Fisheries (Recreational) (Salmonid) Regulations 1997
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Fisheries (Recreational) (Salmonid) Regulations
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provision 1
3. Principal Regulations 1
4. Commencement 2
5. New regulation 18 2
18. Close seasons 2
6. Size and bag limit restrictions on taking of brown trout, rainbow
trout and chinook salmon 3
7. Restriction on the use of trout or salmon ova as bait or berley 4
8. Listing of waters in which special bag bag limits for the taking of
brown trout, rainbow trout and chinook salmon apply 5
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STATUTORY RULES 1997
S.R. No. 44/1997
Fisheries Act 1968
Fisheries (Recreational) (Salmonid) Regulations
1997
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 3 June 1997
Responsible Minister:
PATRICK McNAMARA
Minister for Agriculture and Resources
N. WHITE
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to provide
for effective management of salmonid fishery by
imposing a close season and other restrictions on
fishing for salmonids in Victoria.
2. Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 81 of
the Fisheries Act 1968.
3. Principal Regulations
In these Regulations, the Fisheries (Recreational)
Regulations 1992 1 are called the Principal
Regulations.
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4. Commencement
(1) These Regulations (other than regulations 6, 7 and
8) come into operation on the day on which these
Regulations are made.
(2) Regulations 6, 7 and 8 come into operation on 6
September 1997.
5. New regulation 18
For regulation 18 of the Principal Regulations,
substitute—
"18. Close seasons
(1) For the purposes of the Act the close seasons
for fin-fish and the areas and periods for
which they apply are specified in the table
below—
Column 1
Species
Column 2
Area
Column 3
Period
Macquarie
perch
Lake Dartmouth
and all its
tributaries or
within 500 metres
of those waters
1 October to
18 December
in each year
Murray cod All Victorian
waters
1 September
to 30
November in
each year
River
blackfish
South of the Great
Dividing Range
1 September
to 31
December in
each year
Brown trout
Chinook
salmon
Rainbow
trout
All Victorian
waters except
lakes and
reservoirs
From
midnight on
the Queen's
Birthday
holiday
(Monday) in
June in each
year to
midnight on
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Column 1
Species
Column 2
Area
Column 3
Period
the Friday
before the first
Saturday in
September in
each year
(2) Despite the close season specified in the
table in sub-regulation (1) for brown trout,
chinook salmon and rainbow trout, a person
must not take during the close season brown
trout, chinook salmon or rainbow trout
from—
(a) Lake Wendouree; or
(b) whilst in a boat, from Lake
Purrumbete.".
6. Size and bag limit restrictions on taking of brown
trout, rainbow trout and chinook salmon
For the Table in regulation 19 of the Principal
Regulations, substitute—
"TABLE
Species Area Bag Limit
King George
whiting
All Victorian waters 20
Macquarie perch All Victorian waters 10
Snapper
40 cm or more in
length
Below 40 cm in
length
All Victorian waters
5
10
Murray cod All Victorian waters 2
Salmonids (brown
trout, rainbow
trout and chinook
salmon)
(a) All Victorian
waters other than
inland waters
specified in
Schedules 3, 4
A total of
10 trout
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Species Area Bag Limit
and 5
(b) In inland waters
specified in
Schedule 3
A total of
10 fish of
which no
more than
5 trout
may be
below
30 cm in
length and
of which
no more
than 5 may
be chinook
salmon
(c) In inland waters
specified in
Schedule 4
A total of
5 trout
(d) In inland waters
specified in
Schedule 5 and
their tributaries
A total of
5 trout of
which no
more than
2 trout
may be
greater
than 30 cm
in length
and of
which no
more than
1 trout
may be
greater
than 40 cm
in length.".
7. Restriction on the use of trout or salmon ova as bait
or berley
At the end of regulation 21 of the Principal
Regulations, insert—
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"(2) A person must not use trout or salmon ova as
bait or berley to take or attempt to take fish
of any species.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.".
8. Listing of waters in which special bag bag limits for
the taking of brown trout, rainbow trout and chinook
salmon apply
After Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations,
insert—
"SCHEDULE 3
Inland waters with bag limits for the purposes of paragraph
(b) in the table in regulation 19
Aringa Reservoir
Barwon River
Beaufort Lake
Blue Rock Dam
Bostock Reservoir
Bullarto Reservoir
Cairn Curran Reservoir
Campaspe River (upstream of Lake Eppalock)
Colbrook Reservoir
Cosgrove Reservoir
Dean Reservoir
Deep Lake
Dock Lake
Fyans Lake
Goldfield Reservoir
Gong Gong Reservoir
Greenhill Lake
Hamilton Lake
Hanging Rock Lake
Harcourt Reservoir
Hepburn Lagoon
Hollands Creek
Hopkins River
Jil Jil Lake
King River (downstream of Lake William Hovell)
Konongwootong Reservoir
Lake Batyo Catyo
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Lake Burrumbeet
Lake Cartcarrong
Lake Elingamite
Lake Gillear
Lake Glenmaggie
Lake Hume
Lake Learmonth
Lake Modewarre
Lake Murdeduke
Lake Natimuk
Lake Purrumbete
Lake Tooliorook
Lake Wallace
Lake Wendouree
Landsborough Reservoir
Lang Lang River
Lauriston Reservoir
Lilydale Lake
Macalister River
Malmsbury Reservoir
Merri River
Moorabool Reservoir
Mt Emu Creek
Newlyn Reservoir
Nursery Reservoir (Macedon)
Pine Lake
Rainbow Creek
Rocklands Reservoir
Ryans Creek
Sugarloaf Reservoir
Talbot Reservoir
Tarwin River (East Branch)
Teddington Reservoirs
Toolondo Reservoir
Upper Coliban Reservoir
West Barwon Dam
Wombat Reservoir
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SCHEDULE 4
Inland waters with bag limits for the purposes of paragraph
(c) in the table in regulation 19
Alexandra Lake (Ararat)
Anderson Lake (Chiltern)
Caulfield Racecourse Lake (Caulfield)
Cobden Lake (Cobden)
Daylesford Lake (Daylesford)
Donald Caravan Park Lake (Donald)
Eildon Pondage (Eildon)
Esmonde Lake (Ballarat)
Guyatt Lake (Sale)
Hyland Lake (Churchill)
Jack Roper Reserve Lake (Campbellfield)
Jubilee Lake (Daylesford)
Kennington Reservoir (Bendigo)
Lake Kerferd (Beechworth)
Leighs Lake (Glenrowan)
Lismore Golf Course Dam (Lismore)
Morwell Lake (Morwell)
Neanger Lake (Eaglehawk)
Nhill Lake (Nhill)
Rawson Dam (Rawson)
St Georges Lake (Creswick)
Seagull Lake (Geelong)
Tea Tree Lake (Mortlake)
Victoria Lake (Rutherglen)
Watonga Drive Dam (Horsham)
Weeroona Lake (Bendigo)
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SCHEDULE 5
Inland waters with bag limits for the purposes of paragraph
(d) in the table in regulation 19
Big River (Eildon)
Campaspe River (downstream of Lake Eppalock)
Corryong Creek
Dandongadale River
Dargo River
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Delatite River
Delegate River
Gellibrand River
Goulburn River (upstream of the old Hume Highway
bridge, south of Seymour)
Howqua River
Jamieson River
Kiewa River (downstream from the junction of the West
Branch and the East Branch)
King River (upstream of Lake William Hovell)
Limestone Creek
Mitta Mitta River
Morass Creek
Ovens River (upstream of Buffalo River Road bridge,
Myrtleford)
Rose River
Thompson River (upstream of the impounded waters of
Cowwarr Weir)
Wentworth River
West Kiewa River
Yarra River (upstream of the Maroondah Highway bridge
on the Melbourne side of Healesville)".
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NOTES
1 S.R. No. 151/1992. Reprinted to S.R. No. 14/1996 and subsequently
amended by S.R. Nos 26/1996, 120/1996 and 154/1996.
Notes
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