Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 11 2013 (Cth)

DIRECTION NOT TO ENGAGE IN FISHING

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsection 41A(2)

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 11 2013

I, JAMES FINDLAY, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate under delegation No. 6 of 2013 made on 16^th September 2013 from the Commission, make the following Direction under subsection 41A(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated:    30 September 2013

James Findlay

Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1. This Direction may be cited as the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 11 2013.

Commencement

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

Cessation

3.This Direction ceases as if it was revoked on 1 December 2018 unless earlier revoked.

Interpretation

1. Terms used in this Direction that are defined for the purposes of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 (the Plan) have the same meanings in this Direction as they have in the Plan.

All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).

Unless otherwise stated, the lines between coordinates are geodesics.

Notes:             1.    Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.

To whom this Direction applies

1. This Direction applies to a holder of a fishing concession in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.

Direction not to engage in fishing

1. Fishing is not to be engaged in in the area of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery as prescribed in Schedule 1.

Revocation of previous Direction

1. This Direction revokes the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 4 2013 with effect from the commencement of this Direction.

SCHEDULE 1

Flinders Research Zone Closure

The area of the Flinders Research Zone Closure is that part of the AFZ contained within and bounded by a line commencing at the point of latitude 39° 26' south, longitude 148° 43.74' east (point 1); Then generally southerly along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:

2	39° 26.32' south	148° 43.65' east
3	39° 27.43' south	148° 45.01' east
4	39° 31.67' south	148° 46.61' east
5	39° 36.72' south	148° 47.39' east
6	39° 37.68' south	148° 43.71' east
7	39° 39.23' south	148° 42.79' east
8	39° 40.94' south	148° 47.24' east
9	39° 45.06' south	148° 48.16' east
10	39° 48.8' south	148° 46.67' east
11	39° 50.09' south	148° 48.39' east
12	39° 51.86' south	148° 49.04' east
13	39° 54.63' south	148° 48.23' east
14	39° 56.31' south	148° 50.34' east
15	40° 1.82' south	148° 51.87' east
16	40° 4.43' south	148° 51.48' east
17	40° 7.76' south	148° 51.81' east
18	40° 8.44' south	148° 52.59' east
19	40° 10.92' south	148° 52.59' east
20	40° 11.59' south	148° 53' east
21	40° 14.05' south	148° 51.1' east
22	40° 14.65' south	148° 53.52' east
23	40° 15.41' south	148° 52.97' east
24	40° 16.43' south	148° 53.19' east
25	40° 19.37' south	148° 52.78' east
26	40° 21.28' south	148° 53.07' east
27	40° 23.07' south	148° 52.55' east

then generally easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 40° 21.98' south, longitude 148° 56.35' east (point 28); Then generally northerly along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:

29	40° 19.16' south	148° 55.18' east
30	40° 16.58' south	148° 56.52' east
31	40° 6.87' south	148° 57.02' east
32	40° 3.87' south	148° 58.69' east
33	39° 54.7' south	148° 56.72' east
34	39° 47.67' south	148° 54.11' east
35	39° 45.63' south	148° 54.29' east
36	39° 43.16' south	148° 53.75' east
37	39° 42.32' south	148° 53.14' east
38	39° 37.68' south	148° 52.36' east
39	39° 36.68' south	148° 53.06' east
40	39° 29.18' south	148° 51.97' east
41	39° 28.75' south	148° 50.81' east
42	39° 27.73' south	148° 51.46' east
43	39° 25.98' south	148° 50.94' east

then generally westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.