Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019
sec.154Requirement to give transhipment notice and label fish
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sec.154 Requirement to give transhipment notice and label fish
This section applies if— any of the following fish are proposed to be transferred, at sea, to a transport vessel— fish taken under a D, R, RQ, SM or T1 licence; black jewfish taken under an N3, N12 or N13 licence; and the fish are proposed to be unloaded from, or using, the transport vessel to which the fish are to be transferred. See section 15B for a restriction about the transhipment of fish to a transport vessel. The commercial fisher in control of the fishing operation in which the fish were taken must— give a notice (a transhipment notice ) to the chief executive before the fish are transferred to the transport vessel; and label the fish in a way that identifies the numerical part of the licence number of the primary commercial fishing licence under which the fish were taken. s 154 ins 2020 SL No. 236 s 156 (amd 2021 SL No. 29 s 29 (8) ) amd 2023 SL No. 194 s 8 (sec.154-ssec.1) This section applies if— any of the following fish are proposed to be transferred, at sea, to a transport vessel— fish taken under a D, R, RQ, SM or T1 licence; black jewfish taken under an N3, N12 or N13 licence; and the fish are proposed to be unloaded from, or using, the transport vessel to which the fish are to be transferred. See section 15B for a restriction about the transhipment of fish to a transport vessel. (sec.154-ssec.2) The commercial fisher in control of the fishing operation in which the fish were taken must— give a notice (a transhipment notice ) to the chief executive before the fish are transferred to the transport vessel; and label the fish in a way that identifies the numerical part of the licence number of the primary commercial fishing licence under which the fish were taken.
- (a) any of the following fish are proposed to be transferred, at sea, to a transport vessel— (i) fish taken under a D, R, RQ, SM or T1 licence; (ii) black jewfish taken under an N3, N12 or N13 licence; and
- (i) fish taken under a D, R, RQ, SM or T1 licence;
- (ii) black jewfish taken under an N3, N12 or N13 licence; and
- (b) the fish are proposed to be unloaded from, or using, the transport vessel to which the fish are to be transferred.
- (i) fish taken under a D, R, RQ, SM or T1 licence;
- (ii) black jewfish taken under an N3, N12 or N13 licence; and
- (a) give a notice (a transhipment notice ) to the chief executive before the fish are transferred to the transport vessel; and
- (b) label the fish in a way that identifies the numerical part of the licence number of the primary commercial fishing licence under which the fish were taken.