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LIVING MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 67 Fish processing licence

LIVING MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 67

Division 3 - Fish processing licences Fish processing licence

(1)  A person who does not hold a fish processing licence must not, for commercial purposes, process –
(a) abalone, giant crab, rock lobster or scallop; or
(b) more than a prescribed quantity of prescribed fish during a prescribed period.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units and a daily fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to the processing of fish –
(a) on any vessel used to take the fish by a person authorised to take the fish with that vessel; or
(b) for sale by retail to the public or served as meals to the public in, or from, a place; or
(c) by the holder of a marine farming licence if the fish are produced by the holder under that licence; or
(ca) by the holder of a marine farming licence if the fish have been produced under the authority of any marine farming licence and are being packed live, or being held in readiness to be packed live, for sale; or
(d) by the holder of a fishing licence if the fish are caught by the holder under that licence; or
(e) by a person under the supervision of the holder of a fish processing licence at the place at which the fish may be processed under the licence; or
(f) by an Aborigine who is engaged in an Aboriginal activity.
(3)  A person is to apply for a fish processing licence in accordance with section 77 .
(4)  In this section –
abalone means fish of the genus Haliotis ;
giant crab means crab of the species Pseudocarcinus gigas ;
rock lobster means rock lobster of the genus Jasus ;
scallop means fish of the species –
(a) Equichlamys bifrons (commonly known as queen scallop); or
(b) Pecten fumatus (commonly known as commercial scallop); or
(c) Mimachlamys asperrimus (commonly known as doughboy scallop).