{"id":"F2024L01449","name":"Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2024","slug":"torres-strait-fisheries-furnishing-of-logbooks-instrument-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442635,"registerId":"F2024L01449-fast-fetch-1775957596615","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nTorres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2024\n\nThe Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) makes the following instrument.  \n\n \n\nDated    8 October 2024.  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nJulie Collins MP\n\nChair of the Protected Zone Joint Authority\n\nMinister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Cessation\n\n5  Definitions\n\n6  Schedules\n\n7  E-logs and electronic schema\n\n8  Application\n\n9  Master required to furnish information\n\n10  Manner of furnishing information to AFMA\n\nSchedule 1 – Repeals\n\n                 Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2023\n\nAppendix 1  – Content of e-logs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2024.\n\n 2 Commencement\n\nThe instrument commences one month after this instrument is registered.\n\n \n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 14(1) of the Act.\n\nNote: The Authority may exercise the powers of the Minister under section 14 of the Act in respect of a Protected Zone Joint Authority fishery: see paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Act.\n\n \n\n4  Cessation\n\n  This instrument ceases to have effect on 31 August 2027 unless earlier revoked.\n\n\n \n\n5  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:\n\n1.       boat;\n2.       commercial fishing;\n3.       community fishing;\n4.       fish;\n5.       traditional inhabitant. \n\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.\n\nADC EPRAWN means the electronic log (e-log) utilised for submission of information with the use of an Application Programming Interface (API) which complies with the content requirements specified in clause 1 of Appendix 1.\n\nAFMA has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991. \n\nAuthority means the Protected Zone Joint Authority.\n\nbêche-de-mer means fish of the families Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae. \n\nbêche-de-mer fishery means the area of the bêche-de-mer fishery prescribed in item 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.\n\n \n\nby-product species means a species listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3 of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009.\n\ne-log means a logbook kept in electronic form which has the form and content of an electronic schema.  \n\nelectronic schema has the meaning given by section 7 of this instrument.  \n\nfinfish means fish of the superclass Pisces other than:\n\n1.     mackerel; and\n2.     tuna (Thunnus spp.); and\n3.     skipjack tuna (Katsuwomus pelamis); and\n4.     fish of the family Bramidae (known as pomfrets); and\n5.     fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (known as billfish). \n\n\nfinfish fishery means the area of the finfish fishery prescribed in item 4 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.\n\nHC01 Logbook means the Hand Collection Daily Fishing Log HC01 and Hand Collection Catch Disposal Record HC02 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 23, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 pages 1288 – 1301 inclusive. Pursuant to paragraph 14(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 this instrument incorporates the document titled “Hand Collection Daily Fishing Log HC01 and Hand Collection Catch Disposal Record HC02” as it applies on the date this legislative instrument commences. This document could in 2024 be viewed free of charge on the Commonwealth Government Federal Register of Legislation at https://www.legislation.gov.au/files/gazettes/historic/2011/2011GN23.pdf\n\nlicensed boat means a boat as referred to in subsection 9(1) of the Instrument.\n\nlogbook means the HC01 Logbook, the NP16 Logbook, the TRL04 Logbook and the TSF02 Logbook and includes an e-log. \n\nmackerel means species of fish that are:\n\n1.     grey mackerel (Scomberomorus semifasciatus); and\n2.     school mackerel (Scomberomorus queenslandicus); and\n3.     shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus); and\n4.     Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorous commerson); and\n5.     spotted mackerel (Scomberomorus munroi).\n\n\nmackerel fishery means the area of the Spanish mackerel fishery prescribed in item 7 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations. \n\nmarine species means a species declared under section 248 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.\n\nNP16 Logbook means the Northern and Torres Strait Prawn Fisheries Daily Fishing Log NP16 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 23, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 pages 1312 – 1327 inclusive. Pursuant to paragraph 14(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 this instrument incorporates the document titled “Northern and Torres Strait Prawn Fisheries Daily Fishing Log NP16” as it applies on the date this legislative instrument commences. This document could in 2024 be viewed free of charge on the Federal Register of Legislation at https://www.legislation.gov.au/files/gazettes/historic/2011/2011GN23.pdf\n\npearl shell means fish of the genus Pinctada and Pteria. \n\npearl shell fishery means the area of the pearl shell fishery prescribed in item 5 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations. \n\nprawn has the same meaning given by section 1.3 of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009.\n\nprawn fishery means the area of the prawn fishery prescribed in item 6 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.\n\nProtected Zone Joint Authority fishery has same meaning given by subsection 28(1) of the Act.  \n\nRegulations means the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985.\n\nTRL04 Logbook means the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Daily Fishing Log TRL04 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. C2015G00269. Pursuant to paragraph 14(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 this instrument incorporates the document titled “Australian Fisheries Management Authority - specific fishing logbooks” as it applies on the date this legislative instrument commences. This document could in 2024 be viewed free of charge on the Federal Register of Legislation at https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2015G00269/asmade/text\n\ntarget species means a species listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3 of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009.\n\nthreatened species means a species declared under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.\n\ntropical rock lobster means fish of the species Panulirus spp. \n\ntropical rock lobster fishery means the area of the tropical rock lobster fishery prescribed in item 9 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations. \n\nTSF02 Logbook means the Torres Strait Finfish Daily Fishing Log TSF02 published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No.C2024G00630. Pursuant to paragraph 14(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 this instrument incorporates the document titled “Torres Strait Finfish Daily Fishing Log- TSF02” as it applies on the date this legislative instrument commences. This document could in 2024 be viewed free of charge on the Federal Register of Legislation at https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024G00630/asmade/text.\n\n6  Schedules\n\n                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n7  E-logs and electronic schema\n\n(1)    If a logbook is required by this instrument to be kept and maintained in electronic form (e-log) it must have a particular form and content (the electronic schema). \n\n \n\n(2)    The electronic schema for the purposes of this instrument is ADC EPRAWN.\n\n \n\n(3)    The content required to be kept and maintained for ADC EPRAWN is prescribed in Appendix -1 to this instrument. \n\n(4)    In Appendix -1, subject to contrary intention:\n\n(a)    length is to be recorded in metres;\n\n(b)    depth is to be recorded in metres;\n\n(c)    temperature is to be recorded in degrees centigrade;\n\n(d)    weight is to be recorded in kilograms;\n\n(e)    time is to be recorded in 24 hour format;\n\n(f)     latitude and longitude is to be recorded in decimal degrees.\n\n(5)    Where a person is required to keep and maintain an e-log that complies with an electronic schema, the person must furnish to AFMA the e-log with the use of an e-log program that conforms with the detailed specifications available through the AFMA e-log developer portal available on the AFMA website page titled: E-logs Information.\n\nNote : Pursuant to paragraph 14(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 this instrument incorporates the documents contained in an online portal titled E-logs Information as it applies on the date this legislative instrument commences. This document could in 2024 be viewed free of charge on the AFMA Website at- https://www.afma.gov.au/monitoring-tools/logbooks-and-elogs/e-logs-information.\n\n8  Application\n\n  This instrument does not apply to a person who is a traditional inhabitant engaged in community fishing. \n\n9  Master required to keep and maintain a logbook and furnish information to AFMA\n\n1.      This section applies to the master of a boat:\n\n\n1.     in respect of which a licence under section 19 of the Act or an endorsement under section 20 of the Act is in force; and\n2.     that is being used to take fish in the Protected Zone Joint Authority fishery in the course of commercial fishing.\n\n\n1.      In accordance with subsection 14(1) of the Act, a master must keep and maintain a logbook in the form of:\n\n\n1.     the HC01 Logbook if the master is using the licensed boat to take bêche-de-mer in the bêche-de-mer fishery;             \n2.     the HC01 Logbook if the master is using the licensed boat to take pearl shell in the pearl shell fishery;             \n3.     the NP16 Logbook; or an e-log that meets the requirements of the electronic schema ADC EPRAWN; if the master is using the licensed boat to take prawns in the prawn fishery;\n4.     the TRL04 Logbook if the master is using the licensed boat to take tropical rock lobster in the tropical rock lobster fishery;\n5.     the TSF02 Logbook if the master is using the licensed boat to take finfish or mackerel in the area of the finfish and mackerel fishery. \n\n\n1.     In meeting the requirements of subsection (2), the master must:\n\n\n1.     provide all information required relating to the taking, disposal or sale of fish by the logbook; and\n2.     secure the logbook; and\n3.     store the logbook\n\n\n in accordance with the instructions provided in the relevant logbook. \n\n1.      A master is required to provide information in the logbook for each calendar day upon which commercial fishing activities occur. \n2.      A master is required to furnish information kept and maintained in accordance with subsections 9(2) and 9(3) of this instrument to AFMA in the manner prescribed by section 10 of this instrument. \n\n\nNote 1: Failure to provide information as required by this instrument is a strict liability offence: see subsections 14(12) and (12A) of the Act. \n\n10  Manner of furnishing information to AFMA\n\n1.      Information in the form of a logbook (other than an e-log) required to be furnished to AFMA under section 9 must be furnished in one of the following manners:\n\n\n1.     sent by email to:\n\n\n   licensing@afma.gov.au\n\n1.     sent by post to:\n\n\n   Australian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n   PO Box 376\n\n   Thursday Island  QLD  4875\n\n1.     sent by post to:\n\n\n   Australian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n   PO Box 7051\n\n   Canberra BC  ACT  2610\n\n1.     submitted in person to:\n\n\n   Australian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n   Pearls Building\n\n   38 Victoria Parade\n\n   Thursday Island  QLD  4875\n\n The logbook must be furnished in accordance with subsection (1) in the time period specific within the instructions of the logbook.\n\n1.     The holder must furnish any e-log kept and maintained under section 7 to AFMA before the boat docks at the end of each trip, or when rendezvousing with a mothership, whichever is sooner.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1 – Repeals\n\nTorres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2023\n\n \n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n\n\n\n\nAppendix -1– Content of e-logs\n\n \n\n(1)  Content required for the electronic schema ADC EPRAWN\n\n \n\nFor the purpose of sub-section 7(3) the schema must contain the following content.   \n\n \n\n- Item Column 1Content required to be kept and maintained\n- 1 For each trip:\n\n1. vendor name;\n2. application name;\n3. application version;\n4. concession holder identification;\n5. start date and time of trip;\n6. the port departed from;\n7. end date and time of trip; and\n8. the destination port.\n- 2 While at sea for longer than 24 hours, with respect to any day(s) during which no fishing occurs:\n\n1. the non-fishing period activity identification number;\n2. the reason for not fishing;\n3. the date and time that the non-fishing period started; and\n4. the date and time that the non-fishing period ended.\n- 3 For each fishing activity undertaken during a trip:\n\n1. the trip activity number;\n2. for each shot during a trip:\n\n\n1. the shot number (starting at 1 and continuing in sequence for each trip);\n2. the fishing method used;\n3. the type of fishing being undertaken (either for commercial or research purposes);\n4. the species of fish being targeted before setting gear; and\n\n\n1. for any non-fishing activity:\n\n\n1. the fishery;\n2. the date and time that the activity started;\n3. the date and time that the activity ended; and\n4. the reason for not fishing.\n\n\n1. for any listed marine species and threatened species interactions:\n\n\n1. the species of animal;\n2. the date and time the interaction occurred;\n3. the latitude of the position of the boat when the interaction occurred;\n4. the longitude of the position of the boat when the interaction occurred;\n5. the activity being undertaken at the time the interaction occurred;\n6. the total number of interactions with animals of the same species interacted with within the same date, time and location;\n7. if the interaction occurred during a shot, the shot number;\n8. the life status of the animal, or animals, interacted with;\n9. the number of individual animals, of the same species and life status, interacted with during the same interaction event;\n10. to the extent possible in the circumstances, if the animal has a band or tag record, the details of the record including any numbers or colours; and\n11. any further information considered by the holder of the fishing concession to be relevant.\n- 4 1. For each prawn trawl shot during the trip:\n\n\n1. the date and time at the start of the shot;\n2. the type of net being used;\n3. the number of nets towed;\n4. the average bottom depth;\n5. the average temperature at the average bottom depth;\n6. the fishing ground in which the prawn trawl shot occurred;\n7. the number of hours spent trawling in each 24-hour period;\n8. the number of shots completed in each 24-hour period;\n9. the latitude for the location where the most fish were caught;\n10. the longitude for the location where the most fish were caught;\n11. if undertaking research, a description of the research being undertaken;\n12. the length of head rope; and\n13. any further information considered by the holder of the fishing concession to be relevant.\n\n\n1. The species name for all target species, and the species group name for all by-product species and mackerel retained or discarded.\n2. For fish caught and retained:\n\n\n1. the estimated processed weight of retained fish must be specified by the species name for the target species, and the species group name for by-product species and mackerel;\n2. the number of finfish and mackerel, if any, retained;\n3. the form code; and\n4. the grade for fish, expressed as a count per pound.\n\n\n1. For fish caught and discarded:\n\n\n1. the reason for discarding the fish;\n2. the estimated total weight of each discarded fish must be specified by the species name for the target species, and the species group name for by-product species and mackerel;\n3. the estimated total combined weight of all remaining discarded species, excluding those reported under Item 4(d)(ii);\n4. the number of mackerel (if any) discarded.\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the established scope of regulating logbook requirements for commercial fishing in Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority fisheries. It is a routine annual/remade instrument that repeals and replaces the 2023 version without expanding into new regulatory areas. The electronic logging requirements (ADC EPRAWN) were already part of the regulatory framework and are continued here."},"complexity_factors":["22 defined terms in section 5, many incorporating external documents (Gazette notices, Management Plans, and the EPBC Act)","Four separate incorporated documents by reference (HC01, NP16, TRL04, TSF02 logbooks) plus a dynamic online portal (AFMA e-log developer portal) incorporated via Legislation Act 2003 s 14(1)(b)","Nested conditional logic in section 9: different logbook requirements triggered by fishery type, with alternative options for prawn fishers (paper OR electronic)","Detailed technical specifications in Appendix 1 with 4 main categories and multiple sub-items (up to 11 data points for protected species interactions)","Cross-references to multiple external statutes: Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, Fisheries Management Act 1991, Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985, Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and Legislation Act 2003","Temporal limitation clause (cessation on 31 August 2027) creating sunset provision complexity","Dual measurement systems specified (metric units with specific formats for coordinates, time, temperature)"],"plain_english_summary":"Commercial fishers in the Torres Strait who target prawns, finfish, mackerel, tropical rock lobster, pearl shell or bêche‑de‑mer must keep and submit trip logbooks (paper or specified e‑logs) recording catch, location, gear, dates and protected‑species interactions. E‑logs must follow the ADC EPRAWN format and be submitted before docking; paper logs can be emailed, posted or handed in. Traditional community fishers are excluded. These records let AFMA manage stocks and compliance—failure to keep or submit logbooks is a strict liability offence."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expressly repeals the Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2023 (Schedule 1) and replaces logbook requirements. It adds the ADC EPRAWN electronic schema with prescribed data fields (s7; Appendix-1), incorporates a new finfish log (TSF02) and e-log developer portal conformity (s7(3),(5)), and specifies e-log submission timing (s10). The scope remains focused on masters of licensed boats engaged in commercial fishing in the PZJA fishery and continues the exemption for traditional inhabitants (s8–9)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple incorporated external documents and logbook templates (HC01, NP16, TRL04, TSF02) increasing cross-references and dependence on external materials (Definitions; HC01/NP16/TRL04/TSF02 entries).","Introduction of a technical electronic schema (ADC EPRAWN) with detailed required data fields in Appendix-1 (s7(2)–(3); Appendix-1), adding technical and implementation complexity.","Mandatory e-log software conformity and use of AFMA e-log developer portal, creating implementation and developer compliance burdens (s7(5)).","Differentiated requirements by fishery and by fishing method (s9(2)), requiring conditional compliance paths for masters.","Precise timing and multiple submission methods (electronic, email, post, in-person) with distinct deadlines for e-logs (s10), increasing operational complexity.","Legal enforcement detail: strict-liability offence attachment for non-provision of information (note to s9 referencing Act), raising compliance risk.","Temporal and repeal mechanics: instrument commences one month after registration and ceases on a fixed date (s2, s4), and repeals the 2023 instrument (Schedule 1), requiring transitional/legal awareness."],"plain_english_summary":"Requires masters of licensed boats used for commercial fishing in the Torres Strait Protected Zone to keep and furnish specified logbooks (HC01, NP16 or ADC EPRAWN e-log, TRL04, TSF02) to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, and excludes traditional inhabitants engaged in community fishing (s8–9). It formalises an electronic schema (ADC EPRAWN) with detailed data fields and mandates e-log submission before docking or rendezvousing with a mothership (s7(2)–(5), s10). Non-compliance is a strict-liability offence (note to s9)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-furnishing-of-logbooks-instrument-2024","history":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-furnishing-of-logbooks-instrument-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-furnishing-of-logbooks-instrument-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-furnishing-of-logbooks-instrument-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-furnishing-of-logbooks-instrument-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-furnishing-of-logbooks-instrument-2024/documents"}}