19Dismembering rock lobster &c.

19 Dismembering rock lobster &c.

(1)  A person must not, in State waters –

(a) dismember or cut up a rock lobster; or

(b) possess rock lobster that is so dismembered or cut up.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  A person is not guilty of an offence under subrule (1) by –

(a) possessing a single dismembered, or cut up, rock lobster on a vessel if –

(i) the holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) is on the vessel; and

(ii) the vessel is not in port; or

(b) possessing a single dismembered, or cut up, rock lobster on a vessel being used for the purposes of the non-commercial rock lobster fishery if –

(i) a non-commercial fisher is on the vessel; and

(ii) the vessel is not in port; or

(c) possessing a dismembered or cut up rock lobster, or rock lobster meat, that the person proves has been purchased from a fish merchant or retail outlet.