Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PEARLING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 44E

44E .         Source of broodstock for hatcheries

                A licensee or permit holder operating a hatchery shall not allow pearl oysters to be used in the hatchery as broodstock unless the pearl oysters — 

            (a)         were produced in that hatchery; or

            (b)         were taken from the wild from within the waters defined as Zones 1, 2 or 3 of the Western Australian pearl oyster fishery in the Pearling (Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishing) (Declaration of Zones) Notice 1992.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Regulation 44E inserted in Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6219.]