2015/16 annual report
Annual report
1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016
Port Phillip Scallops Pty Ltd (ACN 169 513 393) trading as Port Phillip Bay Scallops is the owner of Access Licence Scallop Dive Port Phillip Bay SDP1 (the licence).
The licence was issued by the Department of Primary Industries on 14 November 2014.
This Annual Report is prepared and provided to the Secretary pursuant to Regulation 413X of the Fisheries Regulations 2009 and is for the period from 1 April 2015 to the 31 March 2016 (the period).
During the period:
- The total weight of scallop taken in each scallop commercial fishing management zone (Reg 413X (2) (a)) was:
Zone
Total catch
1
0 kg
2
0 kg
3
0 kg
4
0 kg
5
10,858.48 kgs
6
0 kg
- The catch value at the first point of sale of scallop taken in each scallop commercial fishing management zone (Reg 413X (2) (b)) was:
Zone
Value*
1
$0.00
2
$0.00
3
$0.00
4
$0.00
5
$161,132.88
6
$0.00
* Scallop harvested during the period have not been sold and have been used as customer samples
- The total catch value at the first point of sale of scallop taken under the licence (Reg 413X (2) (c)) was:
Zone
Value*
All zones
$161,132.88
* Scallop harvested during the period have not been sold and have been used as customer samples
- The total number of boats used under the licence (Reg 413X (2) (d)) was two.
- The total number of divers and the total number of hours spent diving in each scallop commercial fishing management zone (Reg 413X (2) (e)) was:
Zone
Number of divers
Numbers of hours diving (mins)
1
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
4
0
0
5
106
12,582
6
0
0
Total
106
12,582
- The total number of fishing trips (Reg 413X (2) (f)) was twenty-eight (28).
- Details of any research relevant to the licence (Reg 413X (2) (g)):
The company was issued with a General (research) Permit (RP1224). No research has been conducted during the period, save for:
A Fishery Independent Dive Survey was conducted by Picton Group Pty Ltd Dated October 2015.