Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes) Regulations 1996 (Vic)

Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes)

Regulations 1996

S.R. No. 152/1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation	Page
PART 1—PRELIMINARY MATTERS	1

1.	Objective	1
2.	Authorising provision	2
3.	Commencement	2
4.	Principal Regulations	2

PART 2—PROVISIONS THAT TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY 3

5.	Increase in size limit for bream in the Gippsland Lakes	3
6.	Introduction of further conditions on master fisherman's licence	3

PART 3—PROVISIONS THAT TAKE EFFECT ON 1 JULY 1997 5

7.	Decrease in size limit for bream in the Gippsland Lakes	5
8.	Removal of further conditions on master fisherman's licence	5

PART 4—EXPIRY 6

9. Expiry 6

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STATUTORY RULES 1996

S.R. No. 152/1996

Fisheries Act 1968

Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes)

Regulations 1996

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 17 December 1996

Responsible Minister:

PATRICK McNAMARA

Minister for Agriculture and Resources

A. WILTSHIRE

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

PART 1—PRELIMINARY MATTERS

1. Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to ensure the long term sustainability of bream stocks in the Gippsland Lakes and their inflowing waters by protecting stocks from overfishing by—

(a)	temporarily introducing a weekly catch limit for bream in the Gippsland Lakes for a person holding a master fisherman's licence; and
(b)	temporarily increasing the minimum size limit for the taking of bream in the Gippsland Lakes and their inflowing waters.

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2. Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 81 of the Fisheries Act 1968.

3. Commencement

(1) This Part and Part 2 come into operation on the

day these Regulations are made.

(2) Part 3 comes into operation on 1 July 1997.

4. Principal Regulations

In these Regulations the Fisheries (Commercial)
Regulations 19921 are called the Principal

Regulations.

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PART 2—PROVISIONS THAT TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY

5.  Increase in size limit for bream in the Gippsland Lakes

In the table in regulation 43 of the Principal

Regulations, for—

"Bream (all species) 25.5"

substitute—
"Bream (all species) (other than in
the Gippsland Lakes and their
inflowing waters) 25.5

Bream (all species) (in the Gippsland

Lakes and their inflowing waters) 26".

6.  Introduction of further conditions on master fisherman's licence

After regulation 50(7) of the Principal Regulations
insert—

"(8) It is a condition of a master fisherman's

licence endorsed as valid for fishing in the
Gippsland Lakes that, when operating a
registered fishing boat in the Gippsland

Lakes the licence holder—

(a)	must not take any more than 730 kilograms of bream (any species) from those waters during any one calendar month; and
(b)	must, each day before landing the catch, record on a form provided by the Secretary the weight of all bream (any species) taken during that day; and
(c)	must keep a record of daily catches of bream (all species) from those waters for the current month in his or her possession while fishing or transporting

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bream (any species) to a processor or a market.".

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7.  Decrease in size limit for bream in the Gippsland Lakes

In the table in regulation 43 of the Principal

Regulations, for—

"Bream (all species) (other than in
the Gippsland Lakes and their
inflowing waters) 25.5

Bream (all species) (in the Gippsland

Lakes and their inflowing waters) 26"

substitute—
"Bream (all species) 25.5".

8.  Removal of further conditions on master fisherman's licence

Regulation 50(8) of the Principal Regulations is revoked.

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PART 4—EXPIRY

9. Expiry

These Regulations expire on 2 July 1997.

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NOTES

1 S.R. No. 152/1992. Reprinted to S.R. No. 115/1994 and subsequently

amended by S.R. Nos 37/1995, 84/1995, 96/1995, 104/1995 and 26/1996.