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Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 2016
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[Regulation 7D Inserted by S.R. 2017, No. 96, Applied:01 Jan 2018]
(1) In this regulation –
King Island greenlip area means the area of State waters adjacent to King Island bounded by the line of latitude 40o 20' 00" South in the south, the line of longitude 143o 30' 00" East in the west, the line of latitude 39o 30' 00" South in the north and the line of longitude 144o 30' 00" East in the east;
north coast greenlip area means –
(a) the area of State waters adjacent to the north coast of Tasmania bounded by an imaginary line running due north from the north coast along the line of longitude 147o 27’ 00” East until its junction with the line of latitude 40o 39’ 00” South, then west along that line of latitude until its junction with the line of longitude 145o 2’ 52.2” East and then south along that line of longitude; and
(b) the area of State waters adjacent to the north coast of Tasmania known as Robbins Passage bounded on the east by an imaginary line running due north along the line of longitude 145o 2’ 52.2” East and bounded on the west by an imaginary line running due north along the line of longitude 144o 55’ 00” East;
(2) The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take greenlip abalone with a shell length less than 150 millimetres from, or have possession of greenlip abalone with a shell length less than 150 millimetres in, the King Island greenlip area, or on land within one kilometre of any waters within the King Island greenlip area.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(3) The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take greenlip abalone with a shell length less than 145 millimetres from, or have possession of greenlip abalone that has a shell length of less than 145 millimetres in, waters other than those in the north coast greenlip area.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(4) The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take greenlip abalone with a shell length less than 132 millimetres from, or have possession of greenlip abalone with a shell length less than 132 millimetres in, the north coast greenlip area.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(5) A person who is not the holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take from, or have possession of, greenlip abalone with a shell length less than 145 millimetres in State waters, other than waters in the north coast greenlip area.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.