15Restrictions on fishing licence (abalone dive)

15 Restrictions on fishing licence (abalone dive)

(1)  In this rule –

mutilated, in relation to abalone, means cut, punctured or bruised.

(2)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not have possession of an abalone that has been removed from its shell unless the holder is not on a fishing vessel and the abalone –

(a) has been taken under a fishing licence (recreational abalone); or

(b) is being prepared for cooking or is being cooked or consumed; or

(c) is being or has been processed in processing premises.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  Subject to rules 38 (2), 56 , 57 and 58 , the holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not –

(a) take an amount of abalone which exceeds the total amount specified in the licence at the time the abalone are taken; or

(b) take an amount of abalone from a part of the fishery that exceeds the total amount specified in the licence for that part of the fishery at the time the abalone are taken.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(4)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must ensure that any abalone taken under that licence are landed in Tasmania before being transported outside State waters.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(5)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must ensure that any abalone taken under that licence –

(a) are delivered with the relevant commercial abalone dive docket to either or both of the following:

(i) the holder of a fish processing licence that specifies abalone;

(ii) a marine farmer for use as broodstock; and

(b) on delivery under paragraph (a) , are in the shell and not mutilated.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.