Restrictions on fishing licence (recreational abalone)
16 Restrictions on fishing licence (recreational abalone)
In this rule – offal means the offal or viscera of abalone, excluding the shell and meat.
The holder of a fishing licence (recreational abalone) must – carry a measuring device while taking abalone in State waters; and measure an abalone with the measuring device as soon as practicable after it is detached from the rock or other place to which it was attached; and immediately replace on the rock or other place to which the abalone had been attached any abalone that is undersize; and subject to subrule (3), bring ashore all abalone above the high-water mark before detaching any abalone meat or offal from the shell. Grade 3 penalty.
Subrule (2)(d) does not apply to the holder of a fishing licence (recreational abalone) if – the holder only detaches one abalone from its shell per day; and the shell is retained on board the vessel until any abalone on the vessel are landed; and the detached abalone is part of the quantity that the licence holder is permitted to take and possess under rules 18 and 18A (as applicable).
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