6FTaking fish without quota

6F Taking fish without quota

6F Taking fish without quota

(1) For the purposes of section 68 (6A) of the Act, it is a condition of an endorsement authorising the taking of eastern sea garfish (Hyporhamphus australis) that the endorsement holder does not take that species in the fishery unless the endorsement holder has quota for that species.

Note—

It is also an offence under section 40S of the Act for a shareholder to take fish, or use a fishing method, or to cause or permit an agent to do so, in contravention of the shareholder’s quota.

(1A) For the purposes of section 68 (6A) of the Act, it is a condition of a purse seine net endorsement that the endorsement holder does not take any of the following species in the fishery unless the endorsement holder has quota for that species—

(a) Australian sardine (Sardinops sagax),

(b) blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus),

(c) yellowtail scad (Trachurus novaezelandiae).

(2) For the purposes of section 65 of the Act, contravention of this clause is an offence.

(3) (Repealed)