North West Slope Fishery Direction No. 02 Area Closure (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

NORTH WEST SLOPE FISHERY DIRECTION No. 02

AREA CLOSURE

I, Paul Murphy, A/g Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate in accordance with s41A of the Fisheries Management Act 1991, make the following Direction.

Date        8       October 2009

PAUL MURPHY

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Acting Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

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Citation

1.         This Direction may be cited as North West Slope Fishery Direction No. 02.

Commencement

2.         This Direction commences on the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Application

3.This Direction applies to a holder of a permit in the North West Slope Fishery (the Fishery), and to a person acting on behalf of the holder, when fishing in the North West Slope Fishery area.

Period of Application

4.This Direction applies for a period beginning on the date this Direction commences until such time as the Direction is revoked, repealed or 31 December 2010, whichever is the earlier.

Interpretation

5.1       In this Direction:

"fishing" means the commercial fishing activities that are referred to in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991

5.2            A term used in this Direction that is defined for the purposes of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in that Act.

5.3The origin of geographical coordinates used in this Direction is the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84).

Prohibition on fishing

6It is directed that fishing not be engaged in the area of the Fishery described in Schedule 1 during the period of application specified in paragraph 4.

SCHEDULE 1

Closure of northeast area of the North West Slope Fishery

The area of the North West Slope Fishery that is closed to fishing is the part of the AFZ within and bounded by a line commencing at the point of latitude 11º 55' south, longitude 125º east (Point 1). 

Thence south westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 13º 02' 29.1" south, longitude 124º 11' 51.8" east, (Point 2).

Thence generally north-westerly along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:

Point	Latitude	Longitude
3	12º 54’ 46.3” south	124º 13’ 05.2” east
4	12º 52’ 01.6” south	124º 10’ 39.7” east
5	12º 50’ 18.7” south	124º 12’ 45.4” east
6	12º 50’ 16.1” south	123º 51’ 38.5” east
7	12º 53’ 35.2” south	123º 46’ 34.1” east
8	12º 47’ 49.9” south	123º 42’ 54.5” east
9	12º 49’ 11.5” south	123º 39’ 28.7” east
10	12º 45’ 10.4” south	123º 37’ 42.9” east
11	12º 45’ 22.6” south	123º 45’ 02.6” east
12	12º 41’ 00.2” south	123º 47’ 13.4” east
13	12º 38’ 35.0” south	123º 58’ 25.4” east
14	12º 39’ 58.1” south	123º 44’ 04.0” east
15	12º 36’ 28.9” south	123º 44’ 21.2” east
16	12º 35’ 44.1” south	123º 39’ 28.0” east
17	12º 33’ 10.5” south	123º 42’ 49.4” east
18	12º 33’ 20.8” south	123º 38’ 27.0” east
19	12º 24’ 52.9” south	123º 33’ 28.5” east
20	12º 23’ 23.2” south	123º 11’ 57.6” east

Thence north easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 12º 17’ 27.0” south, Longitude 123º 21’ 30.0” east (Point 21) closest to the point which is twelve miles distant from the nearest base point of the territorial sea of Ashmore Island;

Thence following a line each point of which is twelve miles distant from the nearest base point of the territorial sea of Ashmore Island to the point Latitude 12º 19’ south, Longitude 123º 21’ east (Point 22); and

Thence north easterly along the geodesic back to the point of commencement.