Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019
sec.156Retained fish notice
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sec.156 Retained fish notice
This section applies in relation to fish taken under an RQ, R, B1, SM or T4 licence that are on an authorised boat for the licence that has landed. See section 15A for a restriction about keeping fish on a boat that has landed when the boat leaves the landing place for a new fishing operation. The commercial fisher in control of the fishing operation in which the fish were taken must not allow the authorised boat to leave the boat’s landing place to start a new fishing operation with any of the fish, unless the commercial fisher has given the chief executive a notice (a retained fish notice ). The commercial fisher in control must give the retained fish notice before the earlier of the following— 24 hours after the fishing operation ends; the start of the next fishing operation. Also, the commercial fisher in control must ensure the fish that are to be retained remain on the authorised boat. s 156 ins 2020 SL No. 236 s 156 (sec.156-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to fish taken under an RQ, R, B1, SM or T4 licence that are on an authorised boat for the licence that has landed. See section 15A for a restriction about keeping fish on a boat that has landed when the boat leaves the landing place for a new fishing operation. (sec.156-ssec.2) The commercial fisher in control of the fishing operation in which the fish were taken must not allow the authorised boat to leave the boat’s landing place to start a new fishing operation with any of the fish, unless the commercial fisher has given the chief executive a notice (a retained fish notice ). (sec.156-ssec.3) The commercial fisher in control must give the retained fish notice before the earlier of the following— 24 hours after the fishing operation ends; the start of the next fishing operation. (sec.156-ssec.4) Also, the commercial fisher in control must ensure the fish that are to be retained remain on the authorised boat.
- (a) 24 hours after the fishing operation ends;
- (b) the start of the next fishing operation.