Pearling (General) Regulations 1991

A person shall not dump or attempt to dump, or permit or suffer his or her agent, employee or subordinate to dump or attempt to dump, pearl oysters unless —

that dump has been identified by a number in a dump record log sheet referred to in regulation 15 before the pearl oysters are dumped; and

that dump is marked by a master buoy consisting of a surface float —

which has a diameter of 75 cm or more; and

which is branded with the number of that dump as recorded in the dump record log sheet referred to in paragraph (a) preceded by an approved abbreviated reference to the licensee or permit holder using that dump; and

which has attached to it an aluminium radar reflector with a surface area of not less than 1.5 m²;

where an inspector has required that the dump be marked and lit so as to indicate its location to any vessels that may be in the area, the dump is marked and lit in an approved manner; and

the pearl oysters are dumped in tagged designated containers or the dumping of the pearl oysters other than in tagged designated containers has been approved; and

all tagged designated containers referred to in paragraph (c) are when dumped attached to a long‑line which has surface floats 15 cm in diameter attached to each end of the long‑line; and

tagged designated containers holding broodstock are, if required by an inspector, attached to separate long‑lines from long‑lines to which containers holding wildstock are attached; and

the 2 surface floats referred to in paragraph (d) are branded with the same identifying number, which number is different from the identifying number with which the surface floats attached to any other long‑line at that dump are branded; and

all long‑lines at that dump are within a radius of 200 m of the surface float referred to in paragraph (b) or of a surface float which —

has a diameter of 75 cm or more; and

is branded with an approved abbreviated reference to the licensee or permit holder using that dump;

all tagged designated containers attached to a long‑line are capable of holding the number of pearl oysters prescribed by regulation 5 in respect of containers of the type to which those tagged designated containers belong; and

those pearl oysters were taken under the licence of the licensee, or permit of the permit holder, using that dump.