Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 3 2011 (Cth)

DIRECTION NOT TO ENGAGE IN FISHING

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsections 41A(2)

BASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 3 2011

I, JAMES FINDLAY, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate under delegation No. 1 of 2011 made on 28^th January 2011 from the Commission, make the following Direction under section 41A(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated:      12 August 2011

James Findlay

Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1. This Direction may be cited as Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Closures) Direction No.3 2011.

Commencement

1. This Direction commences the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Period of Application

1. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ends at the end of 31 December 2012 unless earlier revoked. 

To Whom This Direction Applies

1. This Direction applies to a holder of a fishing concession in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.

[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit, a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.]

Interpretation

1. A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.

Direction Not to Engage in Fishing

1. Fishing is not to be engaged in in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery.

Exemption to the Prohibition in Clause 6

1. Until 31 December 2011, the prohibition in clause 6 does not apply to the following area of water in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery:

The area of waters contained within and bounded by a line:

i.Commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39^o09.00’South and the meridian of longitude 148^o20.00’East;

ii.and proceeding east along the parallel of latitude 39^o09.00’South to the intersection with the meridian of longitude 148^o35.00’East;

iii.then south along the meridian of longitude 148^o35.00’East to the intersection with the parallel of latitude 39^o26.50’South;

iv.then west along the parallel of latitude 39^o26.50’South to the intersection with the meridian of longitude 148^o20.00’East;

v.then north along the meridian of longitude 148^o20.00’East to the point of commencement.

Excluding the area of waters contained within and bounded by a line:

vi.Commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39^o15.00’South and the meridian of longitude 148^o22.50’East;

vii.and proceeding east along the parallel of latitude 39^o15.00’South to the intersection with the meridian of longitude 148^o32.50’East;

viii.then south along the meridian of longitude 148^o32.50’East to the intersection with the parallel of latitude 39^o20.00’South;

ix.then west along the parallel of latitude 39^o20.00’South to the intersection with the meridian of longitude 148^o22.50’East;

x.then north along the meridian of longitude 148^o22.50’East to the point of commencement.

Revocation of Direction No. 2 of 2011

8.  This Direction revokes Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Closures) Direction No.2 2011 with effect from the commencement of this Direction.