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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provision 1
3. Conditions of a Giant Crab Fishery Access Licence 1
4. Conditions of a Rock Lobster Fishery Access Licence 2
5. Minimum sizes 2
6. Catch limits 3
7. Closed seasons 5
8. Offence to land certain fish other than in the form of a carcass 5
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STATUTORY RULES 2002
S.R. No. 78/2002
Fisheries Act 1995
Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2002
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 10 September 2002
Responsible Minister:
CANDY BROAD
Minister for Energy and Resources
HELEN DOYE
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to amend the
Fisheries Regulations 1998—
(a) to make provision relating to the catching
and possessing of certain species of fish that
have been listed as threatened under the
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988; and
(b) to make minor amendments to those
Regulations.
2. Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 153 of
the Fisheries Act 1995.
3. Conditions of a Giant Crab Fishery Access Licence
In regulation 307A(2)(u) of the Fisheries
Regulations 1998 1 , for "duplicate" substitute
"original".
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4. Conditions of a Rock Lobster Fishery Access Licence
In regulation 318(2) of the Fisheries Regulations
1998—
(a) in paragraph (t), for "duplicate" substitute
"original";
(b) in paragraph (zc)(i), for "paragraph (zc)"
substitute "paragraph (zd)";
(c) in paragraph (zf)(i), for "paragraph (zb)"
substitute "paragraph (zc)".
5. Minimum sizes
(1) In the Table in regulation 501(1) of the Fisheries
Regulations 1998—
(a) omit the item relating to "Macquarie perch";
and
(b) omit the item relating to "Murray cod".
(2) In the Table in regulation 501(2) of the Fisheries
Regulations 1998, after the item relating to
"Blackfish (River blackfish)" insert—
"Freshwater
catfish
Inland waters within
the Wimmera Basin 30
Golden
perch
Inland waters
30
Macquarie
perch
(a) Lake Dartmouth
and all its
tributaries
(b) Yarra River and all
its tributaries
(c) Upper Coliban
Reservoir and all its
tributaries
30
30
30
Murray cod Inland waters 50
Silver perch Inland waters 25".
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6. Catch limits
(1) In the Table in regulation 503(1) of the Fisheries
Regulations 1998—
(a) omit the item relating to "Macquarie perch";
and
(b) omit the item relating to "Murray cod".
(2) In the Table in regulation 503(3) of the Fisheries
Regulations 1998, after the item relating to
"Blackfish (River blackfish)" insert—
"Fresh-
water
catfish
(a) Inland
waters
within the
Wimmera
Basin 2 2
(b) All other
inland
waters 0 (protected) 0 (protected)
Golden
perch
(a) Rivers and
streams of
inland
waters 5 5
(b) Lakes and
impound-
ments of
inland
waters 10 10
Macquarie
perch
(a) Lake
Dartmouth
and all its
tributaries 2 2
(b) Yarra River
and all its
tributaries 2 2
(c) Upper
Coliban
Reservoir
and all its
tributaries 2 2
(d) All other
inland
waters 0 (protected) 0 (protected)
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Murray
cod
Inland waters 2, of which
no more than
1 may be
equal to or
greater than
75 centimetres
in length
2, of which
no more than
1 may be
equal to or
greater than
75 centimetres
in length".
(3) In the Table in regulation 503(3) of the Fisheries
Regulations 1998, after the item relating to
"Salmonids (brown trout, rainbow trout, Atlantic
trout and chinook salmon)" insert—
"Silver
perch
(a) Lakes and
impound-
ments of
inland
waters north
of the Great
Dividing
Range
(excluding
the
Wimmera
Basin) 5 5
(b) Rivers and
streams of
inland
waters north
of the Great
Dividing
Range
(excluding
the
Wimmera
Basin) 0 (protected) 0 (protected)
(c) All inland
waters south
of the Great
Dividing
Range
(including
the
Wimmera
Basin) 5 5".
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7. Closed seasons
In the Table in regulation 506(1) of the Fisheries
Regulations 1998, for the item relating to
"Macquarie perch" substitute—
"Macquarie
perch
All Victorian
waters
1 October to
31 December in
each year".
8. Offence to land certain fish other than in the form of
a carcass
(1) In regulation 520(2) of the Fisheries Regulations
1998 omit "Murray cod, Macquarie perch or".
(2) In regulation 520(3) of the Fisheries Regulations
1998, after "possess any" insert "freshwater
catfish, golden perch, Macquarie perch, Murray
cod, silver perch or".
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 23/1998. Reprint No. 2 as at 22 May 2001. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 43/2001 and subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 78/2001,
118/2001, 145/2001 and 19/2002.
Endnotes
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