7Taking or possessing abalone in area A

7 Taking or possessing abalone in area A

[Regulation 7 Substituted by S.R. 2017, No. 96, Applied:01 Jan 2018]

(1)  In this regulation –

area A means the area of State waters adjacent to the south and west coasts of the mainland of Tasmania between an imaginary straight line due south from Whale Head near South East Cape and an imaginary straight line due west from the mouth of the Wild Wave River near Sandy Cape.

(2)  [Regulation 7 Subregulation (2) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 38, Applied:01 Jul 2019] [Regulation 7 Subregulation (2) substituted by S.R. 2022, No. 121, Applied:21 Dec 2022] The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take, from the waters within area A, abalone with a shell length –

(a) if the abalone is taken on or before 30 June 2024  – less than 145 millimetres; or

(b) if the abalone is taken after 30 June 2024  – less than 150 millimetres.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  [Regulation 7 Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 38, Applied:01 Jul 2019] [Regulation 7 Subregulation (3) substituted by S.R. 2022, No. 121, Applied:21 Dec 2022] The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not, in the waters of area A or on land within one kilometre of waters within that area, have possession of any abalone, taken during a period referred to in subregulation (2) , that have a shell length less than the length specified in that subregulation in respect of that period, unless –

(a) the holder is undertaking a fishing trip on a mother boat; and

(b) the mother boat is –

(i) in State waters north of an imaginary line running due west from Cape Sorell to the limit of State waters; or

(ii) in Macquarie Harbour or the channel into Macquarie Harbour; and