Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2017

In this rule – designated port means any one or more of the following:Beauty Point;Bridport;Burnie;Devonport;George Town;Killiecrankie on Flinders Island;Lady Barron;Low Head;North East River;Port Sorell;Sisters Beach;Smithton;Stanley;Tam O'Shanter Bay;Woolnorth Anchorage;Wynyard; the area within a radius of 50 metres on the landward side from the high-tide mark closest to the point of launching or retrieving a fishing vessel from anywhere on Flinders Island.

The holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) must not undertake a fishing trip on a fishing vessel during which he or she takes, or intends to take, blacklip abalone in the Bass Strait area unless that vessel is – fitted with a vessel monitoring system; or a vessel that departs from and returns to a designated port; or transported by, and operates from, a mother boat where that operation includes – the transportation to and from areas of fishing; and the carriage, storage and transportation to the site of unloading of all abalone taken by the holder of that licence on that fishing trip. Grade 3 penalty.

The supervisor of a fishing licence (vessel) under which a mother boat is authorised to carry abalone must not undertake a fishing trip on a fishing vessel carrying the holder of a fishing licence (abalone dive) during which that holder takes, or intends to take, blacklip abalone in the Bass Strait area unless that vessel is fitted with a vessel monitoring system. Grade 3 penalty.