Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000
Sub-regulation 12.34(3)
DETERMINATION OF COMMERCIAL FISHING PRACTICES
SOUTH-WEST NETWORK OF MARINE PARKS
I, JASON MUNDY, Acting Director of National Parks, under sub-regulation 12.34(3) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 HEREBY DETERMINE that for each of the Marine Parks in the Network, being the marine parks listed in Schedule 1 hereto, the following practices in commercial fishing are to be followed:
- vessels (other than vessels engaged in cage towing) transiting a Marine Park, or zone within a Marine Park, that is assigned to IUCN category II (national park), as described in Schedule 2 hereto, must travel at a speed greater than 5 knots; and
- fish may only be processed or transhipped in zones in which use of a gear type or fishing method for the taking of that fish is authorised by the South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018 or the Class Approval issued by the Director of National Parks for commercial fishing in the Network; and
- vessels transiting or stopping and anchoring in zones in which fishing, or use of fishing gear on board the vessel, is not authorised by the South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018 or the Class Approval issued by the Director of National Parks for commercial fishing in the Network, must have the fishing gear stowed and secured at all times.
Note: Paragraphs (b) and (c) do not apply to commercial fishing practices conducted in accordance with an authorisation issued by the Director of National Parks.
In this determination:
stowed and secured means all fishing apparatus, including nets and lines, are rendered inoperative, including that the apparatus is inboard the vessel, and otherwise completely out of the water; and
transiting means the continuous and expeditious passage of a vessel through an area whereby the vessel does not stop for any reason other than in response to an emergency or to render assistance to persons, aircraft or vessels in danger or distress.
Dated this 27 th day of June 2018
SIGNED
Jason Mundy
SCHEDULE 1
SOUTH-WEST NETWORK OF MARINE PARKS
Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park
Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park
Western Eyre Marine Park
Murat Marine Park
Great Australian Bight Marine Park
Twilight Marine Park
Eastern Recherche Islands Marine Park
South-west Corner Marine Park
Bremer Marine Park
Geographe Marine Park
Perth Canyon Marine Park
Two Rocks Marine Park
Jurien Marine Park
Abrolhos Marine Park
SCHEDULE 2
IUCN II PARKS AND ZONES
Murat Marine Park, ii. the zones within Western Kangaroo Island, Western Eyre, Great Australian Bight, Twilight Marine Park, Eastern Recherche, South-west Corner, Bremer, Geographe, Perth Canyon, Two Rocks, Jurien, and Abrolhos Marine Parks that are assigned to IUCN category II (national park), being the areas shown in marine park maps in Schedule 2 and described in Schedule 4 to the South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018, as specified below:
Marine Park | Zone Number/s | Clause describing the area boundary |
Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park | 1 | 2.3 |
Western Eyre Marine Park | 3, 4, 6 | 3.5, 3.6, 3.8 |
Murat Marine Park | Entire area of marine park | 4.1 |
Great Australian Bight Marine Park | 2 | 5.4 |
Twilight Marine Park | 3 | 6.5 |
Eastern Recherche Marine Park | 2, 3 | 7.4, 7.5 |
South-west Corner Marine Park | 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15, 16 | 8.3, 8.6, 8.7, 8.9, 8.11, 8.17, 8.18 |
Bremer Marine Park | 1 | 9.3 |
Geographe Marine Park | 4 | 10.6 |
Perth Canyon Marine Park | 2, 6 | 11.4, 11.8 |
Two Rocks Marine Park | 2 | 12.4 |
Jurien Marine Park | 2 | 13.4 |
Abrolhos Marine Park | 3, 6, 9 | 14.5, 14.8, 14.11 |