Instrument of Exemptions (IOE)
Below you can view/download the latest Instrument of Exemptions (IOE) relevant to your fishing operations:
Season transition exemption
EXEM 251245124
Allows operators awaiting applications for the transfer of entitlement, to fish with additional pots while transfers of entitlements are pending, to a maximum of 150 pots from 1 July to 1 August 2024.
Whale season pot usage exemption for small entitlement fishers
EXEM 251129823
Allows smaller fishers to use additional rock lobster pots during the whale mitigation season of 1 May – 31 October each year.
Commercial take of setose Western Rock Lobster year-round
EXEM 251281224
Allows the commercial take of setose western rock lobster throughout the entire year.
