Fisheries Declaration 2019
sec.117Recreational fisher taking regulated coral reef fin fish
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sec.117 Recreational fisher taking regulated coral reef fin fish
This section applies to a recreational fisher who is, or has been, on a boat and taking part in a licensed charter fishing trip that is conducted for a continuous period of at least 72 hours. The recreational fisher may— during the licensed charter fishing trip, take— if the trip is conducted for a continuous period of at least 72 hours but less than 168 hours—twice the regulated maximum number of a particular species or a group of species of regulated coral reef fin fish, but no more than a total of 40 regulated coral reef fin fish of all species or groups of species; or if the trip is conducted for a continuous period of at least 168 hours—twice the regulated maximum number of a particular species or a group of species of regulated coral reef fin fish, but no more than a total of 60 regulated coral reef fin fish of all species or groups of species; and possess the fish taken under paragraph (a) . However, the recreational fisher may possess a regulated coral reef fin fish taken under subsection (2) (a) in filleted form only if— all the skin on the fillet remains attached to the fillet; and the fillets of each species of fish taken are packaged separately; and each package is labelled with the common name of the species of fish in the package. (sec.117-ssec.1) This section applies to a recreational fisher who is, or has been, on a boat and taking part in a licensed charter fishing trip that is conducted for a continuous period of at least 72 hours. (sec.117-ssec.2) The recreational fisher may— during the licensed charter fishing trip, take— if the trip is conducted for a continuous period of at least 72 hours but less than 168 hours—twice the regulated maximum number of a particular species or a group of species of regulated coral reef fin fish, but no more than a total of 40 regulated coral reef fin fish of all species or groups of species; or if the trip is conducted for a continuous period of at least 168 hours—twice the regulated maximum number of a particular species or a group of species of regulated coral reef fin fish, but no more than a total of 60 regulated coral reef fin fish of all species or groups of species; and possess the fish taken under paragraph (a) . (sec.117-ssec.3) However, the recreational fisher may possess a regulated coral reef fin fish taken under subsection (2) (a) in filleted form only if— all the skin on the fillet remains attached to the fillet; and the fillets of each species of fish taken are packaged separately; and each package is labelled with the common name of the species of fish in the package.
- (a) during the licensed charter fishing trip, take— (i) if the trip is conducted for a continuous period of at least 72 hours but less than 168 hours—twice the regulated maximum number of a particular species or a group of species of regulated coral reef fin fish, but no more than a total of 40 regulated coral reef fin fish of all species or groups of species; or (ii) if the trip is conducted for a continuous period of at least 168 hours—twice the regulated maximum number of a particular species or a group of species of regulated coral reef fin fish, but no more than a total of 60 regulated coral reef fin fish of all species or groups of species; and