Australian Boat Declaration No. 1 of 2026

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

DECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 4(2)

Australian Boat Declaration No. 1 of 2026

I, Anna Willock, delegate of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority:

1.           having been advised that the FV Aurora Australis has been lawfully imported into Australia; and

1.           being satisfied that the extent of participation of citizens or residents of Australia either directly or indirectly, in the control of the operations of the boat in the Australian Fishing Zone will be such as to justify me in declaring the FV Aurora Australis to be an Australian boat:

make the following declaration under subsection 4(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Date      4 February 2026

           Anna Willock

   Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

 1.  This declaration may be cited as the Australian Boat Declaration No. 1 of 2026.

Commencement

 2.  This declaration commences on gazettal.

Interpretation

 3.  In this declaration:

“Aurora Australis” means the fishing boat known as the “FV Aurora Australis” the call sign for which is VKCE”.

[Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this declaration.]

Declaration that the FV Aurora Australis is taken to be an Australian boat

1.       The FV Aurora Australis is, for the period commencing from the of date of gazettal of this notice to 30 April 2027, taken to be an Australian boat for the purposes of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.