Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 (Qld)

Queensland Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Subordinate Legislation 2011 No. 257 made under the MarineParksAct2004 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 Part 3 7 8 9 10 Part 4 11 12 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Marine Parks (Great Barrier Reef Coast) Zoning Plan 2004 Zoning plan amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 28 (Entry or use without permission) . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of sch 7 (Conservation park line fishing areas) . . . . 4 Amendment of sch 11 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2006 Zoning plan amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Replacement of s 81 (Bait netting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 81 Bait netting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Omission of s 88 (Netting other than bait netting) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 Zoning plan amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Replacement of s 92 (Bait netting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Contents 92 Bait netting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Page 2 2011 SL No. 257

Part 1 Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Preliminary 1 Short title This zoning plan may be cited as the Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 . 2 Commencement Part 2 commences on 1 February 2012. Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks (Great Barrier Reef Coast) Zoning Plan 2004 3 Zoning plan amended This zoning plan amends the Marine Parks (Great Barrier Reef Coast) Zoning Plan 2004. 4 Amendment of s 28 (Entry or use without permission) (1) Section 28(3)— renumber as section 28(5). (2) Section 28— insert— ‘(3) However, a person who is a commercial fisher who enters or uses an area under subsection (1)(a) for the purpose of bait netting must not— (a) take a relevant fish while bait netting; or (b) possess a relevant fish taken in contravention of paragraph (a). 2011 SL No. 257 Page 3

Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks (Great Barrier Reef Coast) Zoning Plan 2004 [s 5] ‘(4) For subsection (3)(a), a commercial fisher does not take a relevant fish while bait netting if— (a) the fish is taken unintentionally; and (b) the fisher does not allow the net containing the fish to be out of the water other than to immediately remove the fish from the net; and (c) the fisher immediately releases the fish into water deep enough to allow the fish to escape.’. (3) Section 28(5), as renumbered— insert— ‘ possess , a relevant fish, means— (a) to have custody or control of the fish; or (b) to have an ability or right to readily obtain custody or control of the fish. relevant fish means a fish of any of the following species— (a) bream of the genus Acanthopagrus or Rhabdosargus ; (b) flathead of the genus Platycephalus ; (c) whiting of the genus Sillago .’. 5 Amendment of sch 7 (Conservation park line fishing areas) Schedule 7, authorising provision, ‘28(3)’— omit, insert— ‘28(5)’. 6 Amendment of sch 11 (Dictionary) Schedule 11— insert— ‘ bait netting means bait netting using only— Page 4 2011 SL No. 257

Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2006 [s 7] (a) for a recreational fisher under the Fisheries Regulation—a cast, scoop or seine net complying with chapter 4, part 1, division 4 of that regulation; or (b) for a commercial fisher—a cast net or mesh net complying with the Fisheries Regulation, chapter 9, part 5. commercial fisher means a commercial fisher under the Fisheries Regulation.’. Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2006 7 Zoning plan amended This zoning plan amends the Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2006. 8 Replacement of s 81 (Bait netting) Section 81— omit, insert— ‘81 Bait netting ‘(1) A person may carry out bait netting in the marine park using only— (a) for a recreational fisher under the Fisheries Regulation—a cast, scoop or seine net complying with chapter 4, part 1, division 4 of that regulation; or (b) for a commercial fisher—a cast net or mesh net complying with the Fisheries Regulation, chapter 9, part 5. ‘(2) A commercial fisher who is bait netting in the conservation park zone (other than an area within the Great Sandy area) must not— 2011 SL No. 257 Page 5

Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2006 [s 9] (a) take a relevant fish while bait netting; or (b) possess a relevant fish taken in contravention of paragraph (a). ‘(3) For subsection (2)(a), a commercial fisher does not take a relevant fish while bait netting if— (a) the fish is taken unintentionally; and (b) the fisher does not allow the net containing the fish to be out of the water other than to immediately remove the fish from the net; and (c) the fisher immediately releases the fish into water deep enough to allow the fish to escape. ‘(4) In this section— commercial fisher means a commercial fisher under the Fisheries Regulation. possess , a relevant fish, means— (a) to have custody or control of the fish; or (b) to have an ability or right to readily obtain custody or control of the fish. relevant fish means a fish of any of the following species— (a) bream of the genus Acanthopagrus or Rhabdosargus ; (b) flathead of the genus Platycephalus ; (c) whiting of the genus Sillago .’. 9 Omission of s 88 (Netting other than bait netting) Section 88— omit. 10 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) Schedule 5— insert— Page 6 2011 SL No. 257

Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Part 4 Amendment of Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 [s 11] ‘ netting means netting carried out in compliance with the Fisheries Regulation.’. Part 4 Amendment of Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 11 Zoning plan amended This zoning plan amends the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008. 12 Replacement of s 92 (Bait netting) Section 92— omit, insert— ‘92 Bait netting ‘(1) A person may carry out bait netting in the marine park using only— (a) for a recreational fisher—a cast, scoop or seine net complying with the Fisheries Regulation, chapter 4, part 1, division 4; or (b) for a commercial fisher—a cast net or mesh net complying with the Fisheries Regulation, chapter 9, part 5. ‘(2) A commercial fisher who is bait netting in the conservation park zone must not— (a) take a relevant fish while bait netting; or (b) possess a relevant fish taken in contravention of paragraph (a). ‘(3) For subsection (2)(a), a commercial fisher does not take a relevant fish while bait netting if— 2011 SL No. 257 Page 7

Marine Parks (Zoning Plans) Amendment Zoning Plan (No. 1) 2011 Part 4 Amendment of Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 [s 12] (a) the fish is taken unintentionally; and (b) the fisher does not allow the net containing the fish to be out of the water other than to immediately remove the fish from the net; and (c) the fisher immediately releases the fish into water deep enough to allow the fish to escape. ‘(4) In this section— commercial fisher means a commercial fisher under the Fisheries Regulation. possess , a relevant fish, means— (a) to have custody or control of the fish; or (b) to have an ability or right to readily obtain custody or control of the fish. relevant fish means a fish of any of the following species— (a) bream of the genus Acanthopagrus or Rhabdosargus ; (b) flathead of the genus Platycephalus ; (c) whiting of the genus Sillago .’. ENDNOTES 1 Approved by the Governor in Council on 1 December 2011. 2 Notified in the gazette on 2 December 2011. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Environment and Resource Management. © State of Queensland 2011 Page 8 2011 SL No. 257