9Closed and open seasons for fishery

9 Closed and open seasons for fishery

(1)  The Minister, by public notice, may determine –

(a) the dates of the closed season for all or part of the shellfish fishery; and

(b) the dates of the open season for all or part of the shellfish fishery.

(2)  A person must not –

(a) take shellfish from State waters that are closed to the shellfish fishery; or

(b) take shellfish from State waters that are closed to the shellfish fishery for that kind of shellfish.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(3)  A person must not be in possession of shellfish in State waters that are –

(a) closed to the shellfish fishery; or

(b) closed to the shellfish industry for that kind of shellfish –

except for the sole purpose of placing them in, or removing them from, a purge site endorsed on a shellfish licence –

(c) that is held by the person; or

(d) of which the person is a purge supervisor.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.