407Taking scallop in certain parts of Port Phillip Bay prohibited

407 Taking scallop in certain parts of Port Phillip Bay prohibited

The licence holder must not take or attempt to take scallop in any of the following areas of the waters in Port Phillip Bay—

(a) a scallop commercial fishing exclusion zone;

(b) the area north or west of a line running from the seaward end of the Williamstown Breakwater Pier to the most southerly point of Web Dock;

(c) part of Limeburners Bay (Grammar School Lagoon) near Geelong, north of a line running from the fishing boundary post on Port Abeona to the fishing boundary post on the opposite shore;

(d) a shipping channel defined by channel markers;

(e) an area west of a line from the shoreward end of the Queenscliff Pier to the seaward end of Point Nepean;

(f) within a distance of 400 metres from any part of the St Kilda Pier;

(g) within a distance of 230 metres from any part of the Kerford Road Jetty, Hobson's Bay;

(h) within a distance of 30 metres from any part of any other pier, jetty or wharf.

Part 12—Sea urchin

Division 1—Catch limits and other restrictions in relation to recreational sea urchin fishing

408 Offence to remove roe from sea urchins

(1) A person in, on or next to Victorian waters, must not remove roe or any other soft tissues from the shell of sea urchins or any other species of the class Echinoidea.

(2) A person in, on or next to Victorian waters, must not possess roe or any other soft tissues which have been removed from the shell of sea urchins or any other species of the class Echinoidea.

(3) This regulation does not apply to the holder of a general permit or Sea Urchin Fishery Access Licence or a person acting on behalf of that permit or licence holder who is—

(a) authorised under the permit or licence to undertake the activities referred to in subregulations (1) and (2); and

(b) acts in accordance with the permit or licence, the Act and these Regulations.