159Class D endorsement—special grounds for eligibility

159 Class D endorsement—special grounds for eligibility

159 Class D endorsement—special grounds for eligibility

A person is eligible for a class D endorsement if—

(a) the person is a natural person, and

(b) the person prepares and submits a business strategy that sets out the carp fishing operations proposed to be undertaken by the person, and

(c) the Secretary is satisfied that—

(i) the person has experience with commercial fishing equipment, and

(ii) the person is able to take carp in commercial quantities, and

(iii) the person has an adequate strategy to minimise the accidental taking of species of fish other than carp, and

(iv) the carp fishing operations proposed to be undertaken by the person are commercially viable and environmentally sustainable, and

(v) the person satisfies the requirements of any licensing guidelines issued by the Secretary from time to time.