Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PEARLING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 44D

44D .         Hatchery records

        (1)         A licensee or permit holder operating a hatchery shall keep — 

            (a)         a general operations logbook containing the particulars required by subregulation (2); and

            (b)         a batch logbook containing the particulars required by subregulation (3).

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         The general operations logbook is to set out — 

            (a)         in relation to each group of broodstock received by the hatchery — 

                  (i)         the number of pearl oysters in the group;

                  (ii)         the tag numbers of those pearl oysters;

                  (iii)         the name of the licensee or permit holder from whom the pearl oysters were obtained;

                  (iv)         the location from which the pearl oysters were obtained;

                  (v)         if the broodstock is sold, details of when and to whom it is sold;

                  (vi)         if the broodstock is destroyed, details of when and how it is destroyed; and

                  (vii)         if the broodstock is otherwise removed from the hatchery, details of when, why and to where it is removed;

                and

            (b)         in relation to each occasion on which the hatchery, a tank or any equipment is cleaned and disinfected under regulation 44A — 

                  (i)         the date and time when the cleaning and disinfecting were carried out;

                  (ii)         details of any tanks and equipment that were cleaned and disinfected;

                  (iii)         the reason for the cleaning and disinfecting; and

                  (iv)         the method of cleaning and disinfecting used.

        (3)         The batch logbook is to set out, in relation to each batch of pearl oysters produced in the hatchery — 

            (a)         the tag numbers of the broodstock used to produce the spat;

            (b)         the batch number of the spat produced;

            (c)         the approximate number of spat hatched from those eggs;

            (d)         the times and dates when settlement starts and finishes;

            (e)         the approximate number of spat settled;

            (f)         each time spat are culled from the batch — 

                  (i)         the date of the cull;

                  (ii)         the approximate number of spat retained after culling;

                  (iii)         the condition of the spat which is culled; and

                  (iv)         details of when and how the culled spat are disposed of;

            (g)         a weekly record of the size and stage of the spat;

            (h)         the date and time samples are taken from the batch in accordance with the Enzootic Diseases Regulations 1970 ;

                  (i)         the size and approximate number of spat in the batch at the time the samples referred to in paragraph (h) are taken;

            (j)         the level of filtration of the water in which the spat are kept;

            (k)         if the broodstock is sold, details of when and to whom it is sold;

            (l)         if the broodstock is destroyed, details of when and how it is destroyed; and

            (m)         if the broodstock is otherwise removed from the hatchery, details of when, why and to where it is removed.

        (4)         A licensee or permit holder shall, at the request of an inspector or stock inspector, allow the inspector or stock inspector to inspect the logbooks kept under subregulation (1).

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Regulation 44D inserted in Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6217-19.]