These Rules, consisting of 66 Sections, divided into six Parts and completed by three Schedules, regulate giant crab fishery. They specify the following matters related to this fishing sector: total allowable catch, fishing quota, overcatch provisions, deduction of excess catch from quota, commercial giant grab quota docket book, deduction from quota at end of quota year, authority of fishing licence, certain fishing licence applications to be granted, restrictions on transfer of licences, maximum licence holdings, copy of licence to be carried on fishing vessel during fishing trip, allocation of giant crab quota units, minimum and maximum quota unit holdings, requirements relating to licences with fewer than 15 quota units, restrictions on transfer of quota units. The Rules is divided as follows: Part 1 Preliminary; Part 2 General Management of Fishery; Part 3 Commercial Giant Crab Fishery; Part 4 Fishing Apparatus; Part 5 Reporting and Tracking; Part 6 Miscellaneous. Schedules 1-3 deal with: Ports of Landing; Infringement Notice Offences and Penalties; Legislation Rescinded.
أستراليا · 2013-01-28