(1)  Subject to subrule (2) , the holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) who has made a pre-fishing report, for the purposes of a fishing trip, may make a changing part of fishery report to the reporting service during that fishing trip to change the licence holder’s intention to take or not to take rock lobster, in relation to one or more of the following:

(a) a change in the fishing zone;

(b) a change in the catch-cap area;

(c) a change as to whether the fishing trip is inside, or outside, a catch-cap area.

(2)  The holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) may only make a changing part of fishery report under subrule (1) in respect of a fishing trip if, at the time when the report is made –

(a) the licence holder has not taken rock lobster during, or for the purposes of, the fishing trip; and

(b) there is no rock lobster on the vessel on which the fishing trip is conducted; and

(c) the licence holder has not set a rock lobster pot during the fishing trip.

(3)  The holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) must not make a changing part of fishery report, in respect of a pre-fishing report, more than 48 hours after that pre-fishing report is made.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.