3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  In these rules –

abalone means fish of the genus Haliotis;

Act means the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 ;

authorised mooring means a mooring that is authorised by the Marine and Safety Authority, as established under the Marine and Safety Authority Act 1997 ;

auxiliary vessel means a dinghy, tender or other vessel that is –

(a) part of the equipment of a fishing vessel; and

(b) transported with, capable of being carried on, and operates solely from, the fishing vessel; and

(c) is not operated further than 2 nautical miles from the fishing vessel;

cancellation report means a report relating to cancellation of a report that is part of the records required to be kept under the Act;

carapace means the shell that covers the dorsal surface of the cephalothorax of a rock lobster;

carapace length, of a rock lobster (whether live, dead or processed), means the distance from the anterior surface of the median suture of the frontal tubercule to the posterior edge of the dorsal region of the carapace, excluding any attached hairs;

catch-cap means the portion of the total allowable catch of rock lobster, determined under section 94(2)(c) of the Act, that may be taken from a catch-cap area;

catch-cap area means an area of State waters determined by the Minister under section 94(2)(b) of the Act to be subject to a catch-cap;