7CTaking or possessing abalone in east coast area

7C Taking or possessing abalone in east coast area

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

(1)  In this regulation –

east coast area means the area of State waters adjacent to the east, south-east and south coasts of Tasmania bounded in the north by an imaginary line starting 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, and bounded in the south by an imaginary straight line running due south from Whale Head near South East Cape to the outer limit of State waters.

(2)  [Regulation 7C 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 of the east coast area, abalone with a shell length –

(a) if the abalone is taken on or before 31 December 2022  – less than 138 millimetres; or

(b) if the abalone is taken after 31 December 2022 but on or before 31 December 2023  – less than 140 millimetres; or

(c) if the abalone is taken after 31 December 2023 but on or before 31 December 2024  – less than 142 millimetres; or

(d) if the abalone is taken after 31 December 2024  – less than 145 millimetres.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  [Regulation 7C 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 east coast area or on land within one kilometre of those waters, 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 abalone does not have a shell length less than 110 millimetres; and