Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 68 (08/12/2003) (Cth)

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

Fisheries Management Notice No. 68

TORRES STRAIT PRAWN FISHERY

PROHIBITION ON THE CARRIAGE OF EQUIPMENT
(AMENDMENT TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICE NO. 40)

The Protected Zone Joint Authority, acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and the Minister in accordance with the powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the

following notice.

Dated this 8 day of December 2003

IAN MACDONALD
Minister for Fisheries Forestry and Conservation, member & Chair of the
Protected Zone Joint Authority

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CITATION

1.This Notice may be cited as Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 68.

COMMENCEMENT

2.This Notice commences on Gazettal.

THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES

3.This Notice applies in conjunction with any other Notice in force in the area of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery.

INTERPRETATION

4.1     In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears "the Act" means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

4.2 Terms used but not defined in this Notice have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations.

AMENDMENT OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICE NO. 40

5.       Fisheries Management Notice No. 40, dated 25 February 1994, is amended by deleting paragraph 9.2 and substituting the following:

"9.2        CARRIAGE OF EQUIPMENT

Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(o) of the Act a person is prohibited in an area where and at the time during which, a prohibition is in force under paragraph 9.1 of this notice from having in that persons possession or in that persons charge in a boat, equipment that is: -

(i)      capable of being used for any kind of trawling; or

(ii)     capable of being used for taking prawns

unless

(iii)     all of that equipment including nets, boards, beams and skids are carried either in the racks or on the decks; except

(iv)    between 1200 hours and 1700 hours local time on 1 March (in any year), the boat is anchored; or

(v)     between 0600 hours and 1800 hours local time on 1 December (in any year), all equipment is out of the water or if any part of the equipment is in the water:

a)       that part is drawn up to the boat; and

b)      that part is visible from nearby aircraft or boat; and

c)       if the equipment includes cod ends, the cod ends are open.

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