Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2002 No. 337 Fisheries Act 1994 FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 3) 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Amendment of s 10 (Scientific names of fish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 14 (Closed season for barramundi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Insertion of new ss 14A and 14B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14A Closed season for Australian bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 14B Prohibited activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 14C General exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Amendment of s 15 (Barramundi closed season exemption for recreational fishers) ....................................... 4 7 Insertion of new pt 5B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 5B—NOXIOUS FISHERIES RESOURCES 25D Noxious fisheries resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Amendment of s 59 (Authorities that are not transferable). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Insertion of new s 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 105 Prescribed authorities—Act, s 70C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of s 110A (Prescribed matter for certificates—Act, s 184(4)(g)) 5 11 Amendment of s 113 (Chief executive may refund or waive a fee) . . . . . . . 6 12 Amendment of sch 4 (Regulated fish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 13 Insertion of new sch 5A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 SCHEDULE 5A NOXIOUS FISHERIES RESOURCES 14 Amendment of sch 12 (Line fisheries (Commercial)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Amendment of sch 13 (Net fisheries (Commercial)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Amendment of sch 16 (Glossary of scientific names used for fish) . . . . . . . 7 8 8

s1 3 s5 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Fisheries Regulation 1995. 3 Amendment of s 10 (Scientific names of fish) Section 10(2)— insert— ‘(g) for noxious fisheries resources, other than electric eel, tigerfish (African) or tigerfish (South American) or trahira—Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998, Catalog of fishes, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; 1 and (h) for electric eel—Nelson, J.S. 1984, Fishes of the world, John Wiley & Sons, New York; and (i) for tigerfish (African) or tigerfish (South American) or trahira—Gery, J. 1977, Characoids of the world, TFH Publications, Neptune City, New York and Nelson, J.S. 1984, Fishes of the world, John Wiley & Sons, New York.’. 4 Amendment of s 14 (Closed season for barramundi) Section 14(2) and (3)— omit. 5 Insertion of new ss 14A and 14B After section 14— insert— 1 The catalog is also available at s6 4 s7 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 ‘14A Closed season for Australian bass ‘The period from 1 June to 31 August is a closed season for Australian bass for all tidal waters. 2 ‘14B Prohibited activities ‘The following activities are prohibited— (a) taking fish to which a closed season under this division applies during the closed season; (b) possessing fish taken in contravention of paragraph (a).’. ‘14C General exemption ‘It is not unlawful for a person during a closed season under this division to unintentionally take fish to which the closed season applies if— (a) the fish is not unintentionally or recklessly injured or damaged; and (b) is immediately put back.’. 6 Amendment of s 15 (Barramundi closed season exemption for recreational fishers) Section 15, heading— omit, insert— ‘15 Exemption for barramundi ’. 7 Insertion of new pt 5B After part 5A— insert — 2 Note there is also a closed season declaration for Australian bass under the Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 , section 6.

s 8 5 s 10 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 ‘PART 5B—NOXIOUS FISHERIES RESOURCES ‘25D Noxious fisheries resources ‘The species of fish stated in schedule 5A, or a hybrid of the species with another species of fish, are noxious fisheries resources.’. 8 Amendment of s 59 (Authorities that are not transferable) Section 59(c), sixth, seventh and eighth dot points and section 59(d)— omit. 9 Insertion of new s 105 After section 104— insert — ‘105 Prescribed authorities—Act, s 70C ‘The following authorities are prescribed for the Act, section 70C 3 — (a) aquaculture licence; (b) buyer or storage licence; (c) commercial fishing boat licence.’. 10 Amendment of s 110A (Prescribed matter for certificates—Act, s 184(4)(g)) (1) Section 110A, heading— omit, insert — ‘110A Prescribed matters and equipment for certificates—Act, s 184 ’. (2) Section 110A— insert — ‘ (2) Any equipment used as part of a system that monitors the position and operation of a boat is prescribed for the Act, section 184(5).’. 3 The Act, section 70C (Continuance of particular authorities)

s 11 6 s 13 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 11 Amendment of s 113 (Chief executive may refund or waive a fee) Section 113(2), ‘(other than an assessment fee)’— omit. 12 Amendment of sch 4 (Regulated fish) (1) Schedule 4, part 1, division 2, subdivision 2, ‘jew teraglin’ and ‘spotted or black jew fish’— omit. (2) Schedule 4, part 1, division 2, subdivision 2— insert — ‘black jewfish teraglin jew’. (3) Schedule 4, part 2, division 1, under the heading ‘reef fish’, entries for ‘jew teraglin’ and ‘spotted or black jew-fish’— omit. (4) Schedule 4, part 2, division 1, under the heading ‘reef fish’— insert — ‘black jewfish 10 teraglin jew 10’. (5) Schedule 4, part 3, division 4, under the heading ‘reef fish’, entries for ‘black jewfish’, ‘jew teraglin’ and ‘spotted or black jewfish’— omit. (6) Schedule 4, part 3, division 4, under the heading ‘reef fish’— insert— ‘black king-fish—less than 75 cm black jewfish—less than 45 cm teraglin jew—less than 45 cm’. 13 Insertion of new sch 5A After schedule 5—

s 14 7 s 14 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 insert— ‘SCHEDULE 5A ‘NOXIOUS FISHERIES RESOURCES section 25D ‘airbreathing or walking catfish bluegill candiru or parasitic or pencil catfish carp Chinese weatherfish (weatherloach) climbing perch electric eel fish of the family Serrasalmidae or Characidae, other than Metynnis spp. and Myleus rubripinnis gambusia or mosquitofish grass carp largemouth bass Nile perch (live) pike cichlid snakehead tigerfish (African) tigerfish (South American) or trahira tiger catfish tilapia’. 14 Amendment of sch 12 (Line fisheries (Commercial)) (1) Schedule 12, sections 12(b), 21(b)(i), 28(b) and 35(b), ‘or spotted’—

s 15 8 s 16 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 omit. (2) Schedule 12, section 28(d)— omit. (3) Schedule 12, section 28(e) to (h)— renumber as section 28(d) to (g). (4) Schedule 12, section 34, ‘25 n mile’— omit, insert — ‘3 n mile’. (5) Schedule 12, section 35(d)— omit. (6) Schedule 12, section 35(e) to (h)— renumber as section 35(d) to (g). 15 Amendment of sch 13 (Net fisheries (Commercial)) Schedule 13, sections 21(b)(i), 45(b)(i) and 97(b)(ii), ‘or spotted’— omit. 16 Amendment of sch 16 (Glossary of scientific names used for fish) (1) Schedule 16, entries for ‘electric eel’, ‘jew teraglin’, ‘mosquitofish’, ‘parasitic catfish’, ‘piranha’, ‘spotted or black jew fish’ and ‘walking catfish’— omit. (2) Schedule 16— insert — ‘airbreathing or walking catfish Family Clariidae black jewfish Protonibea diacanthus candiru or parasitic or pencil catfish Family Trichomycteridae carp Cyprinus carpio climbing perch Anabas testudineus

s 16 9 s 16 Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2002 No. 337, 2002 electric eel Electrophorus electricus gambusia or mosquitofish Gambusia spp. tigerfish (African) Hydrocynus spp., subfamilies Hydrocinae and Alestinae tigerfish (South American) or trahira Erythinus, Hopleythrinus and Hoplias spp. teraglin jew Atractoscion aequidens tiger catfish Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 5 December 2002. 2. Notified in the gazette on 6 December 2002. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. © State of Queensland 2002