Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019
sch.7-sec.6Number of items of crab apparatus authorised to be used
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sch.7-sec.6 Number of items of crab apparatus authorised to be used
No more than the following number of items of crab apparatus, including any combination of items of crab apparatus, may be used under the licence at the same time— if the licence has only 1 fishery symbol ‘C1’ written on it—50; if the licence has only 2 fishery symbols ‘C1’ written on it—100; if the licence has 3 or more fishery symbols ‘C1’ written on it—150. However, no more than 100 items of crab apparatus may be used at the same time to take crabs in the Hervey Bay crab area or Moreton Bay crab area. Also, more than 100 (but not more than 150) items of crab apparatus may be used under the licence at the same time in an area other than the Hervey Bay crab area or Moreton Bay crab area for taking only the following fish— blue swimmer crabs; coral crabs; three spot crabs. In this section— Hervey Bay crab area means tidal waters in the fishery area that are— south of the line between— latitude 25°9.16' south, longitude 152° 38.01' east (Burrum Point); and latitude 25°13.83' south, longitude 152°59.56' east (Moon Point); and west of the line between— latitude 25°48.76' south, longitude 153°4.18' east (Inskip Point); and latitude 25°47.54' south, longitude 153°4.66' east (Hook Point). Moreton Bay crab area means tidal waters in the fishery area that are within the Moreton Bay (whole) waters. sch 7 s 6 sub 2020 SL No. 236 s 32 (2) amd 2020 SL No. 29 s 8 (sch.7-sec.6-ssec.1) No more than the following number of items of crab apparatus, including any combination of items of crab apparatus, may be used under the licence at the same time— if the licence has only 1 fishery symbol ‘C1’ written on it—50; if the licence has only 2 fishery symbols ‘C1’ written on it—100; if the licence has 3 or more fishery symbols ‘C1’ written on it—150. (sch.7-sec.6-ssec.2) However, no more than 100 items of crab apparatus may be used at the same time to take crabs in the Hervey Bay crab area or Moreton Bay crab area. (sch.7-sec.6-ssec.3) Also, more than 100 (but not more than 150) items of crab apparatus may be used under the licence at the same time in an area other than the Hervey Bay crab area or Moreton Bay crab area for taking only the following fish— blue swimmer crabs; coral crabs; three spot crabs. (sch.7-sec.6-ssec.4) In this section— Hervey Bay crab area means tidal waters in the fishery area that are— south of the line between— latitude 25°9.16' south, longitude 152° 38.01' east (Burrum Point); and latitude 25°13.83' south, longitude 152°59.56' east (Moon Point); and west of the line between— latitude 25°48.76' south, longitude 153°4.18' east (Inskip Point); and latitude 25°47.54' south, longitude 153°4.66' east (Hook Point). Moreton Bay crab area means tidal waters in the fishery area that are within the Moreton Bay (whole) waters.
- (a) if the licence has only 1 fishery symbol ‘C1’ written on it—50;