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FISHERIES REGULATIONS 1992
122DPearl oyster fishing units
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122D Pearl oyster fishing units
(1) The maximum number of pearl oyster fishing units is 120.
(2) A pearl oyster fishing unit represents a right, during a licensing
year, to do one of the following:
(a) take a number of pearl oysters from the wild that represents a
one hundred and twentieth part of the total allowable catch for
the licensing year;
(b) under a Pearl Oyster Culture Industry licence, seed in
accordance with clause 11(1)(b) and (4) of the Pearl Oyster
Fisheries Regulations 1992 116
Culture Industry Management Plan 1998 a number of pearl
oysters taken from the wild or from hatchery-produced spat
that represents a one hundred and twentieth part of the total
allowable catch for the licensing year;
(c) take a number of pearl oysters from the wild, and, under a
Pearl Oyster Culture Industry licence, seed in accordance with
clause 11(1)(b) and (4) of the Pearl Oyster Culture Industry
Management Plan 1998 a number of pearl oysters taken from
the wild or from hatchery-produced spat, or both, where the
total number of pearl oysters taken or seeded under this
regulation is not more than the number that represents a one
hundred and twentieth part of the total allowable catch for the
licensing year.