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of a foreign fishing licence that authorises the use of the boat for the fishing.
 (7) If the person takes a quota species:
 (a) the person must be the holder of quota SFR; and
 (b) the SFR must have unused quota for that species for the season.
 (8) A person must not take skipjack tuna using purse seine equipment.
16 Carrying or processing fish
  A person may use a boat to carry or process fish taken under section 15 only if the person is the holder of a fishing permit that authorises the carrying or processing.
Note   AFMA may grant a fishing permit authorising the use of a boat in a fishery for activities including the carrying or processing of fish: see section 32 of the Act.
17 Scientific research in the fishery
  A person may use a boat in the fishery for scientific research about the fishery only if the person is the holder of a scientific permit that authorises the use of the boat in the fishery for that purpose.
Note   Section 33 of the Act provides that AFMA may grant permits for scientific research in a specified fishery.
18 Obligation relating to overcatch
 (1) Subsection (2) applies to the holder of a quota SFR for a quota species if:
 (a) in a fishing season (the first season), the holder takes (or is taken, by a previous application of this section, to have taken) a weight of fish of the quota species that exceeds, by a percentage less than the determined percentage, the holder's quota for that species for the season; and
 (b) at the end of the last day of the second month of the following fishing season (the second season), the holder holds quota SFRs that would, in the absence of this section, entitle the holder to take a weight of fish of that species at least equal to the weight by which the holder exceeded the quota mentioned in paragraph (a).
 (2) The holder is taken to have taken:
 (a) during the first season, a weight of fish of the quota species mentioned in paragraph (1) (a) that is equal to the quota allocated to the holder in the first season; and
 (b) during the second season, a weight of fish of that species equal to the weight by which the holder exceeded the holder's quota of that species in the first season, in addition to the weight actually taken by the holder in the second season.
 (3) Subsection (4) applies to the holder of a quota SFR for a quota species if:
 (a) in a fishing season (the first season), the holder takes (or is taken, by a previous application of this section, to