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FISHERIES REGULATIONS 1992
100FProcessing at sea
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100F Processing at sea
(1) The holder of an ONLF licence must ensure that all sharks are
landed with fins naturally attached.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not prevent trunking of sharks.
(3) However, for Hammerhead sharks the heads must remain attached
to the body for accurate species identification when:
(a) no fishing monitoring equipment is in place; and
(b) 37 tonnes of Scalloped Hammerhead sharks have been taken
in a licence year.
(4) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the Joint Authority gives the
holder written approval to land sharks without fins attached.
Hammerhead sharks means fish of the following species:
(a) Sphyrna lewini;
(b) Sphyrna mokarran.
Scalloped Hammerhead sharks means fish of the species
Sphyrna lewini.
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