1990 - No. 357 FISHERIES AND OYSTER FARMS ACT 1935 - REGULATION
(Relating to size limits, bag limits and prohibited species) NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 80 of 22 June 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act 1935, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

IAN ARMSTRONG Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Commencement 1. This Regulation commences on 1 July 1998. Amendments 2. The Fisheries and Oyster Farms (General) Regulation 1989 is amended: (a) by inserting after clause 32 (2) (f) the following paragraph: (g) in the case of turban snail - the diameter of the shell is to be measured along its longest axis. (b) by omitting the Table to clause 32 and by inserting instead the following Table:

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TABLE Column 1 Class of fish Column 2 Minimum measurement in centimetres 11.5 25 25 25 6 8.5 9.3 8 33 33 33 60 10.4 11 10.5 25 28 25 28 30 38 25 91 7.5 7.5

Common name Abalone Blackfish, Rock Bream, Black or Southern Bream, Yellowfin Crab, Blue Swimmer Crab, Mud, Black or Mangrove Crab, Spanner Crayfish, Freshwater spiny Murray or Murrumbidgee Flathead, Common or Dusky Flathead, Sand Flathead, Tiger Kingfish, Yellowtail Lobster, Common Rock Lobster, Southern Rock (male) Lobster, Southern Rock (female) Luderick Morwong (Jackass fish) Morwong, Red (Sea Carp) Morwong, Rubberlip Mullet, Sea (including "Bully") Mulloway Salmon, Atlantic Shark, School Snail, Sydney Turban Snail, Military Turban

Species Haliotis ruber Girellaelevata Acantho agrus butcheri Acantho pagrus australis Portunus pelagicus Scyllaserrata Ranina ranina Euastacus armatus Platycephalus fuscus Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus Neo platyce phalus richardsoni Seriola lalandi Jasusverreauxi Jasusnovaehollandiae Jasusnovaehollandiae Cirella tricus pidata Nernadactgus macro pterus Cheilodactlus fuscus Nemadactylus douglasii Mugilcephalus Argyrosomus holole pidotus Salmo salar Galeorhinus galeus Turbo torquatus Turbornilitaris

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Snapper Tarwhine Teraglin Trout, American Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Whiting, Sand (silver) Chrysophrysauratus Rhabdosargus sarba Atractoscion aequidens Salvelinus fonntinalis Salmo trutta Oncorhpchus mykiss Sillago ciliata 28 20 38 25 25 25 27

(c) by omitting from clause 34 (1) (a) the words "(except those specified in subclause (4))"; (d) by omitting clause 34 (4); (e) by omitting the Table to clause 34 and by inserting instead the following Table: TABLE PART 1 (FISH - MARINE OR ESTUARINE)
Column 1 Class of fish Common name Bream, yellowfin Bream, southern or black Tarwhine Groper, blue, red or brown Kingfish, yellowtail Mackerel, spotted Mackerel, Spanish or narrow barred Species Acanthopagrus australis Acanthopagrus butcheri Rhabdosargussarba Achoerodus viridis Seriola lalandi Scomberomorus munroi Scomberomorus commerson Column 2 Permitted quantity 20 comprised wholly of bream or wholly of tarwhine or partly of each 2 5 5 comprised wholly of narrow barred or Spanish mackerel or wholly of spotted mackerel or partly or each 5 5 of which 3 must not exceed 60cm 10 5

Morwong, red Mulloway Snapper Teraglin

Cheilodactylus fuscus Argyosomus holole pidotus Chrysophrys auratus Atractoscion aequidens

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Tunas of the genus Thunnus Tuna, yellowfin Tuna, albacore Tuna, big-eye Tuna, northern bluefin Tuna, southern bluefin

Thunnus albacares Thunnus alalunga Thunnus obesus Thunnus maccoyii Thunnus tonggol

2 comprised of any single species or a combination of species, each of which is greater than 15 kilograms weight (whole) or 12 1/2 kilograms weight (gilled and gutted)

PART 2 (SHELLFISH - MOLLUSCS AND CRUSTACEANS)
Column 1 Class of fish Common name Abalone Cockle Crab, blue swimmer Crab, mud, black or mangrove Crab, spanner Mussel, edible Rock Lobster, eastern Rock Lobster, southern Sea urchin, black or purple Sea urchin, brown Sea urchin, orange Pipi All other gastropod molluscs Species Haliotis ruber Anadara sp. Portunus pelagicus Scyllaserrata Ranina ranina Family Mytilidae Jams verreauxi Jasus novaehollandiae Centrostephanus rodgersi Heliocidaris erythrogramma Heliocidaris tuberculata Donax deltiodes class Gastropoda Column 2 Permitted quantity 10 10 litre container 20 5 15 10 litre container 5 5 10 litre container 10 litre container 10 litre container 5 litre container 5 litre container comprised wholly of a single species or of mixed species

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PART 3 (FISH - FRESHWATER AND ESTUARINE)
Column 1 Class of fish Common name Australian Bass Estuarine Perch Macquarie Perch Salmon, Atlantic Trout, American Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Species Macquaria novemaculeata Macquaria colonorum Macquaria australasica Salmo salar Salvelinus fontinalis Salmo trutta Oncorhynchus mykiss Column 2 Permitted quantity 5 comprised wholly of bass or wholly of perch or partly of each 2 10 comprised wholly of salmon or wholly of trout or partly or each

(f) by inserting at the end of clause 61 (2) the following words:
Australian Grayling (Prototroctes maraena) EXPLANATORY NOTE The object of this Regulation is to amend the Fisheries and Oyster Farms (General) Regulation 1989: (a) to prescribe a minimum size for yellowtail kingfish and turban snails and to specify how the size of a turban snail is to be measured; and (b) to restate the complete list of fish to which a minimum size is applicable with some variations to the species names; and (c) to remove the special bag limit applicable to Lake Canobolas; and (d) to restate the complete list of fish to which a bag limit is applicable including the addition of certain species of bream, kingfish, mackerel, mulloway, snapper, teraglin, tuna, crab and perch; and (e) to prohibit the taking of, or any attempt to take, fish known as Australian grayling.

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