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FISHERIES REGULATIONS 1992
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allocation, in relation to a person, means:
(a) in relation to a pearl oyster fishing unit – the number of pearl
oyster fishing units allocated to him or her under
regulation 122E for a licensing year; and
(b) in relation to a pearl oyster hatchery unit – the number of pearl
oyster hatchery units allocated to him or her for a licensing
year under clause 13 of the Pearl Oyster Culture Industry
Management Plan 1998.
holding area means a site at which, under a Pearl Oyster Culture
Industry licence, pearl oysters taken from the wild or produced in a
hatchery are held for seeding and related operations.
pearl culture unit means a pearl oyster fishing unit or a pearl
oyster hatchery unit.
pearl farm lease means a lease granted to a licensee under
section 55 of the Act for the purposes of a Pearl Oyster Culture
Industry licence.
pearl oyster means an oyster of the genus Pinctada and includes:
(a) a part of a pearl oyster; and
(b) pearl oyster spat.
pearl oyster dump site means a site where pearl oysters taken
from the wild are placed and held before movement to a holding
area or a pearl farm lease, but does not include an area of land
held under a pearl farm lease.
Fisheries Regulations 1992 152
pearl oyster fishing unit has the meaning it has in
regulation 122D(2).
pearl oyster hatchery unit has the meaning it has in the Pearl
Oyster Culture Industry Management Plan 1998.