Northern Prawn Fishery Amendment (Early Closure) Direction 2018 (Cth)

Northern Prawn Fishery Amendment (Early Closure) Direction 2018

I, James Findlay, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, make the following direction.

Dated: 7 November 2018                                           

Dr James Findlay

Chief Executive Officer
Australian Fisheries Management Authority

1Citation

This instrument is the Northern Prawn Fishery Amendment (Early Closure) Direction 2018.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 41A(3) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Northern Prawn Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 171

1  Subsection 10.3

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

10.3   Fishing is not to be engaged in in the fishery during the period commencing at 2230 hours UTC on 20 November 2018 and ending at 2200 hours UTC on 30 November 2018.