7BTaking or possessing abalone in upper-west blacklip area

7B Taking or possessing abalone in upper-west blacklip area

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

(1)  In this rule –

upper-west blacklip area means the area of State waters adjacent to the upper-west coast of Tasmania enclosed by an imaginary line running from the northernmost point of Woolnorth Point to the point of latitude 40o 37’ 14.40” South, longitude 144o 41’ 37.87” east, then running due north to the line of latitude 40o 16’ 58.41” South, then running due west to the line of longitude 144o 26’ 18.11” East, then running due south to the line of latitude 41o 21’ 58.85” South, then running due east to the mouth of the Wild Wave River near Sandy Cape, and following the line of high water in a generally northerly direction to the point of commencement at Woolnorth Point.

(2)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take abalone from the waters of the upper-west blacklip area with a shell length that is –

(a) [Regulation 7B Subregulation (2) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 121, Applied:21 Dec 2022] if the abalone is taken on or before 31 December 2024 – less than 132 millimetres; or

(b) [Regulation 7B Subregulation (2) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 121, Applied:21 Dec 2022] if the abalone is taken after 31 December 2024 – less than 136 millimetres.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not have possession of any abalone in the upper-west blacklip area with a shell length that is –

(a) [Regulation 7B Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 121, Applied:21 Dec 2022] if the abalone is taken on or before 31 December 2024  – less than 132 millimetres; or

(b) [Regulation 7B Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 121, Applied:21 Dec 2022] if the abalone is taken after 31 December 2024 – less than 136 millimetres –

unless –