Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 2 October 2019
These rules are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the rule)
These rules amend the Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2017 by –(a) amending certain definitions; and(b) including Smithton, Stanley and Woolnorth Anchorage as designated ports; and(c) defining “measuring device”; and(d) providing that persons under the age of 10 years are not eligible to hold a fishing licence (recreational abalone); and(e) prohibiting persons from taking abalone from State waters at night; and(f) reducing the quantity of abalone that may be taken by a person from State waters or possessed on a vessel in certain circumstances; and(g) making other miscellaneous amendments.