16Restrictions on fishing licence (recreational abalone)

16 Restrictions on fishing licence (recreational abalone)

(1)  In this rule –

offal means the offal or viscera of abalone, excluding the shell and meat.

(2)  The holder of a fishing licence (recreational abalone) must –

(a) carry a measuring device while taking abalone in State waters; and

(b) [Rule 16 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 63, Applied:01 Nov 2019] measure an abalone with the measuring device as soon as practicable after it is detached from the rock or other place to which it was attached; and

(c) immediately replace on the rock or other place to which the abalone had been attached any abalone that is undersize; and

(d) subject to subrule (3) , bring ashore all abalone above the high-water mark before detaching any abalone meat or offal from the shell.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  Subrule (2)(d) does not apply to the holder of a fishing licence (recreational abalone) if –

(a) the holder only detaches one abalone from its shell per day; and

(b) [Rule 16 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 63, Applied:01 Nov 2019] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(c) [Rule 16 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 63, Applied:01 Nov 2019] the shell is retained on board the vessel until any abalone on the vessel are landed; and

(d) [Rule 16 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 63, Applied:01 Nov 2019] the detached abalone is part of the quantity that the licence holder is permitted to take and possess under rules 18 and 18A (as applicable).