359Wet well register

359 Wet well register

(1) If the licence holder holds or keeps giant crab in a wet well, the licence holder must maintain a wet well register in respect of that wet well.

(2) A wet well register must specify the following details—

(a) a description of the location of the wet well;

(b) the personal file number of the holder of the Giant Crab Fishery (Western Zone) Access Licence or a person acting on behalf of that holder;

(c) each time giant crab are removed from the wet well—

(i) the date and time at which giant crab are removed from the wet well; and

(ii) the number of live giant crab removed from the wet well; and

(iii) the number of dead giant crab (if any) removed from the wet well; and

(iv) the number of giant crab remaining in the wet well.

(3) The licence holder must ensure that a wet well register required to be maintained under subregulation (1) is immediately completed whenever giant crab are removed from the wet well.

(4) The licence holder must ensure that the wet well register is kept in electronic form in the manner required by the Victorian Fisheries Authority and is completed via the fisheries notification service.

Part 10—Rock lobster

Division 1—Minimum sizes and closed seasons for rock lobster

360 Minimum sizes for rock lobster

For the purposes of the Act, the minimum size for rock lobster is—

(a) 11 centimetres for male rock lobster; and

(b) 10·5 centimetres for female rock lobster.

There are offences in sections 68A and 68B of the Act relating to taking or possessing fish that are less than the minimum size specified for that species of fish in these Regulations. Various penalties apply.