New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 1995 - REG 15

15 Bag limits-scallops taken by means of a dredge

(1) For the purposes of section 17 (1) of the Act, when scallops are taken by means of a dredge or similar device or by a combination of dredges and similar devices from a boat, the daily limit of scallops is whichever of the following applies:

(a) if the scallops are placed in sacks-30 approved sacks of scallops,

(b) if the scallops are placed in crates-48 approved crates of scallops.

(2) For the purposes of section 18 (1) of the Act, when a commercial fisher in possession of scallops is in a boat containing a dredge or similar device capable of taking scallops, the possession limit of scallops for that fisher is whichever of the following applies:

(a) if all scallops on the boat are in approved sacks (whether wholly or partly filled)-30 approved sacks, less the number of approved sacks containing scallops that are on the boat and are not in that person’s possession,

(b) if all scallops on the boat are in approved crates (whether wholly or partly filled)-48 approved crates, less the number of approved crates containing scallops that are on the boat and are not in that person’s possession,

(c) in any other case-nil.

(3) For the purposes of section 18 (1) of the Act, when a person in possession of scallops is not a commercial fisher and is on a boat containing a dredge or similar device capable of taking scallops, the possession limit of scallops for that person is nil.