10DReports to be made by offshore and inshore prawn endorsement holders before taking fish

10D Reports to be made by offshore and inshore prawn endorsement holders before taking fish

10D Reports to be made by offshore and inshore prawn endorsement holders before taking fish

(1) For the purposes of section 124A (1) of the Act, a holder of an offshore prawn endorsement or inshore prawn 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,

(e) the identifying number for the boat being used to take fish.

(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 when the holder is aboard a boat in the fishery and first places any part of an otter trawl net (prawns) or a try net (prawns) in the water.

(4) For the purposes of section 68 (6A), it is a condition of an offshore prawn endorsement and inshore prawn endorsement that the holder must not—

(a) take any eastern school prawn (Metapenaeus macleayi) or eastern king prawn (Melicertus plebejus) during a period in respect of which the holder has not made a pre-fishing report, or

(b) be in possession of those species of prawns if the prawns were taken in the fishery during a period in respect of which the holder has not made a pre-fishing report.

(5) For the purposes of section 65 of the Act, contravention of subclause (4) is an offence.