Fisheries (Marine Plant) Rules 2017
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In these rules –
Act means the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 ;
assistant, in relation to a marine plant fishing licence, means a person who assists the supervisor of the licence in carrying out an activity under the authority of that licence;
Blackman Bay means the waters within the area bounded –
(a) in the west by the western entrance of the Denison Canal; and
(b) in the east by an imaginary straight line from the southern extreme of Long Spit due east to the opposite shore of Little Chinaman Bay;
cast, in relation to a marine plant, means a marine plant that has been cast onshore by wave action, tidal action, storm action or other natural forces but does not include a marine plant attached to the seabed or other substrate;
fishing licence (commercial dive) means a licence of that class referred to in rule 7(a) of the Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Rules 2011 ;
fishing licence (introduced marine plant) – see rule 6(a)(i) ;
fishing licence (King Island kelp) – see rule 6(a)(ii) ;
fishing licence (marine plant) – see rule 6(a)(iii) ;
fishing licence (Undaria) – see rule 6(a)(iv) ;
Grade 1 penalty means the penalty specified in regulation 5 of the Fisheries (Penalties) Regulations 2011 ;