Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act 1935 Regulation relating to size limits, bag limits and prohibited species (1990-357) [GG No 80 of 22.6.1990] (NSW)

1990 - No. 357

FISHERIES AND OYSTER FARMS ACT 1935 - REGULATION

(Relating to size limits, bag limits and prohibited species)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 80 of 22 June 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act 1935, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

IAN ARMSTRONG

Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Commencement

1. This Regulation commences on 1 July 1998.

Amendments

2. The Fisheries and Oyster Farms (General) Regulation 1989 is

amended:

(a) by inserting after clause 32 (2) (f) the following paragraph:

(g) in the case of turban snail - the diameter of the shell is to be measured along its longest axis.

(b) by omitting the Table to clause 32 and by inserting instead the following Table:

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TABLE

Column 1	Column 2
Class of fish
Minimum measurement in

Common name	Species	centimetres
Abalone	Haliotis ruber	11.5

Blackfish, Rock Girella elevata 25

Bream, Black or Acantho agrus butcheri 25

Southern

Bream, Yellowfin	Acantho pagrus australis	25
Crab, Blue Swimmer	Portunus pelagicus	6

Crab, Mud, Black or Scylla serrata 8.5

Mangrove

Crab, Spanner	Ranina ranina	9.3
Crayfish, Freshwater	Euastacus armatus	8

spiny Murray or

Murrumbidgee

Flathead, Common or Platycephalus fuscus 33

Dusky

Flathead, Sand Platycephalus 33

caeruleopunctatus

Flathead, Tiger Neo platyce phalus 33

richardsoni

Kingfish, Yellowtail Seriola lalandi 60

Lobster, Common Rock	Jasus	verreauxi	10.4
Lobster, Southern Rock	Jasus	novaehollandiae	11

(male)

Lobster, Southern Rock Jasus novaehollandiae 10.5

(female)

Luderick	Cirella tricus pidata	25
Morwong (Jackass fish)	Nernadactgus	28

macro pterus

Morwong, Red (Sea Cheilodactlus fuscus 25

Carp)

Morwong, Rubberlip	Nemadactylus douglasii	28
Mullet, Sea (including	Mugil cephalus	30

"Bully")

Mulloway Argyrosomus 38

holole pidotus

Salmon, Atlantic	Salmo salar	25
Shark, School	Galeorhinus galeus	91
Snail, Sydney Turban	Turbo torquatus	7.5

Snail, Military Turban	Turbo	rnilitaris	7.5
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Snapper	Chrysophrys auratus	28
Tarwhine	Rhabdosargus sarba	20
Teraglin	Atractoscion aequidens	38

Trout, American Brook	Salvelinus fonntinalis 25
Trout, Brown	Salmo trutta 25
Trout, Rainbow	Oncorhpchus mykiss 25
Whiting, Sand (silver)	Sillago ciliata 27
(c)	by omitting from clause 34 (1) (a) the words “(except those specified in subclause (4))";

(d) by omitting clause 34 (4);

(e) by omitting the Table to clause 34 and by inserting instead the following Table:

TABLE PART 1

(FISH - MARINE OR ESTUARINE)

Column 1	Column 2
Class of fish

Common name Species Permitted quantity

Bream, yellowfin	Acanthopagrus australis 20 comprised wholly
Bream, southern or	Acanthopagrus butcheri of bream or wholly of

black Rhabdosargus sarba tarwhine or partly of

Tar whine each

Groper, blue, red or Achoerodus viridis 2

brown

Kingfish, yellowtail	Seriola lalandi	5
Mackerel, spotted	Scomberomorus munroi	5 comprised wholly of
Mackerel, Spanish or	Scomberomorus	narrow barred or
narrow barred	commerson	Spanish mackerel or wholly of spotted mackerel or partly or each
Morwong, red	Cheilodactylus fuscus	5
Mulloway	Argyosomus	5 of which 3 must not

holole pidotus exceed 60cm

Snapper	Chrysophrys auratus	10
Teraglin	Atractoscion aequidens	5

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Tunas of the genus

Thunnus

Tuna, yellowfin	Thunnus albacares	2 comprised of any
Tuna, albacore	Thunnus alalunga	single species or a

Tuna, big-eye Thunnus obesus combination of

Tuna, northern bluefin Thunnus maccoyii species, each of which

Tuna, southern bluefin	Thunnus tonggol	is greater than 15
kilograms weight
(whole) or 12 1/2
kilograms weight
(gilled and gutted)

PART 2

(SHELLFISH - MOLLUSCS AND CRUSTACEANS)

Column 1	Column 2
Class of fish

Common name	Species	Permitted quantity
Abalone	Haliotis ruber	10
Cockle	Anadara sp.	10 litre container
Crab, blue swimmer	Portunus pelagicus	20

Crab, mud, black or Scylla serrata 5

mangrove

Crab, spanner	Ranina ranina	15
Mussel, edible	Family Mytilidae	10 litre container
Rock Lobster, eastern	Jams verreauxi	5
Rock Lobster, southern	Jasus novaehollandiae	5
Sea urchin, black or	Centrostephanus rodgersi	10 litre container

purple

Sea urchin, brown Heliocidaris 10 litre container

erythrogramma

Sea urchin, orange	Heliocidaris tuberculata	10 litre container
Pipi	Donax deltiodes	5 litre container
All other gastropod	class Gastropoda	5 litre container

molluscs comprised wholly of a single species or of mixed species

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PART 3

(FISH - FRESHWATER AND ESTUARINE)

Column 1	Column 2
Class of fish

Common name	Species	Permitted quantity
Australian Bass	Macquaria	5 comprised wholly of

novemaculeata bass or wholly of

Estuarine Perch	Macquaria colonorum	perch or partly of each
Macquarie Perch	Macquaria australasica	2
Salmon, Atlantic	Salmo salar	10 comprised wholly

Trout, American	Salvelinus	fontinalis	of salmon or wholly of
Trout, Brown	Salmo trutta	trout or partly or each

Trout, Rainbow	Oncorhynchus mykiss
(f)	by inserting at the end of clause 61 (2) the following words:

Australian Grayling (Prototroctes maraena)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Fisheries and Oyster Farms

(General) Regulation 1989:

(a)	to prescribe a minimum size for yellowtail kingfish and turban snails and to specify how the size of a turban snail is to be measured; and
(b)	to restate the complete list of fish to which a minimum size is applicable with some variations to the species names; and
(c)	to remove the special bag limit applicable to Lake Canobolas; and
(d)	to restate the complete list of fish to which a bag limit is applicable including the addition of certain species of bream, kingfish, mackerel, mulloway, snapper, teraglin, tuna, crab and perch; and
(e)	to prohibit the taking of, or any attempt to take, fish known as Australian grayling.