Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2000 (TAS)

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Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2000

I make the following rules under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 .4 February 2000

D. E. Llewellyn

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThese rules may be cited as the Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2000 . 2CommencementThese rules take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Interpretation (1)  In these rules – abalone means fish of the genus Haliotis; abalone container includes a fishing vessel carrying abalone; abalone meat means any part of the flesh of an abalone that has been removed from its shell other than – (a) in the course of cooking or being consumed; or (b) being processed at processing premises; abalone quota certificate means a certificate issued under rule 16 ; abalone quota unit means one-3500th of the total allowable catch of abalone as determined by the Minister under the Act; abalone transfer docket means a docket in an approved form relating to abalone that is part of the records required to be kept under the Act; abalone transfer docket (leaving premises) means a docket referred to in rule 33(1) ; abalone transfer docket (receipt) means a docket referred to in rule 32(1) ; Act means the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 ; blacklip abalone means fish of the species Haliotis rubra; closed season means a season or period during which the abalone fishery is closed; diver’s docket means a docket in an approved form relating to abalone that is part of records required to be kept under the Act; eastern blacklip abalone part of the fishery is the part of the commercial abalone fishery involving only blacklip abalone in State waters east of the line of longitude 146°28’55” East at Northdown Beach on the north coast of the mainland of Tasmania and east of the line of longitude 146°52’11” East at Whale Head on the south coast of the mainland of Tasmania; fish merchant means – (a) the holder of a fish processing licence that specifies abalone; or (b) a person who carries on the business of selling fish; fishing gear means apparatus; Franklin Sound means the State waters beginning at Holts Point at 148°2’38” East and 40°15’5” South, then east along the coast of Flinders Island to Pot Boil Point at 148°19’59” East and 40°12’45” South, then south directly to Puncheon Point on Cape Barren Island at 148°19’40” East and 40°17’33” South, then west along the north coast of Cape Barren Island to Prickly Bottom Beach at 148°3’18” East and 40°21’44” South, then north to Holts Point; giant crab means crab of the species Pseudocarcinus gigas; Grade 1 penalty means the penalty specified in regulation 5 of the Penalty Regulations; Grade 2 penalty means the penalty specified in regulation 6 of the Penalty Regulations; Grade 3 penalty means the penalty specified in regulation 7 of the Penalty Regulations; greenlip abalone means fish of the species Haliotis laevigata

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