1. West Coast Rock Lobster
Regional Services Division

2. What is going to be covered
2015/16 Season Overview
CDR/IVR – Common errors
Inspection rates
Rock lobster task force
Recreational sector and black market investigations
Management Plan Amendments for 2016/17 season.
Over quota management

3. CDR form Integrity – Getting the Paperwork Right

4. Common mistakes
Name (incomplete or full name not recorded): 318 Incorrect date of landing: 303 Incorrect or missing number of containers: 135

5. Master Error Notices

6. Receiver Error Notices

7. 2015/16 Catch Inspections Total Consignments: 19, 492
Total Containers Consigned: 226,844
Total Number of Boats: 233
Total of 7260 containers inspected 3.2%
901 landing contacts 4.6%
Average of 3.64 contacts each LFB

8. Commercial Offence Information
West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery
Brief
Offences
Infringements
Warnings
15/16 Season 31 32 97
July 2014 – May 2015 Total 77 28 92
July 2013 –June 2014 Total 30
103
July 2012 –June 2013 Total 48 29
171

9. New Rock Lobster Taskforce Approach
Specific team with a focus on commercial rock lobster fishery quota declaration compliance.
Role:
Increased focus on integrity of catch declarations.
Team analyses data regularly and identifies patrol areas (top outliers in data sweeps).
“Target information” is provided to the appropriate District Office from Bunbury to Geraldton.
Team offers field support to District offices for the “target areas”.
Utilising Fisheye, EMU data, IVR and Qlikview.

10. Rock Lobster Taskforce
In its initial 12 months the team attended to:
183 Administrative Offences
19 Over quota Offences (2015 season)
Made investigative contact with 74 Authorisation holders over administrative matters
467 Contacts registered by field patrols
236 gear inspections (Whale Mitigation gear) – 8 warnings for 2016 Season to date
32 Vessel searches
30 Personal bag searches
Inspection of 33 Landing zones north of Metro Areas and inspection of all major receival depots and processing locations. .

11. Compliance Focus - Targeted
Independent weight verifications.
Master to Truck independent weight compliance.
              
Weighing Process Open and transparent according to Cl.43.
Receiver weight compliance, independent and not mirrored off truck or master.
Correct nominations before moving vessel, before entering landing area and immediate after consigning.
Consigning and documentation including A Zone requirements (Holding, Carrier vessel).

12. Some recent MP changes 24 May 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1539 3
Some recent MP changes 24 May 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA Clause 10 replaced Delete clause 10 and insert— 10. Authority of licence of no effect where usual or current entitlement is less than 300 units of entitlement The authority conferred by a licence is of no effect at any time when either the usual or the current entitlement of the licence is less than 300 units of entitlement.

13. MP changes cont..
4. Clause 26A amended (a) In subclause 26A(1) delete “ 14 November ” and insert— 31 October (b) Delete subclauses 26A(4) and 26A(5) and insert— (4) Subclauses (2) and (3) do not apply to the use of a pot line used to fish for rock lobster that is less than or equal to 32.9 metres long. (5) When a pot line used to fish for rock lobster is less than or equal to 32.9 metres long, the master of an authorised boat must ensure that— (a) the combined pot line and float rig used to fish for rock lobster is less than or equal to 32.9 metres in length; and (b) no more than two surface floats are attached to the float rig. 5. Schedule 14 deleted Dated 12th of May J. FRANCIS, Minister for Fisheries.

14. Over quota

15. New Approach to Deal with Over-Quota
Issuing a Notice Requiring Payment of Proceeds. Cl 19A
An approach to negate any financial benefit from the catch landed above quota.
Notice to either licence holder or person acting on behalf of (Master).
Amount determined by DOF on the day market price (per KG).
Payment to Fisheries Research and Development Account (FRDA).
Payment to be made within 14 days.
Licence suspended after 5 days of issue if failure to pay.
Can be applied for any over-quota amount, ie. >0.1kg.
Cl 19B - Review of CEO notice by SAT for determination under 19A(2)

16. New Approach to Deal with Over-Quota
Clause 20 defence
Will remain available for ≤ 30 kg -
Within 21 days of the catch exceedance.
Payment of the prescribed value.
Only available if no contravention of Cl19 in previous 12 months.
Not available where exceedance is considered reckless or intentional (Section 74.1 offence).

17. Entitlement Monitoring Unit - EMU
Mark Cliff - Principal Management Officer
Victoria Park Marine Operations Centre
5 Ellam Street Victoria Park WA 6100
Regional Services Division
Locked Bag 39, Cloisters Square WA 6850
Tel: Fax :
IVR:
RL Helpline:
FishEye Helpline:
Report Illegal Fishing:

18. Black market Big fines for interfering with rock lobster fishing gear
​Two men have been ordered to pay a total of more than $87,700 for a range of joint and individual fishing offences. A Joondalup Court heard the men had been under surveillance by Fisheries and Marine Officers on 23 December 2013 and again on a number of days in November and December last year; before they were apprehended, interviewed and later charged. A Greenwood man was fined $14,000 and issued with an additional mandatory penalty of $46,250 and court costs of $ A Kallaroo man was fined $14,000, given an additional mandatory penalty of $13,200 and $ in court costs. Among their offences, they faced 11 joint charges of interfering with fishing gear that did not belong to either of the accused. The magistrate also ordered forfeiture of the boat and trailer used to commit the joint offences, along with the 298 rock lobster tails, 24 whole western rock lobsters and six lobster pots, which had also been seized by Fisheries and Marine officers.

19. And further….
A Kalbarri man appeared in the Geraldton Magistrates Court on the 22 October 2015.
Convicted of using more than two rock lobster pots x 4
Unlawfully selling rock lobster x 2
Unlawfully selling mackerel x 1
Fined $14,000
Court costs $670
Cancelled recreational fishing licence for 6 months.
Subject to further administrative law provisions regarding “fit and proper”