SCHEDULE 11 - Grant of fishing SCHEDULE 11 - Grant of fishing licence (southern calamari)

Rule 145

1.   Eligibilty for fishing licence (southern calamari)

The Minister is not to grant a fishing licence (southern calamari) to a person unless –

(a) the person holds a scalefish licence; and

(b) the person held the scalefish licence on 18 October 2006 and continued to hold it, without interruption, after that day; and

(c) the person held that scalefish licence as licensee; and

(d) the person has an eligible catch history for southern calamari; and

(e) that catch history has accrued to the person in accordance with clause 3 of Schedule 13.

2.   Eligible catch history

(1) In this clause –

eligible waters means waters off the south and east coasts of Tasmania bounded –

(a) in the north by line of latitude 42oS; and

(b) in the south by line of latitude 44oS; and

(c) in the east by line of longitude 148o 30'E; and

(d) in the west by line of longitude 146o 30'E;

qualifying amount means –

(a) at least 4 tonnes of southern calamari taken in the 24-month period commencing on 1 March 2003; or

(b) at least –

(i) one tonne of southern calamari taken in either of the 12-month periods commencing on 12 August 1997 or 12 August 1998; and

(ii) 500 kilograms of southern calamari taken in each of the 4 consecutive 12-month periods beginning with the period commencing on 12 August 1999;

means pages from a scalefish fishing record book certified as complete and correct by the supervisor of the fishing vessel at the time the entries were made;