Fisheries Management (Continuation of Activities Relating to Southern Bluefin Tuna) Interim Order 2006 Number 2 (NSW)

I, the Minister for Primary Industries, in pursuance of section 221IG of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, make the following Order.

Dated, this 11th day of December 2006.

Minister for Primary Industries

1Name of Order

This Order is the Fisheries Management (Continuation of Activities Relating to Southern Bluefin Tuna) Interim Order 2006 Number 2.

2Commencement and repeal

This Order:

• (a)

  takes effect on 30 December 2006, and

• (b)

  has effect for 6 months, and

• (c)

  is repealed at the end of the last day on which it has effect.

3Continuation of existing activities(1)

Recreational fishers may continue to take and possess Thunnus maccoyii (southern bluefin tuna), subject to compliance with any applicable fishing regulatory controls.

(2)

In this clause:

applicable fishing regulatory controls means requirements imposed by or under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 that apply to or in respect of the activities concerned.