11Closed and open seasons for non-commercial scallop fishery

11 Closed and open seasons for non-commercial scallop fishery

(1)  Unless determined otherwise under subrule (2)  –

(a) the open season for the non-commercial scallop fishery is the period commencing on the Saturday immediately preceding Good Friday in a year and ending at midnight on 31 July in the same year; and

(b) the closed season for the non-commercial scallop fishery is the period commencing on 1 August in a year and ending at midnight on the Friday immediately preceding Good Friday in the following year.

(2)  [Rule 11 Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 10, Applied:09 Apr 2025] The Minister, by published notice, may determine –

(a) the dates of the open season for the non-commercial scallop fishery; and

(b) the dates of the closed season for the non-commercial scallop fishery.