13Restrictions on possession of giant crab on fishing vessel during closed season for male giant crab

13 Restrictions on possession of giant crab on fishing vessel during closed season for male giant crab

(1)  In this rule –

closed season report means a report to the reporting service, made by approved means, that –

(a) contains a declaration confirming that all giant crab traps have been removed from State waters; and

(b) includes a request for any approved information.

(2)  The holder of a fishing licence (giant crab) who is in possession of giant crab on a fishing vessel during the closed season for the male giant crab fishery is guilty of an offence unless the licensee does all of the following:

(a) makes a closed season report within 24 hours after the commencement of that closed season and confirms, for the purposes of the report, that all giant crab traps have been removed from State waters;

(b) within 14 days after the commencement of that closed season –

(i) weighs the giant crab, if any, that have not been unloaded; and

(ii) after the weighing, completes the required sections of Part A of a commercial giant crab catch record and quota docket; and

(iii) sends the pink and yellow sheets of the commercial giant crab catch record and quota docket (with the required sections of Part A of the docket completed) to the Secretary;

(c) unloads all the giant crab before the commencement of that licensee's first fishing trip of the next open season for the male giant crab fishery;

(d) whenever any of the giant crab are unloaded from the fishing vessel –

(i) completes a new commercial giant crab catch record and quota docket in accordance with Division 2 of Part 5 ; and

(ii) enters, on the new commercial giant crab catch record and quota docket, the number of the docket referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) .

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.