from one or more conditions in these Regulations to which the licence is subject.\n\n","sortOrder":73},{"sectionNumber":"66","sectionType":"section","heading":"Assistance with fishing activities","content":"\t66 Assistance with fishing activities\n\nThe licence holder must not use more persons to assist in carrying out activities authorised by the licence than the number authorised by the licence (if any).\n\n","sortOrder":74},{"sectionNumber":"67","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commercial and recreational fishing not to be undertaken at same time","content":"\t67 Commercial and recreational fishing not to be undertaken at same time\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that, while on a fishing trip involving a boat during which activities authorised by the licence are carried out, no person on the boat takes, or attempts to take, fish other than for sale.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the holder of an access licence who takes fish to be used for a purpose other than for sale if the holder—\n\n(a) is authorised to take fish of that species for sale by the licence; and\n\n(b) takes the fish in accordance with the licence as if the fish were taken for sale.\n\n","sortOrder":75},{"sectionNumber":"68","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of fish in a recreational reef zone prohibited","content":"\t68 Taking of fish in a recreational reef zone prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take or attempt to take any fish in a recreational reef zone.\n\n","sortOrder":76},{"sectionNumber":"69","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of fish in an aquaculture fisheries reserve prohibited","content":"\t69 Taking of fish in an aquaculture fisheries reserve prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take or attempt to take any fish in a fisheries reserve established for aquaculture purposes unless—\n\n(a) the licence expressly authorises the taking of fish in a fisheries reserve established for aquaculture purposes; and\n\n(b) the licence holder, or a person acting on behalf of the licence holder, is acting in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":77},{"sectionNumber":"70","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fish not to be transferred or received at sea","content":"\t70 Fish not to be transferred or received at sea\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that—\n\nReg. 70(1)(a) amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 5(a).\n\n(a) fish are not sold or transferred in or on Victorian waters from a boat used under the licence to any other boat; and\n\n(b) fish are not sold, transferred or delivered by or on behalf of the licence holder to another person in or on Victorian waters, whether on board a boat or not; and\n\n(c) fish are not received by or on behalf of the licence holder from any person (other than in accordance with the licence) in or on Victorian waters, whether on board a boat or not.\n\nReg. 70(2) amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 5(b).\n\n(2) Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply to the transfer of fish between a boat used under the licence and a tender boat operated in accordance with the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":78},{"sectionNumber":"71","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence holder or licence operator to be in presence of crew","content":"\t71 Licence holder or licence operator to be in presence of crew\n\n(1) The licence holder or licence operator must at all times when in charge of any crew member—\n\n(a) ensure that the crew member is in the licence holder's or licence operator's actual physical presence; and\n\n(b) be in control of that crew member; and\n\n(c) ensure that the crew member is not engaged in a separate fishing operation.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to crew members who are engaged in underwater dive fishing.\n\n","sortOrder":79},{"sectionNumber":"72","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limit for certain species of fish","content":"\t72 Catch limit for certain species of fish\n\n(1) The licence holder, on any one day, must not take, possess, retain on board or land from a boat, fish of a species set out in Column 2 of Table A in Schedule 18 in a quantity that exceeds the catch limit set out in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of fish.\n\n(2) Despite subregulation (1), the licence holder, on any one day, must not take, possess, retain on board or land from a boat, more than a total of 400 kilograms of fish of any one or more species of fish specified in Column 2 of Table A in Schedule 18.\n\n","sortOrder":80},{"sectionNumber":"73","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or possession of certain fish prohibited","content":"\t73 Taking or possession of certain fish prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take or possess any fish of a species set out in Column 2 of Table B in Schedule 18.\n\n","sortOrder":81},{"sectionNumber":"74","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking fish by dragging seine net on to dry land or shallow water prohibited","content":"\t74 Taking fish by dragging seine net on to dry land or shallow water prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take fish by dragging or drawing a seine net containing fish on to dry land or into water less than 60 centimetres deep.\n\n","sortOrder":82},{"sectionNumber":"75","sectionType":"section","heading":"Marking of equipment","content":"\t75 Marking of equipment\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that any of the following equipment that is used by the licence holder is attached to a surface buoy, flag, stake or other object that is clearly and legibly marked with the licence number of the licence holder's licence—\n\n(a) any trap, crab pot, longline, commercial hoop net or mesh net;\n\n(b) any fleet or line of mesh nets, commercial hoop nets or pots;\n\n(c) any cage or coff used for the purpose of holding fish.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any rock lobster pot used by the licence holder is attached to a surface buoy or flag that is marked with the registration number of the boat used in the setting of that equipment.\n\n(3) The licence holder must ensure that any yabby pot used by the licence holder is attached to a surface buoy that is marked with the licence number of the licence holder's licence.\n\n(4) The licence holder must ensure that any fleet or line of octopus pots or octopus trigger traps set by the licence holder is attached to a surface buoy that is  marked with the licence number of the licence holder's licence.\n\n(5) The licence holder must ensure that equipment referred to in subregulation (1), (2), (3) or (4) does not contain any markings other than the licence number of the licence holder's licence or registration number of the boat as appropriate.\n\nDivision 6—Conditions applicable to certain commercial fishery licences\n\nSubdivision 1—General\n\n\t76 Certain commercial fishery licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the provisions in Subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 set out conditions to which the commercial fishery licences specified in each of those Subdivisions are subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, a commercial fishery licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) any condition applying to the licence set out in Division 4 or 5 or Part 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from one or more conditions in these Regulations to which the licence is subject.\n\nSubdivision 2—Vessel monitoring system requirement\n\n","sortOrder":83},{"sectionNumber":"77","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirement for vessel monitoring system","content":"\t77 Requirement for vessel monitoring system\n\nReg. 77(1) substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 8.\n\n(1) This regulation applies to the following classes of access licence—\n\n(a) abalone fishery access licence;\n\n(b) Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(c) Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(d) Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(e) Octopus Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(f) Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(g) rock lobster fishery access licence;\n\n(h) Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(i) Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(j) Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(k) Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(l) Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(m) Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence.\n\n(2) The licence holder must not engage in any fishing activity authorised by the licence unless there is installed in any boat used under the licence to engage in those activities a vessel monitoring system that complies with the conditions for the use of the system set out in Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Part 17.\n\n(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a tender boat.\n\nSubdivision 3—Pre-fishing reporting requirements\n\n","sortOrder":84},{"sectionNumber":"78","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified classes of access licence subject to conditions in this Subdivision","content":"\t78 Specified classes of access licence subject to conditions in this Subdivision\n\nThis Subdivision applies to the following classes of access licence—\n\n(a) Eel Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(b) Pipi Fishery Access Licence.\n\n","sortOrder":85},{"sectionNumber":"79","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of intention to take fish for sale","content":"\t79 Notification of intention to take fish for sale\n\n(1) The licence holder must give to the Victorian Fisheries Authority, via the fisheries notification service—\n\n(a) if the licence holder holds an Eel Fishery Access Licence, the following details, no more than 2 hours after setting any fyke nets in the waters specified in the licence—\n\n(i) the licence number of the access licence;\n\n(ii) the name of any licence operator involved in the setting of the nets;\n\n(iii) the numbers of fyke nets that have been set and the location of the waters in which they were set;\n\n(iv) the date and time that the fyke nets were set; or\n\n(b) if the licence holder holds a Pipi Fishery Access Licence, the following details, at least one hour before commencing a pipi fishing operation—\n\n(i) the licence number of the access licence;\n\n(ii) the date and time of the proposed fishing operation;\n\n(iii) the location where pipi are proposed to be taken;\n\n(iv) if fishing in the Discovery Bay pipi zone, the designated access point proposed to be used for entry.\n\n(2) If the licence holder holds a Pipi Fishery Access Licence, the licence holder may, via the fisheries notification service, vary the details given to the Victorian Fisheries Authority under subregulation (1)(b) at any time before commencing a pipi fishing operation.\n\n(3) If the licence holder holds a Pipi Fishery Access Licence, the licence holder must advise the Victorian Fisheries Authority, via the fisheries notification service, if the licence holder cancels the proposed taking of pipi for sale.\n\nSubdivision 4—Place of landing\n\n","sortOrder":86},{"sectionNumber":"80","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified classes of access licence subject to conditions in this Subdivision","content":"\t80 Specified classes of access licence subject to conditions in this Subdivision\n\nThis Subdivision applies to the following classes of access licence—\n\n(a) Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(b) Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(c) rock lobster fishery access licence;\n\n(d) Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(e) Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(f) Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence.\n\n","sortOrder":87},{"sectionNumber":"81","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fish must be landed at a specified place","content":"\t81 Fish must be landed at a specified place\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that fish are landed at—\n\n(a) if the licence holder holds a Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence, a port or mooring area specified in Schedule 20; or\n\n(b) if the licence holder holds a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence, a port or mooring area specified in Schedule 19; or\n\n(c) if the licence holder holds a rock lobster fishery access licence, a port or mooring area specified in Schedule 19; or\n\n(d) if the licence holder holds a Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence, a port or mooring area specified in Part 3 of Schedule 14; or\n\n(e) if the licence holder holds a Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence, a port or mooring area specified in Part 2 of Schedule 6; or\n\n(f) if the licence holder holds a Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence, a port or mooring area specified in Schedule 21.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if—\n\n(a) there is an impending or actual threat to the safety of a person engaged in activities under the licence; and\n\n(b) the licence holder advises the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service as soon as practicable of another place where fish are to be landed.\n\nSubdivision 5—Weighing and post-fishing reporting requirements\n\n","sortOrder":88},{"sectionNumber":"82","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified classes of access licences subject to conditions in this Subdivision","content":"\t82 Specified classes of access licences subject to conditions in this Subdivision\n\nThis Subdivision, except regulation 88, applies to the following classes of access licence—\n\n(b) Octopus Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(c) Pipi Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(d) rock lobster fishery access licence;\n\n(e) Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(f) Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(g) Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(h) Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence.\n\nRegulation 88 applies to an Eel Fishery Access Licence.\n\n","sortOrder":89},{"sectionNumber":"83","sectionType":"section","heading":"Weighing of fish taken","content":"\t83 Weighing of fish taken\n\n\t(1) If the licence holder uses a boat as part of a fishing operation, all of the fish taken under the licence, other than giant crab or rock lobster, must be weighed no later than 60 minutes after the boat arrives at a place of landing.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) only applies to the holder of a Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence in relation to snapper taken under the licence.\n\n(3) If the licence holder uses a boat as part of a fishing operation, all giant crab or rock lobster taken under the licence must be weighed no later than 60 minutes after the boat arrives at a place of landing unless the licence holder has complied with the notification requirements in regulation 84(3), in which case the giant crab or rock lobster must be weighed within 60 minutes after it is landed.\n\n(4) The holder of a Pipi Fishery Access Licence must, no later than 60 minutes after landing pipi, weigh any pipi taken under the licence—\n\n(a) if the pipi are landed in Discovery Bay, within 20 metres of the designated pipi weighing point that is closest to the designated access point used to access the Discovery Bay pipi zone; and\n\n(b) in any other case, at the car parking area nearest to the place of landing.\n\n","sortOrder":90},{"sectionNumber":"84","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of post-fishing details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority","content":"\t84 Notification of post-fishing details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority\n\n(1) If the licence holder uses a boat as part of a fishing operation to take fish under the licence, other than giant crab or rock lobster, the licence holder must, no later than 60 minutes after the boat arrives at a place of landing and before the fish leave that place of landing, provide the following details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—\n\n(b) the estimated time at which the fish are to be moved from the place of landing;\n\n(c) the total net weight (in kilograms) of whole fish taken under the licence.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) only applies to the holder of a Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence in relation to snapper taken under the licence.\n\n(3) If the licence holder uses a boat as part of a fishing operation to take giant crab or rock lobster, but does not land some or all of those giant crab or rock lobster within 60 minutes of the boat arriving at a place of landing, the licence holder must, no later than 60 minutes after the boat arrives at that place of landing, provide the following details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—\n\n(b) the number of giant crab and the number of rock lobster that have not been landed (including giant crab and rock lobster taken on previous fishing trips but not including rock lobster stored in a coff that is not attached to the boat);\n\n(c) whether rock lobster that have not been landed (including rock lobster taken on previous fishing trips but not including rock lobster stored in a coff that is not attached to the boat) are to be retained in a coff or a wet well.\n\n(4) If the licence holder lands giant crab or rock lobster taken under the licence, the licence holder must provide the following details in accordance with subregulation (5) to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—\n\n(b) the estimated time at which giant crab and rock lobster taken under the licence that have been landed are to be moved from the place of landing;\n\n(c) the total net weight (in kilograms) of giant crab and the total net weight (in kilograms) of rock lobster that have been landed;\n\n(d) the number of giant crab and the number of rock lobster that have been landed.\n\n(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4), the licence holder must provide the details—\n\n(a) if the giant crab or rock lobster are landed within 60 minutes of the arrival of the boat used as part of the fishing operation at a place of landing, no later than 60 minutes after that arrival; and\n\n(b) in any other case, no later than 60 minutes after the giant crab or rock lobster are landed.\n\n(6) The holder of a Pipi Fishery Access Licence must, no later than 60 minutes after pipi taken under the licence are landed and before the pipi are removed from the weighing area described in regulation 83(4), provide the following details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—\n\n(b) the estimated time at which pipi taken under the licence are to be moved from the weighing area described in regulation 83(4);\n\n(c) the total net weight (in kilograms) of whole pipi landed under the licence;\n\n(d) if the licence holder was fishing in the Discovery Bay pipi zone—\n\n(i) the designated access point that was used for exit; and\n\n(ii) the designated pipi weighing point that was used.\n\n","sortOrder":91},{"sectionNumber":"85","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fish not to be dealt with unless regulations 83 and 84 complied with","content":"\t85 Fish not to be dealt with unless regulations 83 and 84 complied with\n\nUntil the licence holder has complied with regulations 83 and 84 in respect of fish taken under the licence, the licence holder must not allow that fish to—\n\n(a) enter any vehicle that already contains fish; or\n\n(b) be sold, consigned or given to another person; or\n\n(c) enter any premises on which fish is processed or held.\n\n","sortOrder":92},{"sectionNumber":"86","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of intention to retrieve rock lobster from coff or wet well","content":"\t86 Notification of intention to retrieve rock lobster from coff or wet well\n\n(1) The holder of a rock lobster fishery access licence must give to the Victorian Fisheries Authority, via the fisheries notification service, the following details in accordance with subregulation (3) before retrieving and landing from a coff or wet well rock lobster taken under the licence—\n\n(b) the number of rock lobster to be landed;\n\n(c) the port or mooring area where the coff or wet well is located;\n\n(d) the estimated time and date at which the rock lobster are to be retrieved.\n\nReg. 86(2) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 9.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to rock lobster that will be landed from a coff or wet well no later than 60 minutes after the boat that was used as part of the fishing operation to take those rock lobster arrived at a place of landing.\n\n(3) The licence holder must provide the details referred to in subregulation (1) at least—\n\n(a) one hour before commencing to retrieve and land rock lobster from a coff or wet well, on any day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.; or\n\n(b) 2 hours before commencing to retrieve and land rock lobster from a coff or wet well, at any other time.\n\n(4) The licence holder, at any time before retrieving rock lobster from a coff or wet well, may, via the fisheries notification service, vary the details given to the Victorian Fisheries Authority under subregulation (1).\n\n(5) If the licence holder cancels the proposed retrieval of rock lobster from a coff or wet well, the licence holder must advise the Victorian Fisheries Authority to that effect via the fisheries notification service.\n\n","sortOrder":93},{"sectionNumber":"87","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of intention to retrieve giant crab from a wet well","content":"\t87 Notification of intention to retrieve giant crab from a wet well\n\n(1) The holder of a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence must give to the Victorian Fisheries Authority, via the fisheries notification service, the following details in accordance with subregulation (3) before retrieving and landing from a wet well giant crab taken under the licence—\n\n(b) the number of giant crab to be landed;\n\n(c) the place of landing where the wet well is located;\n\n(d) the estimated time and date at which the giant crab are to be retrieved.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to giant crab that will be landed from a wet well no later than 60 minutes after the boat that was used as part of the fishing operation to take those giant crab arrived at a place of landing.\n\n(3) The licence holder must provide the details referred to in subregulation (1) at least—\n\n(a) one hour before commencing to retrieve and land giant crab from a wet well, on any day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.; or\n\n(b) 2 hours before commencing to retrieve and land giant crab from a wet well, at any other time.\n\n(4) The licence holder, at any time before retrieving giant crab from a wet well, may, via the fisheries notification service, vary the details given to the Victorian Fisheries Authority under subregulation (1).\n\n(5) If the licence holder cancels the proposed retrieval of giant crab from a wet well, the licence holder must advise the Victorian Fisheries Authority to that effect via the fisheries notification service.\n\n","sortOrder":94},{"sectionNumber":"88","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of removal of fyke nets","content":"\t88 Notification of removal of fyke nets\n\nThe holder of an Eel Fishery Access Licence must give to the Victorian Fisheries Authority, via the fisheries notification service, the following details, no more than 2 hours after removing any fyke nets from the waters specified in the licence—\n\n(b) the name of any licence operator involved in the removal of the fyke nets;\n\n(c) the numbers of fyke nets that have been removed and the location of the waters from which they were removed;\n\n(d) the date and time that the fyke nets were removed.\n\nSubdivision 6—Catch disposal records\n\n","sortOrder":95},{"sectionNumber":"89","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified classes of access licence subject to conditions in this Subdivision","content":"\t89 Specified classes of access licence subject to conditions in this Subdivision\n\nThe Subdivision applies to the following classes of access licence—\n\n(a) Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(b) Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence;\n\n(c) Octopus Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(d) Pipi Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(e) rock lobster fishery access licence;\n\n(f) Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(g) Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(h) Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(i) Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence.\n\n","sortOrder":96},{"sectionNumber":"90","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirement to complete and keep catch disposal record","content":"\t90 Requirement to complete and keep catch disposal record\n\nThe licence holder, before selling or giving any fish taken under the licence to another person—\n\n(a) must ensure all relevant details of the catch disposal record have been completed in the manner and within the time required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and\n\n(b) in the case of a disposal of fish by consignment, must ensure that the original of the catch disposal record accompanies the consignment; and\n\n(c) in any other case, must ensure that the original of the catch disposal record is given to the person receiving the fish at or before the disposal; and\n\n(d) must keep the duplicate copy of the catch disposal record.\n\n","sortOrder":97},{"sectionNumber":"91","sectionType":"section","heading":"Location of catch disposal record book to be notified","content":"\t91 Location of catch disposal record book to be notified\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that the Victorian Fisheries Authority is notified of the location of the catch disposal record book if it is not located on the boat specified in the licence (if any) or at the place of landing of fish.\n\n","sortOrder":98},{"sectionNumber":"92","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirements for keeping catch disposal records","content":"\t92 Requirements for keeping catch disposal records\n\n(1) The licence holder must not possess, and must ensure that any person acting on behalf of the licence holder does not possess, a signed catch disposal record or a copy of such a record unless all the required details of the record have been completed in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that all copies of completed, and all unused, catch disposal records and catch disposal record books are kept by the licence holder.\n\n(3) The licence holder must ensure that the duplicate copy of each catch disposal record that has been completed in respect of the fish landed under the licence is retained in the catch disposal record book issued to the licence holder.\n\n","sortOrder":99},{"sectionNumber":"93","sectionType":"section","heading":"Errors made while completing catch disposal records","content":"\t93 Errors made while completing catch disposal records\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that, if an error occurs whilst completing a catch disposal record, which was initiated by the licence holder—\n\n(a) the words \"ERROR—CANCELLED\" are written across the catch disposal record and all copies of that document; and\n\n(b) the next sequentially numbered catch disposal record in the catch disposal record book or a new book is used.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that the original and the duplicate copy of the cancelled record are retained in the relevant catch disposal record book.\n\n","sortOrder":100},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 7","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Catch and effort reporting","content":"Subdivision 7—Catch and effort reporting\n\n","sortOrder":101},{"sectionNumber":"94","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch and effort records—hard copy","content":"\t94 Catch and effort records—hard copy\n\n(1) This regulation applies to any access licence that—\n\n(a) is not an abalone fishery access licence; and\n\n(b) is not subject to an electronic catch and effort reporting requirement under regulation 95.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that, on each day that a fishing activity is carried out under the licence, all details required to be completed in the catch and effort record are completed in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(3) The licence holder must ensure that, if no fishing activities are carried out during a particular month, the words \"Nil fishing\" are entered on the catch and effort record for that month.\n\n(4) The licence holder must ensure that the original catch and effort record completed under subregulations (2) and (3) is removed from the catch and effort record book and sent to the Victorian Fisheries Authority by the 18th day of the following month.\n\n(5) The licence holder must retain the duplicate copy of every catch and effort record in the catch and effort record book.\n\n(6) If the licence holder does not intend to carry out any activities authorised by the licence for a period of one or more months, the licence holder may notify the Victorian Fisheries Authority before the beginning of that period, by completing a form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority for that purpose and forwarding it to the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(7) The licence holder must not carry out any activities authorised by the licence during a period notified to the Victorian Fisheries Authority under subregulation (6), unless the licence holder has notified the Victorian Fisheries Authority in writing before resuming such activities in that period.\n\n(8) The licence holder must ensure the catch and effort record book is—\n\n(a) on board the boat used under the licence at all times—\n\n(i) when the licence holder or a person acting on behalf of the licence holder is on board the boat; or\n\n(ii) when any fish are on board the boat; and\n\n(b) if the licence holder does not use a boat under the licence—\n\n(i) on the licence holder's person while undertaking a fishing activity; or\n\n(ii) if a licence operator is permitted to carry out fishing activities, on the licence operator's person while undertaking a fishing activity; or\n\n(iii) in the licence holder's vehicle if the vehicle is located at the site of the fishing operation being carried out; or\n\n(iv) if a licence operator is permitted to carry out fishing activities, in the licence operator's vehicle if the vehicle is located at the site of the fishing operation being carried out; and\n\n(c) in the licence holder's possession at all times when transporting fish taken under the licence unless the licence holder has created a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of those fish.\n\n(9) The licence holder must ensure that the Victorian Fisheries Authority is notified of the location of a catch and effort record book if it is not located at a place referred to in subregulation (8).\n\n(10) The licence holder must, at any reasonable time when requested to do so by an authorised officer, produce the catch and effort record book for inspection by the officer.\n\nCatch and effort reporting requirements in relation to the abalone fishery are specified in regulation 320.\n\n","sortOrder":102},{"sectionNumber":"95","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch and effort records—electronic","content":"\t95 Catch and effort records—electronic\n\n(1) This regulation applies to the following classes of access licence—\n\n(b) rock lobster fishery access licence;\n\n(c) Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence;\n\n(d) Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that, on each day that a fishing activity is carried out under the licence, all details required to be completed in the catch and effort record are completed in the manner and form and within the time required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service.\n\n","sortOrder":103},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 8","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Maintaining access to fisheries notification service","content":"Subdivision 8—Maintaining access to fisheries notification service\n\n","sortOrder":104},{"sectionNumber":"96","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maintaining access to Internet or mobile telephone network","content":"\t96 Maintaining access to Internet or mobile telephone network\n\n(1) This regulation applies to the holder of a commercial fishery licence that is—\n\n(a) required under these Regulations to provide specified details, via the fisheries notification service, to the Victorian Fisheries Authority; or\n\n(b) required to submit electronic catch and effort records, via the fisheries notification service, to the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(2) The licence holder must, to the extent reasonably practicable, maintain—\n\n(a) where the means of accessing the fisheries notification service is telephone-based, a means to access—\n\n(i) the mobile telephone network, at any time when at the point of landing; or\n\n(ii) in the case of the holder of a fish receiver licence, the telephone network at the premises specified in the licence; and\n\n(b) where the means of accessing the fisheries notification service is Internet-based, a means to access the Internet—\n\n(i) at any time when at the point of landing; or\n\n(ii) in the case of the holder of a fish receiver licence, at the premises specified in the licence.\n\nPart 3—Recreational fishery licences\n\nDivision 1—Class of recreational fishery licence\n\n\t97 Class of recreational fishery licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 45 of the Act, a recreational fishing licence is created as a class of recreational fishery licence.\n\n","sortOrder":105},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Exemptions from requirement to hold recreational fishery licence","content":"Division 2—Exemptions from requirement to hold recreational fishery licence\n\n","sortOrder":106},{"sectionNumber":"98","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions from requirement to hold recreational fishery licence","content":"\t98 Exemptions from requirement to hold recreational fishery licence\n\n(1) A person is exempt from the requirement to hold a recreational fishery licence under section 44 of the Act if the person—\n\n(a) receives an aged or invalid pension under the laws of the Commonwealth for the time being in force in relation to social services; or\n\n(b) is a totally and permanently incapacitated pensioner or service pensioner under the laws of the Commonwealth for the time being in force in relation to the repatriation of discharged servicemen or servicewomen; or\n\n(c) holds a Senior's Card; or\n\n(d) has attained the age of 70 years; or\n\n(e) holds a current pensioner concession card or equivalent as a result of receiving a carer payment under the laws of the Commonwealth for the time being in force in relation to social services; or\n\nReg. 98(1)(f) amended by S.R. No. 63/2023 reg. 4(1)(a).\n\n(f) identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; or\n\nReg. 98(1)(g) inserted by S.R. No. 63/2023 reg. 4(1)(b).\n\n(g) holds a Veterans Card - Victoria.\n\nUnder section 47 of the Act a person under the age of 18 years may take fish for any purpose other than for sale without holding a recreational fishery licence.\n\nReg. 98(2) def. of *Senior's Card* amended by S.R. No. 63/2023 reg. 4(2)(a).\n\n***Senior's Card*** means—\n\n(a) a Victorian Senior's Card issued by the Victorian Government, other than a Senior's Business Discount Card issued by the Victorian Government; or\n\n(b) a Senior's Card issued by the government of another State or a Territory, other than a Senior's Business Discount Card;\n\nReg. 98(2) def. of *Veterans Card - Victoria* inserted by S.R. No. 63/2023 reg. 4(2)(b).\n\n***Veterans Card - Victoria*** means a Veterans Card - Victoria issued by the Victorian Government.\n\nDivision 3—Activities authorised by recreational fishery licences\n\n","sortOrder":107},{"sectionNumber":"99","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by recreational fishing licences","content":"\t99 Activities authorised by recreational fishing licences\n\nA recreational fishing licence authorises the licence holder to—\n\n(a) take, or attempt to take, fish from marine waters or inland waters; and\n\n(b) use or possess recreational fishing equipment in, on or next to Victorian waters.\n\nIt is an offence under section 44 of the Act to take or attempt to take fish from marine waters or inland waters, or to use or possess recreational fishing equipment in, on or next to Victorian waters, unless authorised to do so by a recreational fishery licence or as otherwise authorised under the Act or exempted from the requirement to hold a recreational fishery licence to carry out those activities.\n\nDivision 4—General provisions applying to recreational fishery licences\n\n","sortOrder":108},{"sectionNumber":"100","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definition","content":"\t100 Definition\n\n***authorised person***  means a person authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to issue a recreational fishery licence under section 45(2) of the Act.\n\n","sortOrder":109},{"sectionNumber":"101","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recreational fishery licence must not be transferred or lent","content":"\t101 Recreational fishery licence must not be transferred or lent\n\nThe holder of a recreational fishery licence must not transfer or lend that licence to any other person.\n\n","sortOrder":110},{"sectionNumber":"102","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recreational fishery licence holder must not allow another person to fish under licence","content":"\t102 Recreational fishery licence holder must not allow another person to fish under licence\n\nThe holder of a recreational fishery licence must not allow another person to carry out fishing activities on the licence holder's behalf.\n\n","sortOrder":111},{"sectionNumber":"103","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to fail to return unissued recreational fishery licences","content":"\t103 Offence to fail to return unissued recreational fishery licences\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may, in writing, request an authorised person to return any unissued recreational fishery licences given to the person by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(2) An authorised person must comply with a request under subregulation (1) within 14 days after receiving the request unless—\n\n(a) the unissued recreational fishery licences have been lost or stolen; and\n\n(b) the authorised person has notified the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":112},{"sectionNumber":"104","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to issue recreational fishery licence with incorrect date and time","content":"\t104 Offence to issue recreational fishery licence with incorrect date and time\n\nAn authorised person must not issue a recreational fishery licence that specifies a date or time which is before the date on which, or the time at which, the licence was issued.\n\nPart 4—Permits\n\n\tDivision 1—Protected aquatic biota permits\n\n\t105 Eligibility criteria for permit under section 72 of the Act\n\nFor the purposes of section 72(1)(a) of the Act, the eligibility criteria that an applicant must satisfy are—\n\n(a) the applicant is carrying out the activity on behalf of a post-secondary education institution, a scientific institution, a research institution or a public museum and the activity is directly related to the work of that institution or museum; or\n\n(b) the applicant is a student of a post-secondary education institution and the activity is directly related to research to be carried out by the student in the course of the student's education at that institution; or\n\n(c) the applicant is, or is acting on behalf of a person who is, authorised under the Act or these Regulations to conduct an aquaculture activity that relates to the protected aquatic biota and the application is to facilitate that activity; or\n\n(d) the applicant is responsible for the preparation of an environment effects statement or a supplementary statement under the **Environment Effects Act 1978** and the activity is necessary for or related to the preparation of that statement; or\n\n(e) the applicant is authorised by a consent under Division 2 of Part 7 of the **Marine and Coastal Act 2018** to carry out a dredging operation that may affect the protected aquatic biota and the application relates to that activity.\n\nDivision 2—Noxious aquatic species permits\n\n","sortOrder":113},{"sectionNumber":"106","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified purposes under section 81 of the Act","content":"\t106 Specified purposes under section 81 of the Act\n\nFor the purposes of section 81(3)(a)(iii) of the Act, the following are specified purposes—\n\n(a) the undertaking of a dredging operation authorised by a consent under the **Marine and Coastal Act 2018** that may involve taking, possessing, transporting, or releasing noxious aquatic species;\n\n(b) the taking, keeping, possessing or transporting of noxious aquatic species for public display in a museum, zoo or aquarium;\n\n(c) the taking, keeping, possessing or transporting of noxious aquatic species for use or display in a school or post-secondary education institution;\n\n(d) the taking, keeping, possessing, transporting or selling of noxious aquatic species for commercial purposes.\n\nDivision 3—Conditions of permits\n\n","sortOrder":114},{"sectionNumber":"107","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conditions of a permit","content":"\t107 Conditions of a permit\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the provisions in this regulation set out the conditions to which every permit is subject.\n\n(2) The permit holder must not take or attempt to take any fish in a recreational reef zone, or a fisheries reserve established for aquaculture purposes, unless—\n\n(a) the permit authorises the taking of fish in that zone or reserve; and\n\n(b) the permit holder, or a person acting on behalf of the permit holder, is acting in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":115},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Boat registration","content":"Part 5—Boat registration\n\n","sortOrder":116},{"sectionNumber":"108","sectionType":"section","heading":"Registration of a boat used for fishing","content":"\t108 Registration of a boat used for fishing\n\n(1) The owner of a boat may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for the registration of that boat if the boat is to be used for any one or more of the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking of fish for sale;\n\n(b) the setting or use of commercial fishing equipment;\n\n(c) the use of commercial abalone equipment to take abalone for sale;\n\n(d) the landing of fish for sale or marketing;\n\n(e) the setting or use of commercial aquaculture equipment—\n\n(i) on Crown land; or\n\n(ii) in or on the waters covering that land;\n\n(f) the moving of an aquaculture crop.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may register the boat if—\n\n(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority is satisfied that the boat is to be used for one or more of the activities specified in subregulation (1); and\n\n(b) the applicant has paid the prescribed fee for the registration of the boat.\n\nRegulation 152 prohibits, for the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a boat for commercial fishing that is not registered under this Part. A maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies if a person contravenes that section.\n\n","sortOrder":117},{"sectionNumber":"109","sectionType":"section","heading":"Renewal of registration of a boat","content":"\t109 Renewal of registration of a boat\n\n(1) The owner of a boat may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for the renewal of the registration of that boat.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may renew the registration of the boat if—\n\n(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority is satisfied that the boat is to be used for one or more of the activities specified in regulation 108(1); and\n\n(b) the applicant has paid the prescribed fee for the renewal of the registration of the boat.\n\n","sortOrder":118},{"sectionNumber":"110","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority to issue certificate of registration","content":"\t110 Victorian Fisheries Authority to issue certificate of registration\n\nOn the registration or renewal of registration of a boat under regulation 108 or 109, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must issue a certificate of registration which specifies—\n\n(a) the registration number of the boat; and\n\n(b) the identifying mark to be displayed on the boat.\n\n","sortOrder":119},{"sectionNumber":"111","sectionType":"section","heading":"Duration of boat registration","content":"\t111 Duration of boat registration\n\n(1) The registration of a boat under this Part continues in force for the period specified in the certificate of registration.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may specify a period of up to one year for the purposes of subregulation (1).\n\n","sortOrder":120},{"sectionNumber":"112","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to use boat for commercial fishing without identifying mark","content":"\t112 Offence to use boat for commercial fishing without identifying mark\n\nA person must not use a registered boat in Victorian waters unless the boat's identifying mark is displayed on the boat at all times in accordance with this Part.\n\n","sortOrder":121},{"sectionNumber":"113","sectionType":"section","heading":"Manner of displaying identifying mark on boat","content":"\t113 Manner of displaying identifying mark on boat\n\nThe owner of a registered boat must ensure that the boat's identifying mark is clearly and legibly displayed on the boat—\n\n(a) on both sides of the bow outside and clear of the water line or on both sides of the wheelhouse; and\n\n(b) in letters or numbers no less than 20 centimetres high; and\n\n(c) in either of the following styles—\n\n(i) black letters or numbers on a light background;\n\n(ii) white letters or numbers on a dark background.\n\n","sortOrder":122},{"sectionNumber":"114","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional identifying mark required on boats exceeding 8 metres length","content":"\t114 Additional identifying mark required on boats exceeding 8 metres length\n\nIn addition to the requirements of regulation 113, the owner of a registered boat exceeding 8 metres in length must ensure that the identifying mark of that boat is clearly and legibly displayed at all times on top of the wheelhouse or some other flat uncluttered surface of the boat—\n\n(a) in a manner that reads from port to starboard or from bow to stern; and\n\n(b) with letters and numbers shown in black on an orange or yellow background in letters at least 90 centimetres high that are spaced at least 20 centimetres apart; and\n\n(c) surrounded by a black border.\n\n","sortOrder":123},{"sectionNumber":"115","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transfer of registration of boat","content":"\t115 Transfer of registration of boat\n\n(1) A person who becomes the owner of a registered boat, within 14 days after becoming the owner of the boat, must apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for the transfer of the registration of the boat if the boat is to be used for one or more activities specified in regulation 108(1).\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may transfer the registration of the boat if—\n\n(a) the Victorian Fisheries Authority is satisfied that the boat is to be used for one or more activities specified in regulation 108(1); and\n\n(b) the applicant has paid the prescribed fee for the transfer of the registration of the boat.\n\n(3) On the transfer of the registration of the boat the Victorian Fisheries Authority must issue a certificate of registration in the name of the new owner of the boat that specifies—\n\n(a) the registration number of the boat; and\n\n(b) the identifying mark to be displayed on the boat.\n\n","sortOrder":124},{"sectionNumber":"116","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to not remove identifying mark on expiry of boat registration","content":"\t116 Offence to not remove identifying mark on expiry of boat registration\n\nIf the registration of a boat under this Part has expired, the owner of the boat, within 7 days of the date of the expiry of registration, must remove from the boat, or cause to be removed from the boat, the identifying mark specified in the certificate of registration.\n\n","sortOrder":125},{"sectionNumber":"117","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to use unregistered boat with false identifying mark","content":"\t117 Offence to use unregistered boat with false identifying mark\n\n(1) The owner of a boat that is not registered under this Part must ensure that the boat does not display any identifying mark that was previously assigned to the boat or any mark that closely resembles an identifying mark.\n\n(2) The master of a boat that is not registered under this Part must ensure that the boat does not display any identifying mark that was previously assigned to the boat or any mark that closely resembles an identifying mark.\n\n(3) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to the owner or master of—\n\n(a) a boat that is not in use; or\n\n(b) a boat that is being used to carry out any activity that displays a mark which is required to be displayed under any other law of Victoria or of the Commonwealth.\n\nPart 6—General restrictions and prohibitions relating to fishing, fishing equipment, fishing methods, boats and signage\n\nDivision 1—Restrictions relating to recreational fishing equipment\n\n\t118 Application of Division\n\nThis Division does not apply to a person who uses or possesses recreational fishing equipment in contravention of this Division if that person—\n\n(a) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a commercial fishery licence authorising the use or possession of that equipment and the person is acting in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(b) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a permit authorising the use or possession of that equipment and the person is acting in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\nUnder section 45A of the **National Parks Act 1975**, a person must not take, or attempt to take, fish or fishing bait from an area in a marine national park or a marine sanctuary unless authorised to do so by a permit under section 21A of that Act. Section 45A of that Act further prohibits a person from using recreational fishing equipment in a marine national park or a marine sanctuary. The prohibitions in section 45A of the **National Parks Act 1975** prevail over any licence, permit or other authority issued under the Act.\n\n","sortOrder":126},{"sectionNumber":"119","sectionType":"section","heading":"Number of items of recreational fishing equipment that may be used","content":"\t119 Number of items of recreational fishing equipment that may be used\n\n(1) A person, in or on any Victorian waters, must not use more than 2 bait traps.\n\n(2) A person, in or on any Victorian waters, must not use more than 10 baited lines with no hooks.\n\n(3) A person, in or on any marine waters, must not use more than a combined total of 4 of the following items of recreational fishing equipment—\n\n(a) handlines;\n\n(b) rods and lines.\n\n(4) A person, in or on any inland waters, must not use more than a combined total of 2 of the following items of recreational fishing equipment—\n\n(a) handlines;\n\n(b) rods and lines.\n\n\t(5) A person, in or on any Victorian waters, must not use on any one line, more than 2 hooks that are not part of a bait jig, or more than one bait jig.\n\n","sortOrder":127},{"sectionNumber":"120","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of spear gun not permitted in certain waters","content":"\t120 Use or possession of spear gun not permitted in certain waters\n\n(1) A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on inland waters.\n\n(2) A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on the waters of Anderson Inlet, Corner Inlet, Curdies Inlet, the Gippsland Lakes, Lake Tyers, Mallacoota Inlet, Shallow Inlet, Tamboon Inlet or Wingan Inlet.\n\n(3) A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on waters that are within 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf or the mouth of any creek or river.\n\n(4) This regulation does not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) uses or possesses a spear gun in or on the following waters in the Gippsland Lakes—\n\n(i) the waters within 20 metres of the rocky groynes off Rigby Island;\n\n(ii) the waters within 20 metres of the barriers in Hopetoun Channel situated west of Barrier Landing;\n\n(iii) the waters within 50 metres of any of the compass beacons in Eagle Point Bay;\n\n(iv) the waters of Lake Victoria between the lines running from Wattle Point to Trouser Point and from Waddy Point to Pelican Point; or\n\n(b) possesses a spear gun in a boat that is proceeding by the most direct route to or from a launching point, boat ramp or mooring to waters in which the use of a spear gun is permitted.\n\n","sortOrder":128},{"sectionNumber":"121","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of hand-held spear not permitted in certain waters","content":"\t121 Use or possession of hand-held spear not permitted in certain waters\n\n(1) A person must not use or possess a hand-held spear in or on inland waters.\n\n(2) A person must not use or possess a hand-held spear in or on the waters of Corner Inlet, Curdies Inlet, the North Arm of the Gippsland Lakes, Lake Tyers, Mallacoota Inlet, Sydenham Inlet, Swan Bay, Tamboon Inlet or Wingan Inlet.\n\n(3) A person must not use or possess a hand-held spear in or on waters that are within 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf or the mouth of any creek or river.\n\n(4) This regulation does not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) uses or possesses a hand-held spear in or on the waters of Corner Inlet east of a line from the mean high water mark on the most northerly point of Entrance Point (on Wilsons Promontory) to the most westerly part of Little Snake Island at the mean high water mark then following the coastline of Little Snake Island generally north and then east to a point directly south of the Long Jetty at Port Welshpool and then on a north-south line to the end of that jetty and along that jetty to the shore; or\n\n(b) possesses a hand-held spear in a boat that is proceeding by the most direct route to or from a launching point, boat ramp or mooring to waters in which the use of a hand-held spear is permitted.\n\n","sortOrder":129},{"sectionNumber":"122","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of recreational bait net not permitted in certain waters","content":"\t122 Use of recreational bait net not permitted in certain waters\n\nReg. 122(1) amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 6(1).\n\n(1) A person must not use a recreational bait net in or on Anderson Inlet, Corner Inlet, the Lower Lake of Mallacoota Inlet or Shallow Inlet unless the net is used at least 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf and at least 400 metres from the mouth of any creek or river in those waters.\n\nReg. 122(2) amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 6(2).\n\n(2) A person must not use a recreational bait net in or on the North Arm and Cunninghame Arm of the Gippsland Lakes, Port Phillip Bay, Sydenham Inlet, Tamboon Inlet or Western Port.\n\n(3) A person must not use a recreational bait net in or on the Gippsland Lakes, excluding North Arm and Cunninghame Arm, unless the net is used at least 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf and at least 400 metres from the mouth of any creek or river in those waters.\n\n(4) A person must not use a recreational bait net in or on the waters of the Toorloo Arm and Nowa Arm of Lake Tyers that flow upstream of the lines shown on the plan in Schedule 22, those lines being indicated by the coordinates shown on that plan.\n\n(5) A person must not use a recreational bait net in or on Lake Tyers, excluding the waters described in subregulation (4), unless the net is used at least 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf and at least 400 metres from the mouth of any creek or river in those waters.\n\n(6) A person must not use a recreational bait net in or on any marine waters that occur on the seaward side of the entrance of the mouth of any inlet or river, other than a river or inlet referred to in subregulations (1) to (5), unless the net is used—\n\n(a) at least 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf; and\n\n(b) at least 400 metres from the mouth of any creek or river in those waters.\n\n(7) A person must not use a recreational bait net in or on any inland waters other than the following waters—\n\n(a) the waters of any lake, reservoir, swamp, marsh or lagoon;\n\n(b) the Curdies River between the Narrows and the Great Ocean Road bridge at Peterborough;\n\n(c) the Fitzroy River downstream from the boat ramp;\n\n(d) the Glenelg River downstream from the southern boundary of the Lower Glenelg National Park;\n\n(e) the Hopkins River downstream from Rowans Lane to within 200 metres of the mouth of the river;\n\n(f) the Merri River downstream from the Princes Highway;\n\n(g) the Snowy River downstream from the Government Wharf at Marlo;\n\n(h) the Surrey River downstream from the Princes Highway at Narrawong;\n\n(i) the Wimmera River downstream from the bridge on the Stawell–Marnoo road to Lake Hindmarsh.\n\n","sortOrder":130},{"sectionNumber":"123","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of recreational hoop nets or open top lift nets","content":"\t123 Use or possession of recreational hoop nets or open top lift nets\n\n(1) A person must not use or possess more than 2 recreational hoop nets in or on any marine waters.\n\n(2) Despite subregulation (1), a person must not use a recreational hoop net in marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, the Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) during the period commencing on 15 September and ending on 15 November in each year.\n\n(3) Despite subregulation (1), a person must not leave a recreational hoop net immersed or set in marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, the Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) during the period commencing on 15 September and ending on 15 November in each year.\n\n(4) A person must not use or possess an open top lift net in, on or next to any marine waters.\n\n(5) A person must not use or possess more than 10 nets that are either recreational hoop nets or open top lift nets in or on any inland waters.\n\n(6) Despite subregulation (5), a person must not use an open top lift net or more than 5 recreational hoop nets in the waters of the Goulburn River system, the Ovens River system, the Glenelg River system, the Latrobe River system, the Tarra River system, the Mitta Mitta River, the Kiewa River, Wodonga Creek, Ryans Creek, Waranga Basin, Carrol's Creek or in any streams or tributaries flowing into those waters or in any waters impounded on those waters.\n\n(7) Subregulation (6) does not apply to the waters of Lake Eildon, Rocklands Reservoir or Lake Dartmouth.\n\n","sortOrder":131},{"sectionNumber":"124","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recreational hoop net, open top lift net and bait trap must be correctly tagged","content":"\t124 Recreational hoop net, open top lift net and bait trap must be correctly tagged\n\nIf a person uses a recreational hoop net, open top lift net or bait trap that is set from a boat, or if the person is not in attendance of that net or trap, the person must ensure that—\n\nReg. 124(a) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 10.\n\n(a) each recreational hoop net, open top lift net or bait trap has a tag attached to it which is clearly and legibly marked with the person's full name and telephone number or the person's full name and recreational fishery licence number; and\n\n(b) the tag is positioned so that it remains on or above the water surface at all times.\n\n","sortOrder":132},{"sectionNumber":"125","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to use certain equipment in intertidal zone","content":"\t125 Offence to use certain equipment in intertidal zone\n\n(1) A person in the intertidal zone must not use a scoop, dredge, fork, spade, shovel or other hand-held digging implement for taking or attempting to take molluscs or other marine invertebrates.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who uses a bait pump for taking sand worms, other marine worms and burrowing shrimp (including Bass yabby).\n\n","sortOrder":133},{"sectionNumber":"126","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of recreational fishing equipment prohibited in certain areas","content":"\t126 Use or possession of recreational fishing equipment prohibited in certain areas\n\n(1) A person must not use recreational fishing equipment in or on the Goulburn River from the walkway over the Eildon Pondage Weir water release gates to the fishing boundary posts situated 200 metres downstream.\n\n(2) A person must not use recreational fishing equipment in or on Seven Creeks between the retaining wall of Polly McQuinns Dam and the Galls Gap Road Bridge which crosses Seven Creeks downstream from its junction with Watchbox Creek.\n\n(3) A person must not use recreational fishing equipment in, on or next to any Victorian waters north of the Great Dividing Range for the purpose of taking Murray spiny freshwater crayfish during the closed season for that species.\n\n(4) A person must not possess recreational fishing equipment in, on or next to any of the waters referred to in subregulation (1) or (2).\n\n","sortOrder":134},{"sectionNumber":"127","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of rods and lines or handlines","content":"\t127 Use of rods and lines or handlines\n\n(1) A person who uses a rod and line or handline in Victorian waters, at all times that the line is in the water, must remain in a position—\n\n(a) where that rod and line or handline is in sight; and\n\n(b) that is within 50 metres of that rod and line or handline.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who uses a baited line with no hook.\n\n","sortOrder":135},{"sectionNumber":"128","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to use or possess certain equipment in certain circumstances","content":"\t128 Offence to use or possess certain equipment in certain circumstances\n\n(1) A person engaged in underwater dive fishing must not use or possess a hook or other device designed for or capable of taking fish.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who uses a spear gun or hand-held spear in accordance with these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":136},{"sectionNumber":"129","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to use or possess line and hook or handline in certain inland waters during the salmonid closed season","content":"\t129 Offence to use or possess line and hook or handline in certain inland waters during the salmonid closed season\n\n(1) A person must not use or possess a line and hook or a handline from midnight on the Monday of the Queen's Birthday weekend in June each year to midnight on the Friday before the first Saturday in September in that same year in any of the waters or areas referred to in subregulation (2).\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the waters and areas are the following—\n\n(a) the Goulburn River and its tributaries upstream of the Trawool Bridge to the fishing boundary posts situated 200 metres downstream of the Eildon Pondage Weir release gates;\n\n(b) the Mitta Mitta River and its tributaries upstream of Peters Bridge (Tallandoon) to the Dartmouth Pondage;\n\n(c) the Kiewa River and its tributaries upstream of Keegan's Bridge (near Dederang);\n\n(d) the Tanjil River and its tributaries upstream of its junction with the Latrobe River to the Blue Rock Dam;\n\n(e) in, on or next to any of the waters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d).\n\nDivision 2—Other restrictions relating to taking fish\n\n","sortOrder":137},{"sectionNumber":"130","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to possess certain fish other than whole or in the form of carcass","content":"\t130 Offence to possess certain fish other than whole or in the form of carcass\n\n(1) A person in or on Victorian waters must not possess black bream, dusky flathead, elephantfish, freshwater catfish, golden perch, King George whiting, Macquarie perch, Murray cod, ray, salmonids, shark, silver perch, snapper, spiny freshwater crayfish, trout cod or tuna (other than skipjack tuna) in any form other than whole or in the form of a carcass.\n\nReg. 130(2) substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 11.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to—\n\n(a) a holder of a fishing concession authorising the possession of elephantfish or shark issued under the Commonwealth Act; or\n\n(b) a holder of an access licence in possession of ray when carrying out any fishing activities authorised by the licence in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":138},{"sectionNumber":"131","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences relating to certain fish in berry","content":"\t131 Offences relating to certain fish in berry\n\n(1) A person must not take any berried bug, berried yabby or berried spiny freshwater crayfish.\n\n(2) A person must not possess berried bug, berried yabby or berried spiny freshwater crayfish.\n\n(3) A person must not remove eggs, setae, spawn or fibres from a berried bug, berried yabby or berried spiny freshwater crayfish.\n\n(4) This regulation does not apply to a person if—\n\n(a) the person is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies) Licence or an Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies Multi‑waters) Licence; and\n\n(b) the licence authorises an activity referred to in subregulation (1), (2) or (3); and\n\n(c) the person is acting in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":139},{"sectionNumber":"132","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences relating to marine invertebrates in Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t132 Offences relating to marine invertebrates in Port Phillip Bay\n\n(1) A person must not take or attempt to take marine invertebrates other than sand worms, other marine worms and burrowing shrimp (including Bass yabby) from Port Phillip Bay in the intertidal zone.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) takes empty shells; or\n\n(b) takes squid, cuttlefish or octopus.\n\n(3) A person must not use an abalone tool, scoop, dredge, fork, spade, shovel or other hand-held digging implement for the purpose of taking, or attempting to take, marine invertebrates from Port Phillip Bay in the intertidal zone.\n\n(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply to a person who uses a bait pump for taking sand worms, other marine worms and burrowing shrimp (including Bass yabby).\n\n","sortOrder":140},{"sectionNumber":"133","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to take molluscs from intertidal zone","content":"\t133 Offence to take molluscs from intertidal zone\n\n(1) A person must not take any mollusc from the intertidal zone.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who takes—\n\n(a) bivalve molluscs (including pipi); or\n\n(b) molluscs under an access licence that authorises that activity; or\n\n(c) squid, cuttlefish or octopus; or\n\n(d) empty shells.\n\n","sortOrder":141},{"sectionNumber":"134","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to take certain fish in specified areas","content":"\t134 Offence to take certain fish in specified areas\n\n(1) A person must not take or attempt to take fish in or on the Goulburn River from the walkway over the Eildon Pondage Weir water release gates to the fishing boundary posts situated 200 metres downstream.\n\n(2) A person must not take or attempt to take fish in or on Seven Creeks between the retaining wall of Polly McQuinns Dam and the Galls Gap Road Bridge which crosses Seven Creeks downstream from its junction with Watchbox Creek.\n\n","sortOrder":142},{"sectionNumber":"135","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to tag or mark fish","content":"\t135 Offence to tag or mark fish\n\n(1) A person must not tag, brand, mark or fin clip any fish.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who tags, brands, marks or fin clips a fish—\n\n(a) under an aquaculture licence; or\n\n(b) under a permit that authorises the taking of fish for research, management or scientific purposes; or\n\n(c) under the direction of the Secretary or the Victorian Fisheries Authority acting under section 140 of the Act; or\n\n(d) in accordance with regulation 370 or any other regulations under the Act; or\n\n(e) in accordance with a fisheries notice.\n\n","sortOrder":143},{"sectionNumber":"136","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to fail to return fish to water without injury or damage","content":"\t136 Offence to fail to return fish to water without injury or damage\n\n(1) A person who takes a fish that is not of a noxious aquatic species, and that is not to be retained by the person, must immediately return that fish to the water with the least possible injury or damage.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a holder of a commercial fishery licence or a person acting on behalf of a holder of a commercial fishery licence when acting under that licence.\n\nThis regulation does not apply to a holder of a commercial fishery licence because it is a condition of all commercial fishery licences under Part 2.\n\n","sortOrder":144},{"sectionNumber":"137","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to tether live fish","content":"\t137 Offence to tether live fish\n\n(1) A person must not place or retain a live fish on a tether in, on or next to Victorian waters after the fish has been taken.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a live fish being used as bait.\n\n","sortOrder":145},{"sectionNumber":"138","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to use certain substances as bait or berley","content":"\t138 Offence to use certain substances as bait or berley\n\nReg. 138(1) revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 12(1).\n\n(2) A person must not use live carp as bait.\n\nReg. 138(3) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 12(2).\n\n(3) A person must not use fish ova, or any form of uncooked salmonid, as bait or berley to take or attempt to take fish of any species.\n\n(4) A person must not use the blood or offal of any mammal as berley to take or attempt to take fish of any species.\n\n(5) Subregulation (4) does not apply to a person who uses berley pellets containing mammal blood or offal.\n\n(6) A person must not use more than 10 litres of berley to assist in the taking of fish in any of the following marine waters—\n\n(a) in Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, the Gippsland Lakes or any inlet of the sea;\n\n(b) subject to paragraph (c), within 1 nautical mile of the Victorian coastline or any island that forms part of the State of Victoria;\n\n(c) within 3 nautical miles of Lady Julia Percy Island.\n\n(7) A person in marine waters must not use berley to attract fish for any purpose other than as part of a fishing operation.\n\n","sortOrder":146},{"sectionNumber":"139","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to use as bait or release live European green shore crab","content":"\t139 Offence to use as bait or release live European green shore crab\n\n(1) A person must not use live European green shore crab as bait in or on any Victorian waters.\n\n(2) A person must not release live European green shore crab into or next to any Victorian waters.\n\n(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person who has taken European green shore crab from any Victorian waters and immediately releases the crab into those waters.\n\nDivision 3—Prohibitions relating to use or possession or sale of boats, equipment or fish\n\n","sortOrder":147},{"sectionNumber":"140","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Division","content":"\t140 Application of Division\n\nA prohibition in this Division in respect of the use, possession or sale of fishing equipment does not apply to a person who uses, possesses or sells the fishing equipment under a permit that authorises the use, possession or sale (as the case may be) of that equipment and the person is acting in accordance with the permit and with the Act and these Regulations.\n\n1 Contravention of any prohibition under section 114 of the Act set out in this Division is an offence under section 114(3) of the Act. A maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n2 Contravention of any prohibition under section 67(1) of the Act set out in this Division is an offence under section 67(3) of the Act. A maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n","sortOrder":148},{"sectionNumber":"141","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use, possession or sale of trammel net prohibited","content":"\t141 Use, possession or sale of trammel net prohibited\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a trammel net throughout Victoria is prohibited.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the possession of a trammel net throughout Victoria is prohibited.\n\n(3) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the sale of a trammel net throughout Victoria is prohibited.\n\n","sortOrder":149},{"sectionNumber":"142","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of Danish seine net prohibited","content":"\t142 Use or possession of Danish seine net prohibited\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use or possession of a Danish seine net is prohibited in or on any Victorian waters, unless the net is used or possessed in accordance with a fishing concession issued under the Commonwealth Act.\n\n","sortOrder":150},{"sectionNumber":"143","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of certain fishing nets near Killarney boat ramp prohibited at certain times","content":"\t143 Use of certain fishing nets near Killarney boat ramp prohibited at certain times\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of any kind of fishing net other than a rock lobster pot or a recreational hoop net is prohibited within 1000 metres of the boat ramp at Killarney during the period commencing on 1 December in each year and ending on 30 April of the following year.\n\n","sortOrder":151},{"sectionNumber":"144","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of certain fishing nets in Portland Bay prohibited at certain times","content":"\t144 Use of certain fishing nets in Portland Bay prohibited at certain times\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a mesh net, seine net, trawl net, purse seine net or lampara net is prohibited in or on the waters of Portland Bay on the shoreward side of a line commencing at the northern end of the main breakwater and ending at the fishing boundary post erected on Snapper Point during—\n\n(a) the period commencing on 24 December in each year and ending on 22 January in the following year; and\n\n(b) the period commencing on Good Friday and ending on Easter Monday in each year; and\n\n(c) any long weekend period when a public holiday falls on a Friday or Monday.\n\n","sortOrder":152},{"sectionNumber":"145","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of certain fishing nets or scallop dredge prohibited in certain waters","content":"\t145 Use of certain fishing nets or scallop dredge prohibited in certain waters\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of any kind of seine net, a purse seine net, a lampara net, any kind of mesh net, a trawl net or a scallop dredge is prohibited in or on the following waters—\n\n(a) within 1000 metres of the mouth of the Bemm River or the Snowy River;\n\n(b) within 400 metres of the mouth of any other river, stream or creek.\n\nReg. 145(2) revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 13.\n\n(3) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of any kind of trawl net or a scallop dredge is prohibited on the shoreward side of a straight line commencing at the easternmost point of Point Danger and ending at the mouth of the Surrey River.\n\n","sortOrder":153},{"sectionNumber":"146","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of boat for towing certain fishing nets prohibited","content":"\t146 Use of boat for towing certain fishing nets prohibited\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a motor boat while it is under propulsion for towing, dragging or hauling a net is prohibited in or on inland waters, Port Phillip Bay, the Gippsland Lakes or any inlet of the sea (other than Corner Inlet).\n\n","sortOrder":154},{"sectionNumber":"147","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of floating fish traps prohibited","content":"\t147 Use of floating fish traps prohibited\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a floating fish trap is prohibited throughout Victoria.\n\n","sortOrder":155},{"sectionNumber":"148","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of firearm or other weapon to take, destroy or injure fish prohibited","content":"\t148 Use of firearm or other weapon to take, destroy or injure fish prohibited\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a firearm, crossbow or bow and arrow to take, attempt to take, destroy or injure fish is prohibited throughout Victoria.\n\n","sortOrder":156},{"sectionNumber":"149","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of electrical device to take or attract fish prohibited","content":"\t149 Use of electrical device to take or attract fish prohibited\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of any electrical device to attract, take or attempt to take fish is prohibited throughout Victoria.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the following electrical devices—\n\n(a) an electric fishing reel;\n\n(b) an electric winch;\n\n(c) a light;\n\n(d) a satellite global positioning system receiver;\n\n(e) a sonar device.\n\n","sortOrder":157},{"sectionNumber":"150","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of coff or cage during closed season prohibited","content":"\t150 Use of coff or cage during closed season prohibited\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a coff or cage to hold fish during the period specified as the closed season for that species of fish is prohibited throughout Victoria.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the use of—\n\n(a) a coff to store rock lobster, if the storage is authorised under a rock lobster fishery access licence; and\n\n(b) a coff or cage to store fish, if the use of the coff or cage for that purpose is authorised under an aquaculture licence.\n\n","sortOrder":158},{"sectionNumber":"151","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of commercial fishing equipment or commercial abalone equipment prohibited in certain waters","content":"\t151 Use of commercial fishing equipment or commercial abalone equipment prohibited in certain waters\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of any commercial fishing equipment or commercial abalone equipment is prohibited in or on the following waters—\n\n(a) the waters of the port of Apollo Bay confined by the boat harbour walls and the waters 30 metres seaward from the boat harbour walls;\n\n(b) Rutherford Inlet of Western Port;\n\n(c) the North Arm of the Gippsland Lakes;\n\n(d) the waters of the Top Lake at Mallacoota and the Narrows, north-west of a line commencing at Snapper Point and ending at Bucklands Jetty;\n\n(e) within 30 metres of any pier, jetty, wharf or breakwater that is not privately owned in waters outside the waters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d);\n\n(f) a recreational reef zone.\n\n","sortOrder":159},{"sectionNumber":"152","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of unregistered boat for commercial fishing prohibited","content":"\t152 Use of unregistered boat for commercial fishing prohibited\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of a boat that is not registered under Part 5 is prohibited for—\n\n(a) the taking of fish for sale; or\n\n(b) the setting or use of commercial fishing equipment; or\n\n(c) the use of commercial abalone equipment to take abalone for sale; or\n\n(d) the landing of fish for sale or marketing; or\n\n(e) the setting or use of commercial aquaculture equipment on Crown land or in or on the waters covering that land; or\n\n(f) the moving of an aquaculture crop.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a tender boat.\n\n","sortOrder":160},{"sectionNumber":"153","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of trout cod prohibited other than in trout cod waters","content":"\t153 Taking of trout cod prohibited other than in trout cod waters\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the taking of trout cod from Victorian waters, other than trout cod waters, is prohibited.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the possession of trout cod in, on or next to Victorian waters, other than trout cod waters, is prohibited.\n\n","sortOrder":161},{"sectionNumber":"154","sectionType":"section","heading":"Statewide prohibition on the possession of certain fish","content":"\t154 Statewide prohibition on the possession of certain fish\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the possession of a species of fish specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this subregulation, in a quantity exceeding the possession limit specified in Column 3 of that Table, anywhere in Victoria, is prohibited.\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Species of fish* | *Column 3*<br>*Possession limit* |\n| 1 | Murray spiny freshwater crayfish | 4 |\n| 2 | Pipi | 100 kilograms |\n| 3 | Trout cod | 2 |\n| 4 | Yabby | (a) 60 litres of whole yabby; or<br>(b) 400 whole yabby; or<br>(c) 10 litres of yabby (other than whole yabby) not exceeding 400 tails |\n\n(2) This regulation does not apply—\n\n(a) in, on or next to Victorian waters if a different possession limit for a species of fish referred to in subregulation (1) is specified under these Regulations with respect to that area; or\n\n(b) to a person who possesses fish of a species specified in subregulation (1) in a quantity in excess of the possession limit referred to in that subregulation for that species who—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a commercial fishery licence authorising the possession of that species of fish who possesses the fish in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(ii) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit under the Act authorising the possession of that species of fish who possesses the fish in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(iii) possesses that species of fish after receiving it from a person referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or\n\n(c) to a fishing industry participant who possesses pipi or yabby in a quantity in excess of the possession limit referred to in subregulation (1) who received it from a person authorised under the laws of another State or of a Territory to take pipi or yabby for sale or to sell pipi or yabby.\n\nOther statewide possession limits apply. Under section 111C of the Act, a person, anywhere in Victoria, must not possess a commercial quantity of a priority species unless authorised to do so under the Act or the regulations. Commercial quantities for priority species are specified in Schedule 29. Also, see regulation 301(2) which specifies further possession limits with respect to abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":162},{"sectionNumber":"155","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibition on sale of Murray cod exceeding maximum size","content":"\t155 Prohibition on sale of Murray cod exceeding maximum size\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the sale of Murray cod in excess of 75 centimetres in length by a person, other than a person who is authorised under a commercial fishery licence or permit to possess and sell Murray cod in excess of 75 centimetres in length, is prohibited.\n\n(2) A person who contravenes the prohibition in subregulation (1) is liable to a further penalty—\n\n(a) in the case of a first offence, a penalty not exceeding 0·5 penalty units for each Murray cod in excess of 75 centimetres in length sold; and\n\n(b) in the case of a subsequent offence, a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each Murray cod in excess of 75 centimetres in length sold.\n\nDivision 4—Miscellaneous offences\n\n","sortOrder":163},{"sectionNumber":"156","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interference with fisheries signs and fishing boundary posts","content":"\t156 Interference with fisheries signs and fishing boundary posts\n\n(1) A person must not remove, interfere with, damage or deface a fisheries sign.\n\n(2) A person must not remove, interfere with, damage or deface a fishing boundary post erected for the purposes of the Act, regulations under the Act, a fisheries notice or an Order under the Act.\n\n(3) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who is authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority or the manager of the land where a fisheries sign or fishing boundary post is located to alter or remove a fisheries sign or fishing boundary post.\n\n***fisheries sign***  includes a sign or notice—\n\n(a) erected or posted for the purposes of the Act, regulations under the Act, a fisheries notice or an Order under the Act that—\n\n(i) is identified as a notice of the Victorian Fisheries Authority; or\n\n(ii) contains information about compliance with a provision of the Act, any regulation under the Act, a fisheries notice or an Order under the Act; or\n\n(b) erected or posted as part of a response to a shark hazard that contains information about a shark hazard.\n\nPart 7—Fish other than abalone, giant crab, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin\n\nDivision 1—Minimum and maximum sizes, catch limits and closed seasons for fish other than abalone, giant crab, rock lobster, scallop or sea urchin\n\n\t157 Minimum sizes\n\n(1) For the purposes of the Act, the minimum size for the taking or possession of a species of fish specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 24 is the size, if any, specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of fish.\n\n(2) For the purposes of the Act and despite anything to the contrary in subregulation (1), the minimum size for fish of a species specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 25 when taken or possessed by a holder of an access licence or a person acting on behalf of an access licence holder, is the size specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of fish.\n\n(3) For the purposes of the Act, the minimum size for fish of a species of salmonid that are—\n\n(a) taken from the waters described in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 26; or\n\n(b) possessed in, on or next to those waters—\n\nis the size, if any, specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to those waters.\n\n","sortOrder":164},{"sectionNumber":"158","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maximum sizes","content":"\t158 Maximum sizes\n\n(1) For the purposes of the Act, the maximum size for the taking or possession of a species of fish specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 24 is the size, if any, specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to that species of fish.\n\n(2) For the purposes of the Act, the maximum size for fish of a species of salmonid that are—\n\n(a) taken from the waters described in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 26; or\n\n(b) possessed in, on or next to those waters—\n\nis the size, if any, specified in Column 5 of that Table corresponding to those waters.\n\n","sortOrder":165},{"sectionNumber":"159","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom minimum and maximum sizes do not apply","content":"\t159 Persons to whom minimum and maximum sizes do not apply\n\n(1) Regulations 157 and 158 do not apply to a person who takes or possesses fish of a species specified in those regulations that is less than the minimum size or more than the maximum size for that species if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, growing or displaying of fish of that species of fish; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the fish in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a permit authorising the taking or possession of that species of fish of that size; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the fish in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(2) Regulation 158(1) does not apply to the holder of an access licence that authorises the taking or possession of fish of a species specified in that regulation that is more than the maximum size for that species if the person is acting in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(3) Regulations 157 and 158 do not apply to a person who possesses fish of a species specified in those regulations that is less than the minimum size or more than the maximum size for that species if the person received that fish from a person referred to in subregulation (1) or (2).\n\n","sortOrder":166},{"sectionNumber":"160","sectionType":"section","heading":"Methods for measuring size of fish","content":"\t160 Methods for measuring size of fish\n\n(1) The following methods must be used for measuring the size of fish—\n\n(a) in the case of spiny freshwater crayfish, the size must be measured from the rear of the eye orbit depression to the nearest part of the posterior edge of the carapace;\n\n(b) in the case of bug of the species *Ibacus peronii*, the size must be measured from spike to spike at the widest point of the carapace, whether or not it is broken or damaged;\n\n(c) in the case of shark, the size must be measured from the posterior gill slit to the base of the tail fin;\n\n(d) in the case of ray, the size must be measured in a straight line between the wing tips;\n\n(e) in the case of garfish, the size must be measured from the top of the upper jaw to the end of the upper half of the tail;\n\n(f) in the case of other finfish, the size must be measured from the tip of the snout with the mouth closed, to the end of the tail fin.\n\n***other finfish*** means any fish other than the fish referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) and other than any aquatic invertebrate or mollusc.\n\n","sortOrder":167},{"sectionNumber":"161","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits","content":"\t161 Catch limits\n\n(1) For the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to—\n\n(a) the taking of fish of a species of fish specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 24 from the waters specified in Column 5 of that Table corresponding to that species is the daily limit specified in Column 6 of that Table that corresponds to that species of fish; or\n\n(b) the possession of fish of a species of fish specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 24 in, on or next to the waters specified in Column 5 of that Table corresponding to that species is the limit specified in Column 6 of that Table that corresponds to that species of fish.\n\n(2) For the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to—\n\n(a) the taking of fish of a species of salmonid from the waters specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 26 is the daily limit, if any, specified in Column 3 of that Table that corresponds to those waters; or\n\n(b) the possession of fish of a species of salmonid in, on or next to the waters specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 26 is the limit, if any, specified in Column 3 of that Table that corresponds to those waters.\n\n(3) For the purposes of the Act, in the case of any fish of a species (other than abalone, giant crab, noxious aquatic species, rock lobster, salmonids, scallop or sea urchin) in respect of which a catch limit is not specified in the Table in Schedule 24, the catch limits are—\n\n(a) for the taking of fish from Victorian waters, a daily limit of 5 fish; or\n\n(b) for the possession of fish in, on or next to Victorian waters, a limit of 5 fish.\n\n(4) For the purposes of the Act, in the case of any noxious aquatic species, there is no limit on the possession or the taking of these fish from Victorian waters.\n\nSome of the species of fish to which catch limits apply under regulation 161 are subject to further catch limits, which, in some cases, prohibit certain persons from taking these species of fish. See, in particular, the catch limits in regulations 72 and 73, which apply to the holder of an access licence.\n\n","sortOrder":168},{"sectionNumber":"162","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 161 do not apply","content":"\t162 Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 161 do not apply\n\nRegulation 161 does not apply to a person—\n\n(a) who takes or possesses fish of a species specified in that regulation in a quantity in excess of the catch limit for that species if the person—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a commercial fishery licence or a permit authorising the taking or possession of fish of that species; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the fish in accordance with the licence or permit, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(b) possesses fish received from a person specified in paragraph (a) and the fish is accompanied by a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of the fish.\n\n","sortOrder":169},{"sectionNumber":"163","sectionType":"section","heading":"Closed seasons","content":"\t163 Closed seasons\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the closed season for the taking of fish of a species specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this subregulation from the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of fish, is specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to that species of fish.\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Species of fish* | *Column 3*<br>*Waters* | *Column 4*<br>*Closed season* |\n| 1 | Macquarie perch | All Victorian waters | 1 October to 31 December in each year |\n| 2 | Murray cod | The Yarra River and all Victorian waters north of the Great Dividing Range except Lake Eildon | 1 September to 30 November in each year |\n| 3 | Murray spiny freshwater crayfish | All inland waters north of the Great Dividing Range | 1 September in each year to 31 May in the next year following |\n| 4 | River blackfish | Victorian waters south of the Great Dividing Range | 1 September to 31 December in each year |\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the closed season, if any, for the taking of fish of a species of salmonid from the waters specified in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 26, is specified in Column 6 of that Table corresponding to those waters.\n\n","sortOrder":170},{"sectionNumber":"164","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibition against taking or possession of fish in the closed season","content":"\t164 Prohibition against taking or possession of fish in the closed season\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the taking of fish of a species that is subject to a closed season referred to in regulation 163 from waters to which the closed season applies during the period specified as the closed season for that species of fish is prohibited.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the possession of fish of a species that is subject to a closed season referred to in regulation 163 in, on or next to waters to which the closed season applies during the period specified as the closed season for that species of fish is prohibited.\n\nA failure to comply with a prohibition in this regulation is an offence under section 67(3) of the Act. A penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n","sortOrder":171},{"sectionNumber":"165","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom regulation 164 does not apply","content":"\t165 Persons to whom regulation 164 does not apply\n\nRegulation 164 does not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) takes or possesses fish in the closed season for that species of fish if the person—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a commercial fishery licence or permit authorising the taking or possession of fish of that species at that time; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the fish in accordance with the licence or permit, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(b) possesses fish of a species specified in regulation 164 in the closed season for that species if—\n\n(i) the fish was received from a person specified in paragraph (a); and\n\n(ii) the fish is accompanied by a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record.\n\n","sortOrder":172},{"sectionNumber":"166","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 164","content":"\t166 Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 164\n\nA person who contravenes a prohibition in regulation 164 is liable to a further penalty—\n\n(a) in the case of a first offence, a penalty not exceeding 0·5 penalty units for each fish of that species taken or possessed; and\n\n(b) in the case of a subsequent offence, a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each fish of that species taken or possessed.\n\nDivision 2—Activities authorised by Bait (General) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":173},{"sectionNumber":"167","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Bait (General) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t167 Activities authorised by Bait (General) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Bait (General) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in the protected waters specified in the licence, of fish of the species specified in Schedule 27;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in the protected waters specified in the licence, of the commercial fishing equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(c) the engagement of one or more crew members.\n\nDivision 3—Conditions of Bait (General) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":174},{"sectionNumber":"168","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bait (General) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t168 Bait (General) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Bait (General) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, a Bait (General) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":175},{"sectionNumber":"169","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restriction on use of equipment","content":"\t169 Restriction on use of equipment\n\nThe licence holder must not use more than 2 bait pumps at the same time.\n\n","sortOrder":176},{"sectionNumber":"170","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited","content":"\t170 Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take or sell fish for human consumption.\n\nDivision 4—Activities authorised by Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":177},{"sectionNumber":"171","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t171 Activities authorised by Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licences\n\n(1) A Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of banded morwong;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in specified waters, of a mesh net;\n\nReg. 171 (1)(ba) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 14.\n\n(ba) the use, in specified waters, of any other commercial fishing equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(c) the engagement of no more than—\n\n(i) one licence operator; and\n\n(ii) one crew member.\n\n***specified waters*** means marine waters east of longitude 147° 13' 22'' East (other than the Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea).\n\nDivision 5—Conditions of Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":178},{"sectionNumber":"172","sectionType":"section","heading":"Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t172 Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":179},{"sectionNumber":"173","sectionType":"section","heading":"Closed season for banded morwong","content":"\t173 Closed season for banded morwong\n\nThe licence holder must not take banded morwong during the period beginning on 1 February and ending on 30 April in each year.\n\n","sortOrder":180},{"sectionNumber":"174","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minimum and maximum size","content":"\t174 Minimum and maximum size\n\nThe licence holder must not take or possess banded morwong taken under the licence that is—\n\n(a) less than 40 centimetres in length; or\n\n(b) more than 50 centimetres in length.\n\n","sortOrder":181},{"sectionNumber":"175","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of mesh nets","content":"\t175 Use or possession of mesh nets\n\n(a) use more than 400 metres of mesh net; or\n\n(b) possess in, on or next to Victorian waters any mesh net exceeding 400 metres in length.\n\n","sortOrder":182},{"sectionNumber":"176","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence holder must be in attendance at every fishing operation","content":"\t176 Licence holder must be in attendance at every fishing operation\n\n(1) The licence holder, when using a mesh net, must be in attendance at all times when the net is in the water.\n\n(2) The licence holder must be in attendance at all times when a fishing operation for banded morwong is being conducted under the licence.\n\nReg. 177 revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 15.\n\n","sortOrder":183},{"sectionNumber":"178","sectionType":"section","heading":"Banded morwong held in land-based holding facility not to be returned to Victorian waters","content":"\t178 Banded morwong held in land-based holding facility not to be returned to Victorian waters\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that banded morwong taken under the licence that have been landed and taken to a land-based holding facility for live storage are not be returned to Victorian waters.\n\n","sortOrder":184},{"sectionNumber":"Div 6","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 6—Activities authorised by Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences\n\nReg. 179 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 7.\n\n","sortOrder":185},{"sectionNumber":"179","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t179 Activities authorised by Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in or on Corner Inlet, of fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin);\n\nReg. 179(b) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 16.\n\n(b) the use or possession, in or on Corner Inlet, of a commercial hoop net, longline, seine net, mesh net, bait pump, fishing line and hooks;\n\n(c) the engagement of no more than one licence operator and one or more crew members.\n\n","sortOrder":186},{"sectionNumber":"Div 7","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 7—Conditions of Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":187},{"sectionNumber":"180","sectionType":"section","heading":"Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t180 Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":188},{"sectionNumber":"181","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of commercial fishing equipment prohibited at certain times","content":"\t181 Use of commercial fishing equipment prohibited at certain times\n\n(1) The licence holder, while operating in or on Corner Inlet during the period commencing at midnight on Friday and ending at 5 p.m. on the following Sunday, must not—\n\n(a) use commercial fishing equipment; or\n\n(b) move any boat, which has commercial fishing equipment on board or attached to it, from any moorings, anchorage, pier, jetty, wharf or boat ramp.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a licence holder if—\n\n(a) the boat has commercial fishing equipment on board in or on Corner Inlet during the period specified in that subregulation; and\n\n(b) that equipment is stored and secured; and\n\n(c) the boat is travelling by the shortest practicable route to a place where the use of that equipment is permitted under another access licence held by the licence holder.\n\n","sortOrder":189},{"sectionNumber":"182","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of seine nets","content":"\t182 Use or possession of seine nets\n\n(a) use in or on Corner Inlet, a seine net exceeding 650 metres in length; or\n\n(b) possess in, on or next to Corner Inlet, a seine net exceeding 650 metres in length.\n\n(2) The licence holder, while operating in or on Corner Inlet, must not use a boat or boats under propulsion to tow both ends of any seine net at the same time.\n\n","sortOrder":190},{"sectionNumber":"183","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of mesh nets","content":"\t183 Use or possession of mesh nets\n\n(1) The licence holder, if operating alone in or on Corner Inlet, must not—\n\n(a) use more than 1300 metres of mesh net; or\n\n(b) possess any mesh net exceeding 1300 metres in length.\n\n(2) The licence holder, in or on Corner Inlet, if operating with the assistance of one or more persons, or with another holder of a Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence, must not—\n\n(a) use more than 1650 metres of mesh net; or\n\n(b) possess any mesh net exceeding 1650 metres in length.\n\n","sortOrder":191},{"sectionNumber":"184","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of fishing lines","content":"\t184 Use or possession of fishing lines\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on Corner Inlet, must not—\n\n(a) use a longline, or a combination of longlines, with more than 400 hooks attached; or\n\n(b) possess a longline, or a combination of longlines, with more than 400 hooks attached.\n\n(2) The licence holder, in or on Corner Inlet, must not—\n\n(c) possess a fishing line (other than a longline) with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached to the line.\n\n","sortOrder":192},{"sectionNumber":"185","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of commercial hoop nets","content":"\t185 Use or possession of commercial hoop nets\n\nThe licence holder, in or on Corner Inlet, must not—\n\n(a) use at any one time more than 20 commercial hoop nets; or\n\n(b) possess more than 20 commercial hoop nets.\n\n","sortOrder":193},{"sectionNumber":"186","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of bait pumps","content":"\t186 Use or possession of bait pumps\n\nThe licence holder in, on or next to Corner Inlet, must not—\n\n(a) use at any one time more than 2 bait pumps; or\n\n(b) possess more than 2 bait pumps.\n\n","sortOrder":194},{"sectionNumber":"187","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limit for taking or possession of wrasse","content":"\t187 Catch limit for taking or possession of wrasse\n\nThe licence holder must not take from Corner Inlet, or possess in, on or next to Corner Inlet, more than 8 wrasse on any one day.\n\nReg. 187A inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 17.\n\n","sortOrder":195},{"sectionNumber":"187A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for gummy shark or school shark","content":"\t187A Catch limits for gummy shark or school shark\n\n(1) The licence holder must not take, or possess on board any boat, or land from any boat, any gummy shark or school shark in the period between the time a determination under regulation 50B comes into effect and the time it is revoked.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a holder of a fishing concession authorising the possession of gummy shark or school shark issued under the Commonwealth Act.\n\n","sortOrder":196},{"sectionNumber":"Div 8","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Eel Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 8—Activities authorised by Eel Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":197},{"sectionNumber":"188","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Eel Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t188 Activities authorised by Eel Fishery Access Licences\n\nAn Eel Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in the waters specified in the licence, of—\n\n(i) eel, goldfish, roach or tench; or\n\n(ii) carp or any other noxious aquatic species;\n\nReg. 188(b) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 18.\n\n(b) the use or possession, in the waters specified in the licence, of fyke nets in the number specified in the licence under regulation 43, or any other commercial fishing equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43,;\n\n","sortOrder":198},{"sectionNumber":"Div 9","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Eel Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 9—Conditions of Eel Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":199},{"sectionNumber":"189","sectionType":"section","heading":"Eel Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t189 Eel Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Eel Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Eel Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":200},{"sectionNumber":"190","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fyke net to be used for taking eels","content":"\t190 Fyke net to be used for taking eels\n\nThe licence holder must not use equipment other than a fyke net to take—\n\n(a) eel, goldfish, roach or tench; or\n\n(b) carp or any other noxious aquatic species.\n\n","sortOrder":201},{"sectionNumber":"191","sectionType":"section","heading":"Marking of fyke nets","content":"\t191 Marking of fyke nets\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that every fyke net, or fleet of fyke nets, used by the licence holder in the Gippsland Lakes—\n\n(a) is attached to—\n\n(i) an orange spherical surface float measuring not less than 200 millimetres in diameter, which is clearly marked with the licence number; or\n\n(ii) an orange non-spherical surface float measuring not less than 200 millimetres in length with a width or diameter of not less than 100 millimetres, which is clearly marked with the licence number; or\n\n(b) is marked using an alternative means that is specified in the licence under regulation 43.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that every fyke net, or fleet of fyke nets, used by the licence holder outside the Gippsland Lakes—\n\n(a) is attached to—\n\n(i) a spherical surface float measuring not less than 100 millimetres in diameter, which is clearly marked with the licence number; or\n\n(ii) a non-spherical surface float measuring not less than 100 millimetres in length with a width or diameter of not less than 90 millimetres, which is clearly marked with the licence number; or\n\n(b) is marked using an alternative means that is specified in the licence under regulation 43.\n\n","sortOrder":202},{"sectionNumber":"192","sectionType":"section","heading":"Setting of fyke nets","content":"\t192 Setting of fyke nets\n\nThe licence holder, when using any fyke net in a river, stream, creek or other watercourse must ensure that—\n\n(a) the fyke net or any fleet of fyke nets is not set so as to block more than half of the total width of the stream or more than half of the width of the main channel of the river or other watercourse; and\n\n(b) any fyke net or fleet of fyke nets is not set within 5 metres of any other fyke net or fleet of fyke nets.\n\n","sortOrder":203},{"sectionNumber":"193","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maximum number of fyke nets permitted to be used or possessed","content":"\t193 Maximum number of fyke nets permitted to be used or possessed\n\nThe licence holder must not use at any one time in or on the waters specified in the licence, or possess in or on those waters—\n\n(a) more than the number of fyke nets authorised by the licence; or\n\n(b) where no number of fyke nets is authorised by the licence, more than a total of 50 fyke nets.\n\n","sortOrder":204},{"sectionNumber":"194","sectionType":"section","heading":"Clearing of nets","content":"\t194 Clearing of nets\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that all fish and animals are cleared from nets at least once in every 48 hour period.\n\n","sortOrder":205},{"sectionNumber":"195","sectionType":"section","heading":"Return of other fish and animals to water or natural habitat","content":"\t195 Return of other fish and animals to water or natural habitat\n\n(1) The licence holder must immediately return to the water all fish, other than—\n\n(a) eel, goldfish, roach or tench; or\n\n(b) carp or any other noxious aquatic species.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any animal taken incidentally while undertaking fishing activities is—\n\n(a) immediately returned to its natural habitat with the least possible injury or damage; or\n\n(b) dealt with in accordance with the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988**, the **Wildlife Act 1975** and any regulations, orders, licences or authorisations under those Acts.\n\nPt 7 Divs 10, 11 (Headings and regs 196–213) revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 19.\n\n","sortOrder":206},{"sectionNumber":"Div 12","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 12—Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":207},{"sectionNumber":"214","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t214 Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in the Gippsland Lakes, of the species of fish specified in Schedule 27;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in the Gippsland Lakes, of a bait pump, crab pot, dip net, mussel rake, seine net, shell shovel, shrimp dredge, spider crab trap and any other commercial fishing equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n","sortOrder":208},{"sectionNumber":"Div 13","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 13—Conditions of Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":209},{"sectionNumber":"215","sectionType":"section","heading":"Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t215 Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":210},{"sectionNumber":"216","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment","content":"\t216 Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on the Gippsland Lakes, must not use at any one time—\n\n(b) more than 2 dip nets; or\n\n(c) more than 10 crab pots; or\n\n(d) more than one seine net, which must not exceed 100 metres in length; or\n\n(e) more than one shrimp dredge; or\n\n(f) more than 40 spider crab traps; or\n\n(g) more than 2 shell shovels; or\n\n(h) more than 2 mussel rakes.\n\n(2) The licence holder in, on or next to the Gippsland Lakes, must not possess—\n\n(b) more than 2 dip nets; or\n\n(c) more than 10 crab pots; or\n\n(d) more than one seine net, which must not exceed 100 metres in length; or\n\n(e) more than one shrimp dredge; or\n\n(f) more than 40 spider crab traps; or\n\n(g) more than 2 shell shovels; or\n\n(h) more than 2 mussel rakes.\n\n(3) If the licence holder uses a crab pot in the Cunninghame Arm, the licence holder must be in attendance of the crab pot at all times.\n\n","sortOrder":211},{"sectionNumber":"217","sectionType":"section","heading":"Marking of pots, traps and nets","content":"\t217 Marking of pots, traps and nets\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that every pot, trap and net used by the licence holder in the Gippsland Lakes is attached to—\n\n(a) an orange spherical surface float measuring not less than 200 millimetres in diameter, which is clearly marked with the licence number; or\n\n(b) an orange non-spherical surface float measuring not less than 200 millimetres in length with a width or diameter of not less than 100 millimetres, which is clearly marked with the licence number.\n\n","sortOrder":212},{"sectionNumber":"218","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of stake nets","content":"\t218 Use or possession of stake nets\n\n(1) If the licence authorises the licence holder to use or possess a stake net, the licence holder must not—\n\n(a) in or on the Gippsland Lakes—\n\n(i) use at any one time more than one stake net; or\n\n(ii) use a stake net exceeding 66 metres in length; or\n\n(b) in, on or next to the Gippsland Lakes, possess—\n\n(i) more than one stake net; or\n\n(ii) a stake net exceeding 66 metres in length.\n\n(2) A licence holder who uses a stake net in or on the Gippsland Lakes must be in attendance of the stake net at all times.\n\n","sortOrder":213},{"sectionNumber":"219","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited","content":"\t219 Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take from the Gippsland Lakes fish to sell for human consumption.\n\n","sortOrder":214},{"sectionNumber":"Div 14","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 14—Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":215},{"sectionNumber":"220","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t220 Activities authorised by Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in the Gippsland Lakes, of mussels;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in the Gippsland Lakes, of underwater breathing apparatus;\n\n","sortOrder":216},{"sectionNumber":"Div 15","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 15—Conditions of Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":217},{"sectionNumber":"221","sectionType":"section","heading":"Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t221 Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":218},{"sectionNumber":"222","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of mussels permitted only at certain times","content":"\t222 Taking of mussels permitted only at certain times\n\nThe licence holder must not take mussels from the Gippsland Lakes other than in the period beginning at 6.30 a.m. and ending at 4.30 p.m. on any Monday or Wednesday.\n\n","sortOrder":219},{"sectionNumber":"223","sectionType":"section","heading":"Weekly catch limit of mussels","content":"\t223 Weekly catch limit of mussels\n\nThe licence holder, during any 7 day period beginning on a Monday and ending at 12 a.m. the following Sunday, must not—\n\n(a) take mussels from the Gippsland Lakes; or\n\n(b) store, hold or possess mussels taken from the Gippsland Lakes—\n\nin a quantity that exceeds 150 kilograms.\n\n","sortOrder":220},{"sectionNumber":"224","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cleaning of mussels","content":"\t224 Cleaning of mussels\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that all mussels taken from the Gippsland Lakes are cleaned within 20 metres of the place where the mussels were taken.\n\n","sortOrder":221},{"sectionNumber":"225","sectionType":"section","heading":"Storage of mussels","content":"\t225 Storage of mussels\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that any mussels taken from the Gippsland Lakes that are on board the boat used under the licence are contained in a fish bin with a capacity of 54 to 55 litres.\n\n","sortOrder":222},{"sectionNumber":"Div 16","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 16—Activities authorised by Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":223},{"sectionNumber":"226","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t226 Activities authorised by Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in Lake Tyers, of the species of fish specified in Schedule 27;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in Lake Tyers, of a bait pump, dip net and seine net;\n\n","sortOrder":224},{"sectionNumber":"Div 17","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 17—Conditions of Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":225},{"sectionNumber":"227","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t227 Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":226},{"sectionNumber":"228","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment","content":"\t228 Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment\n\n(a) use in or on Lake Tyers—\n\n(i) more than 2 bait pumps; or\n\n(ii) more than 2 dip nets; or\n\n(iii) more than one seine net, which must not exceed 30 metres in length; or\n\n(b) possess in, on or next to Lake Tyers—\n\n(i) more than 2 bait pumps; or\n\n(ii) more than 2 dip nets; or\n\n(iii) more than one seine net; or\n\n(iv) a seine net which exceeds 30 metres in length.\n\n","sortOrder":227},{"sectionNumber":"229","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited","content":"\t229 Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take from Lake Tyers fish to sell for human consumption.\n\n","sortOrder":228},{"sectionNumber":"Div 18","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 18—Activities authorised by Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":229},{"sectionNumber":"230","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t230 Activities authorised by Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in the Lower Lake at Mallacoota Inlet, of the species of fish specified in Schedule 27;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in the Lower Lake at Mallacoota Inlet, of a bait pump and dip net;\n\n","sortOrder":230},{"sectionNumber":"Div 19","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 19—Conditions of Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":231},{"sectionNumber":"231","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t231 Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":232},{"sectionNumber":"232","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment","content":"\t232 Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on the Lower Lake at Mallacoota Inlet, must not use at any one time—\n\n(2) The licence holder, in or on the Lower Lake at Mallacoota Inlet, must not possess—\n\n","sortOrder":233},{"sectionNumber":"233","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited","content":"\t233 Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take or sell fish for human consumption.\n\n","sortOrder":234},{"sectionNumber":"Div 20","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by an Ocean Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 20—Activities authorised by an Ocean Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":235},{"sectionNumber":"234","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Ocean Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t234 Activities authorised by Ocean Fishery Access Licences\n\n(1) An Ocean Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of fish (other than abalone, giant crab, octopus, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin);\n\n(b) the use or possession, in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43, in specified waters, of the following fishing equipment—\n\n(i) a drop line, longline, handline, fishing line and hooks;\n\n(ii) a dip net;\n\n(iii) a bait trap;\n\n(iv) a landing net;\n\n(v) a gaff;\n\n(vi) a seine net;\n\n(vii) a mesh net;\n\n(viii) a bait pump;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in specified waters, of a drum with line and squid jigs attached, if operating from a boat that is—\n\n(i) used under the licence; and\n\n(ii) nominated in a fishing concession within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act, which relates to the Southern Squid Jig Fishery within the meaning of the Fisheries Management Regulations 2019 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(d) the engagement of one or more crew members.\n\n***specified waters*** means marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea).\n\n","sortOrder":236},{"sectionNumber":"Div 21","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Ocean Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 21—Conditions of Ocean Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":237},{"sectionNumber":"235","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ocean Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t235 Ocean Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Ocean Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Ocean Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":238},{"sectionNumber":"236","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of seine nets","content":"\t236 Use or possession of seine nets\n\n(a) use in or on marine waters, a seine net exceeding 650 metres in length; or\n\n(b) possess in, on or next to marine waters, a seine net exceeding 650 metres in length.\n\n","sortOrder":239},{"sectionNumber":"237","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of mesh nets","content":"\t237 Use or possession of mesh nets\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on marine waters, must not use—\n\n(a) at any one time, more than 10 mesh nets; or\n\n(b) any mesh net containing meshes measuring more than 14 centimetres; or\n\n(c) a mesh net or combination of mesh nets exceeding 2000 metres in length.\n\n(2) The licence holder, in or on marine waters, must not possess—\n\n(a) more than 10 mesh nets; or\n\n(b) any mesh net containing meshes measuring more than 14 centimetres; or\n\n(c) a mesh net exceeding 2000 metres in length.\n\n(3) The licence holder must not use at any time a mesh net in the waters of Portland Bay on the shoreward side of a line commencing at the northern end of the main breakwater and ending at the water tower at the end of Wade Street, Portland.\n\n","sortOrder":240},{"sectionNumber":"238","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of fishing lines","content":"\t238 Use or possession of fishing lines\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on marine waters, must not—\n\n(a) use a longline, or a combination of longlines, with more than 200 hooks attached; or\n\n(b) possess a longline, or a combination of longlines, with more than 200 hooks attached.\n\n(2) The licence holder, in or on marine waters, must not—\n\n(c) possess a fishing line (other than a longline) with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached to the line.\n\n","sortOrder":241},{"sectionNumber":"239","sectionType":"section","heading":"Licence holder must not lease licence","content":"\t239 Licence holder must not lease licence\n\nThe licence holder must not lease the licence to another person.\n\n","sortOrder":242},{"sectionNumber":"240","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for certain fish","content":"\t240 Catch limits for certain fish\n\nReg. 240(1) substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 20.\n\n(1) The licence holder, on any one day, must not take, or possess on board any boat, or land from any boat—\n\n(a) in the case of an endorsed licence, more than a total combined number of 5 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark); or\n\n(b) in the case of a non-endorsed licence, more than a total combined number of 2 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark).\n\nReg. 240(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 20.\n\n(1A) Despite subregulation (1), the licence holder must not take, or possess on board any boat, or land from any boat, any gummy shark or school shark in the period between the time a determination under regulation 50B comes into effect and the time it is revoked.\n\nReg. 240(1B) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 20.\n\n(1B) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder must have a copy of the endorsement notice issued to the licence holder in their immediate possession at all times when taking, possessing, landing or transporting gummy shark or school shark taken under the endorsed licence.\n\nReg. 240(1C) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 20.\n\n(1C) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder, or any person acting on behalf of the licence holder, must ensure that the following details are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, before landing any gummy shark or school shark that are permitted to be taken or possessed under the endorsed licence—\n\nReg. 240(1D) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 20.\n\n(1D) Subregulation (1C) does not apply to an endorsed licence holder, or a person acting on behalf of the endorsed licence holder, if the endorsed licence holder—\n\n(a) has installed on the boat used for taking the shark, a vessel monitoring system that complies with the conditions set out in Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Part 17; and\n\nReg. 240(1E) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 20.\n\n(1E) Subregulations (1) and (1A) do not apply to a holder of a fishing concession authorising the possession of gummy shark or school shark issued under the Commonwealth Act.\n\n(2) The licence holder, on any one day, must not take from marine waters, or possess in, on or next to marine waters more than—\n\n(b) 2 banded morwong.\n\n","sortOrder":243},{"sectionNumber":"Div 22","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Octopus Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 22—Activities authorised by Octopus Fishery Access Licences\n\nReg. 241 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 8.\n\n","sortOrder":244},{"sectionNumber":"241","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Octopus Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t241 Activities authorised by Octopus Fishery Access Licences\n\nAn Octopus Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in or on the octopus commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence, of octopus;\n\n(b) the use, in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43, in or on the octopus commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence, of octopus pots and octopus trigger traps;\n\n(c) the possession, in or on the octopus commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence, of octopus pots and octopus trigger traps in a quantity specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(d) the engagement of no more than one licence operator and one or more crew members.\n\n","sortOrder":245},{"sectionNumber":"Div 23","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Octopus Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 23—Conditions of Octopus Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":246},{"sectionNumber":"242","sectionType":"section","heading":"Octopus Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t242 Octopus Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Octopus Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Octopus Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":247},{"sectionNumber":"243","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of octopus pots","content":"\t243 Use of octopus pots\n\nThe licence holder or the licence operator must not—\n\n(a) if the numbers of octopus pots that may be used by the licence holder specified in the licence is less than 1000, use a line of octopus pots with more than that number of octopus pots attached; or\n\n(b) in any other case, use a line of octopus pots with more than 1000 octopus pots attached.\n\n","sortOrder":248},{"sectionNumber":"244","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing in more than one octopus commercial fishing management zone prohibited","content":"\t244 Fishing in more than one octopus commercial fishing management zone prohibited\n\nThe licence holder, during a fishing trip, must not take octopus from more than one octopus commercial fishing management zone.\n\n","sortOrder":249},{"sectionNumber":"Div 24","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Pipi Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 24—Activities authorised by Pipi Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":250},{"sectionNumber":"245","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Pipi Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t245 Activities authorised by Pipi Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Pipi Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in the pipi commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence, of pipi;\n\n(b) the use, in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43, in the pipi commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence, of a dip net;\n\n(c) the possession, in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43, in the pipi commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence, of a dip net;\n\n(d) the engagement of no more than—\n\n(i) one licence operator; and\n\n(ii) one crew member.\n\n","sortOrder":251},{"sectionNumber":"Div 25","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Pipi Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 25—Conditions of Pipi Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":252},{"sectionNumber":"246","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pipi Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t246 Pipi Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Pipi Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Pipi Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":253},{"sectionNumber":"247","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of pipi only by hand collection or dip net","content":"\t247 Taking of pipi only by hand collection or dip net\n\n(1) The licence holder must not take pipi by any means other than by—\n\n(a) hand collection; or\n\n(b) the use of a dip net.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any person acting on the licence holder's behalf does not take pipi by any means other than by—\n\n(a) hand collection; or\n\n(b) the use of a dip net.\n\n","sortOrder":254},{"sectionNumber":"248","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing in Venus Bay recreational pipi zone prohibited","content":"\t248 Fishing in Venus Bay recreational pipi zone prohibited\n\n(a) take pipi from the Venus Bay recreational pipi zone; or\n\n(b) possess pipi in, on or next to the Venus Bay recreational pipi zone.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any person acting on the licence holder's behalf does not—\n\n(a) take pipi from the Venus Bay recreational pipi zone; or\n\n(b) possess pipi in, on or next to the Venus Bay recreational pipi zone.\n\n(3) Subregulations (1)(b) and (2)(b) do not apply to a licence holder or a person acting on the licence holder's behalf—\n\n(a) who possesses pipi taken in the Venus Bay commercial pipi zone; and\n\n(b) who—\n\n(i) is in the Venus Bay commercial pipi zone; or\n\n(ii) while the pipi is securely contained, passes through the Venus Bay recreational pipi zone in the course of transporting that pipi to a vehicle.\n\n***securely contained*** means pipi that is secured in a bag or container with one or more cable ties in such a manner that pipi cannot be put into or removed from the bag or container without breaking the cable tie or cable ties.\n\n","sortOrder":255},{"sectionNumber":"249","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minimum size for pipi","content":"\t249 Minimum size for pipi\n\nThe licence holder must not take or possess pipi less than 35 millimetres in length, when measured in a straight line at the widest point across the shell.\n\n","sortOrder":256},{"sectionNumber":"250","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entry to or exit from Discovery Bay pipi zone only via designated access points","content":"\t250 Entry to or exit from Discovery Bay pipi zone only via designated access points\n\nThe licence holder, or a person acting on behalf of a licence holder, when entering or exiting the Discovery Bay pipi zone for the purpose of taking pipi, must use a designated access point.\n\n","sortOrder":257},{"sectionNumber":"251","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pipi only to be taken between sunrise and sunset","content":"\t251 Pipi only to be taken between sunrise and sunset\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that pipi are only taken between sunrise and sunset on any day.\n\n","sortOrder":258},{"sectionNumber":"252","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing in more than one pipi commercial fishing management zone prohibited","content":"\t252 Fishing in more than one pipi commercial fishing management zone prohibited\n\nThe licence holder, during a fishing trip, must not take pipi from more than one pipi commercial fishing management zone.\n\n","sortOrder":259},{"sectionNumber":"253","sectionType":"section","heading":"Labelling requirements for pipi sold as bait","content":"\t253 Labelling requirements for pipi sold as bait\n\nIf offering pipi for sale as bait, the licence holder must ensure that, before the pipi are moved from the licence holder's possession, the pipi are placed in a container bearing a label with the following clearly and legibly marked on it—\n\n(a) the words \"BAIT ONLY, NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION\"; and\n\n(b) the licence holder's name or business name.\n\n","sortOrder":260},{"sectionNumber":"254","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restriction on fishing effort to 2 persons","content":"\t254 Restriction on fishing effort to 2 persons\n\nIf a licence holder has engaged a licence operator and a crew member, no more than 2 of those 3 persons may undertake fishing activities under the licence at the same time.\n\n","sortOrder":261},{"sectionNumber":"Div 26","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 26—Activities authorised by Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":262},{"sectionNumber":"255","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t255 Activities authorised by Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n(1) A Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder, using the boat specified in the licence, to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of pilchard, Australian salmon, sprat (all species), anchovy and any other species of fish specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in specified waters, of a purse seine net and a lampara net;\n\n***specified waters*** means marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea).\n\n","sortOrder":263},{"sectionNumber":"Div 27","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 27—Conditions of Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":264},{"sectionNumber":"256","sectionType":"section","heading":"Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t256 Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":265},{"sectionNumber":"257","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of purse seine and lampara nets","content":"\t257 Use or possession of purse seine and lampara nets\n\n(a) use in or on marine waters, a purse seine net or lampara net exceeding 460 metres in length; or\n\n(b) possess in, on or next to marine waters, a purse seine net or lampara net exceeding 460 metres in length.\n\n","sortOrder":266},{"sectionNumber":"Div 28","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 28—Activities authorised by Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":267},{"sectionNumber":"258","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t258 Activities authorised by Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in the Snowy River, of the species of fish specified in Schedule 27;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in the Snowy River, of a bait pump and dip net;\n\n","sortOrder":268},{"sectionNumber":"Div 29","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 29—Conditions of Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":269},{"sectionNumber":"259","sectionType":"section","heading":"Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t259 Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":270},{"sectionNumber":"260","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment","content":"\t260 Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on the Snowy River, must not use at any one time more than—\n\n(a) 2 bait pumps; or\n\n(b) 2 dip nets.\n\n(2) The licence holder in, on or next to the Snowy River, must not possess more than—\n\n(a) 2 bait pumps; or\n\n(b) 2 dip nets.\n\n","sortOrder":271},{"sectionNumber":"261","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited","content":"\t261 Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take from the Snowy River fish to sell for human consumption.\n\n","sortOrder":272},{"sectionNumber":"Div 30","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 30—Activities authorised by Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":273},{"sectionNumber":"262","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t262 Activities authorised by Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in Sydenham Inlet, of the species of fish specified in Schedule 27;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in Sydenham Inlet, of a bait pump and dip net;\n\n","sortOrder":274},{"sectionNumber":"Div 31","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 31—Conditions of Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":275},{"sectionNumber":"263","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t263 Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":276},{"sectionNumber":"264","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment","content":"\t264 Restrictions on use or possession of commercial fishing equipment\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on Sydenham Inlet, must not use at any one time—\n\n(2) The licence holder in, on or next to Sydenham Inlet, must not possess—\n\n","sortOrder":277},{"sectionNumber":"265","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited","content":"\t265 Taking or selling of fish for human consumption prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take from Sydenham Inlet fish to sell for human consumption.\n\n","sortOrder":278},{"sectionNumber":"Div 32","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 32—Activities authorised by Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":279},{"sectionNumber":"266","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t266 Activities authorised by Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences\n\n(1) A Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder, using the boat specified in the licence, to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin);\n\n(b) the use or possession, in specified waters, of a trawl net or combination of trawl nets of a size specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in specified waters, of other commercial fishing equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(d) the engagement of one or more licence operators and one or more crew members.\n\n***specified waters*** means marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea).\n\n","sortOrder":280},{"sectionNumber":"Div 33","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 33—Conditions of Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":281},{"sectionNumber":"267","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t267 Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":282},{"sectionNumber":"268","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of trawl nets","content":"\t268 Use or possession of trawl nets\n\n(1) The licence holder must not use in or on marine waters, any trawl net or combination of trawl nets with a total head line length exceeding 33 metres unless the use of that trawl net or combination of trawl nets with that total head line length is authorised by the licence.\n\n(2) The licence holder must not possess in or on marine waters, any trawl net or combination of trawl nets with a total head line length exceeding 66 metres unless the possession of that trawl net or combination of trawl nets with that total head line length is authorised by the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":283},{"sectionNumber":"269","sectionType":"section","heading":"Snapper to be landed before boat departs port or mooring","content":"\t269 Snapper to be landed before boat departs port or mooring\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that when the boat specified in the licence departs any port or mooring, there are no snapper in or on board the boat.\n\n","sortOrder":284},{"sectionNumber":"270","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing in more than one snapper zone prohibited","content":"\t270 Fishing in more than one snapper zone prohibited\n\n(1) The licence holder must not take snapper in more than one snapper zone on any one day.\n\n(2) The licence holder must not use commercial fishing equipment in more than one snapper zone on any one day if—\n\n(a) the licence holder has snapper in their possession or control; or\n\n(b) there are snapper on board the boat specified in the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":285},{"sectionNumber":"271","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for certain fish","content":"\t271 Catch limits for certain fish\n\n(1) The licence holder, on any one day, must not take, or possess on board the boat specified in the licence, or land from that boat, more than—\n\nReg. 271(1)(a) substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 21(1).\n\n(a) in the case of an endorsed licence holder, a total combined number of 5 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark); or\n\nReg. 271 (1)(ab) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 21(1).\n\n(ab) in the case of a non-endorsed licence holder, a total combined number of 2 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark); or\n\n(b) 40 kilograms of bug unless the Victorian Fisheries Authority has specified in the licence that the licence holder may take more than 40 kilograms of bug; or\n\n(c) 200 kilograms each of flathead, silver trevally or school whiting; or\n\n(d) 50 kilograms of snapper; or\n\n(e) 8 wrasse.\n\nReg. 271(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 21(2).\n\n(1A) Despite subregulation (1), the licence holder must not take, or possess on board any boat, or land from any boat, any gummy shark or school shark in the period between the time a determination under regulation 50B comes into effect and the time it is revoked.\n\nReg. 271(1B) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 21(2).\n\n(1B) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder must have a copy of the endorsement notice issued to the licence holder in their immediate possession at all times when taking, possessing, landing or transporting gummy shark or school shark taken under the endorsed licence.\n\nReg. 271(1C) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 21(2).\n\n(1C) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder, or any person acting on behalf of the licence holder, must ensure that the following details are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, before landing any gummy shark or school shark that are permitted to be taken or possessed under the endorsed licence—\n\nReg. 271(1D) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 21(2).\n\n(1D) Subregulation (1C) does not apply to an endorsed licence holder, or a person acting on behalf of the endorsed licence holder, if the endorsed licence holder—\n\n(a) has installed on the boat used for taking the shark, a vessel monitoring system that complies with the conditions set out in Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Part 17; and\n\nReg. 271(1E) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 21(2).\n\n(1E) Subregulations (1) and (1A) do not apply to a holder of a fishing concession authorising the possession of gummy shark or school shark issued under the Commonwealth Act.\n\n(2) Despite subregulation (1)(c), the licence holder, on any one day, must not take, or possess on board the boat specified in the licence, or land from that boat, more than a total of 400 kilograms of any combination of flathead, silver trevally and school whiting.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1)(d) does not apply to a licence holder if—\n\n(a) the licence holder is operating in the eastern snapper zone and an aggregated amount of less than 10 tonnes of snapper has been caught in the eastern snapper zone during the relevant period; or\n\n(b) the licence holder is operating in the western snapper zone and an aggregated amount of less than 35 tonnes of snapper has been caught in the western snapper zone during the relevant period.\n\n***aggregated amount*** means the total amount of snapper taken by all holders of a Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence during the relevant period;\n\n***relevant period*** means the period beginning on 1 September in any year and ending on 31 August of the following year.\n\n","sortOrder":286},{"sectionNumber":"272","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minimum size for certain species of bug","content":"\t272 Minimum size for certain species of bug\n\nThe licence holder must not take, or possess on board the boat specified in the licence, bug of the species *Ibacus peronii* that have a carapace width of less than 9 centimetres.\n\n","sortOrder":287},{"sectionNumber":"Div 34","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 34—Activities authorised by Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences\n\nReg. 273 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 9.\n\n","sortOrder":288},{"sectionNumber":"273","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t273 Activities authorised by Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in or on Port Phillip Bay, of fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin);\n\nReg. 273(b) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021  \nreg. 22.\n\n(b) the use or possession, in or on Port Phillip Bay, of a bait pump, bay fish trap, commercial hoop net, dip net, fishing line (including a longline), hooks, mussel rake, octopus pot and an underwater breathing apparatus;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on Port Phillip Bay, of any other commercial fishing equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(d) the taking for sale, in or on Western Port, of fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin);\n\n(e) the use or possession, in or on Western Port, of an octopus pot, bay fish trap, fishing line (including a longline), hooks, underwater breathing apparatus and a bait pump;\n\n(f) if specified in the licence under regulation 43, the use of any other commercial fishing equipment specified in the licence or possession, in or on Western Port, of that equipment;\n\n(g) the engagement of one or more licence operators and one or more crew members.\n\n","sortOrder":289},{"sectionNumber":"Div 35","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 35—Conditions of Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":290},{"sectionNumber":"274","sectionType":"section","heading":"Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t274 Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\nReg. 275 revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021  \nreg. 23.\n\n","sortOrder":291},{"sectionNumber":"276","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of fishing lines in or on Western Port","content":"\t276 Use or possession of fishing lines in or on Western Port\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on Western Port, must not—\n\n(a) use at any one time more than one longline; or\n\n(b) use a longline with more than 1000 hooks attached; or\n\n(c) possess a longline with more than 1000 hooks attached.\n\n(2) The licence holder, in or on Western Port, must not use a longline unless it has attached at each end a dahn or a buoy displaying an orange flag of no less than 30 centimetres square.\n\n(3) The licence holder, in or on Western Port, must not—\n\n(a) use at one time more than 9 fishing lines that are not longlines; or\n\n(b) use a fishing line (other than a longline) with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached; or\n\n(c) possess a fishing line (other than a longline) with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached.\n\n(4) Despite subregulation (1), the licence holder, in or on Western Port during the period between 12.00 noon on any Saturday and 10.00 p.m. on the following Sunday, must not use or possess on board a boat any commercial fishing equipment other than a fishing line that has no more than 3 hooks or one bait jig attached to the line.\n\n","sortOrder":292},{"sectionNumber":"277","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limit for taking or possession of wrasse in or on Western Port","content":"\t277 Catch limit for taking or possession of wrasse in or on Western Port\n\nThe licence holder must not take from Western Port, or possess in, on or next to Western Port, more than 8 wrasse on any one day.\n\n","sortOrder":293},{"sectionNumber":"278","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of fishing lines in or on Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t278 Use or possession of fishing lines in or on Port Phillip Bay\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on Port Phillip Bay, must not—\n\n(a) use at any one time more than 2 longlines; or\n\n(b) use at any one time more than a total of 400 hooks whether or not attached to longlines being used by the licence holder; or\n\n(c) possess at any one time more than a total of 400 hooks whether or not attached to longlines possessed by the licence holder.\n\n(2) The licence holder, in or on Port Phillip Bay, must not use any longline unless it has attached at each end a dahn or a buoy displaying an orange flag of no less than 30 centimetres square.\n\n(3) The licence holder, in or on Port Phillip Bay, must not—\n\n(c) possess a fishing line (other than a longline) with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached to the line.\n\nRegs 279–281 revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021  \nreg. 23.\n\n","sortOrder":294},{"sectionNumber":"282","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of commercial hoop nets in or on Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t282 Use or possession of commercial hoop nets in or on Port Phillip Bay\n\n(1) The licence holder in, on or next to Port Phillip Bay, must not use a commercial hoop net exceeding 3 metres in diameter from a pier, jetty or wharf.\n\n(2) The licence holder must not—\n\n(a) use in or on Port Phillip Bay, more than 50 commercial hoop nets at any one time; or\n\n(b) possess in or on Port Phillip Bay, more than 50 commercial hoop nets.\n\n","sortOrder":295},{"sectionNumber":"283","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on method of taking of mussels from Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t283 Restrictions on method of taking of mussels from Port Phillip Bay\n\n(1) The licence holder must not take mussels from Port Phillip Bay other than—\n\n(a) by hand; or\n\n(b) by the use of underwater breathing apparatus; or\n\n(c) by the use of a mussel rake from man-made structures.\n\n(2) The licence holder must not allow any person engaged to carry out an activity authorised by the licence to take mussels from Port Phillip Bay.\n\n","sortOrder":296},{"sectionNumber":"284","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on use of certain commercial fishing equipment in certain places in or on Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t284 Restrictions on use of certain commercial fishing equipment in certain places in or on Port Phillip Bay\n\n(1) The licence holder, in or on Port Phillip Bay, must not use commercial fishing equipment—\n\n(a) in the area that is north or west of a line running from the seaward end of the Williamstown Breakwater Pier to the most southerly point of Webb Dock in Port Phillip Bay; or\n\n(b) in the waters of Limeburners Bay (Grammar School Lagoon) near Geelong north or east of a line running from the fishing boundary post on Point Abeona to the fishing boundary post on the opposite shore; or\n\n(c) in any shipping channel defined by channel markers.\n\nReg. 284(2) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021  \nreg. 24.\n\n(2) The licence holder, in the area of Port Phillip Bay that is west of a line from the shoreward end of the Queenscliff Pier to the seaward end of Point Nepean, must not use commercial equipment other than a fishing line.\n\n(3) The licence holder, in or on the waters of Port Phillip Bay, must not use commercial fishing equipment other than a commercial hoop net or a mussel rake—\n\n(a) within a distance of 400 metres from any part of the St Kilda Pier; or\n\n(b) within a distance of 230 metres from any part of the Kerford Road Jetty, Hobson's Bay; or\n\n(c) within a distance of 30 metres from any part of any other pier, jetty or wharf.\n\n","sortOrder":297},{"sectionNumber":"285","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of bay fish traps in or on Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t285 Use or possession of bay fish traps in or on Port Phillip Bay\n\n(1) The licence holder must not use at any one time in or on Port Phillip Bay more than 6 bay fish traps.\n\n(2) The licence holder must not possess on board the boat used under the licence in or on Port Phillip Bay more than 6 bay fish traps.\n\n","sortOrder":298},{"sectionNumber":"286","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking or selling of mussels for human consumption prohibited","content":"\t286 Taking or selling of mussels for human consumption prohibited\n\n(1) The licence holder must not take or sell mussels for human consumption.\n\n(2) If offering mussels for sale, the licence holder must ensure that, no more than one hour after landing the mussels and before the mussels are moved from the licence holder's possession, the mussels are placed in a container bearing a label with the following clearly and legibly marked on it—\n\n(a) the words \"BAIT ONLY, NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION\";\n\n(b) the licence holder's name or business name.\n\n","sortOrder":299},{"sectionNumber":"287","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limit for taking or possession of wrasse in or on Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t287 Catch limit for taking or possession of wrasse in or on Port Phillip Bay\n\nThe licence holder must not take from Port Phillip Bay, or possess in, on or next to Port Phillip Bay, more than 8 wrasse on any one day.\n\n","sortOrder":300},{"sectionNumber":"Div 36","sectionType":"division","heading":"Activities authorised by Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 36—Activities authorised by Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":301},{"sectionNumber":"288","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t288 Activities authorised by Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n(1) A Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of wrasse;\n\n(b) the use or possession, in specified waters, of any fishing line other than a longline and hooks;\n\n(c) if the licence holder is using a boat that is authorised by a rock lobster fishery access licence to have rock lobster pots on board, the use, in specified waters, of those rock lobster pots to take wrasse;\n\nReg. 288 (1)(ca) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 25.\n\n(ca) the use, in specified waters, of any other equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(d) the engagement of one or more licence operators and one or more crew members.\n\n***specified waters*** means marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea).\n\n","sortOrder":302},{"sectionNumber":"Div 37","sectionType":"division","heading":"Conditions of Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences","content":"Division 37—Conditions of Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":303},{"sectionNumber":"289","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t289 Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provision in this Division sets out conditions to which every Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":304},{"sectionNumber":"290","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use or possession of certain fishing lines","content":"\t290 Use or possession of certain fishing lines\n\nThe licence holder, in or on marine waters, must not—\n\n(a) use at any one time more than 6 fishing lines; or\n\n(b) use a fishing line with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached to the line; or\n\n(c) possess a fishing line with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached to the line.\n\nPart 8—Abalone\n\nDivision 1—Minimum sizes and closed seasons for abalone\n\n\t291 Minimum sizes for abalone\n\nFor the purposes of the Act, the minimum size with respect to—\n\n(a) the taking of abalone of a species specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this regulation, from the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone, is the size specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone; or\n\n(b) the possession of abalone of a species specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this regulation, in, on or next to the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone, is the size specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone.\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Species of abalone* | *Column 3*<br>*Waters* | *Column 4*<br>*Minimum size* |\n| 1 | Blacklip abalone | Far western abalone size zone | 13 cm |\n|  |  | Western abalone size zone | 12 cm |\n|  |  | Central abalone size zone | 11 cm |\n|  |  | Port Phillip Bay abalone size zone | 10 cm |\n|  |  | Eastern abalone size zone | 12 cm |\n|  |  | Mallacoota airport abalone size zone | 11 cm |\n| 2 | Greenlip abalone | Victorian waters (other than Port Phillip Bay) | 13 cm |\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish of a species that are less than the minimum size specified for that species of fish in these Regulations. Various penalties apply.\n\n","sortOrder":305},{"sectionNumber":"292","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom the minimum sizes in regulation 291 do not apply","content":"\t292 Persons to whom the minimum sizes in regulation 291 do not apply\n\n(1) Regulation 291 does not apply to a person who takes or possesses abalone of a species specified in that regulation that is less than the minimum size for that species of abalone if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence  \nor an Aquaculture (On‑shore Abalone) Licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, growing or displaying of abalone of that species; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the abalone in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of that species of abalone of that size; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the abalone in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(2) Regulation 291 does not apply to a person acting in accordance with the Act and these Regulations who possesses abalone of a species specified in that regulation that is less than the minimum size for that species of abalone, if the person received the abalone from a person referred to in subregulation (1) and the abalone is—\n\n(a) marked or labelled with an abalone label; and\n\n(b) accompanied by a fish receipt created by the person referred to in subregulation (1) in respect of the abalone at the time of the sale or consignment of that abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":306},{"sectionNumber":"293","sectionType":"section","heading":"Method for measuring size of abalone","content":"\t293 Method for measuring size of abalone\n\nThe measurement of the size of abalone must be taken at the widest part of the shell, whether or not the shell is broken or damaged.\n\n","sortOrder":307},{"sectionNumber":"294","sectionType":"section","heading":"Closed seasons for abalone","content":"\t294 Closed seasons for abalone\n\nFor the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the closed season for the taking of abalone of a species specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this regulation from the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone, is specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone.\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Species of abalone* | *Column 3*<br>*Waters closed* | *Column 4*<br>*Period of closed season* |\n| 1 | Abalone, all species | Central Victorian waters, except Port Phillip Bay | The whole year, excluding any period specified by a fisheries notice under section 152 of the Act |\n| 2 | Abalone, all species, other than greenlip | Port Phillip Bay | The whole year, excluding any period specified by a fisheries notice under section 152 of the Act |\n\n","sortOrder":308},{"sectionNumber":"295","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibition against taking or possession of abalone in the closed season","content":"\t295 Prohibition against taking or possession of abalone in the closed season\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the taking of abalone of a species specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of regulation 294 from the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone during the period specified as the closed season for that species of abalone specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone is prohibited unless taken by a person of a class specified in regulation 296.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the possessing of abalone of a species specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of regulation 294 in, on or next to the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone during the period specified as the closed season for that species of abalone specified in Column 4 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone is prohibited unless possessed by a person of a class specified in regulation 296.\n\nA failure to comply with this prohibition is an offence under section 67(3) of the Act. A maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n","sortOrder":309},{"sectionNumber":"296","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom regulation 295 does not apply","content":"\t296 Persons to whom regulation 295 does not apply\n\nFor the purposes of regulation 295(1) and (2), the classes of person are as follows—\n\n(a) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, an abalone fishery access licence authorising the taking or possession of abalone of a species referred to in regulation 295, who take or possess abalone of that species in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(b) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of abalone of a species referred to in regulation 295, who take or possess abalone of that species from the area specified in the aquaculture licence in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(c) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of abalone of a species referred to in regulation 295 during the period of the closed season, who take or possess abalone of that species during that period in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(d) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence, who possess abalone of a species referred to in regulation 295 in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(e) persons acting in accordance with the Act and these Regulations, who possess abalone of a species referred to in regulation 295 received from a person of a class referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (d)  and the abalone is—\n\n(i) marked or labelled with an abalone label; and\n\n(ii) accompanied by—\n\n(A) a fish receipt created by the person of that class in respect of that abalone at the time of the sale or consignment of the abalone; or\n\n(B) a fish movement record created in respect of that abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":310},{"sectionNumber":"297","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 295","content":"\t297 Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 295\n\nA person who contravenes a prohibition in regulation 295 is liable to a further penalty—\n\n(a) in the case of a first offence, a penalty not exceeding 0·5 penalty units for each abalone taken or possessed; and\n\n(b) in the case of a subsequent offence, a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each abalone taken or possessed.\n\n","sortOrder":311},{"sectionNumber":"298","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of abalone between sunset and sunrise prohibited","content":"\t298 Taking of abalone between sunset and sunrise prohibited\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the taking of any abalone in the period beginning at sunset on any day and ending at sunrise on the following day by any person, other than a person who is authorised to take abalone between those times under a general permit or an aquaculture licence, is prohibited.\n\nA failure to comply with this prohibition is an offence under section 67(3) of the Act. A maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n(2) A person who contravenes the prohibition in subregulation (1) is liable to a further penalty—\n\n(a) in the case of a first offence, a penalty not exceeding 0·5 penalty units for each abalone taken; and\n\n(b) in the case of a subsequent offence, a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each abalone taken.\n\n","sortOrder":312},{"sectionNumber":"299","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibition on taking of greenlip abalone from Port Phillip Bay","content":"\t299 Prohibition on taking of greenlip abalone from Port Phillip Bay\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the taking of greenlip abalone from the waters of Port Phillip Bay at any time by any person other than a person of either of the following classes of person is prohibited—\n\n(a) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of greenlip abalone who take or possess greenlip abalone from the area of Port Phillip Bay specified in the licence;\n\n(b) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of greenlip abalone from those waters.\n\nA failure to comply with this prohibition is an offence under section 67(3) of the Act. A maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n(2) A person who contravenes a prohibition in subregulation (1) is liable to a further penalty—\n\n(a) in the case of a first offence, a penalty not exceeding 0·5 penalty units for each abalone taken; and\n\n(b) in the case of a subsequent offence, a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each abalone taken.\n\nDivision 2—Catch limits and other restrictions and prohibitions in relation to recreational abalone fishing\n\n","sortOrder":313},{"sectionNumber":"300","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Division","content":"\t300 Application of Division\n\nThis Division does not apply to the holder of an abalone fishery access licence, or a person acting on behalf of that licence holder, when carrying out any fishing activities authorised by the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":314},{"sectionNumber":"301","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for abalone","content":"\t301 Catch limits for abalone\n\n(1) For the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to—\n\n(a) the taking of abalone of a species of abalone specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this subregulation from the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone is the daily limit (if any) specified in Column 4 of that Table that corresponds to that species of abalone; or\n\n(b) the possession of abalone of a species of abalone specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this subregulation in, on or next to the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species, is the limit specified in Column 4 of that Table that corresponds to that species of abalone.\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Species of abalone* | *Column 3*<br>*Waters* | *Column 4*<br>*Daily limit for abalone that may be taken or limit for abalone that may be possessed*<br>*(number of abalone)* |\n| 1 | Abalone, all species, forms and hybrids | All Victorian waters other than Port Phillip Bay | 5 (of which no more than 2 fish may be greenlip abalone) |\n| 2 | Abalone, all species, forms and hybrids other than greenlip | Port Phillip Bay | 5 |\n| 3 | Greenlip abalone | Port Phillip Bay | 0 |\n\n(2) For the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to the possession of abalone anywhere in Victoria, other than in, on or next to Victorian waters, is 10 abalone (of which no more than 4 may be greenlip abalone).\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish of a species in excess of the catch limit in these Regulations specified for that species of fish. Various penalties apply.\n\n","sortOrder":315},{"sectionNumber":"302","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom catch limits in regulation 301 do not apply","content":"\t302 Persons to whom catch limits in regulation 301 do not apply\n\n(1) Regulation 301 does not apply to a person who takes or possesses abalone of a species specified in that regulation in a quantity in excess of the catch limit for that species of abalone if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, growing or displaying of abalone of that species; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the abalone in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of that species of abalone in that quantity; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the abalone in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(2) Regulation 301 does not apply to a person who possesses abalone of a species specified in that regulation in a quantity in excess of the catch limit for that species of abalone if the person—\n\n(a) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence; and\n\n(b) possesses the abalone in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(3) Regulation 301 does not apply to a person acting in accordance with the Act and these Regulations, who possesses abalone of a species specified in that regulation in a quantity in excess of the catch limit for that species of abalone if the abalone—\n\n(a) was received from a person referred to in subregulation (1) or (2) or any other person; and\n\n(b) was legally obtained; and\n\n(c) was marked or labelled with an abalone label; and\n\n(d) was accompanied by—\n\n(i) a fish receipt created by a person from whom the abalone were received in respect of that abalone at the time of the sale or consignment of that abalone; or\n\n(ii) a fish movement record created in respect of that abalone.\n\n(4) Regulation 301 does not apply to a person acting in accordance with the Act and these Regulations, who possesses abalone of a species specified in that regulation in a quantity in excess of the catch limit for that species of abalone if—\n\n(a) the abalone was received for the purpose of transportation from the holder of an abalone fishery access licence who took the abalone under that licence in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; and\n\n(b) the abalone is contained in bins sealed in accordance with regulation 317.\n\n","sortOrder":316},{"sectionNumber":"303","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of certain equipment for taking abalone prohibited","content":"\t303 Use of certain equipment for taking abalone prohibited\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, the use of any equipment other than an abalone tool or catch bag to take abalone is prohibited throughout Victoria.\n\nContravention of the prohibition in this regulation is an offence under section 114(3) of the Act. A penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n","sortOrder":317},{"sectionNumber":"304","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences regarding shucked abalone","content":"\t304 Offences regarding shucked abalone\n\n(1) A person, in or on Victorian waters, must not shuck abalone.\n\n(2) A person, in or on Victorian waters, must not possess shucked abalone.\n\n(3) A person who possesses abalone must not shuck the abalone unless—\n\n(a) the abalone is to be immediately cooked at a place other than in or on Victorian waters; or\n\n(b) the abalone has been taken to the person's ordinary place of residence.\n\n(4) Subregulations (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence authorising the shucking of abalone, who shucks abalone in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(b) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the shucking of abalone, who shucks abalone in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(c) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an abalone fishery access licence authorising the shucking of abalone, who shucks abalone in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(d) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence, who shucks abalone in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\nSubregulations (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to the persons referred to in subregulation (4)(a) and (c) because those persons are subject to similar restrictions under regulations 315 and 436.\n\n","sortOrder":318},{"sectionNumber":"305","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence not to carry instrument to measure abalone","content":"\t305 Offence not to carry instrument to measure abalone\n\nA person, when taking abalone, must carry an instrument to measure abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":319},{"sectionNumber":"306","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to remove abalone from its packaging","content":"\t306 Offence to remove abalone from its packaging\n\n(1) A person must not remove any abalone from its packaging.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) removes packaging from abalone at a place where the abalone is to be consumed; or\n\n(b) is acting in accordance with an authority of the Victorian Fisheries Authority under subregulation (3).\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)(b), the Victorian Fisheries Authority may, in writing, authorise a person to remove abalone from its packaging, if the Victorian Fisheries Authority considers it necessary or reasonable in the circumstances of a particular case.\n\n(4) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must specify in an authority under subregulation (3)—\n\nDivision 3—Activities authorised by abalone fishery access licences\n\nReg. 307 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 10.\n\n","sortOrder":320},{"sectionNumber":"307","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Abalone Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences","content":"\t307 Activities authorised by Abalone Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences\n\nAn Abalone Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking of abalone (including a commercial quantity) for sale in the western abalone zone;\n\n(b) the use or possession of commercial abalone equipment in the western abalone zone;\n\n(c) the packing of abalone (including a commercial quantity) into bins in the western abalone zone;\n\nReg. 308 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 11.\n\n","sortOrder":321},{"sectionNumber":"308","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Abalone Fishery (Central Zone) Access Licences","content":"\t308 Activities authorised by Abalone Fishery (Central Zone) Access Licences\n\nAn Abalone Fishery (Central Zone) Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking of abalone (including a commercial quantity) for sale in the central abalone zone;\n\n(b) the use or possession of commercial abalone equipment in the central abalone zone;\n\n(c) the packing of abalone (including a commercial quantity) into bins in the central abalone zone;\n\nReg. 309 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 12.\n\n","sortOrder":322},{"sectionNumber":"309","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Abalone Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licences","content":"\t309 Activities authorised by Abalone Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licences\n\nAn Abalone Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking of abalone (including a commercial quantity) for sale in the eastern abalone zone;\n\n(b) the use or possession of commercial abalone equipment in the eastern abalone zone;\n\n(c) the packing of abalone (including a commercial quantity) into bins in the eastern abalone zone;\n\nDivision 4—Conditions of all abalone fishery access licences\n\n","sortOrder":323},{"sectionNumber":"310","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone fishery access licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t310 Abalone fishery access licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every abalone fishery access licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every abalone fishery access licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":324},{"sectionNumber":"311","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone boat not to be used as base for underwater diving operation","content":"\t311 Abalone boat not to be used as base for underwater diving operation\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that any boat that is being used to take abalone under the licence is not used as a base for underwater diving operations by any person other than a person who is authorised to take abalone under the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":325},{"sectionNumber":"312","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone only to be taken using abalone tool or catch bag","content":"\t312 Abalone only to be taken using abalone tool or catch bag\n\nThe licence holder must not use equipment other than an abalone tool or catch bag to take abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":326},{"sectionNumber":"313","sectionType":"section","heading":"Blacklip abalone not to be taken from more than one blacklip abalone size zone","content":"\t313 Blacklip abalone not to be taken from more than one blacklip abalone size zone\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that blacklip abalone from more than one blacklip abalone size zone are not taken from,  and are not on board, any boat being used under the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":327},{"sectionNumber":"314","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of abalone from different abalone zones","content":"\t314 Taking of abalone from different abalone zones\n\nA licence holder who holds more than one abalone fishery access licence and who is authorised under those licences to take abalone from different abalone zones, must ensure that—\n\n(a) any abalone taken from a particular abalone zone is landed in accordance with regulation 319(a); and\n\n(b) the requirements of regulations 317, 318, 319 and 320 have been complied with in respect of that abalone—\n\nbefore any abalone is taken from any other abalone zone.\n\n","sortOrder":328},{"sectionNumber":"315","sectionType":"section","heading":"Shucking of abalone prohibited","content":"\t315 Shucking of abalone prohibited\n\n(a) shuck abalone; or\n\n(b) possess shucked abalone.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any person acting on the licence holder's behalf does not—\n\n(a) shuck abalone; or\n\n(b) possess shucked abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":329},{"sectionNumber":"316","sectionType":"section","heading":"Instrument to measure abalone to be carried","content":"\t316 Instrument to measure abalone to be carried\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that the licence holder or any person acting on behalf of the licence holder when taking abalone under the licence carries an instrument to facilitate the accurate measurement of abalone at all times while—\n\n(a) a boat is being used in connection with the taking of abalone; or\n\n(b) abalone is being taken underwater.\n\n","sortOrder":330},{"sectionNumber":"317","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone to be placed in bins and sealed with bin tags","content":"\t317 Abalone to be placed in bins and sealed with bin tags\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that all abalone taken under the licence is placed in bins and that each bin is covered and sealed with a bin lid by means of one or 2 bin tags affixed to both the bin and bin lid in such a manner that—\n\n(a) the bin lid cannot be removed from the bin without breaking the bin tag or tags; and\n\n(b) abalone cannot be put into or removed from the bin without breaking the bin tag or tags.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that, after sealing a bin of abalone with a bin lid and bin tag or tags—\n\n(a) the bin tag is not removed, damaged or broken; and\n\n(b) no abalone is removed from, or added to, the bin.\n\n(3) The licence holder must ensure that a bin containing abalone does not contain any kind of packaging other than bin inserts.\n\n(4) The licence holder must ensure that greenlip abalone is not placed in a bin containing blacklip abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":331},{"sectionNumber":"318","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone not to be moved from boat until sealed in bins","content":"\t318 Abalone not to be moved from boat until sealed in bins\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that no abalone are moved from the boat used under the licence unless all abalone have been placed in bins that have been sealed in accordance with regulation 317.\n\n","sortOrder":332},{"sectionNumber":"319","sectionType":"section","heading":"Landing requirements for abalone","content":"\t319 Landing requirements for abalone\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that all abalone taken under the licence is—\n\n(a) first landed in Victoria at a place of landing listed in Schedule 28 or another place authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and\n\n(b) weighed within 60 minutes of landing at that place of landing; and\n\n(c) weighed in full public view which is unobstructed.\n\n","sortOrder":333},{"sectionNumber":"320","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority","content":"\t320 Notification of details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority\n\nThe licence holder must, after abalone taken under the licence has been weighed and no more than 60 minutes after the time of landing of the abalone, ensure that the following details are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—\n\n(a) the licence number of the abalone fishery access licence;\n\n(b) the name and personal file number of the nominated diver;\n\n(c) the time and date of landing of the abalone;\n\n(d) the place of landing of the abalone;\n\n(e) the time and date the abalone was weighed;\n\n(f) the total net weight (in kilograms) of each species of abalone landed in respect of each commercial abalone reef area that was fished;\n\n(g) the total time spent diving in respect of each commercial abalone reef area;\n\n(h) the number of bins containing greenlip abalone secured with bin tags and the number of bins containing blacklip abalone secured with bin tags;\n\n(i) the licence number of the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence to whom the abalone is to be delivered;\n\n(j) the name of the person who will transport the abalone to the nominated receiver;\n\n(k) the serial numbers of all bin tags affixed to bins of abalone landed under the licence;\n\n(l) the total tare weight of the bins;\n\n(m) the total net weight of the abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":334},{"sectionNumber":"321","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restriction on moving abalone from place of landing or entering processing premises","content":"\t321 Restriction on moving abalone from place of landing or entering processing premises\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that abalone taken under the licence are not moved from the place of landing of the abalone until regulations 319 and 320 have been complied with in respect of the abalone.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any abalone taken under the licence do not enter an abalone processing premises before regulations 319 and 320 have been complied with in respect of the abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":335},{"sectionNumber":"322","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone must be delivered to holder of Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence within 24 hours","content":"\t322 Abalone must be delivered to holder of Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence within 24 hours\n\nThe licence holder must ensure all abalone taken under the licence are transferred or delivered to the premises specified in a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence no later than 24 hours after the time of landing of the abalone.\n\nDivision 5—Activities authorised by Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences\n\n","sortOrder":336},{"sectionNumber":"323","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences","content":"\t323 Activities authorised by Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences\n\nA Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the receipt of abalone (including a commercial quantity) for processing and storage at the premises specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(b) the receipt of abalone (including a commercial quantity) for sale;\n\n(c) the possession of abalone (including a commercial quantity);\n\n(d) the processing of abalone (including a commercial quantity) at the premises specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(e) the sale of abalone (including a commercial quantity) from the premises specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(f) the engagement of one or more persons to carry out any activity authorised by the licence.\n\nDivision 6—Conditions of all Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences\n\nSubdivision 1—General\n\n\t324 Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Division 4 and 6 of Part 2.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\nSubdivision 2—General and administrative conditions\n\n","sortOrder":337},{"sectionNumber":"325","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone only to be received from certain sources","content":"\t325 Abalone only to be received from certain sources\n\nThe licence holder must not obtain or receive abalone taken from Victorian waters other than from—\n\n(a) the holder of an abalone fishery access licence, who is acting in accordance with the licence, the Act and the regulations under the Act; or\n\n(b) another holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence, who is acting in accordance with the licence, the Act and the regulations under the Act; or\n\n(c) the holder of an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence or an Aquaculture (On‑shore Abalone) Licence, who is acting in accordance with the licence, the Act and the regulations under the Act; or\n\n(d) the holder of a general permit authorising the possession and sale of abalone, who is acting in accordance with the permit, the Act and the regulations under the Act; or\n\n(e) an authorised officer or police officer acting in the course of the officer's duty.\n\n","sortOrder":338},{"sectionNumber":"326","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirement to mark or label abalone packaging","content":"\t326 Requirement to mark or label abalone packaging\n\n(1) The licence holder must, before the abalone leaves the premises specified in the licence, ensure that the immediate packaging of the abalone is marked or labelled with a label that contains the following details—\n\n(a) the address of the licence holder or the name and address of the person on whose behalf the licence holder packaged the abalone;\n\n(b) the registered establishment number of the place or premises where the abalone was processed or the licence number of the licence holder;\n\n(c) the net weight (in kilograms) of the abalone;\n\n(d) the date that the abalone was packaged.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the abalone is approved for the purpose of export by the Secretary to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Commonwealth.\n\nThere are labelling requirements in respect of the packaging of abalone to be sold in section 118A of the Act, however the licence holder is exempt from those requirements under regulation 333.\n\nSubdivision 3—Abalone received from abalone fishery access licence holder\n\n","sortOrder":339},{"sectionNumber":"327","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Subdivision","content":"\t327 Application of Subdivision\n\nThis Subdivision applies to the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence in respect of abalone that was received from the holder of an abalone fishery access licence.\n\n","sortOrder":340},{"sectionNumber":"328","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone to be received no more than 24 hours after landing","content":"\t328 Abalone to be received no more than 24 hours after landing\n\nThe licence holder must not receive abalone at the premises specified in the licence any more than 24 hours after the time of landing of the abalone.\n\n","sortOrder":341},{"sectionNumber":"329","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bins of abalone that are not properly sealed","content":"\t329 Bins of abalone that are not properly sealed\n\nIf the licence holder receives a bin containing abalone that is not sealed with a bin tag in accordance with regulation 317 or is not sealed with a completely intact bin tag, the licence holder—\n\n(a) must notify the Victorian Fisheries Authority within 30 minutes after receiving the abalone of—\n\n(i) the place where the abalone can be inspected during the next 24 hours; and\n\n(ii) if known, the serial number of the bin tag; and\n\n(b) must not break any bin tags, remove the lid from any bin or remove any abalone from, or add any abalone to, any bin in that consignment.\n\nReg. 330 substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 26.\n\n","sortOrder":342},{"sectionNumber":"330","sectionType":"section","heading":"Weighing and initial notification of details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority","content":"\t330 Weighing and initial notification of details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority\n\nThe licence holder must, as soon as practicable after receiving abalone, but no more than 25 hours after the time of landing of the abalone, ensure that—\n\n(a) each intact bin of abalone received is weighed; and\n\n(b) the following details are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—\n\n(i) the licence number of the Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence;\n\n(ii) the time, date and location at which the abalone was received, if received at a location other than the licensed premises;\n\n(iii) the time and date at which the abalone was received at the licensed premises;\n\n(iv) the licence number of the abalone fishery access licence in respect of which the abalone was received;\n\n(v) the total gross weight (in kilograms) of each intact bin of abalone received (including the weight of the abalone, the bin, lid and any inserts).\n\n","sortOrder":343},{"sectionNumber":"331","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bins not to be opened until regulation 330 complied with","content":"\t331 Bins not to be opened until regulation 330 complied with\n\nThe licence holder must not break any bin tag or remove any abalone from a bin, or add any abalone to a bin, or process the abalone, or mix the abalone with other stocks of abalone, until the licence holder has complied with regulation 330 in respect of that abalone.\n\nReg. 331A inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 27.\n\n","sortOrder":344},{"sectionNumber":"331A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Final notification of details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority","content":"\t331A Final notification of details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority\n\nThe licence holder must, as soon as practicable after complying with regulation 330, but no more than 25 hours after the time of landing of the abalone, ensure that the serial numbers of all bin tags affixed to the bins of abalone received are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service.\n\nReg. 331B inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 27.\n\n","sortOrder":345},{"sectionNumber":"331B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Retrieval of information","content":"\t331B Retrieval of information\n\nIf instructed to do so by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, the licence holder must retrieve information, via the fisheries notification service, in relation to any consignment of abalone that has been received.\n\nDivision 7—Other matters relating to abalone\n\n","sortOrder":346},{"sectionNumber":"332","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abalone only to be sold in properly labelled packaging","content":"\t332 Abalone only to be sold in properly labelled packaging\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 118A of the Act, the immediate packaging of abalone that is sold must be marked or labelled with an abalone label that contains the following details—\n\n(a) in the case of abalone packaged by the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence, an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence or an Aquaculture (On‑shore Abalone) Licence or by the holder of a general permit  authorising the sale of abalone—\n\n(i) the address of the licence or permit holder (as the case requires) or the name and address of the person on whose behalf the licence or permit holder packaged the abalone; and\n\n(ii) the registered establishment number of the place or premises where the abalone was processed or the licence number or permit number of the licence or permit holder; and\n\n(iii) the net weight (in kilograms) of the abalone; and\n\n(iv) the date that the abalone was packaged;\n\n(b) in the case of abalone packaged by a person who holds an authority issued under a corresponding law—\n\n(i) the full name of the holder of the authority or the name and address of the person on whose behalf the holder packaged the abalone; and\n\n(ii) the registered establishment number for the processing premises or the authority number issued to the holder of the authority; and\n\n(iii) the net weight (in kilograms) of the abalone; and\n\n(iv) the date that the abalone was packaged.\n\n***authority issued under a corresponding law*** means a licence or registration or other authority issued under a law of another State or Territory of the Commonwealth that authorises the processing or receiving of abalone.\n\nCertain licence holders are exempt from the requirements of section 118A of the Act under regulation 333.\n\n","sortOrder":347},{"sectionNumber":"333","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions from labelling and packaging requirements in the Act","content":"\t333 Exemptions from labelling and packaging requirements in the Act\n\n(1) A person who is the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence, an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence or an Aquaculture (On‑shore—Abalone) Licence, or a person who is acting on behalf of one of those licence holders, is exempt from sections 118A and 118B of the Act when acting under the licence.\n\n(2) A person referred to in regulation 325(a), (d) or (e) is exempt from section 118A of the Act with respect to abalone sold to the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence.\n\n1 Under section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n2 There are various labelling and packaging requirements relating to abalone placed on licence holders under the conditions of their licences in these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":348},{"sectionNumber":"334","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to write on or otherwise alter bin tags","content":"\t334 Offence to write on or otherwise alter bin tags\n\n(1) A person must not write on or otherwise alter a bin tag.\n\n(2) A person must not possess a bin tag.\n\n(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to any of the following persons who use or possess a bin tag in connection with the possession, control, conveyance, sale, marketing or transport of abalone in accordance with the Act and these Regulations—\n\n(a) the holder of an abalone fishery access licence;\n\n(b) the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence;\n\n(c) a person who is acting on behalf of the holder of an abalone fishery access licence or a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence.\n\n(4) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who is authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 335 to possess, write on or otherwise alter a bin tag and who is acting in accordance with that authority.\n\n(5) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person who has held an abalone fishery access licence that has been transferred, cancelled, suspended or has expired and not been renewed, who possesses, controls or conveys bin tags issued or provided to the person while holding the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":349},{"sectionNumber":"335","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authorisation to possess, write on or otherwise alter bin tags","content":"\t335 Authorisation to possess, write on or otherwise alter bin tags\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may, in writing, authorise a person to possess, write on or otherwise alter a bin tag if the Victorian Fisheries Authority considers it necessary or reasonable in the circumstances of a particular case.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must specify in an authority under subregulation (1)—\n\n(a) the period during which the authority applies; and\n\n(b) the circumstances in which the authority applies; and\n\n(c) any conditions which apply to the authority.\n\n","sortOrder":350},{"sectionNumber":"336","sectionType":"section","heading":"Unused bin tags to be returned by former licence holders within 48 hours","content":"\t336 Unused bin tags to be returned by former licence holders within 48 hours\n\nA person referred to in regulation 334(5) must ensure that all unbroken bin tags that were issued or provided to the person are returned to the Victorian Fisheries Authority within 48 hours after the date of transfer, cancellation, suspension or expiry of the licence unless otherwise authorised or directed by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":351},{"sectionNumber":"337","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed information for abalone quota unit holding statement","content":"\t337 Prescribed information for abalone quota unit holding statement\n\nFor the purposes of section 66H(1) of the Act, the following information must be included in an abalone quota unit holding statement—\n\n(a) the name of the individual abalone quota unit holder;\n\n(b) the date on which the statement was issued;\n\n(c) the individual abalone quota unit numbers for all of the units held by the individual abalone quota unit holder named in the statement.\n\n","sortOrder":352},{"sectionNumber":"338","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of nomination of licence holder by holder of individual abalone quota unit","content":"\t338 Notification of nomination of licence holder by holder of individual abalone quota unit\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 66J(1) of the Act, the holder of an individual abalone quota unit may notify the Victorian Fisheries Authority of the holder of an abalone fishery access licence nominated to take abalone under the quota unit by submitting to the Victorian Fisheries Authority a completed notification in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 66J(3) of the Act, the following matters must be contained in a notification relating to individual abalone quota units that are the subject of a nomination under section 66J(1) of the Act—\n\n(a) the total number of quota units subject to nomination;\n\n(b) the individual abalone quota unit number for each quota unit subject to nomination;\n\n(c) the total net weight (in kilograms) of unshucked abalone permitted to be taken under each quota unit subject to nomination remaining for the current quota period;\n\n(d) the total net weight (in kilograms) of unshucked abalone that is permitted to be taken in the quota period for each quota unit subject to nomination;\n\n  (e) if the holder of an abalone fishery access licence is currently nominated to take abalone under any quota unit subject to nomination, the number of that licence;\n\n(f) the licence number of the abalone fishery access licence held by any person who is the subject of a nomination by the holder of a quota unit specified in the notification to take abalone under that quota unit;\n\n(g) the name, address, telephone number, personal file number and dated signature of the following persons—\n\n(i) the individual abalone quota unit holder submitting the notification;\n\nReg. 338 (2)(g)(ii) revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 28.\n\n(iii) any holder of an abalone fishery access licence who is the subject of a nomination by the individual abalone quota unit holder to take abalone under a quota unit specified in the notification.\n\nPart 9—Giant crab\n\nDivision 1—Minimum size and closed season for giant crab\n\n\t339 Minimum sizes for giant crab\n\nFor the purposes of the Act, the minimum size for giant crab is—\n\n(a) 14 centimetres for male giant crab; and\n\n(b) 15 centimetres for female giant crab.\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish of a species that are less than the minimum size specified for that species of fish in these Regulations. Various penalties apply.\n\n","sortOrder":353},{"sectionNumber":"340","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom the minimum sizes in regulation 339 do not apply","content":"\t340 Persons to whom the minimum sizes in regulation 339 do not apply\n\n(1) Regulation 339 does not apply to a person who takes or possesses giant crab that is less than the minimum size for giant crab specified in that regulation if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of giant crab; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the giant crab in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of giant crab of that size; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the giant crab in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(2) Regulation 339 does not apply to a person who possesses giant crab that is less than the minimum size for giant crab specified in that regulation if the person—\n\n(a) received the giant crab from a person referred to in subregulation (1); and\n\n","sortOrder":354},{"sectionNumber":"341","sectionType":"section","heading":"Method for measuring size of giant crab","content":"\t341 Method for measuring size of giant crab\n\nThe size of giant crab must be measured in a straight line from the point on the carapace, which is midway between the 2 central horns (between the eyes) to the opposite point at the rear of the carapace, but not including the ligament or any part of the belly flap.\n\n","sortOrder":355},{"sectionNumber":"342","sectionType":"section","heading":"Closed season for giant crab","content":"\t342 Closed season for giant crab\n\nFor the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the closed season for giant crab is—\n\n(a) in the case of female giant crab, the period from 1 June to 15 November inclusive in each year; and\n\n(b) in the case of male giant crab, the period from 15 September to 15 November inclusive in each year.\n\n","sortOrder":356},{"sectionNumber":"343","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibition against taking or possession of giant crab in closed season","content":"\t343 Prohibition against taking or possession of giant crab in closed season\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the taking of any giant crab during the period specified as the closed season for giant crab in regulation 342 by any person other than a person of one of the classes of person set out in subregulation (3) is prohibited.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the possessing of any giant crab during the period specified as the closed season for giant crab in regulation 342 by any person other than a person of one of the classes of person set out in subregulation (3) is prohibited.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2), the classes of persons are the following—\n\n(a) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of giant crab who take or possess giant crab from the area specified in the aquaculture licence in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(b) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of giant crab during the period specified as the closed season in regulation 342 under a general permit who take or possess giant crab during that period in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(c) persons acting in accordance with the Act and these Regulations who possess giant crab received from a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).\n\nA failure to comply with a prohibition in this regulation is an offence under section 67(3) of the Act. A maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n","sortOrder":357},{"sectionNumber":"344","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 343","content":"\t344 Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 343\n\nA person who contravenes a prohibition in regulation 343 is liable to a further penalty—\n\n(a) in the case of a first offence, a penalty not exceeding 0·5 penalty units for each giant crab taken or possessed; and\n\n(b) in the case of a subsequent offence, a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each giant crab taken or possessed.\n\nDivision 2—General restrictions and prohibitions regarding giant crab\n\n","sortOrder":358},{"sectionNumber":"345","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Division","content":"\t345 Application of Division\n\nThis Division does not apply to the holder of a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence, or a person acting on behalf of that licence holder, when carrying out any fishing activities authorised by the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":359},{"sectionNumber":"346","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences relating to giant crab in berry","content":"\t346 Offences relating to giant crab in berry\n\n(1) A person must not take any berried giant crab.\n\n(2) A person must not possess berried giant crab.\n\n(3) A person must not remove eggs, setae or spawn from a berried giant crab.\n\n","sortOrder":360},{"sectionNumber":"347","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to possess dismembered giant crabs","content":"\t347 Offence to possess dismembered giant crabs\n\nA person in, on or next to Victorian waters, must not possess any dismembered giant crab or part of a giant crab.\n\nDivision 3—Activities authorised by Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":361},{"sectionNumber":"348","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences","content":"\t348 Activities authorised by Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences\n\n(1) A Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence authorises the licence holder, using the boat specified in the licence, to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, in the western rock lobster zone, of the same number of rock lobster pots authorised to be used by the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence held by the licence holder that is specified in the licence;\n\n(b) the possession, in the western rock lobster zone, of the same number of rock lobster pots authorised to be possessed by the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence held by the licence holder;\n\n(c) the taking for sale, in the western rock lobster zone, of giant crab and fish (other than abalone, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin);\n\n(d) the engagement of no more than 2 licence operators and one or more crew members.\n\n(2) In addition to the number of rock lobster pots authorised to be used under subregulation (1)(a), a licence holder who is allocated 60 or more quota units in respect of the giant crab fishery may use a number of additional rock lobster pots determined by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and specified in the licence for the purpose of catching giant crab.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), the Victorian Fisheries Authority may determine that a licence holder may use an additional number of rock lobster pots.\n\n(4) A determination made by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under subregulation (3) must not be inconsistent with any relevant fisheries management plan.\n\nDivision 4—Conditions of Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":362},{"sectionNumber":"349","sectionType":"section","heading":"Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t349 Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Giant Crab Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":363},{"sectionNumber":"350","sectionType":"section","heading":"Giant crab only to be taken by use of rock lobster pot","content":"\t350 Giant crab only to be taken by use of rock lobster pot\n\nThe licence holder must not take or attempt to take giant crab by the use of any equipment other than a rock lobster pot.\n\n","sortOrder":364},{"sectionNumber":"351","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specifications for rock lobster pot","content":"\t351 Specifications for rock lobster pot\n\nThe licence holder must not use or possess in, on or next to Victorian waters a rock lobster pot unless the pot meets the specifications in regulation 379.\n\n","sortOrder":365},{"sectionNumber":"352","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on numbers of rock lobster pots that may be used","content":"\t352 Restrictions on numbers of rock lobster pots that may be used\n\n(1) The licence holder must not use, or have on board a boat, more than the total of the following—\n\n(a) the number of rock lobster pots authorised by the licence;\n\n(b) the number of rock lobster pots determined by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 348(3).\n\n(2) Despite subregulation (1), the licence holder, personally or in association or conjunction with one or more other licence holders, must not use or have on board the boat specified in the licence more than 140 rock lobster pots  in the western rock lobster zone.\n\n","sortOrder":366},{"sectionNumber":"353","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rock lobster pot not to be used or be on board boat during closed season for male giant crab","content":"\t353 Rock lobster pot not to be used or be on board boat during closed season for male giant crab\n\nThe licence holder, from the start of the closed season for male giant crab until 9 a.m. on 15 November in each year, must not—\n\n(a) use any rock lobster pot in any Victorian waters; or\n\n(b) leave or have any rock lobster pot immersed or set in any Victorian waters; or\n\n(c) have on board a boat any rock lobster pot in any Victorian waters other than in a port or mooring area specified in Schedule 19.\n\n","sortOrder":367},{"sectionNumber":"354","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rock lobster pot set by boat not to be hauled using another boat","content":"\t354 Rock lobster pot set by boat not to be hauled using another boat\n\nThe licence holder must not haul or retrieve a rock lobster pot set from the boat specified in the licence using another boat.\n\n","sortOrder":368},{"sectionNumber":"355","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking, possession, etc. of berried giant crab prohibited","content":"\t355 Taking, possession, etc. of berried giant crab prohibited\n\nThe licence holder, at any time, must not—\n\n(a) take any berried giant crab; or\n\n(b) possess berried giant crab; or\n\n(c) remove any eggs from a berried giant crab.\n\n","sortOrder":369},{"sectionNumber":"356","sectionType":"section","heading":"Possession of dismembered giant crab prohibited","content":"\t356 Possession of dismembered giant crab prohibited\n\nThe licence holder in, on or next to Victorian waters must not possess—\n\n(a) any dismembered giant crab; or\n\n(b) any part of a giant crab.\n\n","sortOrder":370},{"sectionNumber":"357","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for fish other than giant crab","content":"\t357 Catch limits for fish other than giant crab\n\n(1) The licence holder, on any one day, must not take from Victorian waters, or possess in, on or next to Victorian waters, more than—\n\n(b) 2 banded morwong; or\n\nReg. 357(1)(c) substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 29(1).\n\n(c) in the case of an endorsed licence holder, a total combined number of 5 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark); or\n\nReg. 357(1)(d) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 29(1).\n\n(d) in the case of a non-endorsed licence holder, a total combined number of 2 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark).\n\n(2) Despite subregulation (1), the licence holder, on any one day, must not take fish of a species specified in subregulation (1) if the licence holder has, on that day, taken the catch limit specified in regulation 386 for that species under the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence specified in the licence.\n\nReg. 357(3) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 29(2).\n\n(3) Despite subregulation (1)(c) and (d), the licence holder must not take, or possess on board any boat, or land from any boat, any gummy shark or school shark in the period between the time a determination under regulation 50B comes into effect and the time it is revoked.\n\nReg. 357(4) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 29(2).\n\n(4) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder must have a copy of the endorsement notice issued to the licence holder in their immediate possession at all times when taking, possessing, landing or transporting gummy shark or school shark taken under the endorsed licence.\n\nReg. 357(5) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 29(2).\n\n(5) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder, or any person acting on behalf of the licence holder, must ensure that the following details are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, before landing any gummy shark or school shark that are permitted to be taken or possessed under the endorsed licence—\n\nReg. 357(6) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 29(2).\n\n(6) Subregulation (5) does not apply to an endorsed licence holder, or a person acting on behalf of the endorsed licence holder, if the endorsed licence holder—\n\n(a) has installed on the boat used for taking the shark, a vessel monitoring system that complies with the conditions set out in Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Part 17; and\n\nReg. 357(7) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 29(2).\n\n(7) Subregulations (1)(c) and (d) and (3) do not apply to a holder of a fishing concession authorising the possession of gummy shark or school shark issued under the Commonwealth Act.\n\n","sortOrder":371},{"sectionNumber":"358","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions relating to giant crab when quota unit balance is zero or less","content":"\t358 Restrictions relating to giant crab when quota unit balance is zero or less\n\n(1) The licence holder must not have on board the boat specified in the licence any rock lobster pot if—\n\n(a) the quota unit balance for each individual quota unit allocated to the access licence is zero or less; and\n\n(b) the licence holder's rock lobster quota unit balance for each individual quota unit allocated to the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence specified in the licence is zero or less.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a licence holder who has rock lobster pots on board the boat if—\n\n(a) the boat is in a port or mooring area; or\n\n(b) the boat is in transit and the Victorian Fisheries Authority has approved the rock lobster pots being on board the boat.\n\n(3) The licence holder must not set or immerse a rock lobster pot in Victorian waters if—\n\n(a) the quota unit balance for each individual quota unit allocated to the licence is zero or less; and\n\n(b) the licence holder's rock lobster quota unit balance for each individual quota unit allocated to the Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence specified in the licence is zero or less.\n\n","sortOrder":372},{"sectionNumber":"359","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wet well register","content":"\t359 Wet well register\n\n(1) If the licence holder holds or keeps giant crab in a wet well, the licence holder must maintain a wet well register in respect of that wet well.\n\n(2) A wet well register must specify the following details—\n\n(a) a description of the location of the wet well;\n\n(b) the personal file number of the holder of the Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence or a person acting on behalf of that holder;\n\n(c) each time giant crab are removed from the wet well—\n\n(i) the date and time at which giant crab are removed from the wet well; and\n\n(ii) the number of live giant crab removed from the wet well; and\n\n(iii) the number of dead giant crab (if any) removed from the wet well; and\n\n(iv) the number of giant crab remaining in the wet well.\n\n(3) The licence holder must ensure that a wet well register required to be maintained under subregulation (1) is immediately completed whenever giant crab are removed from the wet well.\n\n(4) The licence holder must ensure that the wet well register is kept in electronic form in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and is completed via the fisheries notification service.\n\nPart 10—Rock lobster\n\nDivision 1—Minimum sizes and closed seasons for rock lobster\n\n\t360 Minimum sizes for rock lobster\n\nFor the purposes of the Act, the minimum size for rock lobster is—\n\n(a) 11 centimetres for male rock lobster; and\n\n(b) 10·5 centimetres for female rock lobster.\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish that are less than the minimum size specified for that species of fish in these Regulations. Various penalties apply.\n\n","sortOrder":373},{"sectionNumber":"361","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom the minimum sizes in regulation 360 do not apply","content":"\t361 Persons to whom the minimum sizes in regulation 360 do not apply\n\n(1) Regulation 360 does not apply to a person who takes or possesses rock lobster that is of a size that is less than the minimum size for rock lobster specified in that regulation if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence that authorises the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of rock lobster; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses rock lobster in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking or possessing of rock lobster of that size; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the rock lobster in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(2) Regulation 360 does not apply to a person who possesses rock lobster that is of a size that is less than the minimum size for rock lobster specified in that regulation if the person—\n\n(a) received the rock lobster from a person referred to in subregulation (1); and\n\nRegulation 451, which prescribes matters for the purposes of section 120AC of the Act, requires that persons who possess any fish must have in their possession a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of those fish. Certain exemptions apply under regulation 453.\n\n","sortOrder":374},{"sectionNumber":"362","sectionType":"section","heading":"Method for measuring size of rock lobster","content":"\t362 Method for measuring size of rock lobster\n\nThe size of rock lobster must be measured along the median line from the foremost edge of the groove (which is the posterior edge of the gap) between the large antennae to the posterior edge of the carapace but not including any hairs attached to the carapace.\n\n","sortOrder":375},{"sectionNumber":"363","sectionType":"section","heading":"Closed season for rock lobster","content":"\t363 Closed season for rock lobster\n\nFor the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the closed season for rock lobster is—\n\n(a) in the case of female rock lobster, the period from 1 June to 15 November inclusive in each year; and\n\n(b) in the case of male rock lobster, the period from 15 September to 15 November inclusive in each year.\n\n","sortOrder":376},{"sectionNumber":"364","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibition against taking or possessing rock lobster in closed season","content":"\t364 Prohibition against taking or possessing rock lobster in closed season\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the taking of any rock lobster from, or in, on or next to Victorian waters, during the period specified as the closed season for rock lobster in regulation 363 by any person, other than a person of one of the classes of person set out in subregulation (3) is prohibited.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 67(1) of the Act, the possessing of any rock lobster from, or in, on or next to Victorian waters, during the period specified as the closed season for rock lobster in regulation 363 by any person, other than a person of one of the classes of person set out in subregulation (3) is prohibited.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2), the classes of person are the following—\n\n(a) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, an aquaculture licence that authorises the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of rock lobster who take or possess rock lobster from the area specified in the aquaculture licence in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(b) holders of, or persons acting on behalf of holders of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of rock lobster during the period specified as the closed season in regulation 363 who take rock lobster during that period in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations;\n\n(c) persons acting in accordance with the Act and these Regulations who possess rock lobster received from a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).\n\n1 A failure to comply with a prohibition in this regulation is an offence under section 67(3) of the Act. A penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n2 Regulation 451, which prescribes matters for the purposes of section 120AC of the Act, requires that persons who possess any fish must have in their possession a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of those fish. Certain exemptions apply under regulation 453.\n\n","sortOrder":377},{"sectionNumber":"365","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 364","content":"\t365 Additional penalty for contravention of regulation 364\n\nA person who contravenes a prohibition in regulation 364 is liable to a further penalty—\n\n(a) in the case of a first offence, a penalty not exceeding 0·5 penalty units for each rock lobster taken or possessed; and\n\n(b) in the case of a subsequent offence, a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit for each rock lobster taken or possessed.\n\nDivision 2—Catch limits and other restrictions regarding rock lobster\n\n","sortOrder":378},{"sectionNumber":"366","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Division","content":"\t366 Application of Division\n\nThis Division does not apply to the holder of a rock lobster fishery access licence, or a person acting on behalf of that licence holder, when carrying out any fishing activities authorised by the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":379},{"sectionNumber":"367","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for rock lobster","content":"\t367 Catch limits for rock lobster\n\nFor the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to—\n\n(a) the taking of rock lobster from Victorian waters is a daily limit of 2 rock lobster; or\n\n(b) the possession of rock lobster in, on or next to any Victorian waters, is a limit of 4 rock lobster.\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish of a species in excess of the catch limit in these Regulations specified for that species of fish. Various penalties apply.\n\n","sortOrder":380},{"sectionNumber":"368","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 367 do not apply","content":"\t368 Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 367 do not apply\n\n(1) Regulation 367 does not apply to a person who takes or possesses rock lobster in a quantity in excess of the catch limit specified in that regulation if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence that authorises the hatching, rearing, breeding, growing or displaying of rock lobster; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses rock lobster in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations and; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit that authorises the taking or possession of rock lobster in that quantity; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the rock lobster in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(2) Regulation 367(b) does not apply to a person who possesses rock lobster in a quantity in excess of the catch limit specified in that regulation if the person—\n\n(a) received the rock lobster from a person referred to in subregulation (1); and\n\nRegulation 451, which prescribes matters for the purposes of section 120AC of the Act, requires that persons who possess any fish must have in their possession a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of those fish. Certain exemptions apply under regulation 453.\n\n","sortOrder":381},{"sectionNumber":"369","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking of rock lobster other than by certain methods prohibited","content":"\t369 Taking of rock lobster other than by certain methods prohibited\n\nFor the purposes of section 114 of the Act, it is prohibited to take, or attempt to take, rock lobster in Victoria by the use of any equipment other than—\n\n(a) underwater breathing apparatus; or\n\n(b) a recreational hoop net, that is operated from the surface of the water.\n\nContravention of this prohibition in this regulation is an offence under section 114(3) of the Act. A penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n","sortOrder":382},{"sectionNumber":"370","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences relating to marking rock lobster","content":"\t370 Offences relating to marking rock lobster\n\n(1) A person who takes a rock lobster must mark the central segment of the tail fan of the rock lobster by—\n\n(a) punching in it a hole of not less than 10 millimetres in diameter; or\n\n(b) removing the posterior quarter of the central segment of the tail fan by a transverse cut so that only the anterior three-quarters of the central segment of the tail fan remain attached.\n\n(2) If a rock lobster is taken from a boat, the person who takes the rock lobster must mark the rock lobster in accordance with subregulation (1) within 5 minutes after the rock lobster is brought to the boat or before its landing, whichever is the sooner.\n\n(3) If a rock lobster is not taken from a boat, the person who takes the rock lobster must mark the rock lobster in accordance with subregulation (1)—\n\n(a) within 5 minutes after the rock lobster is taken or before the rock lobster is put into any basket, bag or receptacle, whichever is the sooner; and\n\n(b) within 50 metres of the place of landing of the rock lobster.\n\n(4) Subregulation (3)(a) does not apply if the rock lobster is taken by a person engaged in underwater dive fishing until the person lands the rock lobster.\n\n(5) Subregulations (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to a person who—\n\n(a) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, growing or displaying of rock lobster and takes the rock lobster in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(b) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking of rock lobster and takes the rock lobster in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":383},{"sectionNumber":"371","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences to sell marked rock lobster","content":"\t371 Offences to sell marked rock lobster\n\n(1) A person must not sell rock lobster that has a punched hole in the central segment of the tail fan.\n\n(2) A person must not sell rock lobster that has the posterior quarter of the central segment of the tail fan removed by a traverse cut so that only the anterior three-quarters of the central segment of the tail fan remains attached.\n\n","sortOrder":384},{"sectionNumber":"372","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences relating to rock lobster in berry","content":"\t372 Offences relating to rock lobster in berry\n\n(1) A person must not take any berried rock lobster.\n\n(2) A person must not possess berried rock lobster.\n\n(3) A person must not remove eggs, setae, spawn or fibres from a berried rock lobster.\n\n","sortOrder":385},{"sectionNumber":"373","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to take soft-shelled rock lobster","content":"\t373 Offence to take soft-shelled rock lobster\n\nA person must not take or assist in the taking of a soft-shelled rock lobster.\n\n","sortOrder":386},{"sectionNumber":"374","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offence to possess rock lobster unless the tail and carapace are attached","content":"\t374 Offence to possess rock lobster unless the tail and carapace are attached\n\nA person in, on or next to Victorian waters, must not possess any rock lobster unless the tail and carapace of that rock lobster are attached to each other.\n\nPt 10 Div. 2A (Heading and regs 374A–374E) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 30.\n\n","sortOrder":387},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2A","sectionType":"division","heading":"Recreational rock lobster notification and reporting","content":"Division 2A—Recreational rock lobster notification and reporting\n\nReg. 374A inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 30.\n\n","sortOrder":388},{"sectionNumber":"374A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Division","content":"\t374A Application of Division\n\nThis Division does not apply to—\n\n(a) the holder of a rock lobster fishery access licence, or a person acting on behalf of that licence holder, when carrying out any fishing activities authorised by the licence; or\n\n(b) the holder of, or a person who is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of rock lobster; or\n\n(c) a person who has received rock lobster from a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or\n\n(d) a person who is in possession of rock lobster and the rock lobster is accompanied by a fish receipt or a catch disposal record issued to the person in respect of that rock lobster.\n\nReg. 374B inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 30.\n\n","sortOrder":389},{"sectionNumber":"374B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"\t374B Definitions\n\n***digital tag number*** means a unique identifier issued via the recreational rock lobster notification and reporting system to be assigned to a rock lobster that has been taken;\n\n***recreational rock lobster notification and reporting system*** means—\n\n(a) the Internet application (including any automated response system which captures the information provided) provided by the Victorian Fisheries Authority that is known as the \"GoFishVic app\" through which—\n\n(i) a person may notify their intention to the Victorian Fisheries Authority to take rock lobsters for recreational purposes during the open season for rock lobster; and\n\n(ii) a person may provide information to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for each rock lobster that has been taken; and\n\n(iii) a digital tag number is issued; and\n\n(iv) the Victorian Fisheries Authority may provide confirmation to a person of the receipt of information provided by the person to the Victorian Fisheries Authority under these Regulations; or\n\n(b) if the Internet application is not available, an alternative system approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority through which any of the matters specified in paragraph (a) may be notified, provided or issued.\n\nReg. 374C inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 30.\n\n","sortOrder":390},{"sectionNumber":"374C","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of intention to take rock lobster for recreational purposes","content":"\t374C Notification of intention to take rock lobster for recreational purposes\n\nBefore a person takes rock lobster for the first time in the open season for rock lobster, other than for the purposes of sale, the person must notify their intention to take rock lobster during that season via the recreational rock lobster notification and reporting system in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority before taking the rock lobster.\n\nReg. 374D inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 30.\n\n","sortOrder":391},{"sectionNumber":"374D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reporting rock lobster for recreational purposes","content":"\t374D Reporting rock lobster for recreational purposes\n\n(1) A person must provide to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the recreational rock lobster notification and reporting system, no more than 7 days after taking and landing rock lobster other than for the purposes of sale, the following information for each rock lobster taken—\n\n(a) a digital tag number assigned to the rock lobster;\n\n(b) the location at which the tag was used;\n\n(c) the date the rock lobster was taken;\n\n(d) the carapace length of the rock lobster to which the digital tag is assigned;\n\n(e) the sex of the rock lobster to which the digital tag is assigned.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person under the age of 18 years who is directly supervised by a person to whom subregulation (1) applies.\n\nReg. 374E inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 30.\n\n","sortOrder":392},{"sectionNumber":"374E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Possession of rock lobster that has not been reported","content":"\t374E Possession of rock lobster that has not been reported\n\nA person who has taken rock lobster must not be in possession of the rock lobster anywhere in Victoria unless the person has complied with regulations 374C and 374D in respect of that rock lobster.\n\n1 Any person who complies with regulation 374C is subject to the catch limits for rock lobster that are set out in regulation 367 and subject to all of the provisions relating to the taking of rock lobsters in regulations 360 to 374.\n\n2 There are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish of a species in excess of the catch limit in these Regulations specified for that species of fish. Various penalties apply.\n\nDivision 3—Activities authorised by rock lobster fishery access licences\n\n","sortOrder":393},{"sectionNumber":"375","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences","content":"\t375 Activities authorised by Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licences\n\n(1) A Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence authorises the licence holder, using the boat specified in the licence, to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, in specified waters, of rock lobster pots in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(b) the possession, in specified waters, of rock lobster pots in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(c) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) and fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, scallop and sea urchin);\n\nReg. 375(1)(d) amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 13.\n\n(d) the use or possession, in specified waters, of fishing lines and hooks to take fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, scallop and sea urchin) for bait for the purposes of rock lobster fishing;\n\n(e) the use, in specified waters, of any other equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(f) the possession of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) taken under the licence;\n\n(g) the processing of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) taken under the licence;\n\n(h) the sale of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) taken under the licence;\n\n(i) the engagement of no more than 2 licence operators and one or more crew members.\n\n***specified waters*** means the waters of the western rock lobster zone and in any other waters specified in the licence under regulation 43.\n\n","sortOrder":394},{"sectionNumber":"376","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licences","content":"\t376 Activities authorised by Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licences\n\nA Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence authorises the licence holder, using the boat specified in the licence, to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, in the eastern rock lobster zone, of rock lobster pots in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(b) the possession, in the eastern rock lobster zone, of rock lobster pots in the numbers specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(c) the taking for sale, in the eastern rock lobster zone, of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) and fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, scallop and sea urchin);\n\n(d) the use or possession, in the eastern rock lobster zone, of fishing lines and hooks to take fish (other than abalone, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, scallop and sea urchin) for bait for the purposes of rock lobster fishing;\n\n(e) the use, in the eastern rock lobster zone, of any other equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(f) the possession of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) taken under the licence;\n\n(g) the processing of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) taken under the licence;\n\n(h) the sale of rock lobster (including a commercial quantity) taken under the licence;\n\n(i) the engagement of no more than 2 licence operators and one or more crew members.\n\nDivision 4—Conditions of all rock lobster fishery access licences\n\n","sortOrder":395},{"sectionNumber":"377","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rock lobster fishery access licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t377 Rock lobster fishery access licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every rock lobster fishery access licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every rock lobster fishery access licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":396},{"sectionNumber":"378","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rock lobster only to be taken by use of rock lobster pot","content":"\t378 Rock lobster only to be taken by use of rock lobster pot\n\nThe licence holder must not take or attempt to take rock lobster by the use of any equipment other than a rock lobster pot.\n\n","sortOrder":397},{"sectionNumber":"379","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specifications for rock lobster pot","content":"\t379 Specifications for rock lobster pot\n\n(1) The licence holder must not use or possess in, on or next to Victorian waters a rock lobster pot unless the pot meets the specifications in this regulation.\n\n(2) A rock lobster pot must—\n\n(a) have no more than one neck or entrance; and\n\n(b) comprise of only one chamber capable of trapping rock lobster or giant crab; and\n\n(c) have one or more escape gaps in its side which comply with subregulation (3); and\n\n(d) not be more than 150 centimetres long by 150 centimetres wide by 120 centimetres high.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)(c), an escape gap must—\n\n(a) be a rectangular opening measuring at least 25 centimetres long by 6 centimetres high and must be placed in the rock lobster pot so that the bottom edge of the orifice is not less than 7 centimetres or more than 10 centimetres from the inside surface of the bottom of the rock lobster pot; and\n\n(b) be formed—\n\n(i) using a solid steel bar of at least 1·2 centimetres square section or 1·2 centimetres diameter; or\n\n(ii) from steel plate that is at least 0·2 centimetres thick and in a manner so that the metal surround is at least 3 centimetres in depth; and\n\n(c) remain unobstructed and open at all times.\n\n","sortOrder":398},{"sectionNumber":"380","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions on numbers of rock lobster pots that may be used","content":"\t380 Restrictions on numbers of rock lobster pots that may be used\n\n(1) The licence holder must not use, or have on board a boat, more than the number of rock lobster pots authorised by the licence.\n\n(2) The licence holder, personally or in association or conjunction with one or more other licence holders, must not use or have on board the boat specified in the licence more than the following number of rock lobster pots despite the total number of rock lobster pots authorised to be used or possessed by the licence and any other rock lobster fishery access licence held by the licence holder or the total number of rock lobster pots authorised to be used or possessed by all rock lobster fishery access licences in which the boat is specified—\n\n(a) 140 rock lobster pots in the western rock lobster zone;\n\n(b) 120 rock lobster pots in the eastern rock lobster zone.\n\n","sortOrder":399},{"sectionNumber":"381","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rock lobster pot not to be used during closed season for male rock lobster","content":"\t381 Rock lobster pot not to be used during closed season for male rock lobster\n\nThe licence holder, from the start of the period specified as the closed season for male rock lobster until 9 a.m. on 15 November in each year, must not—\n\n(a) use any rock lobster pot in any Victorian waters; or\n\n(b) leave or have any rock lobster pot immersed or set in any Victorian waters; or\n\n(c) have on board a boat any rock lobster pot in any Victorian waters other than in a port or mooring area specified in Schedule 19.\n\n","sortOrder":400},{"sectionNumber":"382","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rock lobster pot set by boat not to be hauled using another boat","content":"\t382 Rock lobster pot set by boat not to be hauled using another boat\n\nThe licence holder must not haul or retrieve a rock lobster pot set from the boat specified in the licence using another boat.\n\n","sortOrder":401},{"sectionNumber":"383","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking, possession, etc. of berried or soft‑shelled rock lobster prohibited","content":"\t383 Taking, possession, etc. of berried or soft‑shelled rock lobster prohibited\n\n(1) The licence holder, at any time, must not—\n\n(a) take any berried rock lobster; or\n\n(b) possess berried rock lobster; or\n\n(c) remove any eggs, setae, spawn or fibres from a berried rock lobster.\n\n(2) The licence holder, at any time, must not—\n\n(a) take a soft-shelled rock lobster; or\n\n(b) possess a soft-shelled rock lobster.\n\n","sortOrder":402},{"sectionNumber":"384","sectionType":"section","heading":"Possession of dismembered rock lobster prohibited","content":"\t384 Possession of dismembered rock lobster prohibited\n\nThe licence holder in, on or next to Victorian waters, must not possess—\n\n(a) any dismembered rock lobster; or\n\n(b) any part of a rock lobster.\n\n","sortOrder":403},{"sectionNumber":"385","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restriction on possession of rock lobster","content":"\t385 Restriction on possession of rock lobster\n\nThe licence holder must not possess any rock lobster that has a tail fan with—\n\n(a) a punched hole in the central segment of the tail fan; or\n\n(b) the posterior quarter of the central segment of the tail fan removed by a traverse cut so that only the anterior three-quarters of the central segment of the tail fan remain attached.\n\nReg. 386 substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 31.\n\n","sortOrder":404},{"sectionNumber":"386","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for fish other than rock lobster","content":"\t386 Catch limits for fish other than rock lobster\n\n(1) The licence holder, on any one day, must not take from Victorian waters, or possess in, on or next to Victorian waters, more than—\n\n(b) 2 banded morwong; or\n\n(c) in the case of an endorsed licence holder, a total combined number of 5 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark); or\n\n(d) in the case of a non-endorsed licence holder, a total combined number of 2 gummy shark and school shark (of which no more than one shark may be a school shark).\n\n(2) Despite subregulation (1)(c) and (d), the licence holder must not take, or possess on board any boat, or land from any boat, any gummy shark or school shark in the period between the time a determination under regulation 50B comes into effect and the time it is revoked.\n\n(3) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder must have a copy of the endorsement notice issued to the licence holder in their immediate possession at all times when taking, possessing, landing or transporting gummy shark or school shark taken under the endorsed licence.\n\n(4) If the licence is an endorsed licence, the licence holder, or any person acting on behalf of the licence holder, must ensure that the following details are provided to the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, before landing any gummy shark or school shark that are permitted to be taken or possessed under the endorsed licence—\n\n(5) Subregulation (4) does not apply to an endorsed licence holder, or a person acting on behalf of the licence holder, if the endorsed licence holder—\n\n(a) has installed on the boat used for taking the shark, a vessel monitoring system that complies with the conditions set out in Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Part 17; and\n\n(6) Subregulations (1)(c) and (d) and (2) do not apply to a holder of a fishing concession authorising the possession of gummy shark or school shark issued under the Commonwealth Act.\n\n","sortOrder":405},{"sectionNumber":"387","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of coff or other fishing equipment","content":"\t387 Use of coff or other fishing equipment\n\n(1) The licence holder, unless the use of a coff is authorised by the licence, must not—\n\n(a) possess or use a coff in or on Victorian waters; or\n\n(b) load any rock lobster into a coff in or on Victorian waters.\n\n(2) If the licence holder is authorised by the licence to use a coff, the licence holder must ensure—\n\n(a) the coff is not used at a location other than a location authorised by the licence; and\n\n(b) the coff is not used to store rock lobster taken by any other access licence holder.\n\n(3) The licence holder, in or on Victorian waters, must not—\n\n(a) use at any one time more than 6 fishing lines; or\n\n(b) use a fishing line with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached to the line; or\n\n(c) possess a fishing line with more than 3 hooks or more than one bait jig attached to the line.\n\n","sortOrder":406},{"sectionNumber":"388","sectionType":"section","heading":"Restrictions relating to rock lobster when quota unit balance is zero or less","content":"\t388 Restrictions relating to rock lobster when quota unit balance is zero or less\n\n(1) If the quota unit balance for each individual quota unit allocated to the licence is zero or less, the licence holder must not—\n\n(a) have a rock lobster pot on board the boat specified in the licence in or on any Victorian waters; or\n\n(b) set or immerse a rock lobster pot in Victorian waters.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply to a licence holder who has rock lobster pots on board a boat if—\n\n(a) the boat is in a port or mooring area; or\n\n(b) the boat is in transit and an authorised officer has approved the rock lobster pots being on board the boat; or\n\n(c) the licence holder holds a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence and the giant crab quota unit balance for any individual quota unit allocated to that licence is greater than zero.\n\n(3) Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply to a licence holder who sets or immerses a rock lobster pot in Victorian waters if the licence holder holds a Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence and the giant crab quota unit balance for any individual quota unit allocated to that licence is greater than zero.\n\n","sortOrder":407},{"sectionNumber":"389","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rock lobster coff register","content":"\t389 Rock lobster coff register\n\n(1) If the licence holder is authorised by the licence to use a coff, the licence holder must maintain a rock lobster coff register for each coff specified in the licence.\n\n(2) A rock lobster coff register must specify the following details—\n\n(a) the licence number of the rock lobster fishery access licence;\n\n(b) the personal file number of the holder of the rock lobster fishery licence or a person acting on behalf of that holder;\n\n(c) each time rock lobster are moved into or out of the coff—\n\n(i) the number of rock lobster moved into or out of the coff; and\n\n(ii) the date and time at which rock lobster are moved into or out of the coff; and\n\n(iii) the number of dead rock lobster (if any) removed from the coff; and\n\n(iv) the number of rock lobster remaining in the coff.\n\n(3) The licence holder must ensure that a rock lobster coff register required to be maintained under subregulation (1) is immediately completed whenever rock lobster are moved into or out of the coff.\n\n(4) The licence holder must ensure that the rock lobster coff register is kept in electronic form in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and is completed via the fisheries notification service.\n\n","sortOrder":408},{"sectionNumber":"390","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wet well register","content":"\t390 Wet well register\n\n(1) If the licence holder holds or keeps rock lobster in a wet well, the licence holder must maintain a wet well register in respect of that wet well.\n\n(2) A wet well register must specify the following details—\n\n(a) a description of the location of the wet well;\n\n(b) the personal file number of the holder of the rock lobster fishery licence or a person acting on behalf of that holder;\n\n(c) each time rock lobster are removed from the wet well—\n\n(i) the date and time at which rock lobster are removed from the wet well; and\n\n(ii) the number of live rock lobster removed from the wet well; and\n\n(iii) the number of dead rock lobster (if any) removed from the wet well; and\n\n(iv) the number of rock lobster remaining in the wet well.\n\n(3) The licence holder must ensure that a wet well register required to be maintained under subregulation (1) is immediately completed whenever rock lobster are removed from the wet well.\n\n(4) The licence holder must ensure that the wet well register is kept in electronic form in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and is completed via the fisheries notification service.\n\nPart 11—Scallop\n\nDivision 1—Minimum size and catch limits for scallop\n\n\t391 Minimum size for scallop\n\n(1) For the purposes of the Act, the minimum size for scallop taken under a Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence is 90 millimetres when measured in a straight line at the widest point across the shell.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to doughboy scallop.\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish that are less than the minimum size specified for that species of fish in these Regulations. Various penalties apply.\n\n","sortOrder":409},{"sectionNumber":"392","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for scallop","content":"\t392 Catch limits for scallop\n\nFor the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to—\n\n(a) the taking of scallop from Victorian waters is a daily limit of 100 scallop; or\n\n(b) the possession of scallop in, on or next to any Victorian waters, is a limit of 100 scallop.\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish of a species in excess of the catch limit in these Regulations specified for that species of fish. Various penalties apply.\n\n","sortOrder":410},{"sectionNumber":"393","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 392 do not apply","content":"\t393 Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 392 do not apply\n\n(1) Regulation 392 does not apply to a person who takes or possesses scallop in a quantity in excess of the catch limit specified in that regulation if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence or a Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses scallop in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of,  an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, growing or displaying of scallop; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses scallop in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(c) the person—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of scallop in that quantity; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses scallop in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(2) Regulation 392 does not apply to a person who possesses scallop in excess of the catch limit specified in that regulation if the person—\n\n(a) received the scallop from a person referred to in subregulation (1); and\n\nDivision 2—Activities authorised by Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":411},{"sectionNumber":"394","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t394 Activities authorised by Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n(1) A Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder, using the boat specified in the licence, to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use or possession, in specified waters, of a scallop dredge;\n\n(b) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of scallop;\n\n(c) the taking for sale, in specified waters, of fish (other than abalone, bug, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster and sea urchin);\n\n(d) the engagement of one or more licence operators and one or more crew members;\n\n(e) the processing of scallop taken under the licence.\n\n***specified waters*** means marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea).\n\nDivision 3—Conditions of Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":412},{"sectionNumber":"395","sectionType":"section","heading":"Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t395 Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":413},{"sectionNumber":"396","sectionType":"section","heading":"Scallop dredge specifications and stowage","content":"\t396 Scallop dredge specifications and stowage\n\n(a) use or have on board the boat specified in the licence any scallop dredge which exceeds 4·5 metres in width; or\n\n(b) use or have on board a boat a scallop dredge that is not covered with uniform steel mesh with internal mesh openings measuring at least 6·8 centimetres in length by 4·4 centimetres in width.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that, when on board the boat specified in the licence in the waters of the Gippsland Lakes or any bay or inlet of the sea, any scallop dredge is securely stowed on board the boat.\n\n","sortOrder":414},{"sectionNumber":"397","sectionType":"section","heading":"Shucked scallop not to be on boat","content":"\t397 Shucked scallop not to be on boat\n\n(a) have any scallop that has been shucked on board a boat used under the licence; or\n\n(b) possess any scallop in or on Victorian waters that has been shucked.\n\n","sortOrder":415},{"sectionNumber":"398","sectionType":"section","heading":"Possession of recreationally caught scallop at commercial premises prohibited","content":"\t398 Possession of recreationally caught scallop at commercial premises prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not possess scallop taken under a recreational fishery licence at the same premises as scallop taken under the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":416},{"sectionNumber":"399","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for possession and landing of fish other than scallop","content":"\t399 Catch limits for possession and landing of fish other than scallop\n\n(1) The licence holder must not possess on board the boat specified in the licence more than—\n\n(a) 10 kilograms of fish other than scallop; or\n\n(b) any abalone, bug, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster or sea urchin.\n\n(2) The licence holder must not land from the boat specified in the licence—\n\n(a) on any one day, more than 10 kilograms of fish other than scallop; or\n\n(b) any abalone, bug, giant crab, jellyfish, pipi, rock lobster or sea urchin.\n\n(3) The licence holder must not take from Victorian waters, or possess in, on or next to Victorian waters, more than 8 wrasse on any one day.\n\nDivision 4—Activities authorised by Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences\n\nReg. 400 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 14.\n\n","sortOrder":417},{"sectionNumber":"400","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t400 Activities authorised by Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the taking of scallop by hand for sale in or on Port Phillip Bay;\n\n(b) in connection with the taking of scallop by hand, the use of underwater breathing apparatus and any other equipment approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in or on Port Phillip Bay;\n\n(c) the engagement of one or more licence operators and one or more crew members;\n\n(d) the processing of scallop taken under the licence.\n\nDivision 5—Conditions of Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":418},{"sectionNumber":"401","sectionType":"section","heading":"Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t401 Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, this Division sets out the conditions to which every Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":419},{"sectionNumber":"402","sectionType":"section","heading":"Annual catch limit for scallop under Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t402 Annual catch limit for scallop under Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licences\n\nIn a period from 1 April in any year to 31 March of the following year inclusive, no more than 60 tonnes of scallop may be taken under the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":420},{"sectionNumber":"403","sectionType":"section","heading":"Instrument to measure scallop to be carried","content":"\t403 Instrument to measure scallop to be carried\n\nThe licence holder must ensure that an instrument to facilitate the accurate measurement of scallop is carried on each boat used under  the licence at all times while fishing activities are carried out under the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":421},{"sectionNumber":"404","sectionType":"section","heading":"Shucked scallop not to be on boat","content":"\t404 Shucked scallop not to be on boat\n\n(a) have any scallop that has been shucked on board a boat used under the licence; or\n\n(b) possess any scallop in or on Victorian waters that has been shucked.\n\n","sortOrder":422},{"sectionNumber":"405","sectionType":"section","heading":"Possession of recreationally caught scallop at commercial premises prohibited","content":"\t405 Possession of recreationally caught scallop at commercial premises prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not possess scallop taken under a recreational fishery licence at the same premises as scallop taken under the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":423},{"sectionNumber":"406","sectionType":"section","heading":"Possession of commercial fishing equipment or scallops prohibited in a scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone","content":"\t406 Possession of commercial fishing equipment or scallops prohibited in a scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone\n\nThe licence holder must not possess underwater breathing apparatus or scallop in a scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone.\n\n","sortOrder":424},{"sectionNumber":"407","sectionType":"section","heading":"Taking scallop in certain parts of Port Phillip Bay prohibited","content":"\t407 Taking scallop in certain parts of Port Phillip Bay prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not take or attempt to take scallop in any of the following areas of the waters in Port Phillip Bay—\n\n(a) a scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone;\n\n(b) the area north or west of a line running from the seaward end of the Williamstown Breakwater Pier to the most southerly point of Web Dock;\n\n(c) part of Limeburners Bay (Grammar School Lagoon) near Geelong, north of a line running from the fishing boundary post on Port Abeona to the fishing boundary post on the opposite shore;\n\n(d) a shipping channel defined by channel markers;\n\n(e) an area west of a line from the shoreward end of the Queenscliff Pier to the seaward end of Point Nepean;\n\n(f) within a distance of 400 metres from any part of the St Kilda Pier;\n\n(g) within a distance of 230 metres from any part of the Kerford Road Jetty, Hobson's Bay;\n\n(h) within a distance of 30 metres from any part of any other pier, jetty or wharf.\n\nPart 12—Sea urchin\n\nDivision 1—Catch limits and other restrictions in relation to recreational sea urchin fishing\n\n\t408 Offence to remove roe from sea urchins\n\n(1) A person in, on or next to Victorian waters, must not remove roe or any other soft tissues from the shell of sea urchins or any other species of the class Echinoidea.\n\n(2) A person in, on or next to Victorian waters, must not possess roe or any other soft tissues which have been removed from the shell of sea urchins or any other species of the class Echinoidea.\n\n(3) This regulation does not apply to the holder of a general permit or Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence or a person acting on behalf of that permit or licence holder who is—\n\n(a) authorised under the permit or licence to undertake the activities referred to in subregulations (1) and (2); and\n\n(b) acts in accordance with the permit or licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":425},{"sectionNumber":"409","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch limits for sea urchin","content":"\t409 Catch limits for sea urchin\n\n(1) For the purposes of the Act, the daily catch limit with respect to the taking of sea urchin or any other species of the class Echinoidea from Victorian waters is 40 of one species or a combination of species.\n\n(2) For the purposes of the Act, the catch limit for the possession of sea urchin or any other species of the class Echinoidea in, on or next to Victorian waters is 40 of one species or a combination of species.\n\n","sortOrder":426},{"sectionNumber":"410","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 409 do not apply","content":"\t410 Persons to whom the catch limits in regulation 409 do not apply\n\n(1) Regulation 409(1) and (2) do not apply to a person who takes or possesses sea urchin in a quantity in excess of the catch limits specified in that regulation if—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence authorising the taking or possession of sea urchin; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the sea urchin in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, an aquaculture licence authorising the hatching, rearing, breeding, growing or displaying of sea urchin; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the sea urchin in accordance with the licence, the Act and these Regulations; or\n\n(c) the person—\n\n(i) is the holder of, or is acting on behalf of the holder of, a general permit authorising the taking or possession of sea urchin in that quantity; and\n\n(ii) takes or possesses the sea urchin in accordance with the permit, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n(2) Regulation 409(2) does not apply to a person who possesses sea urchin or any other species of the class Echinoidea in a quantity in excess of the catch limit specified in that regulation, if the person—\n\n(a) received the sea urchin or any other species of the class Echinoidea from a person referred to in subregulation (1); and\n\nThere are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish in excess of the catch limit in these Regulations for that species of fish. Various penalties apply.\n\nDivision 2—Activities authorised by Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licences\n\nReg. 411 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 15.\n\n","sortOrder":427},{"sectionNumber":"411","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licences","content":"\t411 Activities authorised by Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licences\n\nA Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) to take sea urchin by hand for sale in the sea urchin commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence;\n\n(b) in connection with the taking of sea urchin, to use underwater breathing apparatus and any equipment approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority in the sea urchin commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence;\n\n(c) to sample crack sea urchin in the sea urchin commercial fishing management zone specified in the licence;\n\n(d) the engagement of no more than three licence operators and one or more crew members;\n\n(e) to process sea urchin taken under the licence.\n\nDivision 3—Conditions of Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licences\n\n","sortOrder":428},{"sectionNumber":"412","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t412 Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licences subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, this Division sets out a condition to which every Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the condition set out in this Division, every Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":429},{"sectionNumber":"413","sectionType":"section","heading":"Possession of recreationally caught sea urchin at commercial premises prohibited","content":"\t413 Possession of recreationally caught sea urchin at commercial premises prohibited\n\nThe licence holder must not possess sea urchin taken under a recreational fishery licence at the same premises as sea urchin taken under the licence.\n\nPart 13—Aquaculture\n\nDivision 1—Activities authorised by aquaculture licences\n\n\t414 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of abalone of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (including a commercial quantity) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of abalone of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (including a commercial quantity) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(d)  the possession of abalone (including a commercial quantity) which has been hatched, reared, bred or grown under the licence in the area specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(e) the processing of abalone (including a commercial quantity) which has been hatched, reared, bred, displayed or grown under the licence in the area specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(f) the sale of abalone (including a commercial quantity) which has been hatched, reared, bred or grown under the licence in the area specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(g) the engagement of one or more persons to carry out any activity authorised by the licence.\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the Crown land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and marine waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":430},{"sectionNumber":"415","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Bivalve Shellfish) Licences","content":"\t415 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Bivalve Shellfish) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Crown Land—Bivalve Shellfish) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities⎯\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of bivalve shellfish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale for human consumption or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of bivalve shellfish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes including for human consumption;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the Crown land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and marine waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":431},{"sectionNumber":"416","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Eels) Licences","content":"\t416 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Eels) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Crown Land—Eels) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of eel of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of eel of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the Crown land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters, other than marine waters, covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":432},{"sectionNumber":"417","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Offshore) Licences","content":"\t417 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Offshore) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Crown Land—Offshore) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include bivalve shellfish for human consumption or abalone) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include bivalve shellfish for human consumption or abalone) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the Crown land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and marine waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":433},{"sectionNumber":"418","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Other) Licences","content":"\t418 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Crown Land—Other) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Crown Land—Other) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include bivalve shellfish for human consumption, abalone or eel) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include bivalve shellfish for human consumption, abalone or eel) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the Crown land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters, other than marine waters, covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":434},{"sectionNumber":"419","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (On-shore Abalone) Licences","content":"\t419 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (On-shore Abalone) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (On-shore Abalone) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of abalone of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of abalone of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(d) the possession of abalone (including a commercial quantity) which has been hatched, reared, bred or grown under the licence in the area specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(e) the processing of abalone (including a commercial quantity) which has been hatched, reared, bred, displayed or grown under the licence in the area specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(f) the sale of abalone (including a commercial quantity) which has been hatched, reared, bred or grown under the licence in the area specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n(g) the engagement of one or more persons to carry out any activity authorised by the licence.\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land or the Crown land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters, other than marine waters, covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":435},{"sectionNumber":"420","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Eels) Licences","content":"\t420 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Eels) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Eels) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of eel of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of eel of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":436},{"sectionNumber":"421","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licences","content":"\t421 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\nIt is a condition of this licence under regulation 443 that the aquaculture production facility at which activities authorised by the licence are carried out is wholly or substantially contained indoors, utilises purpose-built biological filtration and wholly or substantially recirculates or reconditions the effluent production water.\n\n","sortOrder":437},{"sectionNumber":"422","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Marine) Licences","content":"\t422 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Marine) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Marine) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of marine fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include abalone, eel, ornamental fish and salmonids) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of marine fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include abalone, eel, ornamental fish and salmonids) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":438},{"sectionNumber":"423","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Ornamentals) Licences","content":"\t423 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Ornamentals) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Ornamentals) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of ornamental fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of ornamental fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":439},{"sectionNumber":"424","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Other) Licences","content":"\t424 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Other) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Other) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include abalone, Australian bass, barramundi, eel, marine fish, Murray cod, ornamental fish, perch, salmonids or yabby) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include abalone, Australian bass, barramundi, eel, marine fish, Murray cod, ornamental fish, perch, salmonids or yabby) for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":440},{"sectionNumber":"425","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Salmonids) Licences","content":"\t425 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Salmonids) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Salmonids) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of salmonids of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of salmonids of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":441},{"sectionNumber":"426","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licences","content":"\t426 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include bivalve shellfish for human consumption, abalone, eel or ornamental fish) primarily for tourism purposes including sale;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of fish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 (which must not include bivalve shellfish for human consumption, abalone, eel or ornamental fish) primarily for tourism purposes including sale;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":442},{"sectionNumber":"427","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Warm Water Finfish) Licences","content":"\t427 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Warm Water Finfish) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Warm Water Finfish) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of warm water finfish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of warm water finfish of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":443},{"sectionNumber":"428","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies) Licences","content":"\t428 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of yabby of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of yabby of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\n","sortOrder":444},{"sectionNumber":"429","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies Multi-waters) Licences","content":"\t429 Activities authorised by Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies Multi-waters) Licences\n\n(1) An Aquaculture (Private Land—Yabbies Multi‑waters) Licence authorises the licence holder to carry out the following activities—\n\n(a) the use, formation or creation, in or on specified land and waters, of a habitat for hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing of yabby of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(b) the hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying or growing, in or on specified land and waters, of yabby of the species specified in the licence under regulation 43 for sale or other commercial purposes;\n\n(c) the use or possession, in or on specified land and waters, of the commercial aquaculture equipment specified in the licence under regulation 43;\n\n***specified land and waters*** means the private land specified in the licence under regulation 43 and the protected waters covering that land.\n\nDivision 2—Conditions of all aquaculture licences\n\n","sortOrder":445},{"sectionNumber":"430","sectionType":"section","heading":"Every aquaculture licence subject to conditions in this Division","content":"\t430 Every aquaculture licence subject to conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every aquaculture licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every aquaculture licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Division 4 of Part 2; and\n\n(c) any conditions applying to that class of licence under Divisions 3, 4 and 5 of this Part.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":446},{"sectionNumber":"431","sectionType":"section","heading":"Record keeping in relation to priority species","content":"\t431 Record keeping in relation to priority species\n\nThe licence holder must—\n\n(a) maintain a book of account for any priority species showing details of the goods in relation to that species produced in the ordinary course of the business while acting under the licence; and\n\n(b) make the book of account available for inspection by an authorised officer at any reasonable time.\n\n","sortOrder":447},{"sectionNumber":"432","sectionType":"section","heading":"Completion of aquaculture production return","content":"\t432 Completion of aquaculture production return\n\n(1) The licence holder must complete an aquaculture production return for the periods—\n\n(a) 1 January to 30 June in each year; and\n\n(b) 1 July to 31 December in each year.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that the return completed under subregulation (1) is—\n\n(a) sent to the Victorian Fisheries Authority within 30 days after the end of each period; or\n\n(b) completed in electronic form on the internet site notified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 447 and lodged with the Victorian Fisheries Authority within 30 days after the end of each period.\n\n(3) The licence holder must—\n\n(a) in the case of a hard copy aquaculture production return, keep a copy of that return; or\n\n(b) in the case of an aquaculture production return that is lodged in electronic form on the internet site notified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 447, keep a record of the verification from the Victorian Fisheries Authority that the return has been lodged.\n\n","sortOrder":448},{"sectionNumber":"433","sectionType":"section","heading":"Labelling and documentation requirements for transport or sale of fish","content":"\t433 Labelling and documentation requirements for transport or sale of fish\n\nThe licence holder, in relation to the transport or sale of any fish or fish product from the premises specified in the licence, must ensure that the licence holder's name and the licence number is clearly marked on—\n\n(a) the outside of the immediate packaging of the fish or fish product; or\n\n(b) in the case of live fish, on the outside of the container in which the fish are being transported.\n\nThe holder of an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence and Aquaculture (On-shore—Abalone) Licence must, in addition to the requirements in this regulation, ensure that the immediate packaging of the abalone is labelled or marked with an abalone label in accordance with regulation 437 before abalone leaves the area specified in the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":449},{"sectionNumber":"434","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aquaculture incoming stock record to be kept of source of all fish","content":"\t434 Aquaculture incoming stock record to be kept of source of all fish\n\nThe licence holder, in respect of all fish acquired, purchased or received, must keep and maintain an aquaculture incoming stock record which specifies—\n\n(a) the name and address of the person from whom the fish were acquired, purchased or received; and\n\n(b) the licence or permit number, or the reference number of any other authority (as the case may be), of the person from whom the fish were acquired, purchased or received; and\n\n(c) the species and quantity of fish acquired, purchased or received, including the form of that fish; and\n\n(d) observations on the health status of the fish acquired, purchased or received; and\n\n(e) the date on which the fish were acquired, purchased or received.\n\nDivision 3—Conditions of aquaculture licences relating to abalone\n\n","sortOrder":450},{"sectionNumber":"435","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aquaculture licences relating to abalone subject to additional conditions in this Division","content":"\t435 Aquaculture licences relating to abalone subject to additional conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence and Aquaculture (On-shore—Abalone) Licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence and Aquaculture (On-shore—Abalone) Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Division 4 of Part 2; and\n\n(c) any conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Divisions 2 and 4 of this Part.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":451},{"sectionNumber":"436","sectionType":"section","heading":"Shucking of abalone prohibited","content":"\t436 Shucking of abalone prohibited\n\n(1) The licence holder must not shuck abalone or possess shucked abalone.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a licence holder who—\n\n(a) is the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence; and\n\n(b) shucks abalone or possesses shucked abalone under and in accordance with that licence, the Act and these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":452},{"sectionNumber":"437","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional packaging and labelling requirements for sale or transport of abalone","content":"\t437 Additional packaging and labelling requirements for sale or transport of abalone\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that, before abalone leaves the area specified in the licence, the immediate packaging of the abalone is marked or labelled with a label containing the following details—\n\n(a) the address of the licence holder or the name and address of the person on whose behalf the licence holder packaged the abalone;\n\n(b) the registered establishment number of the place or premises where the abalone was processed or the licence number of the licence holder;\n\n(c) the net weight (in kilograms) of the abalone;\n\n(d) the date that the abalone was packaged.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the abalone is approved by the Secretary to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Commonwealth for the purpose of export.\n\n***packaging***, in relation to abalone, includes a container in which live abalone are being transported.\n\nDivision 4—Conditions of all Crown land aquaculture licences\n\n","sortOrder":453},{"sectionNumber":"438","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definition","content":"\t438 Definition\n\n***Crown land aquaculture licence*** means any one of the following classes of aquaculture licence—\n\n(a) an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Bivalve Shellfish) Licence;\n\n(b) an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence;\n\n(c) an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Offshore) Licence;\n\n(d) an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Eels) Licence;\n\n(e) an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Other) Licence.\n\n","sortOrder":454},{"sectionNumber":"439","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crown land aquaculture licences subject to additional conditions in this Division","content":"\t439 Crown land aquaculture licences subject to additional conditions in this Division\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(1)(b) of the Act, the following provisions in this Division set out the conditions to which every Crown land aquaculture licence is subject.\n\n1 In addition to the conditions set out in this Division, every Crown land aquaculture licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence as set out in Division 4 of Part 2; and\n\n(c) any conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Divisions 2 and 3 of this Part.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":455},{"sectionNumber":"440","sectionType":"section","heading":"Introduction of feeds, fish and other products to licensed area","content":"\t440 Introduction of feeds, fish and other products to licensed area\n\nThe licence holder must not use in, or introduce into, the area or waters specified in the licence any artificial feed including—\n\n(a) processed or formulated feeds; or\n\n(b) whole fish, parts of fish or by-products of fish.\n\n","sortOrder":456},{"sectionNumber":"441","sectionType":"section","heading":"Marking of boundaries of licensed area","content":"\t441 Marking of boundaries of licensed area\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that each corner of the area specified in the licence (including the waters covering that area) is marked with a buoy floating on the surface of the water unless that corner is marked with a navigation aid.\n\n(2) This regulation does not apply to the holder of an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Eels) Licence.\n\n***navigation aid*** means a device used for navigation and includes a beacon, buoy, marine mark, lighthouse and light ship but does not include a device on board a vessel.\n\n","sortOrder":457},{"sectionNumber":"442","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commercial aquaculture equipment to be marked and located within licensed area","content":"\t442 Commercial aquaculture equipment to be marked and located within licensed area\n\n(1) The licence holder must ensure that any float, buoy or other item of floating commercial aquaculture equipment within the area specified in the licence (including the waters covering that area) is marked with the name of the licence holder and a telephone number on which the licence holder can be contacted.\n\n(2) The licence holder must ensure that any commercial aquaculture equipment set or deployed by the licence holder in the area specified in the licence (including the waters covering that area), remains within the boundaries of that area at all times.\n\n(3) This regulation does not apply to the holder of an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Eels) Licence.\n\nDivision 5—Conditions of certain private land aquaculture licences\n\n","sortOrder":458},{"sectionNumber":"443","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional condition of Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licences","content":"\t443 Additional condition of Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licences\n\nIt is a condition of an Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licence that the licence holder must ensure that any activity authorised by the licence is carried out from an aquaculture production facility that—\n\n(a) is wholly or substantially contained indoors; and\n\n(b) utilises purpose-built biological filtration; and\n\n(c) wholly or substantially recirculates or reconditions the effluent production water.\n\n1 In addition to the condition set out in this regulation, every Aquaculture (Private Land—Indoor Intensive) Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Division 4 of Part 2 and Division 2 of this Part.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\n","sortOrder":459},{"sectionNumber":"444","sectionType":"section","heading":"Additional condition of Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licences","content":"\t444 Additional condition of Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licences\n\nIt is a condition of an Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licence that the licence holder must ensure that any fish sold under the licence is sold from the private land specified in the licence.\n\n1 In addition to the condition set out in this regulation, every Aquaculture (Private Land—Tourism) Licence is subject to—\n\n(a) any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the conditions applying to that class of licence set out in Division 4 of Part 2 and Division 2 of this Part.\n\n2 Under section 53 of the Act, the holder of a licence or a person who does a thing on behalf of a licence holder, must comply with any condition to which the licence is subject. A contravention of that section may attract a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units and, in the case of an offence involving a priority species or breach of a designated licence condition, a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.\n\n3 Under regulation 463, the holder of a licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from a specified condition of the licence.\n\nDivision 6—Exemptions relating to aquaculture activities\n\n","sortOrder":460},{"sectionNumber":"445","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption from offence in Act relating to display of fish on certain premises","content":"\t445 Exemption from offence in Act relating to display of fish on certain premises\n\nA person is exempt from section 42(1)(b) of the Act in respect of the display of fish by the person if the fish are displayed on commercial premises where there is no fee charged for entry to view the fish.\n\nUnder section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person was authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n","sortOrder":461},{"sectionNumber":"446","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption from offence in Act relating to stocking fish into protected waters","content":"\t446 Exemption from offence in Act relating to stocking fish into protected waters\n\n(1) A person may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption from section 42(1)(ba) of the Act in respect of the stocking of fish into protected waters.\n\n(2) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may exempt a person under subregulation (1), if the Victorian Fisheries Authority considers it necessary or reasonable in the circumstances of a particular case to do so.\n\n(3) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must give a notice in writing containing details of any exemption granted under subregulation (2) to a person within 5 business days after granting the exemption.\n\n(4) The Victorian Fisheries Authority, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may exempt a class of persons from section 42(1)(ba) of the Act in respect of the stocking of fish into protected waters, if the Victorian Fisheries Authority considers it necessary or reasonable in the circumstances and an application has been made under subregulation (1).\n\n(5) An exemption under this regulation takes effect—\n\n(a) in the case of an exemption granted under subregulation (2), on the date specified in the notice given under subregulation (3); or\n\n(b) in the case of an exemption granted under subregulation (4), on any date specified in the notice or the day on which the notice is published in the Government Gazette, whichever is the later.\n\n(6) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may impose conditions on an exemption under this regulation that relate to the stocking of fish into protected waters.\n\n(7) In granting an exemption, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must specify in the notice given under subregulation (3) or published under subregulation (4)—\n\n(a) that the person or class of persons is exempt from section 42(1)(ba) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the place or area at which the exemption applies; and\n\n(c) the period during which the exemption applies; and\n\n(d) the circumstances in which the exemption applies; and\n\n(e) any conditions that apply to the exemption.\n\nDivision 7—Other matters relating to aquaculture licences\n\n","sortOrder":462},{"sectionNumber":"447","sectionType":"section","heading":"Obligations of Victorian Fisheries Authority regarding aquaculture production returns","content":"\t447 Obligations of Victorian Fisheries Authority regarding aquaculture production returns\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must ensure that every holder of a class of aquaculture licence for which an aquaculture production return may be lodged in electronic form, is notified of the internet site to be used to access and lodge the return.\n\n(2) If the holder of an aquaculture licence lodges an aquaculture production return with the Victorian Fisheries Authority in electronic form on the internet site notified by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under subregulation (1), the Victorian Fisheries Authority must provide verification of that lodgement to the licence holder within 48 hours of the lodgement.\n\n","sortOrder":463},{"sectionNumber":"Part 14","sectionType":"part","heading":"Fish receipts and other documentation requirements","content":"Part 14—Fish receipts and other documentation requirements\n\n","sortOrder":464},{"sectionNumber":"448","sectionType":"section","heading":"Species and quantity of fish prescribed for purposes of section 120AA of the Act","content":"\t448 Species and quantity of fish prescribed for purposes of section 120AA of the Act\n\nFor the purposes of section 120AA(1) of the Act—\n\n(a) the species of fish specified is all fish; and\n\n(b) the specified quantity is any quantity.\n\nUnder section 120AA of the Act, a person who intends to sell any quantity of any species of fish specified in the regulations must, before selling the fish, create a document concerning the proposed sale in the form required under regulation 450 that contains the details required under that regulation and must—\n\n(a) in the case of a sale of the fish by consignment, ensure that a copy of the document accompanies the consignment; and\n\n(b) in the case of any other sale, ensure that a copy of the document is given to the purchaser at or before the sale; and\n\n(c) keep a copy of the document; and\n\n(d) produce the document for inspection, if asked to do so by an authorised officer or a police officer.\n\nThe maximum penalty for a contravention of section 120AA of the Act is 60 penalty units. Certain persons are exempt from the operation of section 120AA of the Act under regulation 452.\n\n","sortOrder":465},{"sectionNumber":"449","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified quantity of fish prescribed for purposes of section 120AB of the Act","content":"\t449 Specified quantity of fish prescribed for purposes of section 120AB of the Act\n\nFor the purposes of section 120AB(1) of the Act, the specified quantity of any fish, is any quantity.\n\nUnder section 120AB of the Act, a person who buys any fish in any quantity must obtain a copy of the document required to be created under section 120AA(2)(a) of the Act and must keep a copy of the document. The maximum penalty for a contravention of section 120AB of the Act is 60 penalty units. Certain persons are exempt from the operation of sections 120AA and 120AB of the Act under regulations 452 and 453.\n\n","sortOrder":466},{"sectionNumber":"450","sectionType":"section","heading":"Required form of documentation for sale of fish","content":"\t450 Required form of documentation for sale of fish\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 120AA(2)(a) of the Act the document must be in the form of—\n\n(a) a catch disposal record, if fish are sold at the place of landing by the holder of an access licence who is required to complete a catch disposal record before selling any fish taken under the licence to another person; or\n\n(b) a receipt that contains the details specified in subregulation (2), if—\n\n(i) abalone are sold; or\n\n(ii) fish other than abalone are sold for the purpose of resale in circumstances where a catch disposal record is not required to be completed; or\n\n(c) a receipt that contains the details specified in subregulation (3), in any other circumstances where fish other than abalone are sold.\n\n**Examples**\n\n1 Subregulation (1)(a) would apply to the holder of an access licence such as a rock lobster fishery access licence who is required, under Subdivision 6 of Division 6 of Part 2, to complete a catch disposal record when selling fish.\n\n2 Subregulation (1)(b)(i) would apply if any person sells abalone (including an access licence holder, aquaculture licence holder, fish receiver, wholesaler or retailer) to another person.\n\n3 Subregulation (1)(b)(ii) would apply if the holder of an access licence such as an Ocean Fishery Access Licence who is not subject to Subdivision 6 of Division 6 of Part 2 (and is therefore not required to complete a catch disposal record) sells fish other than abalone to a wholesaler of fish.\n\n4 Subregulation (1)(c) would apply if a wholesaler or retailer sells fish (other than abalone) to a consumer.\n\nCertain persons are exempt from the operation of section 120AA of the Act under regulation 452.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(b), the following details are specified—\n\n(a) any one or both of the following details—\n\n(i) the name and net weight (in kilograms) of each species of fish sold;\n\n(ii) if the fish are whole or in the form of carcass, the name and total number of each species of fish sold;\n\n(b) a description of the form of the fish sold and, if processed, the manner in which the fish have been processed;\n\n(c) the date of the sale of the fish;\n\n(d) the price per kilogram, price per packet or price per unit of each species of fish sold;\n\n(e) the total sales value of each species of fish sold;\n\n\t(f) the full name and address of the seller of the fish;\n\n(g) the full name and address of the purchaser of the fish;\n\n(h) in respect of each sale of fish, a unique identifying number allocated to the sale, being a number that is one of a sequence of unique identifying numbers where each subsequent sale is allocated the next number in the sequence;\n\n(i) if the sale of fish is by the holder or a person acting on behalf of the holder of a commercial fishery licence or permit, the licence number or permit number of that licence or permit;\n\n(j) if the sale is of abalone to a person other than the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence—\n\n(i) the date that the abalone was packaged; and\n\n(ii) any one or both of the following details—\n\n(A) the full name and address of the person who processed the abalone;\n\n(B) the registered establishment number of the place or premises where the abalone was processed;\n\n(k) if the sale is of packaged abalone by a person other than the holder of or a person acting on behalf of the holder of an abalone fishery access licence to the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence—\n\n(i) the date that the abalone was packaged; and\n\n(ii) any one or both of the following details—\n\n(A) the full name and address of the person who processed the abalone;\n\n(B) the registered establishment number of the place or premises where the abalone was processed.\n\nReg. 450(2A) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 32.\n\n(2A) Subregulation (2)(d), (e) and (g) do not apply if the fish are given to a person solely for transportation for reward or for storage for reward, if that person is not the purchaser of the fish and the seller of the fish ensures the details specified in subregulation (2)(d), (e) and (g) are given to the purchaser of the fish.\n\nReg. 450(2B) inserted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 32.\n\n(2B) Subregulations (2)(d) and (g) do not apply if the fish are abalone and the sale is not for the purposes of resale, processing for reward, transportation for reward, or storage for reward.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(c), the following details are specified—\n\n(a) the date of the sale of the fish;\n\n(b) the quantity of fish sold;\n\n(c) a description of the fish sold;\n\n(d) the total price paid for the fish;\n\n(e) the full name and address of the seller of the fish;\n\n(f) if the sale of fish is by the holder or a person acting on behalf of the holder of a commercial fishery licence or permit—\n\n(i) the licence number or permit number of the licence or permit; and\n\n(ii) a description of the form of the fish sold and, if processed, the manner in which the fish have been processed.\n\n(4) A person who sells fish must possess a copy of the relevant document referred to in subregulation (1) at the same place at which the fish are sold.\n\n","sortOrder":467},{"sectionNumber":"451","sectionType":"section","heading":"Document requirements for possessor of fish","content":"\t451 Document requirements for possessor of fish\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 120AC(1)(a) of the Act, in respect of any species of fish, the specified quantity of fish, is any quantity of fish.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 120AC(1)(b) of the Act, a person who possesses fish must have in the person's possession, in respect of that fish, either—\n\n(a) an original catch disposal record; or\n\n(b) a fish receipt; or\n\n(c) if subregulation (3) applies, a fish movement record.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)(c), a fish movement record, which complies with subregulation (4) and has been completed in accordance with subregulation (5), is required to be in the possession of a fishing industry participant who acquires fish other than by purchasing the fish.\n\n**Examples**\n\nExamples of a fishing industry participant who acquires fish other than by purchasing the fish include the following—\n\n(a) the acquisition of fish by way of gift from any person;\n\n(b) the acquisition of fish taken by any person under a recreational fishing licence, including fish taken by the fishing industry participant under a recreational fishing licence (noting that the taking of fish for sale under a recreational fishing licence is prohibited by sections 36 and 45 of the Act).\n\n(4) For the purposes of subregulation (3), a fish movement record must include the following information—\n\n(a) the date of the acquisition of the fish;\n\n(b) the quantity of fish acquired;\n\n(c) a description of the fish acquired, including a description of the form of the fish and, if processed, the manner in which the fish have been processed;\n\n(d) the full name and signature of the person who must complete the record in accordance with subregulation (5)(b);\n\n(e) if the fish are acquired from the holder or a person acting on behalf of the holder of a commercial fishery licence or permit, the licence number or permit number of that licence or permit;\n\n(f) in respect of each acquisition of fish, a unique identifying number generated from a sequential system of numbering each acquisition of fish;\n\n(h) if the fish that are acquired have been processed before acquisition, either or both of the following details—\n\n(i) the full name and address of the person who processed the fish;\n\n(ii) the registered establishment number of the place or premises where the fish was processed;\n\n(i) if the fish that are acquired are packaged, the date that the fish was packaged.\n\n(5) For the purposes of subregulation (3), a fish movement record is to be completed on or before the fish are acquired by the fishing industry participant by—\n\n(a) if the fish are acquired from another person, the person from whom the fish are acquired; or\n\n(b) in any other case, the fishing industry participant.\n\n(6) For the purposes of section 120AC(2) of the Act, a person who possesses fish must possess the relevant document referred to in subregulation (2) at the same place at which the fish are possessed.\n\nUnder section 120AC of the Act, a person who possesses a prescribed quantity of a prescribed species of fish must have in the person's possession a document specified by these Regulations (that is the relevant document specified in this regulation) and must, when asked to do so by an authorised officer or a police officer, produce that document for inspection. The maximum penalty for a contravention of that section is 60 penalty units.\n\n","sortOrder":468},{"sectionNumber":"452","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions from documentation requirements in the Act relating to the sale of fish","content":"\t452 Exemptions from documentation requirements in the Act relating to the sale of fish\n\n(1) A person who sells fish for immediate consumption in a restaurant or cafe is exempt from section 120AA of the Act with respect to that fish.\n\n\t(2) A person is exempt from section 120AA of the Act with respect to the sale of fish if—\n\n(a) the fish are not a priority species; and\n\n(b) the fish are not sold for the purposes of—\n\n(i) resale; or\n\n(ii) processing for reward; or\n\n(iii) transportation for reward; or\n\n(iv) storage for reward.\n\n(3) The exemption in subregulation (2) does not apply to the holder of an access licence or permit or a person engaged to carry out an activity authorised by an access licence or permit who sells fish taken under the access licence or permit.\n\n(4) The holder of an abalone fishery access licence or a person acting on behalf of the holder that sells or consigns abalone taken under that licence to the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence is exempt from section 120AA of the Act with respect to that abalone.\n\n1 Under section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n2 The holder of an abalone fishery access licence that sells or consigns abalone to the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence is required to provide details of the sale or consignment to the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 320.\n\n","sortOrder":469},{"sectionNumber":"453","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions from documentation requirements in the Act relating to the receipt or possession of fish","content":"\t453 Exemptions from documentation requirements in the Act relating to the receipt or possession of fish\n\n(1) A person is exempt from sections 120AB and 120AC of the Act with respect to fish if the person purchased or otherwise acquired the fish for consumption or as bait and not for the purposes of—\n\n(a) resale; or\n\n(b) processing for reward; or\n\n(c) transportation for reward; or\n\n(d) storage for reward.\n\n(2) The exemption in subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to any fish found in, on or attached to any boat, premises, aircraft or vehicle used for the—\n\n(a) taking for sale of fish; or\n\n(b) sale of fish; or\n\n(c) receiving for sale of fish; or\n\n(d) processing for sale of fish.\n\n(3) The holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence or a person acting on behalf of the holder is exempt from sections 120AB and 120AC of the Act with respect to abalone received from the holder of an abalone fishery access licence that was taken under that licence.\n\n(4) A person who received abalone from the holder of an abalone fishery access licence for the purpose of transporting the abalone is exempt from sections 120AB and 120AC of the Act with respect to that abalone if the abalone is contained in bins that are each sealed in accordance with regulation 317.\n\n(5) The holder of an access licence or a person acting on behalf of the holder is exempt from section 120AC of the Act with respect to fish taken under the licence.\n\n(6) The holder of an aquaculture licence or a person acting on behalf of the holder is exempt from section 120AC of the Act with respect to fish hatched, reared, bred or grown under the licence if the fish are possessed on land specified in the licence or in or on waters covering that land.\n\n1 Under section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n2 The holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence that receives abalone from the holder of an abalone fishery access licence is required to provide details of that receipt under regulation 330.\n\n3 The holder of an access licence is exempt from section 120AC of the Act because the person must complete catch and effort records which are evidence of lawful possession of fish.\n\n","sortOrder":470},{"sectionNumber":"Part 15","sectionType":"part","heading":"Priority species and exemptions","content":"Part 15—Priority species and exemptions\n\n","sortOrder":471},{"sectionNumber":"454","sectionType":"section","heading":"Further fish prescribed as priority species","content":"\t454 Further fish prescribed as priority species\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of ***priority species*** in section 4(1) of the Act, southern bluefin tuna (*Thunnus maccoyii*), is a priority species.\n\n","sortOrder":472},{"sectionNumber":"455","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commercial quantities of priority species","content":"\t455 Commercial quantities of priority species\n\nFor the purposes of the definition of ***commercial quantity*** in section 4(1) of the Act, the commercial quantity of a priority species listed in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 29 is the quantity of fish listed in Column 3 of that Table that corresponds to that priority species.\n\n","sortOrder":473},{"sectionNumber":"456","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions relating to the receipt of a priority species","content":"\t456 Exemptions relating to the receipt of a priority species\n\n(1) A person is exempt from section 40(1)(a) of the Act in respect of the receipt of fish of a priority species by the person if—\n\n(b) the fish, when received, were accompanied by a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record; and\n\n(c) the person keeps a copy of that catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record at the place where the fish are received or possessed; and\n\n(2) The requirements under subregulation (1)(b) and (c) in relation to a fish receipt do not apply to a person if the person from whom the fish was obtained is exempt under regulation 452 from the requirement to issue a fish receipt for the sale of the fish.\n\n(3) A person is exempt from section 40(1)(a) of the Act in respect of the receipt of a priority species that is not in a commercial quantity if the person receives the fish for preparation for inclusion in a meal.\n\n(4) A person is exempt from section 40(1)(a) of the Act in respect of the receipt of abalone by the person if—\n\n(a) the person received the abalone for the purpose of transporting the abalone from the holder of an abalone fishery access licence who took the abalone under that licence; and\n\n(b) the abalone is contained in bins that are each sealed in accordance with regulation 317.\n\nUnder section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n","sortOrder":474},{"sectionNumber":"457","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions relating to selling, receiving, processing or possessing a priority species in a commercial quantity","content":"\t457 Exemptions relating to selling, receiving, processing or possessing a priority species in a commercial quantity\n\n(1) A person is exempt from section 111A of the Act in respect of the sale or receipt of a commercial quantity of a priority species by the person if—\n\n(b) the fish, when received, were accompanied by a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of that fish; and\n\n(c) the person keeps a copy of that catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record at the place where the fish are received or possessed; and\n\n(2) The requirements under subregulation (1)(b) and (c) in relation to a fish receipt do not apply to a person if the person from whom the fish was obtained is exempt under regulation 452 from the requirement to issue a fish receipt for the sale of the fish.\n\n(3) A person is exempt from section 111A of the Act in respect of processing a commercial quantity of a priority species if—\n\n(b) the fish, when received, were accompanied by a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of that fish; and\n\n(c) the person keeps a copy of that catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record at the place where the fish are received or possessed.\n\n(4) A person is exempt from section 111A of the Act in respect of receiving a commercial quantity of abalone and is exempt from section 111C of the Act in respect of possessing a commercial quantity of abalone if—\n\n(a) the abalone were legally obtained; and\n\n(b) the person received the abalone for the purpose of transporting the abalone from the holder of an abalone fishery access licence who took the abalone under that licence and the abalone is contained in bins that are each sealed in accordance with regulation 317.\n\n(5) A person is exempt from section 111C of the Act in respect of possessing a commercial quantity of a priority species if—\n\n(b) the fish, when received, were accompanied by a catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record in respect of that fish; and\n\n(c) the person keeps a copy of that catch disposal record, fish receipt or fish movement record at the place where the fish are received or possessed; and\n\n(6) The requirements under subregulation (5)(b) and (c) in relation to a fish receipt do not apply to a person if the person from whom the fish was obtained is exempt under regulation 452 from the requirement to issue a fish receipt for the sale of the fish.\n\nUnder section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n","sortOrder":475},{"sectionNumber":"458","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions relating to the sale of a priority species","content":"\t458 Exemptions relating to the sale of a priority species\n\nA person is exempt from section 40(1)(c) of the Act in respect of the sale of fish of a priority species by the person if—\n\n(b) at the time of the sale, the person issues a fish receipt in respect of that fish and keeps a copy of that fish receipt; and\n\n(c) where the fish to be sold are abalone, the person complies with the labelling and packaging requirements in sections 118A and 118B of the Act.\n\n1 Under regulation 333(1), a person who is the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence, an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence or an Aquaculture (On-shore—Abalone) Licence, or a person who is acting on behalf of one of those licence holders, is exempt from sections 118A and 118B of the Act when acting under the licence. Under regulation 333(2), certain persons are exempt from section 118A of the Act with respect to abalone sold to the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence.\n\n2 Under section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\nPart 16—General exemptions\n\nDivision 1—Exemptions from offences in the Act\n\n\t459 Exemption relating to possession of commercial fishing equipment in general\n\nA person is exempt from section 36(2) of the Act in respect of the possession of commercial fishing equipment by the person in the following circumstances—\n\n(a) the equipment is possessed in the course of conducting a business where commercial fishing equipment is manufactured or sold from a commercial business premises;\n\n(b) the equipment is possessed in the course of conducting a business where commercial fishing equipment owned by the holder of an access licence or an aquaculture licence is repaired by the person and the person has a record of—\n\n(i) the name of that licence holder; and\n\n(ii) the date that the commercial fishing equipment was received; and\n\n(iii) details of the repairs to be effected;\n\n(c) the equipment is stored or secured on board a boat in respect of which the person is in charge and the person is authorised under the laws of another State or of a Territory to possess that equipment in that State or Territory and the boat is travelling by the shortest practicable route—\n\n(i) to or from a place in Victoria; or\n\n(ii) from a place outside Victorian waters to another place outside those waters;\n\n(d) the equipment is possessed in accordance with a fishing concession issued under the Commonwealth Act;\n\n(e) the equipment is stored and secured on a boat in respect of which the person is in charge and—\n\n(i) the person is the holder of an access licence or a person authorised to act under that licence; and\n\n(ii) the boat is travelling by the shortest practicable route from a boat ramp, pier, jetty, wharf or mooring to or from a place where the person is authorised by the licence to use that equipment.\n\nUnder section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n","sortOrder":476},{"sectionNumber":"460","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption relating to possession of yabby pots","content":"\t460 Exemption relating to possession of yabby pots\n\nA person is exempt from section 36(2) of the Act in respect of the possession by the person of yabby pots if—\n\n(a) the person possesses the yabby pots for use in another State or Territory; and\n\n(b) the person does not possess the yabby pots in, on or next to protected waters.\n\nUnder section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n","sortOrder":477},{"sectionNumber":"461","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption relating to possession of rock lobster pots","content":"\t461 Exemption relating to possession of rock lobster pots\n\nA person is exempt from section 36(2) of the Act in respect of the possession by the person of a number of rock lobster pots if—\n\n(a) the person holds a licence or other authority to fish recreationally under the law of another State or Territory; and\n\n(b) the licence or authority authorises the possession of that number of rock lobster pots; and\n\n(c) the person does not possess the rock lobster pots in, on or next to Victorian waters.\n\n**Example**\n\nAn example of a person that this exemption may apply to is a person who is authorised under the law of another State to possess 2 rock lobster pots and who has those pots in the person's possession whilst travelling through Victoria in a motor vehicle.\n\nUnder section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\n","sortOrder":478},{"sectionNumber":"462","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemption relating to receipt of fish for sale","content":"\t462 Exemption relating to receipt of fish for sale\n\n(1) A person is exempt from section 40(1)(b) of the Act in respect of the receipt of fish for sale by the person if—\n\n(b) the fish were accompanied by a catch disposal record or fish receipt in respect of that fish; and\n\n(c) the person keeps a copy of that catch disposal record or fish receipt at the place where the fish are received or possessed.\n\n(2) The requirements under subregulation (1)(b) and (c) in relation to a fish receipt do not apply to a person if the person from whom the fish was obtained is exempt under regulation 452 from the requirement to issue a fish receipt for the sale of the fish.\n\nUnder section 4(9) of the Act, a person who is exempted from any provision or requirement under the Act is to be treated as if the person were authorised to do or not to do the thing from which they are exempted from doing or not doing.\n\nDivision 2—Exemptions from licence conditions\n\n","sortOrder":479},{"sectionNumber":"463","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority may exempt licence holder from licence condition","content":"\t463 Victorian Fisheries Authority may exempt licence holder from licence condition\n\n(1) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may exempt—\n\n(a) the holder of a commercial fishery licence; or\n\n(b) every holder of a class of commercial fishery licence—\n\nfrom one or more conditions set out in these Regulations to which the licence or class of licence is subject if the Victorian Fisheries Authority considers it necessary or reasonable in the circumstances of a particular case to do so.\n\n(2) The holder of a commercial fishery licence may apply to the Victorian Fisheries Authority for an exemption under subregulation (1).\n\n(3) The Victorian Fisheries Authority may grant an exemption under subregulation (1), on the application of the holder of a commercial fishery licence under subregulation (2) or on its own initiative.\n\n(4) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must give a notice in writing containing details of any exemption granted under this regulation to the licence holder or licence holders (as the case requires) who are the subject of the exemption within 5 business days after granting the exemption.\n\n(5) In granting an exemption under this regulation, the Victorian Fisheries Authority may impose conditions on the exemption relating to—\n\n(a) the taking, possession, landing, weighing, reporting, marketing, hatching, rearing, breeding, displaying, growing, keeping, labelling, packaging, sale, processing, transporting, receiving or sale of fish; or\n\n(b) the use, possession or marking of any boat, fishing equipment or other equipment or the use of any other thing used in connection with the carrying out of an activity authorised by the commercial fishery licence or class of commercial fishery licences; or\n\n(c) matters relating to the use or marking of boundaries of the premises or area specified in the commercial fishery licence or class of commercial fishery licences.\n\n(6) In granting an exemption under this regulation, the Victorian Fisheries Authority must specify—\n\n(a) the condition or conditions from which the licence holder or licence holders (as the case requires) are exempt; and\n\n(b) the place at which the exemption applies; and\n\n(c) the period during which the exemption applies; and\n\n(d) the circumstances in which the exemption applies; and\n\n(e) any other condition which applies to the exemption.\n\nIf a licence holder does not comply with an exemption from a condition of the person's licence, the exemption will no longer be of any effect and the licence holder will have to comply with that condition. Noncompliance with a condition of a licence is an offence under section 53(1) of the Act. Various penalties apply.\n\nPart 17—General\n\nDivision 1—Enforcement and legal proceedings matters\n\n\t464 Designated licence conditions\n\nFor the purposes of the definition of ***designated licence condition*** in the Act, the following licence conditions are specified—\n\n(a) in respect of an access licence or a fish receiver licence, any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act that is expressed or referred to in the licence as a designated licence condition;\n\n(b) in respect of an aquaculture licence, any condition expressed or referred to in the licence by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under section 52(1)(a) of the Act that is expressed or referred to in the licence as a designated licence condition;\n\n(c) any of the conditions imposed on a licence by these Regulations that are specified in Schedule 30.\n\n","sortOrder":480},{"sectionNumber":"465","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed positioning device","content":"\t465 Prescribed positioning device\n\nFor the purposes of section 125(1)(c) of the Act, a satellite global positioning system receiver is prescribed as a positioning device.\n\n","sortOrder":481},{"sectionNumber":"466","sectionType":"section","heading":"Time for bringing proceedings extended for certain offences","content":"\t466 Time for bringing proceedings extended for certain offences\n\nFor the purposes of section 127 of the Act—\n\n(a) the offences under the Act and these Regulations specified in Column 1 of Schedule 31 are prescribed; and\n\n(b) the period specified in Column 2 of Schedule 31 corresponding to an offence in Column 1 of Schedule 31 is the prescribed period within which proceedings for that offence may be commenced.\n\n","sortOrder":482},{"sectionNumber":"467","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences in the Act subject to additional penalties","content":"\t467 Offences in the Act subject to additional penalties\n\nFor the purposes of section 128(1)(a) of the Act, the sections of the Act listed in Schedule 32 are specified.\n\n","sortOrder":483},{"sectionNumber":"468","sectionType":"section","heading":"Classes of licences where agents of licence holders subject to additional penalties","content":"\t468 Classes of licences where agents of licence holders subject to additional penalties\n\nAll commercial fishery licences are specified for the purposes of section 128A of the Act.\n\nDivision 2—Vessel monitoring systems\n\nSubdivision 1—Conditions for use of vessel monitoring system\n\n\t469 Definitions\n\nIn this Subdivision—\n\n***boat*** means a boat used by a person to conduct a fishing activity authorised under a fishery licence;\n\n***responsible person*** means—\n\n(a) a licence holder referred to in regulation 77; or\n\n(b) a person who is subject to an order under section 130(1)(e) of the Act requiring the person to install a vessel monitoring system.\n\n","sortOrder":484},{"sectionNumber":"470","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conditions for use of vessel monitoring system set out in this Subdivision","content":"\t470 Conditions for use of vessel monitoring system set out in this Subdivision\n\nFor the purposes of regulation 77 and section 130(1)(e) of the Act, the conditions that a responsible person must comply with when using a vessel monitoring system installed on a boat are set out in the following provisions of this Subdivision.\n\nUnder section 130(1) of the Act, a court may, on the application of an authorised officer, prohibit by order a person convicted of an offence against the Act from engaging in any activity authorised under a fishery licence unless the person has installed a vessel monitoring system on a boat and complies with any prescribed conditions on the use of the system. If the person fails to comply with an order under this section, a maximum penalty of 200 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment or both applies.\n\n","sortOrder":485},{"sectionNumber":"471","sectionType":"section","heading":"Vessel monitoring system installed on boat","content":"\t471 Vessel monitoring system installed on boat\n\nA responsible person must ensure that a vessel monitoring system installed on a boat includes, or consists of, an automatic location communicator of a type that has been approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n","sortOrder":486},{"sectionNumber":"472","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirement to specify and maintain method of communication","content":"\t472 Requirement to specify and maintain method of communication\n\n(1) A responsible person, after a vessel monitoring system is installed on a boat and at least 5 business days before the boat is used to conduct a fishing activity authorised under a fishery licence after the installation of the system, must ensure that—\n\n(a) a communication notice is completed in the form approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and\n\n(b) the communication notice is forwarded to the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(2) A communication notice must specify a method of communication that the Victorian Fisheries Authority may use to communicate with the responsible person whenever that person is on the boat.\n\n(3) The method of communication specified under subregulation (2) must be approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and—\n\n(a) must not involve the use of the vessel monitoring system; and\n\n(b) must allow a communication to be received on the boat instantaneously after it is sent by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n**Example**\n\nThe method of communication approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority may include communication by way of a facsimile machine, mobile phone, radiophone or satellite phone.\n\n(4) More than one method of communication may be specified in a communication notice.\n\n(5) The responsible person may change a method of communication stated in a communication notice by giving the Victorian Fisheries Authority a written notice specifying another method of communication.\n\n(6) If the responsible person gives a notice under subregulation (5), the new method of communication must not be used until the Victorian Fisheries Authority has advised the responsible person that it has received the notice.\n\n(7) The responsible person must make all reasonable efforts to respond in a timely manner, when requested, to messages sent by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to the responsible person using the specified communication method.\n\n","sortOrder":487},{"sectionNumber":"473","sectionType":"section","heading":"Operation of vessel monitoring system","content":"\t473 Operation of vessel monitoring system\n\n(1) A responsible person must ensure that, after a vessel monitoring system is installed on a boat—\n\n(a) the system is operated in the manner approved by the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and\n\n(b) the system is maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and\n\n(c) the person takes all reasonable steps to ensure the system is not—\n\n(i) interfered with or tampered with in any way; or\n\n(ii) altered, damaged or disabled; and\n\n(d) if conducting a fishing activity authorised under a fishery licence, the system is operating in a state—\n\n(i) whereby the boat's position can be reported on to the Victorian Fisheries Authority; and\n\n(ii) that is using a power mode that is not less than the power mode used in normal operation of the system; and\n\n(e) if conducting a fishing activity authorised under a fishery licence, the system is in full power mode each time the boat departs from a port or mooring area and remains in full power mode for the duration of each fishing trip; and\n\n(f) if conducting a fishing activity authorised under a fishery licence and if the system is not fully operational, the boat does not leave a port or mooring area unless authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(f), the Victorian Fisheries Authority may authorise in writing a responsible person to leave a port or mooring area and to take fish of any species or use commercial fishing equipment if the Victorian Fisheries Authority is satisfied that there are special circumstances justifying such an authorisation.\n\n(3) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must specify in an authority under subregulation (2)—\n\n","sortOrder":488},{"sectionNumber":"474","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing not to be carried out from boat with non‑operational system","content":"\t474 Fishing not to be carried out from boat with non‑operational system\n\n(1) If a vessel monitoring system installed on a boat ceases to operate correctly when the boat is underway, a responsible person, unless authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, must not—\n\n(a) take fish of any species; or\n\n(b) use commercial fishing equipment.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the Victorian Fisheries Authority may authorise in writing a responsible person to take fish of any species or use commercial fishing equipment if the Victorian Fisheries Authority is satisfied that that there are special circumstances justifying such an authorisation.\n\n(3) The Victorian Fisheries Authority must specify in an authority under subregulation (2)—\n\n","sortOrder":489},{"sectionNumber":"475","sectionType":"section","heading":"Inspection of vessel monitoring system to be allowed","content":"\t475 Inspection of vessel monitoring system to be allowed\n\nA responsible person must, if required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 476, allow a person authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority access to a boat to inspect the installation of a vessel monitoring system installed on that boat to determine whether it is installed correctly.\n\nSubdivision 2—Other matters regarding vessel monitoring systems\n\n","sortOrder":490},{"sectionNumber":"476","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victorian Fisheries Authority may require inspection of vessel monitoring system","content":"\t476 Victorian Fisheries Authority may require inspection of vessel monitoring system\n\nThe Victorian Fisheries Authority may, by notice in writing, require a person who uses a boat to carry out an activity authorised under a fishery licence and on which a vessel monitoring system is installed, either during normal business hours or at another time agreed to by that person, to allow access to the boat for a person authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority to inspect the installation of the system to determine if it is installed correctly.\n\n","sortOrder":491},{"sectionNumber":"477","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences to interfere with vessel monitoring system","content":"\t477 Offences to interfere with vessel monitoring system\n\n(1) A person must not interfere or tamper with, or damage, the correct operation of a vessel monitoring system installed on a boat used for carrying out an activity authorised under a fishery licence.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who is—\n\n(a) repairing, modifying or configuring the automatic location communicator of a vessel monitoring system; or\n\n(b) an agent of the manufacturer of the system.\n\nDivision 3—Miscellaneous\n\n","sortOrder":492},{"sectionNumber":"478","sectionType":"section","heading":"Secretary or Victorian Fisheries Authority may approve documents, things and equipment","content":"\t478 Secretary or Victorian Fisheries Authority may approve documents, things and equipment\n\nThe Secretary or the Victorian Fisheries Authority may approve documents, forms, equipment, electronic or digital notification systems or methods or procedures for providing or submitting information and any other thing for the purposes of these Regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":493},{"sectionNumber":"479","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified bodies and persons to which confidential documents or information may be given","content":"\t479 Specified bodies and persons to which confidential documents or information may be given\n\nFor the purposes of section 146(2)(c) of the Act, the following bodies or persons are specified—\n\n(a) a port manager within the meaning of the **Port Management Act 1995**;\n\n(b) the Victorian Regional Channels Authority within the meaning of the **Transport Integration Act 2010**;\n\n(c) the National Native Title Tribunal within the meaning of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(d) the Safety Director within the meaning of the **Marine Safety Act 2010**;\n\n(e) the Director of Biosecurity or a biosecurity officer within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2015 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(f) an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(g) a member of the Australian Federal Police within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(h) a body or person responsible for enforcement and detection of offences against a law of the Commonwealth or a law of another State or Territory that corresponds with the Act or these Regulations;\n\n(i) the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth, or in an agency of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory Government that is responsible for commencing and carrying on a prosecution for a breach of Commonwealth, State or Territory law;\n\n(j) the Australian Crime Commission established under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth, also known as the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission;\n\n(k) the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(l) a marine safety inspector within the meaning of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 of the Commonwealth;\n\n(m) a transport safety officer within the meaning of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**;\n\n(n) a body or person responsible, under the laws of this jurisdiction or of the Commonwealth or of another State or Territory, for—\n\n(i) enforcement and detection of offences relating to food safety or public health; or\n\n(ii) responding to or investigating food safety or public health incidents;\n\n(o) the Emergency Management Commissioner, a State Response Controller or a controller within the meaning of the **Emergency Management Act 2013**.\n\n","sortOrder":494},{"sectionNumber":"Part 18","sectionType":"part","heading":"Transitional and savings provisions","content":"Part 18—Transitional and savings provisions\n\n","sortOrder":495},{"sectionNumber":"480","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch disposal records","content":"\t480 Catch disposal records\n\nOn and from the commencement of these Regulations, the following documents are taken to be a ***catch disposal record***—\n\n(a) a giant crab catch disposal record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(b) an ocean scallop catch disposal record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(c) a Port Phillip Bay/Western Port catch disposal record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(d) a rock lobster catch disposal record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(e) a scallop dive catch disposal record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(f) a sea urchin catch disposal record within the meaning of the old regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":496},{"sectionNumber":"481","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catch and effort records","content":"\t481 Catch and effort records\n\nOn and from the commencement of these Regulations, the following documents are taken to be a hard copy ***catch and effort record***—\n\n(a) an abalone docket within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(b) a catch and effort record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(c) a giant crab daily catch record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(d) a rock lobster daily catch record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(e) a scallop dive daily catch and effort record within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(f) a sea urchin daily catch and effort record within the meaning of the old regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":497},{"sectionNumber":"482","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fish receipts","content":"\t482 Fish receipts\n\nOn and from the commencement of these Regulations, the following documents are taken to be a fish receipt under regulation 450(2) or (3) (as the case requires)—\n\n(a) an abalone receipt within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(b) an abalone transfer certificate within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(c) a rock lobster receipt within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(d) a scallop receipt within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(e) a sea urchin receipt within the meaning of the old regulations;\n\n(f) a small sales return within the meaning of the old regulations.\n\n","sortOrder":498},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Revoked Regulations","content":"Schedule 1—Revoked Regulations\n\nRegulation 4\n\n| *S.R. No.* | *Title* |\n| 2/2009 | Fisheries Regulations 2009 |\n| 118/2010 | Fisheries Amendment Regulations 2010 |\n| 18/2013 | Fisheries Amendment Regulations 2013 |\n| 10/2016 | Fisheries (Catch Limit) Amendment Regulations 2016 |\n| 95/2016 | Fisheries Amendment Regulations 2016 |\n| 10/2017 | Fisheries Amendment Regulations 2017 |\n| 11/2017 | Fisheries Amendment (Catch Limit for Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery) Regulations 2017 |\n| 11/2019 | Fisheries and Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2019 |\n\n","sortOrder":499},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Details for aquaculture production return","content":"Schedule 2—Details for aquaculture production return\n\n1. The name and contact details of the aquaculture licence holder\n\n2. The licence number\n\n3. The commencement date and end date of the period to which the return relates\n\n4. The quantity of fish moved from the area or areas specified in the licence\n\n5. The species of fish moved from the area or areas specified in the licence\n\n6. The average price obtained for each species sold during the period to which the return relates\n\n","sortOrder":500},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Blacklip abalone size zones","content":"Schedule 3—Blacklip abalone size zones\n\n**Part 1—Blacklip abalone size zones**\n\nNote\n\nThe Port Phillip Bay abalone size zone does not include Swan Bay.\n\nThe Port Phillip Bay abalone size zone does not include Swan Bay.\n\n**Part 2—Mallacoota airport abalone size zone**\n\n","sortOrder":501},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Boundary between the Port Phillip Bay abalone size zone and the central abalone size zone","content":"Part 3—Boundary between the Port Phillip Bay abalone size zone and the central abalone size zone\n\n","sortOrder":502},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Abalone zones","content":"Schedule 4—Abalone zones\n\nRegulation 5![]()\n\nSch. 5 substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 33.\n\n","sortOrder":503},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Octopus commercial fishing management zones","content":"Schedule 5—Octopus commercial fishing management zones\n\n![Diagram\n\nDescription automatically generated]()\n\nSch. 6 amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 34.\n\n","sortOrder":504},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Sea urchin commercial fishing management zones and ports and mooring areas","content":"Schedule 6—Sea urchin commercial fishing management zones and ports and mooring areas\n\nPart 1—Sea urchin commercial fishing management zones\n\nThe Port Phillip Bay sea urchin zone does not include Swan Bay.\n\n**Part 2—Sea urchin commercial fishing ports and mooring areas**\n\nRegulation 81(1)(e)\n\nApollo Bay Boat Ramp\n\nAvalon Boat Ramp\n\nBay of Islands Boat Ramp\n\nCape Bridgewater Beach\n\nInverloch Boat Ramp\n\nKillarney Boat Ramp\n\nKirks Point\n\nLorne–Grey Point Boat Ramp\n\nOcean Grove Boat Ramp\n\nPeterborough–Boat Bay Carpark\n\nPier 35\n\nPort Albert Boat Ramp\n\nPort Campbell Jetty\n\nPort Fairy Boat Ramp\n\nPort Welshpool Boat Ramp\n\nPortland Boat Ramp\n\nPortland Fishermans Wharf\n\nSandy Point\n\nShallow Inlet Carpark\n\nStony Point Boat Ramp\n\nTaylors Bay Boat Ramp\n\nThe Basin Carpark (Killarney)\n\nTorquay Boat Ramp\n\nWalkerville North\n\nWally's Ramp (Allestree)\n\nWarrnambool Boat Ramp\n\nWest Bank Ramp (Nelson)\n\n","sortOrder":505},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 7","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Central Victorian waters","content":"Schedule 7—Central Victorian waters\n\n![]()**Part 1—Central Victorian waters**\n\n**Part 2—Central Victorian waters boundary near Arch Rock**\n\nSch. 8 amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 35.\n\n","sortOrder":506},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 8","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Pipi fishing zones, designated access points and designated pipi weighing points","content":"Schedule 8—Pipi fishing zones, designated access points and designated pipi weighing points\n\nPart 1—Pipi commercial fishing management zones\n\n**Part 2—Discovery Bay pipi zones**\n\n![]()Regulation 5\n\nPart 3—Venus Bay commercial pipi zone\n\n![]()Regulation 5\n\nPart 4—Venus Bay recreational pipi zone\n\nPart 5—Designated access points for commercial fishing in Discovery Bay pipi zone\n\nPart 6—Designated pipi weighing points for commercial fishing in Discovery Bay pipi zone\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Designated pipi    weighing point* | *Column 2*<br>*Latitude* | *Column 3*<br>*Longitude* |\n| Glenelg River carpark | 38° 3' 25.38\" South | 140° 59' 40.32\" East |\n| Nelson Ocean Beach carpark | 38° 3' 53.22\" South | 141° 0' 54.66\" East |\n| Noble Rocks carpark | 38° 6' 57.84\" South | 141° 7' 52.56\" East |\n| Lake Mombeong carpark | 38° 8' 1.89\" South | 141° 11' 8.99\" East |\n| Swan Lake carpark | 38° 12' 57.54\" South | 141° 18' 40.8\" East |\n\nSch. 9 substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 36.\n\n","sortOrder":507},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 9","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Rock lobster zones","content":"Schedule 9—Rock lobster zones\n\nSch. 10 substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 37.\n\n","sortOrder":508},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 10","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Snapper zones","content":"Schedule 10—Snapper zones\n\n","sortOrder":509},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 11","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Family fishing lakes","content":"Schedule 11—Family fishing lakes\n\nAlbert Park Lake, Albert Park\n\nAlexandra Lake, Ararat\n\nAllans Flat Dredge Hole, Allans Flat\n\nAnderson Lake, Chiltern\n\nArboretum Dam, Euroa\n\nBannockburn Lagoon, Bannockburn\n\nBarge Dam, Stanley (also known as Stanley Ditch Dam)\n\nBartlett Lake, Tatura\n\nBelvoir Park Lake (also known as Sumsion Gardens Lake), Wodonga\n\nBerwick Springs Estate Lake, Narre Warren South\n\nBoyds Waters, Waurn Ponds\n\nCalembeen Lake, Creswick\n\nCasey Fields Lake, Cranbourne\n\nCato Lake, Stawell\n\nCaulfield Racecourse Lake, Caulfield\n\nCobden Lake, Cobden\n\nColeraine Lagoon, Coleraine\n\nCrusoe Reservoir, Big Hill (Bendigo)\n\nDarlingsford Lake, Melton\n\nDon Lake, Healesville\n\nDonald Caravan Park Lake, Donald (also known as Foletti Caravan Park Lake)\n\nDunkeld Arboretum, Dunkeld\n\nEildon Pondage, Eildon\n\nEmerald Lake, Emerald\n\nEsmond Lake, Ballarat\n\nEss Lagoon, Casterton\n\nExpedition Pass Reservoir, Golden Point (Castlemaine)\n\nFelltimber Creek Wetlands, West Wodonga\n\nFerntree Gully Quarry Lake, Ferntree Gully\n\nForest Lake, Kangaroo Flat\n\nGarfield Lake, Garfield\n\nGlenlyon Dam, Glenlyon\n\nGoldfields Reservoir, Maryborough\n\nGolf Course Dam, Longwood\n\nGreat Western Recreation Reserve Lake, Great Western\n\nHaddon Reservoir, Haddon\n\nHanging Rock Lake, Hanging Rock\n\nHarrietville Dredge Hole, Harrietville\n\nHeyfield Racecourse Lake, Heyfield\n\nHill Lake, Rowville\n\nHyland Lake, Churchill\n\nJack Emmett Billabong, Rupanyup (also known as Jack Emmett Lagoon)\n\nJubilee Lake, Daylesford\n\nJubilee Lake, Skipton\n\nKarkarook Lake, Moorabbin\n\nKennington Reservoir, Strathdale\n\nKerferd Lake, Stanley\n\nLes Stone Park Lake, Wodonga\n\nLethbridge Lake, Lethbridge\n\nLilliput Lane Reserve Lake, Pakenham\n\nLillydale Lake, Lilydale\n\nLismore Golf Club Dam, Lismore\n\nMarma Lake, Murtoa\n\nMarysville Lake, Marysville\n\nMerriwa Park Lake, Wangaratta\n\nMinyip Wetlands, Minyip\n\nMooroopna Recreation Reserve Lake, Mooroopna\n\nMorwell Lake, Morwell (also known as Kernot Lake)\n\nMt Beauty Pondage, Mt Beauty\n\nNavan Park Lake, Harkness\n\nNeanger Lake, Eaglehawk\n\nNhill Lake, Nhill\n\nNumurkah Lake, Numurkah\n\nOld Hamilton Reservoir, Hamilton\n\nPakenham Lake, Pakenham\n\nPertobe Lake, Warrnambool\n\nPolice Paddock Dams, Dooen\n\nQuarry Street Reserve Lake, Trentham\n\nRokewood Reservoir, Rokewood\n\nRoxburgh Park Lakes, Roxburgh Park\n\nSt Augustines Water Hole, Highton\n\nSambell Lake, Beechworth\n\nSandy Creek Reservoir, Sandy Creek\n\nSimpson Recreation Reserve Lakes, Simpson\n\nSpavin Lake, Sunbury\n\nSutton Lake, Rowville\n\nTchum Lake, Narraport\n\nTea Tree Lake, Mortlake\n\nThe Gong, Buninyong\n\nTom Thumb Lake, Eaglehawk\n\nVictoria Lake, Ballarat\n\nVictoria Lake, Shepparton\n\nWalter J Smith Reserve Lake, Riddells Creek\n\nYarrambat Park Lake, Yarrambat\n\nSch. 12 substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 38.\n\n","sortOrder":510},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 12","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Murray cod waters","content":"Schedule 12—Murray cod waters\n\nAlbert Park Lake\n\nBarkers Creek Reservoir (Harcourt)\n\nBenalla Lake\n\nBig Meran Lake\n\nBoga Lake\n\nBooroopki Swamp\n\nBuffalo Lake\n\nCairn Curran Reservoir\n\nCasey Fields Lake, Cranbourne East\n\nCharlegrark Lake\n\nCharm Lake\n\nCullulleraine Lake\n\nEildon Lake\n\nEppalock Lake\n\nFirst Reedy Lake\n\nGreens Lake\n\nHume Lake\n\nKangaroo Lake\n\nKarkarook Lake\n\nKow Swamp\n\nLaanecoorie Reservoir\n\nLascelles Lake\n\nLauriston Reservoir, Kyneton\n\nMelton Reservoir, Melton\n\nMoodemere Lake\n\nNagambie Weir (including all impounded waters upstream of Nagambie Weir to Chinamans Bridge on the Goulburn River and including Lake Nagambie)\n\nNavan Park Lake, Melton\n\nNillahcootie Lake\n\nRocklands Reservoir\n\nRoxburgh Park Lake\n\nSpavin Lake, Sunbury\n\nTaylors Lake\n\nUpper Coliban Reservoir, Tylden\n\nVictoria Lake (Shepparton)\n\nWalkers Lake\n\nWaranga Basin\n\nSchedule 13—Recreational reef zones\n\nPart 1—Port Phillip Bay\n\nPart 2—Gippsland Lakes\n\nPart 3—Torquay\n\nSch. 14 amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 39.\n\nSchedule 14—Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence exclusion zones and ports and mooring areas\n\nPart 1—Scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone at Indented Head\n\nPart 2—Scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone at Rye\n\nPart 3—Scallop commercial fishing ports and mooring areas\n\nRegulation 81(1)(d)\n\nAltona Boat Ramp\n\nAvalon Boat Ramp\n\nKirk Point Boat Ramp\n\nLimeburners Point Boat Ramp\n\nMordialloc Boat Ramp\n\nNewport (Warmies) Boat Ramp\n\nPoint Richards Boat Ramp\n\nPortarlington Boat Ramp\n\nSafety Beach Boat Ramp\n\nSt Leonards Boat Ramp\n\nWilliamstown Boat Ramp\n\nWyndham Harbour\n\n","sortOrder":511},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 15","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Sea-run trout rivers","content":"Schedule 15—Sea-run trout rivers\n\nAire River (downstream of the Great Ocean Road)\n\nAvon River (downstream of the Stratford Railway Bridge)\n\nFord River (downstream of the Great Ocean Road)\n\nGellibrand River (downstream of the Great Ocean Road)\n\nHopkins River\n\nMerri River\n\nMitchell River (downstream of the Princes Highway Bridge at Bairnsdale)\n\nMoyne River\n\nTambo River (downstream of the Bruthen Road Bridge)\n\n","sortOrder":512},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 16","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Definitions of fisheries","content":"Schedule 16—Definitions of fisheries\n\nRegulation 7\n\nSch. 16 (Table) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 40.\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Fishery* | *Column 3*<br>*Species of fish* | *Column 4*<br>*Type of fishing equipment* | *Column 5*<br>*Area of waters* |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Abalone (Commercial) | Abalone | — | Marine waters |\n| 2 | Bait (General) (Commercial) | — | As specified in the licence under regulation 43 | Protected waters as specified in the licence under regulation 43 |\n| 3 | Banded Morwong (Commercial) | Banded Morwong | — | Marine Waters east of longitude 147° 13' 22'' East (other than the Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) |\n| 4 | Corner Inlet (Commercial) | — | — | Corner Inlet |\n| 5 | Eel (Commercial) | Eel | Fyke nets | — |\n| 6 | Giant Crab (Commercial) | — | Rock lobster pots | Marine waters west of longitude 143° 40' East |\n| * * * * * | | | | |\n| 8 | Gippsland Lakes (Bait) (Commercial) | — | — | Gippsland Lakes |\n| 9 | Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) (Commercial) | Mussel | Underwater breathing apparatus | Gippsland Lakes |\n| 10 | Inland waters (Recreational) | — | Recreational fishing equipment | Inland waters, including Lake Hume, excluding Lake Mulwala |\n| 11 | Lake Tyers (Bait) (Commercial) | — | — | Lake Tyers |\n| 12 | Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) (Commercial) | — | — | Lower Lake at Mallacoota |\n| 13 | Marine waters (Commercial) | — | — | Marine waters |\n| 14 | Marine waters (Recreational) | — | Recreational fishing equipment | Marine waters |\n| 15 | Ocean (Commercial) | — | — | Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) |\n| 16 | Octopus (Commercial) | Octopus | Octopus pots and octopus trigger traps | Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Corner Inlet, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) |\n| 17 | Pipi (Commercial) | Pipi | Dip net | Marine waters (including the intertidal zone) other than— |\n|  |  |  |  | (a) Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea; and<br>(b) Venus Bay recreational pipi zone |\n| 18 | Protected waters (Commercial) | — | — | Protected waters excluding marine waters |\n| 19 | Purse Seine (Ocean) (Commercial) | — | Purse seine nets, and lampara nets | Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) |\n| 20 | Rock lobster (Commercial) | — | Rock lobster pots | — |\n| 21 | Scallop (Ocean) (Commercial) | Scallop | Scallop dredge | Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) |\n| 22 | Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) (Commercial) | Scallop | Underwater breathing apparatus | Port Phillip Bay other than an area specified in regulation 407 |\n| 23 | Sea urchin (Commercial) | Sea urchin | Underwater breathing apparatus | Eastern sea urchin zone<br>Central sea urchin zone<br>Western sea urchin zone<br>Port Phillip Bay sea urchin zone |\n| 24 | Snowy River (Bait) (Commercial) | — | — | Snowy River |\n| 25 | Sydenham Inlet (Bait) (Commercial) | — | — | Sydenham Inlet |\n| 26 | Trawl (Inshore) (Commercial) | — | Trawl nets | Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) |\n| 27 | Western Port/ Port Phillip Bay (Commercial) | — | — | Western Port and Port Phillip Bay |\n| 28 | Wrasse (Ocean) (Commercial) | Wrasse | — | Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea) |\n\n","sortOrder":513},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 17","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Base number of licences for purposes of calculating maximum number of licences","content":"Schedule 17—Base number of licences for purposes of calculating maximum number of licences\n\nRegulations 22 and 23\n\nSch. 17 (Table) amended by S.R. Nos 51/2020 reg. 16, 161/2021 reg. 41.\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Class of access licence* | *Column 3*<br>*Base number* |\n| 1 | Abalone Fishery (Central Zone) Access Licence | 34 |\n| 2 | Abalone Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence | 23 |\n| 3 | Abalone Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence | 14 |\n| 4 | Banded Morwong Fishery Access Licence | 2 |\n| 5 | Corner Inlet Fishery Access Licence | 18 |\n| 6 | Eel Fishery Access Licence | 18 |\n| 7 | Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence | 34 |\n| 8 | Gippsland Lakes (Bait) Fishery Access Licence | 10 |\n| * * * * * | | |\n| 10 | Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) Fishery Access Licence | 2 |\n| 11 | Lake Tyers (Bait) Fishery Access Licence | 2 |\n| 12 | Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) Fishery Access Licence | 2 |\n| 13 | Ocean Fishery Access Licence | 157 |\n| 14 | Octopus Fishery Access Licence | 11 |\n| 15 | Pipi Fishery Access Licence | 9 |\n| 16 | Purse Seine (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence | 1 |\n| 17 | Rock Lobster Fishery (Eastern Zone) Access Licence | 46 |\n| 18 | Rock Lobster Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence | 85 |\n| 19 | Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence | 91 |\n| 20 | Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) Fishery Access Licence | 1 |\n| 21 | Snowy River (Bait) Fishery Access Licence | 2 |\n| 22 | Sydenham Inlet (Bait) Fishery Access Licence | 2 |\n| 23 | Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence | 60 |\n| 24 | Western Port/Port Phillip Bay Fishery Access Licence | 9 |\n| 25 | Wrasse (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence | 27 |\n\n","sortOrder":514},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 18","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Catch limits for access licence holders","content":"Schedule 18—Catch limits for access licence holders\n\nRegulation 72\n\nTable A—Catch limits on certain species of fish when taken by access licence holder\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Species of fish* | *Column 3*<br>*Catch limit* |\n| 1 | Albacore, skipjack tuna and longtail tuna and Ray's bream (Pomfret) combined | 10 fish |\n| 2 | Bigeye and yellowfin tuna combined | 2 fish |\n| 3 | Blue-eye trevalla and pink ling combined | 50 kilograms |\n| 4 | Jackass morwong | 50 kilograms |\n| 5 | John dory | 30 kilograms |\n| 6 | Mirror dory | 20 kilograms |\n| 7 | Ocean perch | 50 kilograms |\n| 8 | Redfish | 50 kilograms |\n| 9 | Warehou, blue | 100 kilograms |\n| 10 | Warehou, silver | 100 kilograms |\n| 11 | Yellow eye redfish | 50 kilograms |\n\nRegulation 73\n\nTable B—Species of fish that may not be taken by access licence holder\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Species of fish* |\n| 1 | Bass groper |\n| 2 | Black oreodory |\n| 3 | Blue grenadier |\n| 4 | Gemfish |\n| 5 | Hapuku |\n| 6 | King dory |\n| 7 | Marlin (all species) |\n| 8 | Northern bluefin tuna |\n| 9 | Orange roughy |\n| 10 | Oxeye oreodory |\n| 11 | Smooth oreodory |\n| 12 | Southern bluefin tuna |\n| 13 | Spikey oreodory |\n| 14 | Swordfish |\n| 15 | Warty oreodory |\n\n","sortOrder":515},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 19","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Ports and mooring areas at which giant crab and rock lobster may be landed","content":"Schedule 19—Ports and mooring areas at which giant crab and rock lobster may be landed\n\nRegulations 81(1)(b), 81(1)(c),  \n353 and 381\n\nAnglesea\n\nApollo Bay\n\nBarwon Heads\n\nCape Bridgewater\n\nCape Conran\n\nCowes\n\nFlinders\n\nHastings\n\nInverloch\n\nLakes Entrance\n\nLorne\n\nMallacoota\n\nMcLoughlins Beach\n\nOcean Grove\n\nPort Albert\n\nPort Campbell\n\nPort Fairy\n\nPort Welshpool\n\nPortland\n\nPortsea Pier\n\nQueenscliff\n\nSan Remo\n\nSeaworks, Williamstown\n\nSorrento\n\nTorquay\n\nVentnor\n\nWarrnambool\n\n","sortOrder":516},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 20","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Banded morwong commercial fishing ports and mooring areas","content":"Schedule 20—Banded morwong commercial fishing ports and mooring areas\n\nRegulation 81(1)(a)\n\nLakes Entrance North Arm Boat Ramp on Marine Parade (opposite Laura Street)\n\nSch. 21 amended by S.R. No. 51/2020 reg. 17, substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 42.\n\n","sortOrder":517},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 21","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Western Port/Port Phillip Bay ports and mooring areas","content":"Schedule 21—Western Port/Port Phillip Bay ports and mooring areas\n\nRegulation 81(1)(f)\n\nAnthony's Nose Boat Ramp (Dromana)\n\nAvalon Beach Boat Ramp\n\nCorinella Boat Ramp\n\nCowes West Boat Ramp\n\nFishermans Beach Boat Ramp\n\nFishermans Wharf Yarra Street\n\nGrammar School Lagoon Boat Ramp\n\nIndented Head Boat Ramp\n\nKananook Creek Boat Ramp\n\nKirks Point Boat Ramp\n\nLimeburners Point Boat Ramp\n\nMaddox Road (Williamstown)\n\nMartha Cove\n\nMordialloc Boat Ramp\n\nNewport (Warmies) Boat Ramp\n\nNorth Road Boat Ramp\n\nOlivers Hill Boat Ramp\n\nPoint Richards Boat Ramp\n\nPortarlington Pier\n\nQueenscliff Wharf\n\nSafety Beach Boat Ramp\n\nSt Kilda Pier\n\nSt Leonards Boat Ramp\n\nSt Leonards Pier\n\nSandringham Port\n\nStoney Point Boat Ramp\n\nSwan Bay Boat Ramp\n\nTootgarook Boat Ramp\n\nWarneet Boat Ramp\n\nWyndham Harbour Boat Ramp\n\nYaringa Boat Ramp\n\n","sortOrder":518},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 22","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Toorloo Arm and Nowa Arm of Lake Tyers","content":"Schedule 22—Toorloo Arm and Nowa Arm of Lake Tyers\n\nRegulation 122(4)\n\nSch. 23 revoked by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 43.\n\n","sortOrder":519},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 24","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Minimum and maximum sizes and catch limits for fish (other than abalone, giant crab, noxious aquatic species, rock lobster, salmonids, scallop and sea urchin)","content":"Schedule 24—Minimum and maximum sizes and catch limits for fish (other than abalone, giant crab, noxious aquatic species, rock lobster, salmonids, scallop and sea urchin)\n\nRegulations 157(1), 158(1) and 161\n\nSch. 24 (Table) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 44(1).\n\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 1 Albacore and skipjack tuna — — All Victorian waters A total of 5 fish (of one species or a combination of both species)\n- 2 Anchovy, pilchard and other clupeoids — — All Victorian waters A total of 40 fish (of one species or a combination of all species)\n- 3 Australian bass and estuary perch and hybrids 27 cm — Lake Bullen Merri A total of 5 fish (of one species or a combination of both species)\n- All other Victorian waters A total of 5 fish (of which no more than 2 fish may be Australian bass)\n- 4 Australian salmon and Australian herring (tommy ruff) 21 cm (Australian salmon)\n—(Australian herring (tommy ruff)) — All Victorian waters A total of 20 fish (of one species or a combination of both species)\n- 5 Australian smelt, broad‑finned galaxias, common galaxias, flat-headed galaxias, mountain galaxias and spotted galaxias — — All Victorian waters A total of 40 fish (of one species or a combination of all species)\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 6 Australian whitebait — — All Victorian waters 0\n- 7 Barracouta — — All Victorian waters 20\n- 8 Black cod — — All Victorian waters 0\n- 9 Blue groper — — All Victorian waters 0\n- 10 Boarfish (all species) — — All Victorian waters 1\n- 11 Bream (all species including tarwhine) 28 cm — All Victorian waters 10\n- 12 Crabs (all species except giant crab and European green shore crab) — — All Victorian watersNote: See regulation 132 for intertidal zone restrictions 30 crabs or 1 litre of whole or parts of crabs\n- 13 Eel, Longfin and Southern shortfin — — All Victorian waters A total of 10 fish (of one species or a combination of both species)\n- 14 Elephantfish — — All Victorian waters 1\n- 15 European green shore crab — — All Victorian waters No limit\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 16 Flathead (all species except dusky flathead) 27 cm — All Victorian waters 20\n- 17 Flathead, Dusky 30 cm 55 cm All Victorian waters 5\n- 18 Flounder (all species) 23 cm — All Victorian waters 20\n- 19 Freshwater catfish 30 cm — Inland waters within the Wimmera Basin 2\n- 20 Garfish (all species) — — All Victorian waters 40\n- 21 Gemfish — — All Victorian waters 5Note: Regulation 73 prohibits the holder of an access licence from taking or possessing gemfish\n- 22 Glenelg spiny freshwater crayfish — — All Victorian waters 0\n- 23 Goatfish — — All Victorian waters 20\n- 24 Golden perch 30 cm — All Victorian waters 5\n- 25 Gudgeon, Flat‑headed — — All Victorian waters 40\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 26 Gudgeon, Western carp — — All Victorian waters 40\n- 27 Gurnard (all species) — — All Victorian waters 10\n- 28 Hardyhead (all species of the family Atherinidae other than Murray hardyhead and unspecked hardyhead) — — All Victorian waters 40\n- 29 King George whiting 27 cm — All Victorian waters 20\n- 30 Leatherjacket (all species) — — All Victorian waters 20\n- 31 Ling (all species) 30 cm — All Victorian waters 5\n- 32 Longfin pike and snook 30 cm — All Victorian waters A total of 10 fish (of one species or a combination of both species)\n- 33 Luderick 23 cm — All Victorian waters 10\n- 34 Mackerel (all species of the genera *Trachurus* and *Scomber* other than yellowtail scad) — — All Victorian waters 40\n- 35 Macquarie perch 35 cm — Lake Dartmouth and all its tributaries 1\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- Upper Coliban Reservoir and all its tributaries 2\n- 36 Marlin (all species) and swordfish — — All Victorian waters A total of one fish (of one species or a combination of all species)Note: Regulation 73 prohibits the holder of an access licence from taking or possessing marlin (all species) or swordfish\n- 37 Molluscs (all species other than abalone, mussels, pipis, scallop, squid, octopus, oysters and cuttlefish) — — All Victorian watersNote: See regulations 132 and 133 for intertidal zone restrictions 5 litres (or, if shucked or split, 1 litre)\n- 38 Morwong (all species) 23 cm — All Victorian waters 5\n- 39 Mullet (all species) — — All Victorian waters 40\n- 40 Mulloway 60 cm — All Victorian waters 5\n- 41 Murray cod 55 cm 75 cm All Victorian waters 2 (of which no more than one fish may be taken from waters other than Murray cod\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- waters and no more than one fish may be possessed in, on, or next to waters other than Murray cod waters)\n- 42 Murray spiny freshwater crayfish 10 cm 12 cm All Victorian waters 2\n- 43 Mussels (all species other than Glenelg freshwater mussel) — — All Victorian watersNote: See regulation 132 for intertidal zone restrictions 10 litres (or, if shucked or split, 1 litre)\n- 44 Oyster (all species) — — All Victorian watersNote: See regulation 132 for intertidal zone restrictions 50\n- 45 Pipis — — Cape Liptrap Coastal Park 2 litres (or, if shucked or split, 0·5 litre)\n- All other Victorian waters 5 litres (or, if shucked or split, 1 litre)\n- Note: See regulation 132 for intertidal zone restrictions\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 46 Prawn (all species) — — All Victorian waters 30 litres whole prawns (or 5 litres prawn meats)\n- 47 Ray — 1500 cm Victorian waters within 400 metres of any pier, jetty, wharf or breakwater 0 (does not apply to a person who possesses a ray taken from other waters when that person is in the course of transporting and landing that ray)\n- All other Victorian waters 1\n- 48 Redfin — — All Victorian waters No limit\n- 49 River blackfish and twospine blackfish 30 cm — All Victorian waters A total of 2 fish (of one species or a combination of both species)\n- 50 Sand worm and other marine worms of the class Polychaeta — — All Victorian waters 0·5 litre (whether whole or in parts)\n- 51 Scad, Yellowtail — — All Victorian waters 40\n- 52 Seahorses, seadragons and pipefish — — All Victorian waters 0\n- 53 Shark (all species other than school shark, gummy shark, great white shark, grey nurse shark and elephantfish) — — All Victorian waters 1 (of each species)\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 54 Shark (great white shark and grey nurse shark) — — All Victorian waters 0\n- 55 Shark (gummy shark and school shark) 45 cm — All Victorian waters A total of 2 fish (of one species or a combination of both species)\n- 56 Shrimp (burrowing shrimp including Bass yabby) — — All Victorian waters 0·5 litre (whether whole or in parts)\n- 57 Shrimp (swimming shrimp) — — All Victorian watersNote: See regulation 132 for intertidal zone restrictions 0·5 litre\n- 58 Silver perch 30 cm — Lakes and impound­ments of inland waters north of the Great Dividing Range (excluding the Wimmera Basin) 5\n- Rivers and streams of inland waters north of the Great Dividing Range (excluding the Wimmera Basin) 0\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- All inland waters south of the Great Dividing Range (including the Wimmera Basin) 5\n- 59 Silver trevally 20 cm — All Victorian waters 20\n- 60 Snapper 28 cm — All Victorian waters 10 (of which no more than 3 fish may be equal to or exceed 40 cm in length)\n- 61 Southern rock cod 23 cm — All Victorian waters 20\n- 62 Spiny freshwater crayfish (other than Glenelg spiny freshwater crayfish and Murray spiny freshwater crayfish) 9 cm — All Victorian waters 5 (of which no more than one fish may be equal to or exceed 12 cm in carapace length)\n- 63 Squid (including calamari), octopus and cuttlefish (all species) — — All Victorian waters A total of 10 fish (of one species or a combination of all species)\n- 64 Sweep (all species) 23 cm — All Victorian waters 10\n- 65 Tailor 23 cm — All Victorian waters 20\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 66 Trout cod 40 cm 50 cm Trout cod waters 1\n- 67 Tuna (other than albacore and skipjack tuna) — — All Victorian waters 2Note: Regulation 73 prohibits the holder of an access licence from taking or possessing southern bluefin tuna\n- 68 Warehou (haddock) (all species) — — All Victorian waters 20\n- 69 Whiting (all species other than King George Whiting) — — All Victorian waters 20\n- 70 Wrasse (all species other than blue groper) 27 cm — All Victorian waters 5\n- 71 Yabby — — All Victorian waters 20 litres of whole yabby or 150 whole yabby or 5 litres of yabby meat in any form not exceeding 150 tails (including claws or other parts)\n- 72 Yellowtail kingfish 60 cm — All Victorian waters 5\n- *Column 1**Item No.* *Column 2**Fish species* *Column 3**Minimum size* *Column 4**Maximum size* *Column 5**Area of Victoria in which catch limit specified in Column 6 applies* *Column 6**Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed (number of fish unless otherwise specified)*\n- 73 Any fish which is a member of a listed taxon of fauna or a listed community of flora or fauna within the meaning of the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988** (unless such a fish is referred to elsewhere in this Table with a different catch limit) — — All Victorian waters 0\n\nNote 1 to Sch. 24 substituted by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 44(2).\n\n1 Section 52 of the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988** provides that a person must not take, trade in or keep any fish that is a member of part of a listed taxon of fauna or listed community of flora or fauna without a licence or permit under section 53 of that Act or an authorisation under section 53A of that Act.\n\n2 Under section 45A of the **National Parks Act 1975**, a person must not take, or attempt to take, fish or fishing bait from an area in a marine national park or a marine sanctuary unless authorised to do so by a permit under section 21A of that Act. Section 45A of that Act further prohibits a person from using recreational fishing equipment in a marine national park or a marine sanctuary. The prohibitions in section 45A of the **National Parks Act 1975** prevail over any licence, permit or other authority issued under the Act.\n\n3 Regulation 73 provides that the taking of a number of fish species referred to in Schedule 24 by the holder of an access licence is prohibited.\n\n4 Further possession limits apply under regulation 154.\n\n5 The minimum and maximum sizes, catch limits and closed seasons for salmonids are set out in Schedule 26.\n\nSchedule 25—Minimum sizes for access licence holders\n\nRegulation 157(2)\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Fish species* | *Column 3*<br>*Minimum size* |\n| 1 | Bluethroat wrasse | 30 cm |\n| 2 | Dusky flathead | 27 cm |\n| 3 | Lakes garfish    *(Hyporhamphus regularis)* | 20 cm |\n| 4 | Ling | 33 cm |\n| 5 | Longfin pike | 36 cm |\n| 6 | Mullet, goldspot | 22 cm |\n| 7 | Mullet, sand | 22 cm |\n| 8 | Mullet, sea | 25 cm |\n| 9 | Mullet, yellow eye | 24 cm |\n| 10 | Snook | 36 cm |\n| 11 | Tailor | 25 cm |\n\n","sortOrder":520},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 26","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Minimum and maximum sizes, catch limits and closed seasons for salmonids","content":"Schedule 26—Minimum and maximum sizes, catch limits and closed seasons for salmonids\n\nRegulations 157(3), 158(2), 161(2) and 163(2)\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Area where catch limit, possession limit and size limits apply* | *Column 3*<br>*Daily limit for fish that may be taken or limit for fish that may be possessed* | *Column 4*<br>*Minimum    size* | *Column 5*<br>*Maximum size* | *Column 6*<br>*Closed season* |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Sea-run trout rivers | 5 | — | No more than 2 can exceed 35 | — |\n| 2 | Mount Emu Creek | 5 | — | No more than 2 can exceed 35 | — |\n| 3 | Priority rivers and streams | 3 | 25 cm | No more than 2 can exceed 35 | From midnight on the Monday of the Queen's birthday weekend in June each year, to midnight on the Friday before the first Saturday in September each year |\n| 4 | All other rivers and streams of inland waters | 5 | — | No more than 2 can exceed 35 | From midnight on the Monday of the Queen's birthday weekend in June each year, to midnight on the Friday before the first Saturday in September each year |\n| 5 | Family fishing lakes | 5 | — | No more than 2 can exceed 35 | — |\n| 6 | Lake Toolondo | 3 | 30 cm (rainbow trout)<br>45 cm    (brown trout) | — | — |\n| 7 | Hepburn Lagoon | 3 | 45 cm | — | — |\n| 8 | All other lakes and impoundments of inland waters | 5 | — | — | — |\n\nRegulation 129 provides that it is an offence to use or possess a line and hook or handline in certain inland waters during the salmonid closed season.\n\nSch. 27 amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 45.\n\n","sortOrder":521},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 27","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Species of fish that may be taken by holders of certain access licences","content":"Schedule 27—Species of fish that may be taken by holders of certain access licences\n\nRegulations 167, 214,  \n226, 230, 258 and 262\n\n1. Anchovy of the family Engraulidae\n\n2. Bass yabby and other burrowing shrimp of the genus *Trypaea*\n\n3. Clam of the family Psammobiidae\n\n4. Cockle of the genus *Anadara*\n\n5. Any fish of the family Clupeidae including Australian sardine (*Sardinops sagax*) and Australian sprat (*Sprattus novaehollandiae*)\n\n6. Crabs of the infraorder Brachyura including European green shore crab (*Carcinus maenas*) but excluding giant crab (*Pseudocarcinus gigas*)\n\n7. Mullet of the family Mugilidae\n\n8. Mussel of the family Mytilidae\n\n9. Prawn of the families Alpheidae, Penaeidae and Palaemonidae\n\n10. Sand worm and other marine worms of the class Polychaeta\n\n11. Shrimp of the order Stomatopoda\n\n12. Yabby\n\n","sortOrder":522},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 28","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Ports and mooring areas at which abalone may be landed","content":"Schedule 28—Ports and mooring areas at which abalone may be landed\n\nRegulation 319\n\nApollo Bay Boat Ramp\n\nBay of Islands Boat Ramp\n\nCape Bridgewater Beach\n\nInverloch Boat Ramp\n\nKillarney Boat Ramp\n\nKirks Point\n\nLorne–Grey Point Boat Ramp\n\nOcean Grove Boat Ramp\n\nPeterborough–Boat Bay Carpark\n\nPier 35\n\nPoint Roadknight\n\nPort Albert Boat Ramp\n\nPort Campbell Jetty\n\nPort Fairy Boat Ramp\n\nPort Welshpool Boat Ramp\n\nPortland Boat Ramp\n\nPortland Fishermans Wharf\n\nSandy Point\n\nShallow Inlet Carpark\n\nStony Point Boat Ramp\n\nTaylors Bay Boat Ramp\n\nThe Basin Carpark (Killarney)\n\nTorquay Boat Ramp\n\nWalkerville North\n\nWally's Ramp (Allestree)\n\nWarrnambool Boat Ramp\n\nWest Bank Ramp (Nelson)\n\n","sortOrder":523},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 29","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Commercial quantities of priority species","content":"Schedule 29—Commercial quantities of priority species\n\nRegulation 455\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Item No.* | *Column 2*<br>*Priority species* | *Column 3*<br>*Commercial quantity* |\n| 1 | Abalone | Either—<br>(a) 100 or more abalone; or<br>(b) 2 kilograms or more of dried abalone; or<br>(c) 10 kilograms or more of canned abalone (including the weight of the cans and anything else in the cans); or<br>(d) 10 kilograms or more of abalone in any other form (including shells, ice or any other thing that cannot readily be separated from the abalone in the form that it is found) |\n| 2 | Murray cod | If the Murray cod are in carcass form, 6 fish or more;<br>If the Murray cod are in any other form, 30 kilograms or more (including ice or any other thing that cannot be readily separated from the Murray cod in the form that it is found) |\n| 3 | Rock lobster | 20 or more rock lobsters |\n| 4 | Southern bluefin tuna | If in carcass form, 3 fish or more;<br>If in any other form, 160 kilograms or more (including ice or any other thing that cannot be readily separated from the southern bluefin tuna in the form that it is found) |\n\n","sortOrder":524},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 30","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Designated licence conditions subject to higher penalties if breached","content":"Schedule 30—Designated licence conditions subject to higher penalties if breached\n\n(section 53 of the Act)\n\nRegulation 464(c)\n\n**Conditions of commercial fishery licences in Part 2**\n\n66–75\n\n83–88\n\n**Conditions relating to fish other than abalone, giant crab, rock lobster, scallop and sea urchin in Part 7**\n\n173–178\n\n181–185\n\n190–195\n\n198–203\n\n236–240\n\n247–254\n\n268–272\n\n275–284\n\n**Conditions relating to abalone in Part 8**\n\n311–315\n\n317–322\n\n328–331\n\n**Conditions relating to giant crab in Part 9**\n\n350–355\n\n**Conditions relating to rock lobster in Part 10**\n\n378–383\n\n385–388\n\n**Conditions relating to scallop in Part 11**\n\n396–399\n\n404–407\n\n**Conditions relating to sea urchin in Part 12**\n\n**Conditions of aquaculture licences in Part 13**\n\n440–442\n\n","sortOrder":525},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 31","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Offences for which time for bringing proceedings is extended","content":"Schedule 31—Offences for which time for bringing proceedings is extended\n\nRegulation 466\n\n| *Column 1*<br>*Prescribed offence* | *Column 2*<br>*Prescribed period* |\n| Section 36(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 36(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 36(1)(c) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 37(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 37(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 39(1) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 39(2) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 39(3) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 40(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 40(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 40(1)(c) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 42(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 42(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 42(1)(c) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 53(1) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 53(4) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 60A(3) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 66(1) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 66A(1) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 66N of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 67(3) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68A(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68A(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68A(2)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68A(2)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68A(4B) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68A(5) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68B(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 68B(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 111(1)(f) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 111(2) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 112(2)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 112(2)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 114(3) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 116(1) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 116(2A) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 117(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 117(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 118(1) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 118A of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 118B(1) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 118B(2) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 119(1)(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 119(1)(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 119(1)(c) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 119A(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 119A(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 119B(a) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 119B(b) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 120AA(2) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 120AA(3) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 120AB(2) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 120AC(2) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 120B of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 120C(2) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 130(4) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 130A(5) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Section 130B(6) of the Act | 3 years |\n| Regulation 306 of these Regulations | 3 years |\n| Regulation 334(1) of these Regulations | 3 years |\n| Regulation 334(2) of these Regulations | 3 years |\n\n","sortOrder":526},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 32","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Offences in the Act subject to additional penalties","content":"Schedule 32—Offences in the Act subject to additional penalties\n\nRegulation 467\n\nSection 36(1)(a)\n\nSection 36(1)(b)\n\nSection 36(1)(c)\n\nSection 36(2)\n\nSection 37(1)(a)\n\nSection 37(1)(b)\n\nSection 39(1)\n\nSection 39(2)\n\nSection 39(3)\n\nSection 40(1)(a)\n\nSection 40(1)(b)\n\nSection 40(1)(c)\n\nSection 42(1)(a)\n\nSection 42(1)(b)\n\nSection 42(1)(ba)\n\nSection 42(1)(c)\n\nSection 66A(1)\n\nSection 66M(1)\n\nSection 66N(1)\n\nSection 67(3)\n\nSection 68A(1)(a)\n\nSection 68A(1)(b)\n\nSection 68A(2)(a)\n\nSection 68A(2)(b)\n\nSection 68A(3)(a)\n\nSection 68A(5)\n\nSection 68A(7)(a)\n\nSection 68B(1)(a)\n\nSection 68B(1)(b)\n\nSection 71(1)\n\nSection 108(1)\n\nSection 108A(5)\n\nSection 111(1)(a)(i)\n\nSection 111(1)(a)(ii)\n\nSection 111(1)(b)\n\nSection 111(1)(c)\n\nSection 111(1)(d)\n\nSection 111(1)(e)\n\nSection 111(1)(f)\n\nSection 111(1)(g)\n\nSection 111(1)(h)\n\nSection 111(1)(i)\n\nSection 111(2)\n\nSection 112(1)\n\nSection 112(2)(a)\n\nSection 112(2)(b)\n\nSection 113(1)(a)\n\nSection 113(1)(b)\n\nSection 113(1)(c)\n\nSection 114(3)\n\nSection 115(a)\n\nSection 115(b)\n\nSection 116(1)\n\nSection 116(2A)\n\nSection 119(1)(a)\n\nSection 119(1)(b)\n\nSection 119(1)(c)\n\nSection 119A(a)\n\nSection 119A(b)\n\nSection 119B(a)\n\nSection 119B(b)\n\nSection 120A(4)\n\nSection 130(4)\n\nSection 130A(5)\n\nSection 148(7)\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Fisheries Regulations 2019, S.R. No. 163/2019 were made on 23 December 2019 by the Governor in Council under section 153 of the **Fisheries Act 1995**, No. 92/1995 and came into operation on 1 February 2020: regulation 3.\n\nThe Fisheries Regulations 2019 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 23 December 2029 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThis publication incorporates amendments made to the Fisheries Regulations 2019 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nFisheries Amendment Regulations 2020, S.R. No. 51/2020\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 16.6.20 |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | 16.6.20 |\n\nFisheries Amendment Regulations 2021, S.R. No. 161/2021\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 14.12.21 |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | Regs 5–7, 9–21, 25–45 on 16.12.21: reg. 3(1); regs 22–24 on 1.4.22: reg. 3(2); reg. 8 on 1.7.22: reg. 3(3) |\n\nFisheries Amendment (Recreational Fishery Licence Exemption) Regulations 2023, S.R. No. 63/2023\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 27.6.23 |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | 1.7.23: reg. 3 |\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 5 def. of ***old regulations***: S.R. No. 2/2009. Reprint No. 2 as at 1 July 2017. Reprinted to S.R. No. 58/2017. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 11/2019.\n\n  ——\n\n  **Penalty Units**\n\n  These Regulations provide for penalties by reference to penalty units within the meaning of section 110 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**. The amount of the penalty is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**, by multiplying the number of penalty units applicable by the value of a penalty unit.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2023 is $192.31.\n\n  The amount of the calculated penalty may be rounded to the nearest dollar.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**. The value of a penalty unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year. [↑](#endnote-ref-1)","sortOrder":527}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":845},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears consistent with its original purpose as a comprehensive fisheries management instrument. The 2023 version incorporates amendments (notably S.R. No. 161/2021 adding shark endorsement systems and vessel monitoring requirements) that expand operational detail but remain within the core scope of sustainable fisheries management. No significant scope creep detected."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing between Parts, Divisions, and 32 Schedules","47 defined terms in the interpretation section (regulation 5), many with nested definitions","Multiple overlapping licensing systems (access, aquaculture, fish receiver, recreational, permits)","Geographic coordinate-based zoning systems requiring reference to separate schedule maps","Conditional logic with numerous exceptions (e.g., regulation 98 exemptions, regulation 159 size exemptions)","Species-specific rules with different requirements for abalone, rock lobster, scallop, giant crab, sea urchin, salmonids, etc.","Temporal restrictions (closed seasons, sunrise/sunset rules, hourly reporting deadlines)","Nested regulatory instruments (references to Fisheries Act 1995, Commonwealth laws, other Victorian Acts)","Formula-based compensation calculations (regulations 34-35) with multiple variables","Amendment tracking showing evolution of rules (e.g., shark endorsement system added 2021)","Dual reporting systems (hard copy vs electronic catch and effort records)","Traditional owner exemption provisions interacting with other regulatory frameworks"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a comprehensive set of regulations governing fishing in Victoria, Australia. It covers:\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Commercial fishers** – anyone who takes fish for sale, including those with access licences (for specific fisheries like abalone, rock lobster, scallops), aquaculture licences (fish farming), and fish receiver licences\n- **Recreational fishers** – anyone fishing for personal use (not for sale)\n- **Boat owners** – anyone using boats for commercial fishing must register them\n- **Traditional owners** – certain exemptions apply for Indigenous groups with formal agreements\n\n**What it does:**\n\n**For commercial fishing:**\n- Creates 26 different classes of **access licences** for specific fisheries (abalone, rock lobster, scallops, eels, pipi, etc.), each with detailed rules about where, when, and how fishing can occur\n- Requires **boat registration** with visible identification marks\n- Mandates **reporting requirements** – fishers must notify authorities before and after fishing trips, weigh catches, and maintain detailed records\n- Sets **catch limits, minimum sizes, and closed seasons** for different species\n- Requires **vessel monitoring systems** (GPS tracking) on boats for many fisheries\n- Establishes **quota systems** for managing sustainable harvests\n- Creates special rules for high-value species like **abalone** (must be sealed in tagged bins, delivered within 24 hours) and **rock lobster** (must be marked, tail-clipped)\n\n**For recreational fishing:**\n- Requires a **recreational fishing licence** (with exemptions for seniors, pensioners, Indigenous people, etc.)\n- Limits equipment (rods, lines, nets, spears) and catch quantities\n- Prohibits certain methods (electrical devices, firearms, trammel nets)\n- Bans taking fish in closed seasons or below minimum sizes\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules ensure **sustainable fishing** – preventing overfishing, protecting breeding stocks, maintaining healthy ecosystems, and ensuring fair access between commercial and recreational fishers. The regulations are highly detailed because different species and locations require different management approaches. Heavy penalties apply for breaches, including fines and imprisonment.\n\n**Key features:**\n- Extensive **geographic zoning** (western, central, eastern zones for different species)\n- **Real-time reporting** via phone/internet systems\n- Strict **chain of custody** rules for commercial fish (documentation required at every step)\n- **Exemption powers** allowing flexibility for the regulator"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether scope changed from original intent as the substantive content of the regulations was not provided. Only document metadata and version history information was included in the text supplied for analysis."},"complexity_factors":["Insufficient legislative content provided — only metadata and version history were included, not the substantive provisions","Cannot assess true complexity without the actual regulatory text","Fisheries regulations typically involve moderate complexity due to technical definitions, licensing schemes, and zone-based rules, but this cannot be confirmed from the provided text"],"plain_english_summary":"Statutory Rule No. 163/2019 — Fisheries Regulations 2019 — is an in-force set of detailed rules made under the Fisheries Act that governs fishing activity in the relevant jurisdiction. It affects commercial and recreational fishers, licence holders, and others using fishery resources; it matters because it sets the conditions, limits, zones and enforcement mechanisms that determine who may fish and how, although the substantive regulatory text was not provided here."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"These Regulations substantially expand and operationalise the Fisheries Act 1995's framework: they transform high‑level powers into a dense, prescriptive compliance and monitoring regime. Compared to a simple enabling instrument, this version adds detailed licence classes, electronic reporting and VMS mandates (reg 77; Part 17), an endorsement regime with quota‑linked controls (regs 50A–50B, 240, 271), complex compensation formulas for cancelled licences (regs 34–36), and broad discretionary exemption powers for the Victorian Fisheries Authority (reg 463). Those additions increase administrative scope and regulatory intensity: they shift much of day‑to‑day decision‑making and operational burden onto the regulator and licence‑holders, and introduce significant technology‑dependent compliance obligations (regs 47–48, 95, 320)."},"complexity_factors":["Very large instrument: hundreds of regulations and schedules (Parts 1–18 and 32+ schedules).","Extensive definition section (Reg 5) with numerous technical terms and species‑zone maps.","Many licence classes (≈25–30 access licence classes plus aquaculture and receiver licences) with bespoke conditions per class (Part 2 and Parts 7–13).","Multiple cross‑references to the Fisheries Act 1995, other Victorian Acts and Commonwealth law (e.g. regs 2, 43, 467 and Schedules).","Nested conditional rules and exceptions (e.g. different rules for endorsed vs non‑endorsed licences, exemptions for aquaculture, permit classes).","Complex administrative regimes: transfer and maximum numbers (regs 22–23), compensation formulae with multiple financial inputs (regs 32–36).","Frequent short time limits and operational triggers (e.g. 60-minute reporting windows, 24–25 hour abalone reporting).","Technology dependence: fisheries notification service, electronic catch and effort reporting, VMS (regs 47–48, 95, 77, Part 17).","Multiple penalty regimes, extended prosecution windows and higher‑penalty 'designated' licence conditions (regs 464–468 and Schedules 30–32)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What these Regulations do (mechanically)**\n\n- Put in place a detailed, activity-by-activity rule book for fishing and aquaculture in Victoria. They do this by: creating classes of licences and permits; prescribing what each licence authorises and what conditions attach; setting sizes, catch limits, closed seasons and possession limits for species; specifying how boats must be registered and marked; and requiring record-keeping, labelling and electronic reporting. (Key mechanics: Parts 2–14; Part 17 deals with vessel monitoring systems.)\n\n- Require frequent, time‑sensitive reporting and documentation for commercial operators: electronic catch-and-effort and catch-disposal records, bin‑tagging and weighing rules for abalone, mandatory landing places for certain fisheries, and short deadlines (often 60 minutes) for weighing and reporting after landing. (See regs 83–85, 317–321, 320.)\n\n- Impose technical and equipment standards: definitions and permitted fishing gear, pot/net specifications, escape gaps, marking of gear, and vessel monitoring systems (VMS) for many commercial licences. (See regs 10, 379, 75, 77, Part 17 Subdiv. 1.)\n\n- Set administrative rules on licences: which licences are transferable or may be held by corporations, maximum numbers of access licences (with an adjustment register), eligibility criteria and transfer/refusal grounds, renewal and suspension processes, and a mechanism for compensation if a licence is cancelled by direction. (See regs 17–31, 22–23, 32–42.)\n\n- Create offences, penalties and special enforcement rules: designated licence conditions (higher penalties), extended prosecution periods for many offences, and listing of offences subject to extra penalties. (See regs 464–468 and Schedules 30–32.)\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Commercial fishing industry participants: access licence holders, fish‑receiver licence holders, aquaculture licence holders, processors and wholesale operators. They bear most compliance duties: VMS, electronic reporting, bins/tags, weigh-ins, labelling and record-keeping (Parts 2, 8, 13, 14). \n\n- Recreational fishers: a single statewide recreational licence class is set and many exemptions defined; strict catch, gear and seasonal rules apply to recreational fishing (Part 3; Part 6 Division 1; Parts 7–12 for species limits).\n\n- Government bodies: the Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) and Secretary gain substantial administrative roles (issuing/endorsing licences, setting exemptions, operating the fisheries notification service, approving equipment and specifying conditions) (regs 43, 50A, 463, 478).\n\n- Consumers, restaurants and downstream businesses are indirectly affected by labelling, traceability and possession/sale rules (Part 14, regs 326, 450–453).\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose and operational test)**\n\n- The regulations state their objective is sustainable control and management of fisheries and to implement powers in the Fisheries Act 1995 (reg 1). That purpose is advanced by limiting catch, protecting breeding (closed seasons/minimum sizes), and requiring traceability (bin tags, receipts, electronic reporting). These are implemented mechanically by: catch/possession limits, gear restrictions, closed seasons, quota and quota‑balance rules, and reporting requirements (many provisions across Parts 6–13 and Schedules 18, 24, 29).\n\n- Testing practical trade-offs and incentives:\n  - Costs and compliance burden: commercial operators face recurring administrative tasks (frequent electronic reports, weighings, bin tag management), equipment costs (VMS installation and maintenance; pot/net specification), and potential loss of transferability or licence value if levies unpaid (regs 29, 77, 83–85). Those are explicit cash and time costs to licence holders.\n  - Who decides: the VFA has wide discretion (to specify licence particulars, permit exemptions, endorse licences, approve communication systems and grant temporary authorities) under multiple regulations (reg 43, 50A, 463, 472, 478). That concentrates decision power in the regulator and creates operational dependence on VFA systems (fisheries notification service, VMS approvals).\n  - Concentrated benefits vs. diffuse costs: many regulatory details (quota allocations, endorsement regimes, exemptions under reg 463, allocation of forfeited quota by tender — reg 46) can create concentrated economic benefits for particular licence-holders or processors. Costs are largely diffuse (many small operators bear monitoring, reporting and equipment costs).\n  - Market effects and substitution: tight species and spatial restrictions (zones, gear limitations and short landing/reporting windows) make some operations costlier and may incentivise consolidation, substitution of effort to other species or areas, or shifts into exempted channels (aquaculture, permitted transport). The compensation and transfer rules (regs 32–42 and regs 22–23) affect capital value and liquidity of licences.\n  - Implementation risk: many duties depend on digital services (the fisheries notification service, electronic returns and the VMS). The Regulations include alternatives where services are unavailable, but operational downtime or poor interface design would create compliance risk and potential enforcement disputes (see definitions of fisheries notification service and regs 47–48, 96).\n\n**Who pays, who decides, what behaviour changes**\n\n- Who pays: primary costs fall on commercial licence holders (equipment purchase and maintenance, reporting and record‑keeping time, fees/levies, compliance with landing and labelling rules). Some costs fall to fish receivers, processors and small-scale sellers who must follow receipt and labelling rules.\n\n- Who decides: the Victorian Fisheries Authority and the Secretary exercise significant discretionary powers (issuing/endorsing licences, setting conditions, granting exemptions and running notification systems). Courts and authorised officers retain enforcement roles per the Act.\n\n- Behaviour changes required: more mechanised reporting, tighter on‑board procedures (weighing, bin‑tagging, marking fish), restricted gear/area/time choices, and compliance with traceability rules. The rules incentivise documented supply chains and may reduce informal sales.\n\n**Key provisions to note for practical compliance**\n\n- VMS requirement for many licence classes (reg 77 and Part 17 Subdiv. 1).\n- Short time windows for weighing and reporting (reg 83–85, 320, 330).\n- Abalone bin tagging, sealing, labelling and landing rules (regs 317–322, 326, 333).\n- Transferability and quota rules, and the compensation process for cancelled licences (regs 17, 22–23, 32–42).\n\n"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fisheries-regulations-2019","history":"/api/acts/fisheries-regulations-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fisheries-regulations-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fisheries-regulations-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fisheries-regulations-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fisheries-regulations-2019/documents"}}