301Catch limits for abalone

301 Catch limits for abalone

(1) For the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to—

(a) the taking of abalone of a species of abalone specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this subregulation from the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species of abalone is the daily limit (if any) specified in Column 4 of that Table that corresponds to that species of abalone; or

(b) the possession of abalone of a species of abalone specified in Column 2 of the Table at the foot of this subregulation in, on or next to the waters specified in Column 3 of that Table corresponding to that species, is the limit specified in Column 4 of that Table that corresponds to that species of abalone.

| Column 1<br>Item No. | Column 2<br>Species of abalone | Column 3<br>Waters | Column 4<br>Daily limit for abalone that may be taken or limit for abalone that may be possessed<br>(number of abalone) | | 1 | Abalone, all species, forms and hybrids | All Victorian waters other than Port Phillip Bay | 5 (of which no more than 2 fish may be greenlip abalone) | | 2 | Abalone, all species, forms and hybrids other than greenlip | Port Phillip Bay | 5 | | 3 | Greenlip abalone | Port Phillip Bay | 0 |

(2) For the purposes of the Act, the catch limit with respect to the possession of abalone anywhere in Victoria, other than in, on or next to Victorian waters, is 10 abalone (of which no more than 4 may be greenlip abalone).

There are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish of a species in excess of the catch limit in these Regulations specified for that species of fish. Various penalties apply.