9Taking or possessing abalone in upper-west blacklip area

9 Taking or possessing abalone in upper-west blacklip area

(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 40° 37’ 14.40” South, longitude 144° 41’ 37.87” East, then running due north to the line of latitude 40° 16’ 58.41” South, then running due west to the line of longitude 144° 26’ 18.11” East, then running due south to the line of latitude 41° 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 of less than 136 millimetres.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not have possession of abalone, in the upper-west blacklip area, with a shell length of less than 136 millimetres, 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.