Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures Variation) Direction No. 1 2016 (Cth)
DIRECTION NOT TO ENGAGE IN FISHING
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 41A(3)
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY (CLOSURES VARIATION) DIRECTION No. 1 2016
I, JAMES FINDLAY, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate under delegation No. 6 of 2015 from the Commission, make the following Direction under subsection 41A(3) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Dated: 24 May 2016
James Findlay
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Citation
This Direction may be cited as the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures Variation) Direction No. 1 2016.
Commencement
This Direction commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Cessation
3.This Direction is repealed on 1 May 2020 unless earlier revoked.
Interpretation
Terms defined in 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.
Notes: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.
To whom this Direction applies
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.
Variation of Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 2 2015
This Direction varies the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 2 2015 by replacing Clause 7 of the instrument from the date of commencement of this Direction with the following Clause:
7.Clause 6 does not apply to concession holders if the holder is already subject to a condition to retain no more than 25 per cent of their total pink ling (Genypterus blacodes) quota (caught or uncaught) in waters east of Longitude 147° East at any time.
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