Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations A person shall not,
except in accordance with a condition imposed on a licence or permit or as
otherwise approved —
(a) take
or attempt to take, or permit or suffer his or her agent, employee or
subordinate to take or attempt to take, pearl oysters by any means except by
diving and by hand; or
(b) have
on board a boat any equipment capable of being used for the taking of pearl
oysters, other than pearl diving equipment; or
(c)
kill, or permit or suffer his or her agent, employee or subordinate to kill, a
pearl oyster except for —
(i)
pearl seeding operations on a holding site or pearl
oyster farm; or
(ii)
pearl harvesting purposes on a pearl oyster farm;
or
(d) have
on board a catcher boat any dead pearl oyster; or
(e)
conduct or attempt to conduct, or permit or suffer his or her agent, employee
or subordinate to conduct or attempt to conduct, pearl culture techniques
except on a holding site or pearl oyster farm.
Penalty: $2 000.
[Regulation 45 amended: Gazette
17 Dec 1999 p. 6223.]