Processing at sea
100F Processing at sea
(1) The holder of an ONLF licence must ensure that all sharks are landed with fins naturally attached.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
Subregulation (1) does not prevent trunking of sharks.
(3) However, for Hammerhead sharks the heads must remain attached to the body for accurate species identification when:
no fishing monitoring equipment is in place; and
(b) 37 tonnes of Scalloped Hammerhead sharks have been taken in a licensing year.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
(4) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the Joint Authority gives the holder written approval to land sharks without fins attached.
In this regulation:
Hammerhead sharks means fish of the following species:
Sphyrna lewini;
Sphyrna mokarran.
Scalloped Hammerhead sharks means fish of the species Sphyrna lewini.
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