34Unloading of fish—notice requirements

34 Unloading of fish—notice requirements

(1) The holder of a statutory fishing right must ensure that, at least 72 hours before the holder’s nominated boat arrives at a port or other place to unload fish, written notice in accordance with subregulation (2) is given to: (a) AFMA; and (b) if the port or place is within the territorial waters of a country other than Australia—the authorities in that country that are responsible for supervising the unloading of the fish.

Penalty: 25 penalty units.

(2) For subregulation (1), the notice: (a) must include the following details: (i) the nominated boat’s name; (ii) the nominated boat’s distinguishing symbol; (iii) an estimate of the whole weight of each species of fish on board the boat; (iv) the name of the port, or other place, at which the fish are to be unloaded; (v) the estimated date and time that the boat will arrive at the port or place; (vi) the estimated date and time that unloading is to commence at the port or place; and (b) when given to AFMA, must be: (i) addressed to AFMA Compliance; and (ii) either: (A) sent by fax to: 612 6272 5784; or (B) sent by e‑mail to: monitoring@afma.gov.au.

Note: The contact details for the authorities that are responsible for supervising the unloading of fish in countries other than Australia are available from AFMA on request.

(3) In this regulation:

distinguishing symbol, for a nominated boat, means the symbol issued to the boat by AFMA or a relevant State authority.

whole weight means the weight of a whole fish before any processing (other than washing, sorting, packing or freezing) has occurred.

(4) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.