Victorian Consolidated Regulations

FISHERIES REGULATIONS 2019 - SCHEDULE 16

Schedule 16—Definitions of fisheries

Regulation 7

Sch. 16 (Table) amended by S.R. No. 161/2021 reg. 40.

Table

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Fishery	Column 3 Species of fish	Column 4 Type of fishing equipment	Column 5 Area of waters
1	Abalone (Commercial)	Abalone	—	Marine waters
2	Bait (General) (Commercial)	—	As specified in the licence under regulation 43	Protected waters as specified in the licence under regulation 43
3	Banded Morwong (Commercial)	Banded Morwong	—	Marine Waters east of longitude 147° 13' 22'' East (other than the Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea)
4	Corner Inlet (Commercial)	—	—	Corner Inlet
5	Eel (Commercial)	Eel	Fyke nets	—
6	Giant Crab (Commercial)	—	Rock lobster pots	Marine waters west of longitude 143° 40' East
*     *     *     *     *
8	Gippsland Lakes (Bait) (Commercial)	—	—	Gippsland Lakes
9	Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) (Commercial)	Mussel	Underwater breathing apparatus	Gippsland Lakes
10	Inland waters (Recreational)	—	Recreational fishing equipment	Inland waters, including Lake Hume, excluding Lake Mulwala
11	Lake Tyers (Bait) (Commercial)	—	—	Lake Tyers
12	Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) (Commercial)	—	—	Lower Lake at Mallacoota
13	Marine waters (Commercial)	—	—	Marine waters
14	Marine waters (Recreational)	—	Recreational fishing equipment	Marine waters
15	Ocean (Commercial)	—	—	Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea)
16	Octopus (Commercial)	Octopus	Octopus pots and octopus trigger traps	Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Corner Inlet, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea)
17	Pipi (Commercial)	Pipi	Dip net	Marine waters (including the intertidal zone) other than—
				(a)     Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea; and (b)     Venus Bay recreational pipi zone
18	Protected waters (Commercial)	—	—	Protected waters excluding marine waters
19	Purse Seine (Ocean) (Commercial)	—	Purse seine nets, and lampara nets	Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea)
20	Rock lobster (Commercial)	—	Rock lobster pots	—
21	Scallop (Ocean) (Commercial)	Scallop	Scallop dredge	Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea)
22	Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) (Commercial)	Scallop	Underwater breathing apparatus	Port Phillip Bay other than an area specified in regulation 407
23	Sea urchin (Commercial)	Sea urchin	Underwater breathing apparatus	Eastern sea urchin zone Central sea urchin zone Western sea urchin zone Port Phillip Bay sea urchin zone
24	Snowy River (Bait) (Commercial)	—	—	Snowy River
25	Sydenham Inlet (Bait) (Commercial)	—	—	Sydenham Inlet
26	Trawl (Inshore) (Commercial)	—	Trawl nets	Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea)
27	Western Port/ Port Phillip Bay (Commercial)	—	—	Western Port and Port Phillip Bay
28	Wrasse (Ocean) (Commercial)	Wrasse	—	Marine waters (other than Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Gippsland Lakes and any inlet of the sea)