Australian Boat Declaration No. 2 of 2026

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

DECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 4(2)

Australian Boat Declaration No. 2 of 2026

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

1.           having been advised that the Aqua Spa 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, and the nature of those operations, will be such as to justify me in declaring the Aqua Spa to be an Australian boat:

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

Date      8 May 2026

Anna Willock

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1.       This declaration may be cited as the Australian Boat Declaration No. 2 of 2026.

Commencement

1.       This declaration commences on gazettal.

Interpretation

1.       In this declaration:

Aqua Spa means the boat known as the Aqua Spa the call sign for which is LFGH3 the IMO number is 9839337.

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

Declaration that the Aqua Spa is taken to be an Australian boat

1.       The Aqua Spa is, for the period commencing from the of date of gazettal of this notice to 30 April 2028, taken to be an Australian boat for the purposes of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.