53Deduction from quota at end of quota year

53 Deduction from quota at end of quota year

(1)  The holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) must not possess rock lobster on a fishing vessel after the end of the quota year during which the rock lobster are taken unless the licence holder –

(a) within 48 hours after the commencement of the quota year following the quota year in which the rock lobster are taken –

(i) weighs the rock lobster; and

(ii) after the weighing, completes the required sections of Part A of a commercial rock lobster catch record and quota docket; and

(iii) sends the pink and yellow sheets of the commercial rock lobster catch record and quota docket (with the required sections of Part A of the docket completed) to the Secretary; and

(b) unloads all the rock lobster before the commencement of that licence holder's first fishing trip of the quota year following the quota year in which the rock lobster are taken; and

(c) whenever any of the rock lobster are unloaded –

(i) completes a new commercial rock lobster catch record and quota docket in accordance with Part 6 ; and

(ii) enters, on the new commercial rock lobster catch record and quota docket, the number of the docket referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) .

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  The holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) is not guilty of an offence under subrule (1) in respect of any rock lobster if –

(a) the licence holder has the written approval of a fisheries officer to use alternative arrangements for holding rock lobster on a fishing vessel after the end of a quota year; and

(b) the rock lobster are held in accordance with that approval.

(3)  The holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) must not hold rock lobster in a fish cauf after the end of the quota year during which the rock lobster are taken unless the licence holder –

(a) within 48 hours after the commencement of the quota year following the quota year in which the rock lobster are taken –