Pearling (General) Regulations 1991

approved, except in relation to a form, means approved in writing by an inspector;

approved form means a form approved by the CEO;

batch means group of spat —

broodstock means pearl oysters which are over 120 mm in length and which are, or are intended to be, used for breeding;

catcher boat means boat used to take, or attempt to take, pearl oysters;

certificate of health has the meaning given in the Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 regulation 144A;

designated container or panel means container of a type specified in Schedule 1;

dump, when used as —

filled, in relation to a designated container, means filled with the number of pearl oysters prescribed by regulation 5 in respect of containers of the particular type to which the designated container belongs;

fleet master means master of a boat nominated in a notice of pearling or hatchery activity to be the fleet master of 2 or more boats using the same dump;

grow out, in relation to pearl oysters, means hold on a nursery site while the pearl oysters grow to the minimum length;

hatchery means building or place where the acclimatization, propagation, hatching, breeding, rearing or raising of pearl oysters is carried on or attempted to be carried on, but does not include a spat collector;

hatchery (nursery) licence or permit means hatchery licence or hatchery permit which is expressed to be for “hatchery options” or “hatchery quota”;

holding site means area of Western Australian waters to which a prohibition or restriction made under section 19 of the Act applies, which prohibition or restriction is expressed to be made for the purposes of this definition;

length, in relation to a pearl oyster, means dorso‑ventral shell length, excluding the fingers;

licensee means holder of a pearling licence or hatchery licence;

minimum length means 120 mm or such other length as is declared by the Minister under subregulation (4);

notice of pearling or hatchery activity means notice of pearling or hatchery activity referred to in regulation 12;

nursery site means area, being all or part of a pearl oyster farm the farm lease for which allows the area to be used for the growing out of spat;

operated pearl oyster dump means dump —

operation boat means boat used for carrying out pearl culture techniques;

pearling (seeding) licence or permit means pearling licence or pearling permit which is expressed to be for “hatchery options” or “hatchery quota”;

pearling (wildstock) licence or permit means a pearling licence or pearling permit under which the holder of the licence is permitted to take wildstock;

permit holder means holder of a pearling permit or a hatchery permit;

place means any land, building, structure (whether permanent or temporary), tent, boat, aircraft or vehicle or any part of any land, building, structure, tent, boat, aircraft or vehicle;

quarantine site means area, being a pearl oyster farm the farm lease for which allows the area to be used for the purpose of quarantining and disease testing pearl oysters;

returned pearl oyster dump means dump —

seeding means specific pearl culture technique of inserting a nucleus into a pearl oyster;

settlement means transition of pearl oysters from planktonic larvae to benthic spat, during which the pearl oysters attach to a substrate by means of byssi;

spat means pearl oysters at any stage prior to settlement or which, having settled, are less than the minimum length;

spat collector means object or device used to collect, or attempt to collect, spat;

tag means pearl oyster identification tag issued under regulation 24(1);

tagged designated container means designated container to which a valid tag has been affixed;

transport boat means boat used for transporting pearl oysters;

wildstock means pearl oysters, other than broodstock, that are —

[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6200‑2; 15 Apr 2011 p. 1415; 24 Sep 2013 p. 4386-7.]