23Deduction from quota at end of quota year

23 Deduction from quota at end of quota year

(1)  The holder of a fishing licence (giant crab) must not be in possession of giant crab on a fishing vessel after the end of the quota year during which the giant crab are taken unless that licensee –

(a) within 48 hours after the commencement of the quota year following the quota year in which the giant crab are taken –

(i) weighs the giant crab; 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; and

(b) unloads all the giant crab before the commencement of that licensee's first fishing trip of the quota year following the quota year in which the giant crab are taken; and

(c) whenever any of the giant crab are unloaded –

(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 (a)(ii) .

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  The holder of a fishing licence (giant crab) is not guilty of an offence under subrule (1) in respect of any giant crab if –

(a) the licensee has the written approval of a fisheries officer to use alternative arrangements for holding giant crab on a fishing vessel after the end of a quota year; and

(b) the giant crab are held in accordance with that approval.

(3)  The holder of a fishing licence (giant crab) must not hold giant crab in a fish cauf after the end of the quota year during which the giant crab are taken unless that licensee –

(a) within 48 hours after the commencement of the quota year following the quota year in which the giant crab are taken –