Fisheries (Scalefish) Rules 2015
123Non-commercial catch limits
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123 Non-commercial catch limits
(1) This rule does not apply to a person in possession of fish if the person has proof that the fish were purchased.
(2) A person must not, in any one day, take more of a species, or a type, of scalefish than the bag limit specified for that species or type of scalefish in Schedule 4 or 5.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(3) A person must not possess more of a species, or a type, of scalefish than –
(a) in the case of a species or type of scalefish referred to in Schedule 4, the possession limit specified for that species or type of scalefish in that Schedule; and
(b) in the case of a species or type of scalefish referred to in Schedule 5, the possession limit specified for that species or type of scalefish in that Schedule.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(4) For the purposes of subrule (3) , fish kept at the principal residence of a person are taken to be in his or her possession.
(5) Unless otherwise specified, a person in charge of a vessel must not, in any one day, be in possession of, or have on board the vessel, more of a species or type of scalefish than the boat limit specified for that species or type of scalefish in Schedule 5.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(6) For the purposes of subrule (5) , a species or type of scalefish that is in the possession of a person, or on board, a subsidiary vessel of a vessel is taken to be in possession of a person, or on board, the vessel.