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Fisheries Management (Abalone Share Management Plan) Regulation 2000
30AReal time reporting of catch
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#### 30A Real time reporting of catch
30A Real time reporting of catch
> > (1) For the purposes of section 124A (1) of the Act, an endorsement holder is required to provide the following information to the Secretary in relation to each occasion on which the endorsement holder takes abalone (a catch report)—
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> > > (a) the registration number of the commercial fishing licence of the endorsement holder,
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> > > (b) the number of the fishing business of which the endorsement is a component,
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> > > (c) the weight of any abalone taken,
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> > > (d) the number, weight and location (latitude and longitude) of any abalone that have been hung,
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> > > (e) where the endorsement holder came ashore.
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> > (2) For the purposes of section 124A (3) (a) of the Act, a catch report must be made—
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> > > (a) before the endorsement holder moves more than 50 metres from where the endorsement holder came ashore, or
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> > > (b) before any of the catch is taken out of New South Wales, or
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> > > (c) within 30 minutes of the endorsement holder coming ashore,
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> > whichever occurs first.
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> > (3) For the purposes of section 68 (6A) of the Act, it is a condition of an endorsement that the endorsement holder must remain in the immediate vicinity of any landed catch until the catch report has been made.
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> > (4) For the purposes of section 65 of the Act, contravention of subclause (3) is an offence.
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> > (5) For the purposes of this clause and clause 30B, the weight of a catch of abalone or of any hung abalone is to be determined by accurate scales and rounded to 1 decimal place.