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Division 6.2 A by-catch of blue ling up to a threshold of 6 tonnes may be retained on board and landed. Once a vessel reaches this six-tonne threshold of blue ling:

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Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  1. (a)

    it shall immediately cease fishing and exit the area in which it is present;

  2. (b)

    it may not re-enter either of the areas until its catch has been landed;

  3. (c)

    it may not return to the sea any quantity of blue ling.