Transhipment notice

A transhipment notice must be given for these fishery symbols if fish are to be transferred to another boat at sea (except from a tender boat to its primary boat).

This applies to:

RQ - Coral reef fin fish fishery
SM - Spanish mackerel fishery
T1 - Trawl fishery
D - Coral fishery
R - Crayfish and rock lobster fishery
N3, N12, N13 fisheries catching black jewfish in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The commercial fisher in control of the fishing operation is responsible for meeting these reporting requirements.

What to report

You need to:

clearly label fish being transhipped with the primary commercial fishing licence number under which the fish were taken
include the yellow copy of your catch disposal record with the fish.

After unloading, you must:

obtain the weights of the transhipped fish
report a weight notice
add the weight to the white copy of the catch disposal record
submit this to Fisheries Queensland.

What this applies to

A transport vessel means:

a domestic commercial vessel (class 1 or 2)
for fish taken under a D, N3, N12, N13, or R licences, includes the primary boat being under a licence held by the same person with those symbols.

Fish taken under an RQ, SM or T1 licence can be transhipped:

to a transport vessel that is a domestic commercial vessel (class 1 or 2).

Fish taken under a licence with D, N3, N12, N13 or R symbol can be transhipped to an

transport vessel that is a domestic commercial vessel (class 1 or 2), or
primary boat being used under another primary commercial fisheries licence with a D, N3, N12, N13 or R symbol held by the same person.

Domestic commercial vessel (class 1 or 2)

You must provide:

transport vessel code
landing place where transport vessel will land
estimated landing date of the transport vessel
number of fish or containers of fish for each quota species or quota category.

Transport vessel codes

you use a transport vessel that is not listed here
the listed details are incorrect.

Code	Name of boat	Registration	Name of company
901	MV Kestral Bay	21098QB	Sea Swift
904	MV Trinity Bay	856091	Sea Swift
909	LCT Biquele	861086	Sea Swift
911	Northern Bounty	Unique ID 438451	Wren fishing
912	LCT Malu Trojan	857918	Sea Swift
913	LCT Fourcroy	856497	Sea Swift
914	MV Warrender	855251	Sea Swift
915	LCT Malu Titan	856463	Sea Swift
916	Hellem	452171	Seafresh Quota PTY LTD
918	Malu Chief	24982QB	Sea Swift

Primary boat under under another licence held by the same authority holder

Fish taken under a licence with D, N3, N12, N13 or R symbol can be transhipped to a primary boat being used under another primary commercial fisheries licence with a D, N3, N12, N13 or R symbol, held by the same person.

You must include:

the primary commercial fishing licence (PCFL) number of the primary boat onto which fish are being transhipped to
accurate number of fish or containers of fish for each quota species and category that are being transhipped.

These fish must be kept separate from other fish on the boat.

How to report

Report the transhipment notice through the Automated Interactive Voice Response (AIVR) system.