Fisheries Amendment Rules 2005 (TAS)

Fisheries Amendment Rules 2005

I make the following rules under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 .10 February 2005

S. KONS

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

1Short titleThese rules may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Rules 2005 . 2CommencementThese rules take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RulesIn these rules, the Fisheries Rules 1999 are referred to as the Principal Rules. 4Rule 3 amended (Interpretation) Rule 3(1) of the Principal Rules is amended as follows: (a) by omitting "reserved" from the definition of marine nature reserve and substituting "areas of"; (b) by omitting paragraphs (d) and (e) from the definition of marine nature reserve and substituting the following paragraphs: (d) Kent Group National Park; (e) Maria Island National Park; (f) Southwest National Park; (g) Macquarie Island Nature Reserve; (c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of recreational fishing licence : restricted fishing means the following types of fishing: (a) taking abalone by diving; (b) taking rock lobster by – (i) diving; or (ii) rock lobster pots; or (iii) rock lobster rings; (c) taking scalefish by – (i) trolling; or (ii) line fishing with five or less hooks; 5Rule 15 amended (Marine nature reserve) Rule 15 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting after subrule (2) the following subrule: (3)  Subrule (1) does not apply to restricted fishing within – (a) the restricted take zone for the Kent Group National Park as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 ; or (b) the restricted take zone for the Southwest National Park as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 . 6Schedules 1 and 2 insertedAfter rule 48 of the Principal Rules , the following Schedules are inserted: Schedule 1Kent Group National Park PART 1Restricted take zone for Kent Group National ParkThe restricted take zone for the Kent Group National Park is the area of water comprising approximately 15 048 hectares, shown as Lot 1 with coordinates expressed using Geocentric Datum of Australia and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 6481 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 2 of this Schedule.PART 2Plan Schedule 2Southwest National Park PART 1Restricted take zone for Southwest National ParkThe restricted take zone for the Southwest National Park is the area of water comprising approximately 7 810 hectares, shown as Lot 1 with coordinates expressed using Geocentric Datum of Australia and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 6482 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 2 of this Schedule.PART 2Plan

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Notified in the Gazette on 16 February 2005

These rules are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule) These rules amend the

(a) including two new national parks in the definition of "marine nature reserve"; and (b) allowing restricted fishing to take place in those national parks; and (c) making minor consequential amendments.