Fisheries Regulations 1992

In this Division:

allocation, in relation to a person, means:

(a) in relation to a pearl oyster fishing unit – the number of pearl oyster fishing units allocated to him or her under regulation 122E for a licensing year; and

(b) in relation to a pearl oyster hatchery unit – the number of pearl oyster hatchery units allocated to him or her for a licensing year under clause 13 of the Pearl Oyster Culture Industry Management Plan 1998.

holding area means a site at which, under a Pearl Oyster Culture Industry licence, pearl oysters taken from the wild or produced in a hatchery are held for seeding and related operations.

pearl culture unit means a pearl oyster fishing unit or a pearl oyster hatchery unit.

pearl farm lease means a lease granted to a licensee under section 55 of the Act for the purposes of a Pearl Oyster Culture Industry licence.

pearl oyster means an oyster of the genus Pinctada and includes:

pearl oyster dump site means a site where pearl oysters taken from the wild are placed and held before movement to a holding area or a pearl farm lease, but does not include an area of land held under a pearl farm lease.

pearl oyster fishing unit has the meaning it has in regulation 122D(2).

pearl oyster hatchery unit has the meaning it has in the Pearl Oyster Culture Industry Management Plan 1998.