44Reports of mud crab, blue swimmer crab and eel catch

44 Reports of mud crab, blue swimmer crab and eel catch

44 Reports of mud crab, blue swimmer crab and eel catch

(1) This clause applies to the holder of an endorsement that authorises the taking of any of the following species of fish—

(a) mud crab,

(b) blue swimmer crab,

(c) eel.

(2) For the purposes of section 124A (1) of the Act, an endorsement holder to whom this clause applies is required to provide the following information to the Secretary in relation to each catch of mud crab, blue swimmer crab or eel taken by the endorsement holder (a catch report)—

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

(b) the number of the fishing business of which the endorsement is a component,

(c) the species of fish,

(d) the weight of the catch,

(e) where the endorsement holder landed the catch.

(3) For the purposes of section 124A (3) (a) of the Act, a catch report must be made—

(a) before the endorsement holder leaves the waters of the fishery on board the boat, or

(b) before the endorsement holder moves more than 50 metres from where the endorsement holder landed the catch, or

(c) before any of the catch is placed in a holding pen or removed from the boat, or

(d) within 30 minutes of the endorsement holder landing the catch,

whichever occurs first.

(3A) Despite subclause (3), a catch report may be made after the catch is removed from the boat if the endorsement holder complies with the following—

(a) the catch must be removed from the boat for the sole purpose of weighing the catch,

(b) the catch must be weighed immediately after being removed from the boat on scales that are located—

(i) outdoors and within 50 metres of where the endorsement holder landed the catch, or

(ii) at indoor premises approved by the Secretary,