Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 (Qld)

Queensland Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Subordinate Legislation 2009 No. 62 made under the FisheriesAct1994 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 Plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 4 (Objective of plan and its achievement) . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 43 (Simplified outline of pt 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 44 (Definitions for pt 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 56 (Standardised catch amount) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 59 (Requirements for catch history notice) . . . . 5 Amendment of s 65B (Definitions for div 3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 65D (Working out average recorded catch). . . . 6 Amendment of s 67 (Chief executive to amend entitlements) . . . 6 Amendment of s 106A (Identification requirement to allow identification or counting of coral reef fin fish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 111 (Definitions for div 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 112 (Requirements for taking or possessing fish on authorised boat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of s 116 (General requirements after prior notice given) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Contents 16 17 18 19 Part 3 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Part 4 30 31 32 33 Part 5 34 35 36 37 38 Amendment of s 153 (Definitions for div 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 6 (Total catch of coral reef fin fish for allocation of line units) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 7 (Whole weight) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 Plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of s 8 (What is a permitted fish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 What is a permitted fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 27 (Prohibited activities and regulated period) . Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 4A Regulated waters for scallop ranching 21 Regulated waters for pt 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Prohibited activities and regulated periods. . . . . . . . . Replacement of ch 5, hdg (Miscellaneous provisions) . . . . . . . . . Omission of ch 5, pt 1 (Threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omission of ch 5, pt 2, hdg (Prescribed acts, offences and suspension criteria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of ch 5, divs 1 to 3, hdgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 3 (Particular regulated waters) . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 6 (Where certain aquaculture fisheries resources may be released) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 7 (Restrictions on the use of live fish as bait) Amendment of sch 8 (Aids to interpretation and definitions) . . . . Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 Plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 2 (What is the gulf inshore fin fish fishery) . . . . Amendment of s 4 (Objective of plan and its achievement) . . . . . Amendment of s 21 (Who may fish for trade or commerce) . . . . . Amendment of s 22 (Restrictions on writing fishery symbols on licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 Page 2 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Contents 39 Amendment of s 24 (Area for ‘N3’ symbol). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 40 Replacement of s 26 (What gulf fin fish may be taken) . . . . . . . . 14 26 What gulf fin fish may be taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 41 Amendment of s 30 (Use in a river or creek) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 42 Amendment of s 31 (Use on a foreshore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 43 Amendment of s 32 (Use in offshore waters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 44 Replacement of pt 5, div 4, hdg (Fishery for licences with ‘N6’ symbol (Net Fishery (Bait No. 1))) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 45 Amendment of s 36 (Application of div 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 46 Replacement of s 37 (Area for ‘N6’ symbol). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 37 Area for ‘N11’ symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 47 Amendment of s 44 (Mesh net on a foreshore or in a river or creek) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 48 Omission of pt 5, div 5 (Licences with ‘N7’ symbol (Net Fishery (Bait No. 2))) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 49 Amendment of s 62 (Area for ‘N9’ symbol). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 50 Replacement of s 64 (What gulf fin fish may be taken) . . . . . . . . 17 64 What gulf fin fish may be taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 51 Amendment of s 71 (Use of nets). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2009 SL No. 62 Page 3

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This management plan may be cited as the Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 . 2 Commencement Sections 34 to 38, 40 to 48 and 50 commence on 1 July 2009. Part 2 Amendment of Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 3 Plan amended This part amends the Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 . 4 Amendment of s 4 (Objective of plan and its achievement) (1) Section 4(3), notes, item 3— omit, insert — ‘3 This plan does not apply to acts done under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom. See section 14 (Defence for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders for particular offences) of the Act.’. (2) Section 4(3), notes, item 4, ‘(Queensland Fisheries Joint Authority No. 1)’— omit, insert — ‘(Gulf of Carpentaria—spanish mackerel and other fin fish)’. Page 4 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 2 Amendment of Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 [s 5] 5 Amendment of s 43 (Simplified outline of pt 2) Section 43, ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 6 Amendment of s 44 (Definitions for pt 2) Section 44, definition prescribed recorded catch , paragraph (b), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 7 Amendment of s 56 (Standardised catch amount) Section 56(2), definition A , paragraph (b), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 8 Amendment of s 59 (Requirements for catch history notice) (1) Section 59, ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. (2) Section 59(e), second occuring— renumber as section 59(f). 9 Amendment of s 65B (Definitions for div 3A) Section 65B, definition recorded catch amount , ‘red throat emperor’— 2009 SL No. 62 Page 5

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 2 Amendment of Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 [s 10] omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 10 Amendment of s 65D (Working out average recorded catch) Section 65D(1), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 11 Amendment of s 67 (Chief executive to amend entitlements) Section 67(b), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 12 Amendment of s 106A (Identification requirement to allow identification or counting of coral reef fin fish) Section 106A(2)(b), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 13 Amendment of s 111 (Definitions for div 4) (1) Section 111, definition prior notice particulars , paragraph (f), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. (2) Section 111, definition transhipment notice particulars , paragraph (f), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. Page 6 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 2 Amendment of Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 [s 14] (3) Section 111, definition unloaded fish notice particulars , paragraph (d), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. (4) Section 111, definition unloaded fish notice particulars , paragraph (d)(iii)(C), ‘crimson jobfish (rosy jobfish) or lavender jobfish’— omit, insert — ‘rosy snapper or lavender snapper’. (5) Section 111, definition unnotifiable landing notice particulars , paragraph (d), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 14 Amendment of s 112 (Requirements for taking or possessing fish on authorised boat) Section 112(b), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 15 Amendment of s 116 (General requirements after prior notice given) Section 116(2), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 16 Amendment of s 153 (Definitions for div 1) Section 153, definition prescribed way , ‘red throat emperor’— 2009 SL No. 62 Page 7

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 2 Amendment of Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 [s 17] omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. 17 Amendment of sch 6 (Total catch of coral reef fin fish for allocation of line units) Schedule 6, table, column 3, heading, ‘Red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘ Redthroat emperor ’. 18 Amendment of sch 7 (Whole weight) Schedule 7, section 1, definition CF , paragraph (d), ‘crimson jobfish (rosy jobfish) or lavender jobfish’— omit, insert — ‘rosy snapper or lavender snapper’. 19 Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 8, definition other coral reef fin fish , ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. (2) Schedule 8, definition prescribed coral reef fin fish , paragraph (b), ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. (3) Schedule 8, definition RTE line units , ‘red throat emperor’— omit, insert — ‘redthroat emperor’. Page 8 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 3 Amendment of Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 [s 20] Part 3 Amendment of Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 20 Plan amended This part amends the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999. 21 Replacement of s 8 (What is a permitted fish ) Section 8— omit, insert — ‘8 What is a permitted fish ‘A permitted fish means a principal fish or any of the following fish— (a) Balmain bug; (b) blue swimmer crab; (c) cuttlefish; (d) mantis shrimp; (e) octopus; (f) pipefish; (g) red champagne lobster; (h) slipper lobster; (i) threadfin bream; (j) three-spotted crab.’. 22 Amendment of s 27 (Prohibited activities and regulated period) Section 27(1)— omit, insert — 2009 SL No. 62 Page 9

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 3 Amendment of Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 [s 23] ‘(1) This section applies if, in the waters, on a particular day (the base day ) in an effort year (the base year ), all of the fishing and steaming days for the following total of notional effort units for the following years are used— (a) for 2009, 2320019; (b) for 2010, 2299139; (c) for 2011, 2278447.’. 23 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4A Chapter 2— insert — ‘Part 4A Regulated waters for scallop ranching ‘21 Regulated waters for pt 4A ‘This part applies to the Hervey Bay scallop ranching area waters. ‘22 Prohibited activities and regulated periods ‘(1) A person must not, in the waters, do any of the following— (a) possess or use a trawl net; (b) possess or use a boat that is identified under a ‘T1’ or ‘T2’ licence. ‘(2) Section 126 of the regulation does not apply in relation to possessing a trawl net under subsection (1)(a). Editor’s note — Section 126 (Possessing stowed and secured fishing apparatus) of the regulation.’. Page 10 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 3 Amendment of Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999 [s 24] 24 Replacement of ch 5, hdg (Miscellaneous provisions) Chapter 5, heading— omit, insert — ‘Chapter 5 Prescribed acts, offences and suspension criteria’. 25 Omission of ch 5, pt 1 (Threshold percentage for declared fisheries resources) Chapter 5, part 1— omit . 26 Omission of ch 5, pt 2, hdg (Prescribed acts, offences and suspension criteria) Chapter 5, part 2, heading— omit . 27 Amendment of ch 5, divs 1 to 3, hdgs Chapter 5, divisions 1 to 3, headings, ‘Division’— omit, insert — ‘ Part ’. 28 Amendment of sch 3 (Particular regulated waters) Schedule 3, part 3, section 142(1), third dot point— omit, insert — ‘• to latitude 16º46.70' south, longitude 145º42.55' east’. 29 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) Schedule 7, part 4, definition conviction , ‘part 2, division 3’— 2009 SL No. 62 Page 11

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 4 Amendment of Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 [s 30] omit, insert — ‘part 3’. Part 4 Amendment of Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 30 Plan amended This part amends the Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 . 31 Amendment of sch 6 (Where certain aquaculture fisheries resources may be released) (1) Schedule 6, section 3, ‘Eel-tailed catfish’— omit, insert — ‘Freshwater catfish’. (2) Schedule 6, section 4A, ‘Khaki bream’— omit, insert — ‘Khaki grunter’. (3) Schedule 6, section 7, ‘Redclaw crayfish’— omit, insert — ‘Redclaw’. 32 Amendment of sch 7 (Restrictions on the use of live fish as bait) (1) Schedule 7, section 1, ‘Redclaw crayfish’— omit, insert — ‘Redclaw’. Page 12 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 5 Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 [s 33] (2) Schedule 7, section 2, heading, ‘Yabbies’— omit, insert — ‘ Yabby ’. 33 Amendment of sch 8 (Aids to interpretation and definitions) Schedule 8, part 2, definition eel , ‘long-finned eel or a short-finned eel’— omit, insert — ‘longfin eel or a southern shortfin eel’. Part 5 Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 34 Plan amended This part amends the Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 . 35 Amendment of s 2 (What is the gulf inshore fin fish fishery ) Section 2(b), ‘142º09' east’— omit, insert — ‘142º31'49'' east’. 36 Amendment of s 4 (Objective of plan and its achievement) Section 4(2), ‘fishery symbol ‘N3’, ‘N6’, ‘N7’ or ‘N9’ is written’— 2009 SL No. 62 Page 13

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 5 Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 [s 37] omit, insert — ‘fishery symbol ‘N3’, ‘N9’ or ‘N11’ is written’. 37 Amendment of s 21 (Who may fish for trade or commerce) Section 21(a)(i), ‘an ‘N3’, ‘N6’, ‘N7’, or ‘N9’ fishery symbol’— omit, insert — ‘an ‘N3’, ‘N9’ or ‘N11’ fishery symbol’. 38 Amendment of s 22 (Restrictions on writing fishery symbols on licences) Section 22(1), ‘an ‘N3’, ‘N6’, ‘N7’, or ‘N9’ fishery symbol’— omit, insert — ‘an ‘N3’, ‘N9’ or ‘N11’ fishery symbol’. 39 Amendment of s 24 (Area for ‘N3’ symbol) Section 24(a), from ‘south’ to ‘with the mainland shore’— omit, insert — ‘west of longitude 142º31'49'' east’. 40 Replacement of s 26 (What gulf fin fish may be taken) Section 26— omit, insert — ‘26 What gulf fin fish may be taken ‘Only the following gulf fin fish may be taken— (a) barramundi; (b) barred javelin; (c) black jewfish; Page 14 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 5 Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 [s 41] (d) blue threadfin; (e) scaly jewfish; (f) king threadfin; (g) queenfish; (h) other gulf fin fish taken while taking fish mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (g).’. 41 Amendment of s 30 (Use in a river or creek) Section 30(1), ‘162.5mm’— omit, insert — ‘160mm’. 42 Amendment of s 31 (Use on a foreshore) (1) Section 31, heading— omit, insert — ‘31 Use in nearshore waters’. (2) Section 31(1), from ‘on’ to ‘creek’— omit, insert — ‘in nearshore waters’. (3) Section 31(2), ‘162.5mm’— omit, insert — ‘160mm’. 43 Amendment of s 32 (Use in offshore waters) Section 32(1), ‘162.5mm’— omit, insert — ‘160mm’. 2009 SL No. 62 Page 15

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 5 Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 [s 44] 44 Replacement of pt 5, div 4, hdg (Fishery for licences with ‘N6’ symbol (Net Fishery (Bait No. 1))) Part 5, division 4, heading— omit, insert — ‘Division 4 Fishery for licences with ‘N11’ symbol (Net fishery (no. 11))’. 45 Amendment of s 36 (Application of div 4) Section 36, ‘fishery symbol ‘N6’ written’— omit, insert — ‘fishery symbol ‘N11’ written’. 46 Replacement of s 37 (Area for ‘N6’ symbol) Section 37— omit, insert — ‘37 Area for ‘N11’ symbol ‘The area for the ‘N11’ fishery symbol consists of the tidal waters— (a) in the Gulf of Carpentaria west of longitude 142º31'49'' east that are between the 25n mile line and— (i) the mainland shore; or (ii) the shore of an island; and (b) of waterways that join the waters mentioned in paragraph (a). Note — The ‘N11’ fishery symbol also applies to other areas outside the fishery. See sections 527 (Fishery symbol) and 528 (Fishery area) of the regulation.’. Page 16 2009 SL No. 62

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 5 Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 [s 47] 47 Amendment of s 44 (Mesh net on a foreshore or in a river or creek) Section 44, ‘on a foreshore’— omit, insert — ‘in nearshore waters’. 48 Omission of pt 5, div 5 (Licences with ‘N7’ symbol (Net Fishery (Bait No. 2))) Part 5, division 5— omit . 49 Amendment of s 62 (Area for ‘N9’ symbol) Section 62(1), from ‘south’ to ‘shore’— omit, insert— ‘west of longitude 142º31'49'' east’. 50 Replacement of s 64 (What gulf fin fish may be taken) Section 64— omit, insert — ‘64 What gulf fin fish may be taken ‘Only the following gulf fin fish may be taken— (a) barred javelin; (b) black jewfish; (c) blue threadfin; (d) scaly jewfish; (e) king threadfin; (f) queenfish; (g) other gulf fin fish, other than barramundi, taken while taking fish mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f).’. 2009 SL No. 62 Page 17

Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 Part 5 Amendment of Fisheries (Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Fin Fish) Management Plan 1999 [s 51] 51 Amendment of s 71 (Use of nets) Section 71(1)(a), ‘162.5mm’— omit, insert — ‘160mm’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the chief executive on 28 April 2009. 2 Approved by Governor in Council on 21 May 2009. 3 Notified in the gazette on 22 May 2009. 4 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 5 The administering agency is the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. © State of Queensland 2009 Page 18 2009 SL No. 62