FISHERIES (SCALEFISH) RULES 2004 (S.R. 2004, NO. 91) - REG 94 Limits on taking or possessing certain scalefish
FISHERIES (SCALEFISH) RULES 2004 (S.R. 2004, NO. 91) - REG 94
PART 9 - Catch and by-catch limits Limits on taking or possessing certain scalefish
(1) The holder of a fishing licence (personal) who is not operating in accordance with a Commonwealth authority must not (a) take, or have possession of, more than 200 kilograms of any species or type of scalefish covered under the Commonwealth Act, other than the species specified in paragraph (c) ; or(b) take, or have possession of, more than the following amounts of scalefish:(i) 10 fish or 40 kilograms, whichever is greater in weight, in total of albacore tuna ( Thunnus alalunga ), skipjack tuna ( Katsuwonus pelamis ), longtail tuna ( Thunnus tongol ) and Rays bream (family Bramidae) (pomfret);(ii) 2 fish in total of bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares );(iii) 50 kilograms in total of hapuku ( Polyprion oxygeneios ), bass ( Polyprion americanus ) and bass groper ( Polyprion moene );(iv) 50 kilograms of blue-eye trevalla;(v) 100 kilograms of blue grenadier ( Macruronus novaezelandiae );(vi) 50 kilograms of gemfish ( Rexea solandri );(vii) 50 kilograms of redfish ( Centroberyx affinis ); or(c) take, or have possession of, the following fish:(i) orange roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus );(ii) flathead, deepwater ( Neoplatycephalus conatus );(iii) king dory ( Cyttus traversi );(iv) black oreo ( Allocyttus niger );(v) spiky oreo ( Neocyttus rhomboidalis );(vi) smooth oreo ( Pseudocyttus maculatus );(vii) warty oreo ( Allocyttus verrucosus );(viii) ox-eye oreo ( Oreosoma atlanticum );(ix) yelloweye nannygai ( Centroberyx australis );(x) southern bluefin tuna;(xi) northern bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus );(xii) billfish (families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae).Penalty: Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 2 penalty.(2) Subrule (1) does not apply to the holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster).(3) A person who is the holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) must not use more than the following fishing gear to take fish of the superclass Pisces:(a) graball net, the total headline length of which is not more than 150 metres;(b) 2 fish traps;(c) trolling lines;(d) one of the following:(i) one demersal longline not more than 1 000 metres in length with not more than 200 snoods and hooks attached or capable of being attached;(ii) 2 droplines to which no more than 200 snoods and hooks are attached or capable of being attached.Penalty: Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 2 penalty.(4) The holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) using not more than the fishing gear specified in subrule (3) must not (a) take, or have possession of, more than the following amounts of scalefish:(i) 10 fish or 40 kilograms, whichever is greater in weight, in total of albacore tuna, skipjack tuna, longtail tuna and Rays bream;(ii) 100 kilograms of blue-eye trevalla;(iii) 200 kilograms of ling ( Genypterus blacodes );(iv) 50 kilograms of gemfish;(v) 20 kilograms of garfish;(vi) 30 fish of bastard trumpeter;(vii) 30 fish of flathead;(viii) 15 fish of southern calamary;(ix) 60 fish of warehou;(x) 60 fish of jackass morwong; or(b) take, or have possession of, the following scalefish:(i) bigeye tuna;(ii) billfish;(iii) northern bluefin tuna;(iv) orange roughy;(v) southern bluefin tuna;(vi) yellowfin tuna;(vii) yelloweye nannygai; or(c) land or unload more than (i) 150 kilograms of Australian salmon; or(ii) 30 kilograms of wrasse.Penalty: Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 2 penalty.(5) A person who holds a Commonwealth authority to take a species of fish for which a Commonwealth quota applies, or which authorises the taking of that species if the person holds a quota for that species, must not take, or have possession of, any fish of that species other than in accordance with that authority.Penalty: Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 2 penalty.(6) The holder of a fishing licence (personal) must not, in State waters, take, or have possession of, more than 250 kilograms in total of all of the following fish:(a) striped trumpeter;(b) snapper;(c) yellowtail kingfish.Penalty: Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 3 penalty.