Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 30 Fisheries Act 1994 FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 25C (Declared diseases—Act, s 94) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of sch 5 (Declared diseases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of sch 12 (Line fisheries (Commercial)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of sch 13 (Net fisheries (Commercial)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Amendment of sch 15 (Other fisheries (Commercial)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

s1 2 s6 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 30, 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Fisheries Regulation 1995. 3 Amendment of s 25C (Declared diseases—Act, s 94) Section 25C, after ‘parasite’— insert — ‘, pest’. 4 Amendment of sch 5 (Declared diseases) (1) Schedule 5— insert — ‘PART 3A—PESTS ‘Asian green mussel ( Perna viridis )’. (2) Schedule 5, parts 3A and 4— renumber as parts 4 and 5. 5 Amendment of sch 12 (Line fisheries (Commercial)) Schedule 12, section 24(1) and 45(1), from ‘5 n miles’— omit, insert — ‘5 n miles from its primary commercial fishing boat or, if the primary commercial fishing boat is located at a reef, the reef where the primary commercial fishing boat is located.’. 6 Amendment of sch 13 (Net fisheries (Commercial)) (1) Schedule 13, section 37(1)—

s7 3 s7 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 30, 2003 omit, insert — ‘ (1) A set pocket net may be used in the following waters only if it is not longer than 10 m and has a mesh size of at least 25 mm— (a) the Fitzroy, Kolan, Burnett, Albert and Logan rivers; (b) the following waters of the Mary River— (i) waters between longitude 152º46.22' east and the Old Bruce Highway Bridge; (ii) waters between lines between the following places marked by F ↑ B signs— • longitude 152º46.67' east on the northern bank and longitude 152º46.83' east on the southern bank • longitude 152º51.74' east on the northern bank (near ‘Tandora’) and longitude 152º51.71' east on the shore of Crab Island (Meteor Point) • longitude 152º51.62' east on the shore of Crab Island and longitude 152º51.95' east on the southern bank.’. (2) Schedule 13, section 37(9)— omit, insert — ‘ (9) Subsection (8) does not apply to waters mentioned in subsection (1)(b).’. 7 Amendment of sch 15 (Other fisheries (Commercial)) (1) Schedule 15, section 33(1)— omit, insert— ‘ (1) Crayfish or rock lobsters may only be taken— (a) by hand or by using hand held non-mechanical implements; or (b) by using spears or spear guns.’. (2) Schedule 15, section 35(3)— omit, insert — ‘ (3) A tender commercial fishing boat must not be used further than 5 n miles from its primary commercial fishing boat or, if the primary

s7 4 s7 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 30, 2003 commercial fishing boat is located at a reef, the reef where the primary commercial fishing boat is located.’. (3) Schedule 15, section 36, ‘800 m’— omit, insert — ‘5 n miles, or if the commercial fisher is fishing on a reef, 5 n miles from the reef’. (4) Schedule 15, section 66, ‘hand-held implements’— omit, insert — ‘by using hand held non-mechanical implements’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 27 February 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 28 February 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. © State of Queensland 2003 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel and printed by the Government Printer