Fish Resources Management Amendment Regulations 1996 (WA)

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FISHERIES

of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 90.1

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FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT

REGULATIONS 1996

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Fish Resources Management

Amendment Regulations 1996.

Principal regulations

2. In these regulations the Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995*

are referred to as the principal regulations.

{* Published in Gazette 29 September 1995, pp. 4503-635.

For amendments to 12 August 1996 see 1995 Index to Legislation

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Regulation 19 amended

3.     Regulation 19 (1) of the principal regulations is amended -

(a) after paragraph (c), by deleting "and";

(b) at the end of paragraph (d), by deleting the full stop and substituting the following -

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and ";and

(c) after paragraph (d), by inserting the following paragraph -

"

(e) twice the bag limit of pink snapper specified under regulation 30B for the Perth pink snapper breeding ground. ,,

Regulation 20 amended

4.    (1) Regulation 20 (2) (a) of the principal regulations is amended by

deleting "species" and substituting the following -

It class

(2) Regulation 20 (2) of the principal regulations is amended in item 10

of the Table to that regulation by inserting after "Pink" the following -

It

(other than pink snapper to which the bag limit specified under regulation 30B for the Perth pink snapper breeding ground applies) 11

Division 4A of Part 4 inserted

5.     Part 4 of the principal regulations is amended after Division 4 by

inserting the following Division -

It

Division 4A - Bag limits for Perth pink snapper

breeding ground

Perth pink snapper breeding ground

30A.	In this Division -
"Perth pink snapper breeding ground" means the waters of the Indian Ocean and all estuaries, between 31° 30' south latitude (southern wall of the Two Rocks marina) and 32° 31.22' south latitude (Robert Point);

"Perth pink snapper breeding ground land zone" means all

Two Rocks marina) and 32° 31.22' south latitude (Robert land between 31° 30' south latitude (southern wall of the

landward side of the high water mark of the waters within	Point) and on the seaward side of a line that is 200m to the
the Perth pink snapper breeding ground.

Bag limit for Perth pink snapper breeding ground

30B. (1) For the purposes of section 50 of the Act, the bag limit	appearing directly opposite an item in Part 5 of Schedule 3 is the bag
limit in respect oI fish of the class referred to in that item.
person - (2) The bag limit prescribed under this regulation applies to a
(a)	taking pink snapper from the Perth pink snapper breeding ground; or

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(b) bringing pink snapper onto land in the Perth pink snapper
breeding ground land zone,

during the period beginning on 1 September in any year and ending on

31 December in that year.

(3) This regulation does not affect the bag limit for pink snapper

prescribed under regulation 15. ,,

Regulation 152 amended

6.     Regulation 152 (2) (b) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

"113°" and substituting the following -
" 133°
Schedule 2 amended

7. Schedule 2 to the principal regulations is amended in Division 3 of Part 2 by deleting the item commencing "Mullet, Sea" and substituting the following item -

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Mullet, Sea -

(a)	when taken by the holder of a commercial fishing licence -
(i) from the waters of the Shark

Bay Beach Seine and Mesh Net

Managed Fishery 300

(ii) from any other area 240

(b) when taken by any other person ,,

Schedule 3 amended

8. Schedule 3 to the principal regulations is amended after Part 4 by

inserting the following Part -

PART 5— BAG LIMIT FOR PERTH PINK

SNAPPER BREEDING GROUND

[Reg. 30B]

Bag limit

Fish for one day

Pink snapper in excess of 700 mm in length 2

Schedule 7 amended

9.     Schedule 7 to the principal regulations is amended -

(a) in the table entitled "MARINE OR FLUVIO-MARINE FISH" -

(i) in the item commencing "Dolphinfish", by deleting "hippurusra." and substituting the following -

hippurus ";and

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(ii) in the item commencing "Shark, Whale", by deleting "Rhincodon" and substituting the following —

" Rhiniodon "; and

(b) in the table entitled "CRUSTACEANS", in the item commencing "Rock Lobster, Tropical", by deleting "Panulinus" and substituting the following —

" Panulirus ".

Schedule 9 amended

10.  Schedule 9 to the principal regulations is amended under the heading

"Category 2 Fish" in the item commencing "Crab, Blue Mud", by deleting

"Blue" and substituting the following —
" Brown ".

By His Excellency's Command,

J. PRITCHARD, Clerk of the Council.