{"id":"F2010L02010","name":"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010","slug":"bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-closures-direction-no-2-2010","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":124506,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L02010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Period of Application","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Period of Application","content":"#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Direction not to engage in fishing","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Direction not to engage in fishing","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"7.1","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.","content":"#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Area 1 — Southern Box — The following ar","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Area 1 — Southern Box — The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:","content":"#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS","content":"#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Areas for boat navigation include;","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Areas for boat navigation include;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"(a) commencing at the point of latitude ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"(b) then running generally south east al","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"(c) then running west along that paralle","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"(d) then generally north west along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"(e) then generally south west along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"(f) then generally north along the geode","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"(g) then generally north east along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"(h) then generally west along the geodes","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"(i) then generally north west along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"(j) then running east along that paralle","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"(k) then generally south east along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"(l) then generally east along the geodes","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;","content":"#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"(m) then running north along that meridi","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"(n) then generally west along the geodes","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"(o) then running east along that paralle","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"(p) then generally north west along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"(q) then generally east along the geodes","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"(r) then generally north west along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"(s) then generally north east along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"(t) then generally south east along the ","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;","content":"FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002\n\nBASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 2 2010\n\nPROHIBITION ON FISHING\n\nI, Glenn Hurry, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Direction under section 17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 23(1) of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\nDated 12th July 2010\n\nSigned – Glenn Hurry\n\nChief Executive Officer,\n\nAustralian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n\\------------------------------------------\n\nCitation\n\n1.  This Direction may be cited as BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010.\n\n#### Commencement\n\n2. This Direction commences at the start of 20 July 2010.\n\nRevocation of BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010\n\n3. The BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 is revoked with effect from the commencement of this Direction.\n\nApplication\n\n4. This Direction applies to a holder of statutory fishing rights in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the Direction does not apply to a person if the person is fishing in the area of the Fishery in accordance with a fishing concession that is subject to another plan of management in force under the Act, under a scientific permit , a permit issued in another fishery, or under a licence issued under a law of a State or Territory.\\]\n\n#### Period of Application\n\n5. This Direction applies for the period beginning on the date this Direction commences and ending on (and including) 31 December 2010.\n\nDefinitions\n\n6.1 A term used in this Direction that is defined in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Management Plan) has the same meaning in this Direction as it has in the Management Plan.\n\n6.2 All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).\n\n\\[Notes:\n\n1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.\n\n2. Terms defined in the Management Plan include \"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery” .\\]\n\n#### Direction not to engage in fishing\n\n#### 7.1 Subject to sub-clause 7.2, fishing is fishing is not to be engaged in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery, except for the area of waters described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3.\n\n7.2 The only fishing activities that can be engaged in in the areas described in Schedule 3 (being navigation corridors) are the activities specified in paragraph (g) of the definition of ‘fishing’ in section 4 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991:\n\n“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.\n\n\\[Note: This means that the navigation rules and offences in regulations 37C and 37D of the Fisheries Management Regulations do not apply to the navigation of boats in the areas described in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (but they do apply in any other part of the fishery). \\]\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\n#### Area 1 – Southern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°23.500' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°26.500' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nArea 2 – Northern Box – The following area of waters are open to commercial fishing contained within and bounded by a line:\n\n(a) commencing at the point of intersection of the parallel of latitude 39°12.000' South and the meridian of longitude 148°20.000’ East; and\n\n(b) proceeding east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°35.000' East; then\n\n(c) south along that meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 39°18.000' South; then\n\n(d) west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148°20.000' East; then\n\n(e) north along that meridian of longitude to the point of commencement.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n#### EXEMPT TRANSIT CORRIDORS\n\n#### Areas for boat navigation include;\n\n#### (a) commencing at the point of latitude 39º26.5’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (b) then running generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º56.0’ South, longitude 148º30.77’ East;\n\n#### (c) then running west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º26.7’ East;\n\n#### (d) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.45’ South, longitude 148º16.9’ East;\n\n#### (e) then generally south west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º42.0’ South, longitude 148º04.0’ East;\n\n#### (f) then generally north along the geodesic of the outer limit of the coastal waters adjacent to, and east of Outer Sister Island to its intersection with the parallel 39º37.2’ South;\n\n#### (g) then generally north east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º24.68’ South, longitude 148º14.67’ East;\n\n#### (h) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º22.3’ South, longitude 147º53.5’ East;\n\n#### (i) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 146º58.0’ East;\n\n#### (j) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º06.0’ East;\n\n#### (k) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º20.0’ South, longitude 147º55.0’ East;\n\n#### (l) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º26.1’ South, longitude 148º15.6’ East;\n\n#### (m) then running north along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of Latitude 39°11.05’South;\n\n#### (n) then generally west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º00.0’ South, longitude 147º19.0’ East;\n\n#### (o) then running east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147º22.83’ East;\n\n#### (p) then generally north west along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 38º56.2’ South;\n\n#### (q) then generally east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º06.7’ South, longitude 148º11.75’ East;\n\n#### (r) then generally north west along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38º14.25’ South, longitude 148º01.2’ East;\n\n#### (s) then generally north east along the line, every point on which is 20 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point of the baseline from which the coastal waters of Victoria are measured, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148º08.2’ East;\n\n#### (t) then generally south east along the geodesic to the point of latitude 39º10.0’ South, longitude 148º20.0’ East;\n\n#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"(u) then south along that meridian to th","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"(u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","content":"#### (u) then south along that meridian to the point of commencement.","sortOrder":27}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2133},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Direction implements temporary area closures consistent with the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002, remaining within the scope of fisheries management and conservation."},"complexity_factors":["Detailed geographic coordinates using GDA94 datum with 21 separate coordinate points defining transit corridors","Cross-references to the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 for definitions","Nested conditional logic: general prohibition → exception for three schedules → further restriction in Schedule 3 limiting activities to post-catch processing only","Technical maritime navigation terminology (geodesic lines, meridians, parallels, coastal water baselines)"],"plain_english_summary":"A temporary closure of scallop fishing in the Bass Strait Central Zone from 20 July to 31 December 2010, prohibiting fishing across most of the fishery while allowing commercial fishing only in two small, precisely defined “boxes” and permitting transit corridors solely for non‑fishing transport or processing of scallops caught elsewhere. It applies to holders of statutory fishing rights and their agents, excluding scientific, state/territory or other permitted fishery activities."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This Direction expressly revokes BSCZSF (Closures) Direction No. 1 2010 (cl.3) and replaces the closure regime for the fishery for the stated period (cl.2, cl.5). From the supplied text it is clear the scope of closures has been altered by this instrument (new Schedules 1–3 and the transit-corridor exception), but the precise differences relative to Direction No.1 cannot be determined because the earlier Direction’s text is not provided here."},"complexity_factors":["Geographic precision and mapping: multiple schedules describe boundaries with latitude/longitude and geodesic segments that must be plotted in GDA94 (cl.6.2; Schedules).","Cross-references to other instruments and definitions: relies on the Management Plan 2002 and the Fisheries Management Act 1991 for defined terms and the meaning of 'fishing' (cl.6.1; note to cl.6).","Limited exceptions and carve-outs: Direction applies only to holders of statutory fishing rights and agents, excluding other concession-holders, scientific permits and state licences (cl.4 and accompanying note).","Operational exception for transit corridors: Schedule 3 permits only paragraph (g) activities from the Act’s definition of 'fishing' (processing/carrying/transporting) — a narrow, technical carve-out (cl.7.2).","Temporal scope and replacement: short fixed period of application and express revocation of an immediately preceding Direction (cl.2, cl.3, cl.5).","Enforcement and discretion linkages: made under s.17(5A) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and s.23(1) of the Management Plan — enforcement will involve AFMA exercising delegated powers (instrument preamble).","Compliance burdens: operators must identify whether they hold statutory fishing rights, map allowable areas to GDA94, and ensure activities in corridors meet the narrow permitted activity list (cl.4, cl.6.2, cl.7.2).","Drafting anomalies and repetition in the text: duplicated and mis-typed phrases (e.g. 'fishing is fishing is not') and extensive repetition increase interpretive risk."],"plain_english_summary":"This Direction (commencing 20 July 2010 and running to 31 December 2010) prohibits fishing in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery except inside three explicitly described areas: two rectangular ‘boxes’ and a set of navigation (transit) corridors. It applies to holders of statutory fishing rights and their agents (cl.4). Schedule coordinates use the GDA94 datum; transit corridors allow only processing/carrying/transporting of already-taken fish (cl.7.2). The Direction also revokes the earlier Closures Direction No.1 (cl.3)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-closures-direction-no-2-2010","history":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-closures-direction-no-2-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-closures-direction-no-2-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-closures-direction-no-2-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-closures-direction-no-2-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-closures-direction-no-2-2010/documents"}}