Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan Temporary Order 2010 (No. 2) (Cth)

Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan Temporary Order 2010 (No. 2)¹

Fisheries Management Act 1991

(a) I, James Findlay, delegate of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, make this order under subsection 43(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated:   8   October 2010

James Findlay

A/g Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

1.     Name of Order

This Order is the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan Temporary Order 2010 (No. 2).

1. Commencement and period of application

This Order commences on the day it is registered and applies for a period of 6 months.

3              Order applies to:

a.the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010, in force under s23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002; and

b.associated conditions on statutory fishing rights in force under that Management Plan.

1. .             In Schedule 1 to the said Direction, and despite clause 7.1, ‘Area 1 – Southern Box’, paragraph (a) is suspended and replaced with the following:

“(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000’ South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and”

Note: As a consequence, the area of waters described in Schedule 2, ‘Area 2 – Northern Box’, forms part of Area 1.

1. Despite condition 3., headed ‘Restrictions’, on statutory fishing rights in force under the said Management Plan - which condition was determined on 12 July 2010 and prohibits navigation in certain areas of waters - a concession holder, or a person acting on behalf of the holder, is not prohibited from entering or otherwise navigating in the area of waters described in paragraph (b) of the condition, and referred to as ‘Area 2’.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See type="1">

2. A term used in this Order and in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 has the same meaning in this Order as in the Fisheries Management Act 1991.