Fish Resources Management Amendment Regulations (No. 10) 2009 (WA)

3 July 2009	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	2679
— PART 1 —

FISHERIES

FI301

Fish Resources Management Act 1994

Fish Resources Management Amendment

Regulations (No. 10) 2009

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Fish Resources Management
Amendment Regulations (No. 10) 2009.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Fish Resources Management
Regulations 1995.

4.             Part 9A Division 4 inserted

After Part 9A Division 3 insert:

Division 4 — Point Quobba Fish Habitat

Protection Area

113D.	Terms used
In this Division —
Point Quobba restricted area means the portion of the waters of Point Quobba bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the high water mark on the

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coastline and 24° 29.075′ south latitude, from there
southerly along the geodesic to the intersection of
24° 29.619′ south latitude and 113° 24.440′ east
longitude, from there east along the parallel to the
intersection of 24° 29.619′ south latitude and
113° 24.975′ east longitude, from there north along the
meridian to the intersection of the high water mark on
the coastline and 133° 24.975′ east longitude, from
there generally north westerly along the high water

mark to the commencement point;

waters of Point Quobba has the meaning given in the
Point Quobba Fish Habitat Protection Area

Order 2004.

113E.	Prohibited behaviour
(1)	A person must not fish in the Point Quobba restricted area.
Penalty: $2 000 and the penalty provided in section 222

of the Act.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to —

(a)	a person who takes oysters by hand other than for a commercial purpose; or
(b)	a person who takes squid using a squid jig without bait.

(3)	A person must not use a jet ski in the Point Quobba restricted area.
Penalty: $1 000.

5.             Schedule 12 amended

(1)	In Schedule 12 Part 2 item 3 after “113C(2),” insert:
113E(3),
(2)	In Schedule 12 Part 2 item 4 after “113C(1),” insert:
113E(1),

By Command of the Governor,

PETER CONRAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.