Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 8) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 290 Fisheries Act 1994 FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 8) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Replacement of s 2 (Words and phrases—the dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 16 (Closed waters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 18 (Regulated fish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Amendment of pt 5, div 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Omission of s 20 (Measurement of percentage of certain fish) . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 21 (Measurement of size of fish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Amendment of s 41 (Fishery symbols to be written on authorities) . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of s 47 (When effect of certain fishery symbols end) . . . . . . . 5 11 Replacement of s 49 (Assistant fisher licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 49 Assistant fisher licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 Amendment of s 62 (Particulars to be contained in register of authorities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 13 Omission of pt 7A (VMS equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 14 Amendment of s 73 (Processing fisheries resources) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 15 Omission of s 88A (Interfering with approved VMS seals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16 Amendment of s 91 (Possessing certain crabs, crab meat and Moreton Bay bugs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 17 Amendment of s 107 (Particulars to be legible, visible and in english) . . . 7 18 Amendment of s 108 (Serious fisheries offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 19 Replacement of s 110 (Threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 110 Threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources . . . . . . . . . . . 8 20 Amendment of sch 2 (Closed waters—commercial fishing) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 21 Amendment of sch 4 (Regulated fish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 22 Omission of sch 5 (Waters in which scallops may be processed on a boat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 23 Amendment of sch 10 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 24 Amendment of sch 14 (Trawl fisheries (Commercial)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 25 Amendment of sch 16 (Glossary of scientific names for fish) . . . . . . . . . . . 12 26 Amendment of sch 17 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

s1 3 s4 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 8) 1999 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Fisheries Regulation 1995 . ˙ Replacement of s 2 (Words and phrases—the dictionary) 3. Section 2— omit, insert — ˙ ‘ Definitions ‘ 2. Schedule 17 defines particular words used in this regulation.’. ˙ Amendment of s 16 (Closed waters) 4.(1) Section 16(1), after ‘closed’— insert — ‘waters’. (2) Section 16(2), after ‘closed’— insert — ‘every year,’. (3) Section 16(4)(c), ‘if it is stowed and secured.’— omit, insert — ‘if— (i) for fishing apparatus other than an otter trawl net—it is stored inboard a boat; or (ii) for an otter trawl net—it is stowed and secured.’. (4) Section 16— insert —

s5 4 s7 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 ‘ (5) For subsection (4)(c), an otter trawl net is stowed and secured only if— (a) during the daytime— (i) the net and any other fishing apparatus normally used with it are drawn up to a boat and are visible from an aircraft or another boat; and (ii) the net’s cod ends are open; and (iii) the net’s lazy lines are on the blocks; and (b) at night— (i) the boat carrying the net and any other fishing apparatus normally used with it is at anchor in an area marked as an anchorage or boat harbour on a navigational chart; or (ii) the net and other fishing apparatus are inboard a boat and are stored or suspended from a mast or boom. Examples of ‘other fishing apparatus’ normally used with an otter trawl net — • the net’s otter boards • any ground chains or ropes.’. ˙ Amendment of s 18 (Regulated fish) 5. Section 18(2), ‘or percentage’— omit . ˙ Amendment of pt 5, div 2, hdg 6. Part 5, division 2, heading, ‘ of percentage, size and weight ’— omit . ˙ Omission of s 20 (Measurement of percentage of certain fish) 7. Section 20— omit .

s 8 5 s 11 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 ˙ Amendment of s 21 (Measurement of size of fish) 8.(1) Section 21(2) and (5)— omit . (2) Section 21(3) to (6)— renumber as section 21(2) to (4). ˙ Amendment of s 41 (Fishery symbols to be written on authorities) 9. Section 41(3), ‘or ‘T2’ ’— omit . ˙ Amendment of s 47 (When effect of certain fishery symbols end) 10.(1) Section 47(1), ‘or ‘T2’ ’— omit . (2) Section 47(2)— omit . (3) Section 47(5), ‘or (2)’— omit. (4) Section 47(3) to (5)— renumber as section 47(2) to (4). ˙ Replacement of s 49 (Assistant fisher licence) 11. Section 49— omit, insert — ˙ ‘ Assistant fisher licence ‘ 49. An assistant fisher may use or possess commercial fishing apparatus and take fish for trade or commerce only— (a) if the assistant fisher may, under the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 use or possess commercial

s 12 6 s 14 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 fishing apparatus and take fish for trade or commerce; or (b) while acting under direction under this regulation. 1 ’. ˙ Amendment of s 62 (Particulars to be contained in register of authorities) 12. Section 62, ‘information’— omit, insert — ‘particulars’. ˙ Omission of pt 7A (VMS equipment) 13. Part 7A— omit . ˙ Amendment of s 73 (Processing fisheries resources) 14.(1) Section 73(1), words from ‘only if’— omit, insert — ‘only if— (a) the person holds a buyer licence or another authority that allows the processing; or (b) the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 , section 170(a) to (d) is complied with. 2 ’. (2) Section 73(3) and (4)(c)— omit . (3) Section 73(4), ‘Subsections (1) and (2) do’— omit, insert — 1 See schedule 17, section 12 (Meaning of “under direction” for an assistant fisher). 2 Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 , section 170 (Restrictions on processing scallops on commercial fishing boat)

s 15 7 s 17 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 ‘This section does’. (4) Section 73(4)— renumber as section 73(3). ˙ Omission of s 88A (Interfering with approved VMS seals) 15. Section 88A— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 91 (Possessing certain crabs, crab meat and Moreton Bay bugs) 16.(1) Section 91, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Possessing certain crabs or crab meat ’. (2) Section 91(2), ‘Subsection (1)’— omit, insert — ‘This section’. (3) Section 91(3)— omit . ˙ Amendment of s 107 (Particulars to be legible, visible and in english) 17.(1) Section 107, heading ‘ english ’— omit, insert — ‘ English ’. (2) Section 107(1), after ‘this regulation’— insert — ‘or a management plan’.

s 18 8 s 20 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 (3) Section 107, ‘english’— omit, insert — ‘English’. ˙ Amendment of s 108 (Serious fisheries offences) 18. Section 108(b)(v) and (vi)— omit . ˙ Replacement of s 110 (Threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources) 19. Section 110— omit, insert — ˙ ‘ Threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources ‘ 110.(1) The threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources under section 154 3 of the Act is 5%. ‘ (2) This section does not apply to fisheries resources to which the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 applies. 4 ’. ˙ Amendment of sch 2 (Closed waters—commercial fishing) 20.(1) Schedule 2, part 3, divisions 3 and 4— omit . (2) Schedule 2, section 72(a), ‘latitude 26°15'12" south’— omit, insert — ‘latitude 26°50.06' south’. (3) Schedule 2, section 85(1), ‘Breaksea Spit’— 3 Section 154 (Seizure of fisheries resources in heap etc.) of the Act 4 For the threshold percentage for fish to which the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 applies, see chapter 5, part 1 (Threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources).

s 20 9 s 20 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 omit, insert — ‘Fraser Island’. (4) Schedule 2, part 4, division 2— omit . (5) Schedule 2, part 4, divisions 3 to 5, headings— renumber as schedule 4, part 4, divisions 2 to 4, headings. (6) Schedule 2, sections 178, 186, 187, 189 to 192, 195, 197, 198, 203, 206, 209, 210, 212 and 214— omit . (7 ) Schedule 2, section 184(3), ‘and schedule 14, sections 22, 27 and 33’— omit . (8) Schedule 2, section 194(1)(c) and (4)— omit . (9) Schedule 2, section 204(1) and (3)— omit . (10) Schedule 2, section 204(4), ‘Subsection (2)’— omit, insert — ‘This section’. (11) Schedule 2, section 204(2) and (4)— renumber as schedule 2, section 204(1) and (2). (12) Schedule 2, section 213(3), ‘and schedule 14, sections 23 and 34’— omit . (13) Schedule 2, part 5— omit. (14) Schedule 2, part 6, heading— renumber as schedule 2, part 5, heading.

s 21 10 s 23 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 ˙ Amendment of sch 4 (Regulated fish) 21.(1) Schedule 4, part 3, division 2, words from ‘egg bearing’ to ‘slipper lobster’— omit, insert — ‘egg bearing slipper lobster’. (2) Schedule 4, part 3, division 4, under heading ‘ Other fish ’, entries for ‘Moreton Bay bug’ and ‘saucer scallop’— omit . ˙ Omission of sch 5 (Waters in which scallops may be processed on a boat) 22. Schedule 5— omit. ˙ Amendment of sch 10 (Fees) 23.(1) Schedule 10, item 16(b)(ii), from ‘for licence’ to ‘it—’— omit, insert — ‘for ‘T1’ or ‘T2’ licence under the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 —’. (2) Schedule 10, item 16(b)(iii), from ‘for licence’ to ‘on it—’— omit, insert— ‘for licence other than a licence mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii)—’.

s 24 11 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) (3) Schedule 10, item 16(d)(i) and (ii)— omit, insert— ‘(i) for ‘T1’ or ‘T2’ licence under the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 —for each hull unit under the management plan for the primary boat identified on the licence . (ii) for licence other than a licence mentioned in subparagraph (i) . . . . . . . s 24 No. 290, 1999 35.40 256.00’. ˙ Amendment of sch 14 (Trawl fisheries (Commercial)) 24.(1) Schedule 14, words before section 35— omit, insert — ‘ SCHEDULE 14 ‘ TRAWL FISHERY (FIN FISH) schedule 17, definitions “commercial fishery” and “fishery schedule” 5 ’. (2) Schedule 14, section 38— insert — ‘ (2A) For subsection (2), the “length” , of a net, means the combined length of the following ropes when taut— (a) the head and bottom ropes; (b) the rope fixing the net’s opening size; (c) the ropes to which the net’s mesh is attached; (d) the part of another rope, other than a lazy line or log rope, to which a wing net is attached. ‘ (3A) For subsection (3), a net’s sweeps includes a chain, rope, shackle, 5 For other commercial trawl fisheries, see the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 .

s 25 12 s 26 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 wire or other fitting used to attach otter boards or sleds to the net. ‘ (3B) However, if fittings mentioned in subsection (1) are joined to make a single fitting, the single fitting is 1 sweep.’. (3) Schedule 14, section 38(2A) to (4)— renumber as schedule 14, section 38(3) to (7). (4) Schedule 14, sections 35 to 39, as amended— renumber as schedule 14, sections 1 to 5. (5) Schedule 14, parts 5 to 9— omit . ˙ Amendment of sch 16 (Glossary of scientific names for fish) 25. Schedule 16, entries for ‘balmain bug’, ‘Moreton bay bug’ and ‘saucer scallop’— omit . ˙ Amendment of sch 17 (Dictionary) 26.(1) Schedule 17, heading, ‘ DICTIONARY ’— omit, insert — ‘ DEFINITIONS ’. (2) Schedule 17, parts 1 and 2— renumber and relocate as parts 2 and 1. (3) Schedule 17, part 1, heading (as renumbered)— omit, insert — ‘ PART 1—EXTENDED DEFINITIONS ’. (4) Schedule 17, section 5, heading, after ‘ net ’— insert — ‘ other than an otter trawl net ’. (5) Schedule 17, section 5(1) and (2)—

s 26 13 s 26 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 omit. (6) Schedule 17, section 5(4), ‘trawl net’— omit, insert — ‘otter trawl net’. (7) Schedule 17, section 5(3) to (5)— renumber as schedule 17, section 5(1) to (3). (8) Schedule 17, sections 11 and 12— omit . (9) Schedule 17, section 14— omit, insert— ‘ Meaning of “under direction” for an assistant fisher ‘ 14.(1) This section states when an assistant fisher is “under direction” in a fishery under this regulation or a management plan, other than the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 . 6 ‘ (2) The assistant fisher is “under direction” if the assistant fisher and a commercial fisher are engaged in the same fishing operation or different fishing operations, 1 of which is in the crab fishery, and— (a) the assistant fisher and commercial fisher are at the same place, in the same vehicle or on the same commercial fishing boat; or (b) the assistant fisher and commercial fisher are not at the same place, in the same vehicle or on the same commercial fishing boat but— (i) are no further apart than the distance permitted under a fishery provision for the fishery in which the boats are operating; and (ii) the assistant fisher is following the commercial fisher’s instructions. ‘ (3) However, in the trawl fishery (fin fish) an assistant fisher is “under direction” only if the assistant fisher and a commercial fisher are— 6 See Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 , section 34 (Assistant fisher and persons acting under a crew licence).

s 26 14 s 26 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 (a) on the same boat; or (b) on different boats but the assistant fisher is on a tender commercial fishing boat that is not a trawler.’. (10) Schedule 17, sections 13 to 15— renumber as schedule 17, sections 11 to 13. (11) Schedule 17, part 2, heading (as renumbered)— omit, insert — ‘ PART 2—DICTIONARY ’. (12) Schedule 17, part 2 (as renumbered), definitions “Authority’s register” , “beam trawl net” , “bycatch reduction device” , “fitted” , “hull unit” , “the boat” , “the holder” and “turtle excluder device” — omit . (13) Schedule 17, part 2 (as renumbered)— insert — ‘ “Deception Bay area” , for fish regulated by area, see section 1 of this schedule. “Lake Awoonga area” see section 2 of this schedule. “Lake Tinaroo area” see section 3 of this schedule. “length” — (a) of a commercial fishing boat—see section 4 of this schedule; or (b) of an otter trawl net—see schedule 14, section 4(3); (c) of a net, other than an otter trawl net—see section 5 of this schedule. “mesh size” , of a net, see section 6 of this schedule. “Moreton Bay” see section 7 of this schedule. “net that is not hauled” see section 8 of this schedule. “Nudgee Beach area” , for fish regulated by area, see section 9 of this schedule. “Pumicestone Strait” see section 10 of this schedule.

s 26 15 s 26 Fisheries Amendment (No. 8) No. 290, 1999 “time quota” see section 29. “trawl fishery (fin fish)” means the fishery described in schedule 14. “tropical rock lobster area” see section 11 of this schedule. “under direction” , for an assistant fisher, see section 12 of this schedule. “Wynnum area” , for fish regulated by area, see section 13 of this schedule.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 18 November 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 19 November 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. © State of Queensland 1999