Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019
sec.93Entitlement under line unit
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sec.93 Entitlement under line unit
The holder of, or a person acting under, a line unit may take, in a line year, the weight of prescribed coral reef fin fish worked out by dividing the total quota entitlement for the fish for the line year by the total number of line units of that type that have been issued. The authorisation for a line year under subsection (1) — is the holder’s entitlement under the line unit for the line year; and imposes a quota on the entitlement for the line year. However, the entitlement applies only while the holder holds an RQ licence that is in force. In this section— total quota entitlement , for prescribed coral reef fin fish, for a line year, means the total quota entitlement stated for the fish in the quota declaration for the reef line commercial fishery for the line year. s 93 amd 2020 SL No. 236 s 143 (sec.93-ssec.1) The holder of, or a person acting under, a line unit may take, in a line year, the weight of prescribed coral reef fin fish worked out by dividing the total quota entitlement for the fish for the line year by the total number of line units of that type that have been issued. (sec.93-ssec.2) The authorisation for a line year under subsection (1) — is the holder’s entitlement under the line unit for the line year; and imposes a quota on the entitlement for the line year. (sec.93-ssec.3) However, the entitlement applies only while the holder holds an RQ licence that is in force. (sec.93-ssec.4) In this section— total quota entitlement , for prescribed coral reef fin fish, for a line year, means the total quota entitlement stated for the fish in the quota declaration for the reef line commercial fishery for the line year.
- (a) is the holder’s entitlement under the line unit for the line year; and
- (b) imposes a quota on the entitlement for the line year.