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Exemptions from the prohibitions

6. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1A)(d) of the Act, a person is exempt from the prohibitions in Clause 5 if:

(a) the person holds a licence granted under either subsection 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry trochus; or

(b) the person takes, processes or carries trochus in the course of traditional fishing.

Gear restrictions

7. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Act, the taking of trochus in the area of the Trochus Fishery is prohibited except if collected by hand and without the use of any underwater breathing apparatus.

Size limit

8. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, the taking of trochus is prohibited if the trochus, when measured in their original form as fished, are less than 80 millimetres or more than 125 millimetres, at the widest part of the base of the shell.

Exemption from size limit

9. A person is exempt from the prohibition in Clause 8 if that person is engaged in traditional fishing.