Fisheries (Shellfish) Rules 2017
7Total allowable catch
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7 Total allowable catch
(1) The quota period for the shellfish fishery is –
(a) for licences generally, the period beginning on 1 September each year and ending at midnight on 31 August the following year; or
(b) if for any particular licence or licences the Minister, by public notice, determines that some other period should apply, the period specified in that public notice for that licence or those licences.
(2) The Minister is to determine the total allowable catch for the shellfish fishery, or part of the shellfish fishery, by reference to whole weight or number of shellfish.
(3) The total allowable catch for a quota period is to be allocated equally amongst the licences issued for the quota period for the shellfish fishery, or that part of the shellfish fishery to which the determination relates.
(4) The Secretary is to endorse each licence in respect of which an allocation has been made under subrule (3) with the quantity of shellfish (in whole weight or number of shellfish, as applicable) allocated to that licence.