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

i 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 ═══════════════ NOTES 7 -- 1 of 8 -- 1 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. -- 2 of 8 -- S.R. No. 152/1996 Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes) Regulations 1996 2 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 1992 1 are called the Principal Regulations. _______________ r. 2 -- 3 of 8 -- S.R. No. 152/1996 Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes) Regulations 1996 3 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 r. 5 -- 4 of 8 -- S.R. No. 152/1996 Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes) Regulations 1996 4 bream (any species) to a processor or a market.". _______________ r. 6 -- 5 of 8 -- S.R. No. 152/1996 Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes) Regulations 1996 5 PART 3—PROVISIONS THAT TAKE EFFECT ON 1 JULY 1997 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. _______________ r. 7 -- 6 of 8 -- S.R. No. 152/1996 Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes) Regulations 1996 6 PART 4—EXPIRY 9. Expiry These Regulations expire on 2 July 1997. ═══════════════ r. 9 -- 7 of 8 -- S.R. No. 152/1996 Fisheries (Commercial) (Bream-Gippsland Lakes) Regulations 1996 7 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. Notes -- 8 of 8 --