43Reports to be made by meshing and hauling endorsement holders before taking fish

43 Reports to be made by meshing and hauling endorsement holders before taking fish

43 Reports to be made by meshing and hauling endorsement holders before taking fish

(1) For the purposes of section 124A (1) of the Act, a holder of a meshing endorsement or a hauling endorsement is required to provide the following information to the Secretary in relation to each 24-hour period in which the endorsement holder takes fish under the endorsement (a pre-fishing report)—

(a) the date of the report,

(b) the registration number of the commercial fishing licence of the endorsement holder,

(c) the type of endorsement,

(d) the number of the fishing business of which the endorsement is a component.

(2) For the purposes of section 124A (3) (a) of the Act, a pre-fishing report must be made before the endorsement holder commences taking fish in the 24-hour period to which the report relates.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2), an endorsement holder commences taking fish—

(a) in the case of an endorsement holder taking fish using a hauling net (general purpose)—when the holder first uses the net, or

(b) in any other case—when the endorsement holder is aboard a boat in the fishery and in possession of a net authorised to be used to take fish by the holder’s meshing endorsement or hauling endorsement.

(4) In this clause—

hauling endorsement means—

(a) a category one hauling endorsement—Regions 1–7, or

(b) a category two hauling endorsement—Regions 1–7.

meshing endorsement means a meshing endorsement—Regions 1–7.