Bass Strait area means the area of State waters adjacent to the north coast of Tasmania and the Furneaux Group of islands in Bass Strait bounded in the west by an imaginary line running from the northernmost point of Woolnorth Point to the point of latitude 40° 37’ 14.40” South, longitude 144° 41’ 37.87” East, then running due north to the outer limit of State waters and bounded in the east by an imaginary line beginning where the line of longitude 147° 27’ 00” East meets the high-water mark of the north coast of the mainland of Tasmania in Anderson Bay, then running due north until its junction with the line of latitude 40° 39’ South, then due east along that line of latitude to the outer limit of State waters;
Bass Strait islands area means the area of State waters adjacent to the Furneaux Group of islands in Bass Strait as well as the islands in northern Bass Strait bounded in the west by the line of longitude 145° 22’ 42” East, and bounded in the south by the line of latitude 40° 39’ 00” South;
[Regulation 7A Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 121, Applied:21 Dec 2022]Musselroe Bay blacklip area means the area of State waters adjacent to the north-east coast of mainland Tasmania bounded in the west by an imaginary line beginning where the line of longitude 147° 27’ 00” East meets the high-water mark of the north coast of the mainland of Tasmania in Anderson Bay, then running due north until its junction with the line of latitude 40° 39’ 00” South, then due east along that line of latitude to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the east by an imaginary line from the northern side of the mouth of the Great Musselroe River at Musselroe Bay running due west for 100 metres, then following the shoreline 100 metres from shore to the northernmost tip of Musselroe Point, then running due north until its junction with the line of latitude 40° 48’ 00” South, and running due east to the outer limit of State waters;
north coast blacklip area means the area of State waters adjacent to the north coast of mainland Tasmania bounded by an imaginary line starting at the point where the line of longitude 145° 22’ 42” East meets the high-water mark near Cowrie Point and running due north along that line of longitude until its junction with the line of latitude 40° 39’ 00” South, then due east along that line of latitude until its junction with the line of longitude 147° 27’ 00” East and then due south along that line of longitude to the high-water mark of the north coast of the mainland of Tasmania in Anderson Bay;
(a) if the abalone is taken on or before 31 December 2022 – less than 127 millimetres; or
(b) if the abalone is taken after 31 December 2022 but on or before 31 December 2023 – less than 130 millimetres; or
(c) if the abalone is taken after 31 December 2023 – less than 132 millimetres.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(3) [Regulation 7A 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 the King Island blacklip area or on land within one kilometre of waters within that area, or in the waters of the Musselroe Bay blacklip area 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) or (2A) , that have a shell length less than the length specified in those subregulations in respect of that period, unless –
(a) the holder is undertaking a fishing trip on a mother boat; and
(b) the abalone was taken legally from another part of the fishery.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(4) The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take abalone with a shell length less than 120 millimetres from the Bass Strait area other than the north coast blacklip area and the Bass Strait islands area.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(5) The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not have possession of any abalone with a shell length less than 120 millimetres in the Bass Strait area (other than the north coast blacklip area and the Bass Strait islands area) unless –
(a) the abalone has a shell length not less than 114 millimetres; and
(b) the abalone was taken in the Bass Strait islands area; and
(c) no holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) has, on that fishing trip, dived or swam in State waters in the Bass Strait area (other than the Bass Strait islands area).
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(6) The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not have possession of any abalone with a shell length less than 114 millimetres in the Bass Strait islands area.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
Section 7A - Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 2016 - Taking or possessing abalone in northern blacklip area | Zoe