17Foreign commercial fishing

17 Foreign commercial fishing

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person may use a foreign boat to engage in fishing in the fishery only if:

(a) the person holds:

(i) a foreign fishing licence that authorises the fishing; and

(ii) a longline SFR for which there are unexpended effort units; and

(b) the boat is the nominated boat for the SFR.

(2) This section does not apply to a person who uses a foreign boat:

(a) in the high seas zone; or

(b) to engage in scientific research about the fishery.

Note 1 A foreign fishing licence is granted by AFMA under section 34 of the Act.

Note 2 An applicant for a foreign fishing licence must specify the boat that is to be used for the fishing: see subsection 34 (1) of the Act.