Fisheries Management Notice No. 29 - Prawn fishery prohibition on Taking of prawns by Papua New Guinea boats (Cth)

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

Fisheries Management Notice No. 29

PRAWN FISHERY – PROHIBITION ON TAKING OF PRAWNS BY PAPUA

NEW GUINEA BOATS

I

n accordance with the powers conferred by paragraph 35(1)(a)
of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 ('the Act') I, JOHN
CHARLES KERIN, Minister of State for Primary Industries and
Energy, for and on behalf of the Protected Zone Joint
Authority, hereby:

(1) pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Act, prohibit

the taking of fish of the family Penaeidae (commonly

known as Prawns) in the area of the prawn fishery by

a boat in respect of which a Papua New Guinea

licence is in force;

(2) pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(o) of the Act, prohibit

a person from having in his or her possession or

charge on a boat in respect of which a Papua New

Guinea licence is in force, in the area of the prawn

fishery, equipment for taking prawns being otter

trawl nets and boards, unless that equipment is

carried by the boat in the manner specified in

Schedule 1; and

(3) pursuant to paragraph 16(1A)(d) of the Act, provide

that a boat in respect of which a Papua New Guinea

licence is in force that has been endorsed under

section 20 of the Act is exempted fom the

prohibitions contained in paragraphs (1) and (2)

SCHEDULE 1

Manner of carrying equipment referred to in paragraph (2)

Gear should be carried so that:

(i)           no part of the equipment is in the water;

(ii)          board are stowed in the racks or hanging from
   the blocks;

(iii)         the cod-end of each net is open.

Dated this Fourteenth day of April 1989.

[signed]

JOHN KERIN

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