Pearl oysters to be placed in tagged designated containers after being taken
22 Pearl oysters to be placed in tagged designated containers after being taken
The master of a catcher boat shall, subject to subregulation (2), ensure that pearl oysters taken by diving from the catcher boat are placed in designated containers within 20 minutes of the end of the dive during which that taking took place.
Penalty: $1 000.
The master of a catcher boat acting under subregulation (1) shall ensure that broodstock are not placed in the same designated container as wildstock.
Penalty: $1 000.
It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence under subregulation (1) to show that —
a threat to the safety of the crew of the catcher boat from which the relevant dive was made prevented compliance with that subregulation; or
the catch of pearl oysters made during the relevant dive was so large that it was not possible to comply with that subregulation in respect of all or any of the pearl oysters in that catch.
[Regulation 22 amended: Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6209.]
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