10Taking or possessing abalone in east coast area

10 Taking or possessing abalone in east coast area

(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)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not take, from the waters of the east coast area, abalone with a shell length of less than 145 millimetres.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not have possession of abalone, in the waters of the east coast area or on land within one kilometre of those waters, that have a shell length of less than 145 millimetres, unless –

(a) the abalone has a shell length of not less than 110 millimetres; and

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

(c) the mother boat is –

(i) in State waters bounded in the north by the eastern boundary of the northern blacklip area and in the south by an imaginary straight line running due east from the tip of St Helens Point to the limit of State waters; or

(ii) within the waters of Georges Bay; and

(d) the abalone was taken legally from another part of the fishery.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.