Fisheries Regulations 2019
84Notification of post-fishing details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority
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84 Notification of post-fishing details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority
(1) If the licence holder uses a boat as part of a fishing operation to take fish under the licence, other than giant crab or rock lobster, the licence holder must, no later than 60 minutes after the boat arrives at a place of landing and before the fish leave that place of landing, provide the following details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—
(b) the estimated time at which the fish are to be moved from the place of landing;
(c) the total net weight (in kilograms) of whole fish taken under the licence.
(2) Subregulation (1) only applies to the holder of a Trawl (Inshore) Fishery Access Licence in relation to snapper taken under the licence.
(3) If the licence holder uses a boat as part of a fishing operation to take giant crab or rock lobster, but does not land some or all of those giant crab or rock lobster within 60 minutes of the boat arriving at a place of landing, the licence holder must, no later than 60 minutes after the boat arrives at that place of landing, provide the following details to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—
(b) the number of giant crab and the number of rock lobster that have not been landed (including giant crab and rock lobster taken on previous fishing trips but not including rock lobster stored in a coff that is not attached to the boat);
(c) whether rock lobster that have not been landed (including rock lobster taken on previous fishing trips but not including rock lobster stored in a coff that is not attached to the boat) are to be retained in a coff or a wet well.
(4) If the licence holder lands giant crab or rock lobster taken under the licence, the licence holder must provide the following details in accordance with subregulation (5) to the Victorian Fisheries Authority via the fisheries notification service—
(b) the estimated time at which giant crab and rock lobster taken under the licence that have been landed are to be moved from the place of landing;
(c) the total net weight (in kilograms) of giant crab and the total net weight (in kilograms) of rock lobster that have been landed;
(d) the number of giant crab and the number of rock lobster that have been landed.
(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4), the licence holder must provide the details—
(a) if the giant crab or rock lobster are landed within 60 minutes of the arrival of the boat used as part of the fishing operation at a place of landing, no later than 60 minutes after that arrival; and
(b) in any other case, no later than 60 minutes after the giant crab or rock lobster are landed.