{"id":"F2005L03945","name":"Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 75 (28/11/2005)","slug":"torres-strait-fisheries-management-notice-no-75-28-11-2005","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":39797,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L03945-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Fisheries Management Notice No. 75","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Fisheries Management Notice No. 75","content":"#### Fisheries Management Notice No. 75\n\nTORRES STRAIT FINFISH FISHERY","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING, PRO","sectionType":"division","heading":"PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING, PROCESSING AND CARRYING OF FINFISH","content":"Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\n\n#### Fisheries Management Notice No. 75\n\nTORRES STRAIT FINFISH FISHERY\n\n### PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING, PROCESSING AND CARRYING OF FINFISH\n\n### (GEAR, SIZE AND AREA RESTRICTIONS AND\n\n### TAKE AND CARRY LIMIT)\n\nThe Protected Zone Joint Authority, acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and the Minister in accordance with the powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following notice.\n\nDated this 28th day of November 2005\n\n# IAN MACDONALD\n\n###### Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation and member and Chair of the\n\nProtected Zone Joint Authority.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCITATION\n\n1. This Notice may be cited as Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 75.\n\nCOMMENCEMENT\n\n2. This Notice commences on Gazettal.\n\n## THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES\n\n3. This Notice applies in conjunction with any other Notice in force in the area of the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery.\n\n#### REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICES NO 18, 51, 55 AND 63.\n\n4. Fisheries Management Notice No. 18, dated 8 July 1987, Fisheries Management Notice No. 51, dated 29 March 1999, Fisheries Management Notice No. 55, dated 28 July 1999, and Fisheries Management Notice No. 63, dated 15 January 2003, are revoked.\n\nINTERPRETATION\n\n5.1 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears “the Act” means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.\n\n5.2 Terms used but not defined in this Notice have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations.\n\n5.3 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“finfish” means all fish of the Superclass Pisces other than:\n\n(i) mackerels (Scomberomorus spp.);\n\n(ii) Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus);\n\n(iii) tunas (Thunnus spp.);\n\n(iv) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis);\n\n(v) fish of the Family Bramidae (pomfrets); and\n\n(vi) fish of the Families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (billfish).\n\n“bait net” means:\n\n(i) a cast net not more than 6 metres in diameter and having a mesh size of not more than 28 millimetres; or\n\n(ii) a mesh or seine net not more than 400 metres in length and having a mesh size of at least 12 millimetres but not more than 45 millimetres.\n\n“fishing apparatus” means hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines.\n\n“line fishing methods” means fishing by use of hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines where:\n\n(i) each fishing line has no more than 6 hooks attached to it; and\n\n(ii) at any one time no more than 3 fishing apparatus are being used for fishing from the boat in respect of which a licence holder has been granted a licence;\n\n“mesh net” means a net used as a gill net, mesh net, ring net or a net that is not fixed or hauled.\n\n“mesh size” means:\n\n(i) for a knotted mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite knots; and\n\n(ii) for a knotless mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite corners;\n\nwhere the distance is determined by averaging the size of each of 10 meshes at least 30 centimetres from each other.\n\n“seine net” means a beach or haul seine net, with or without a pocket, shot in a way to partly encircle fish.\n\nPROHIBITION (GENERAL)\n\n6. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of finfish, other than barramundi, is prohibited.\n\nPROHIBITION (BARRAMUNDI)\n\n7. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of barramundi in the area of the finfish fishery is prohibited.\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM PROHIBITIONS\n\n8. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1A)(d) of the Act:\n\n(a) a person holding a licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act, that is not a community fishing licence, that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6; or\n\n(b) a person holding a community fishing licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraph 6 and 7; or\n\n(c) a person that holds a licence granted under either subsection 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry mackerel, takes or carries at any one time, is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(d) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act, other than a licence of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take or carry at any one time:\n\n(i) not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(ii) where a quantity of mackerel is also being carried, the combined weight of mackerel and finfish are not more than 20 kilograms; or\n\n(e) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) of the Act that entitles the person to take Spanish mackerel is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to use a bait net to take bait for their own use; or\n\n(f) a person engaged in traditional fishing is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraphs 6 and 7.\n\nSIZE LIMITS\n\n9.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish:\n\n(a) of the kind referred to in Schedule 1, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths specified in Schedule 1; or\n\n(b) of the kind referred to in Schedule 2, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths or greater than the maximum lengths specified in Schedule 2.\n\n9.2 For the purposes of paragraph 9.1, the length of a finfish shall be measured from the point of the snout (or tip of the lower jaw, if that tip protrudes beyond the snout), to the extremity of the tail or caudal fin, whichever is longer.\n\nNO TAKE SPECIES\n\n10. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish of the kind referred to in Schedule 3.\n\nRETENTION OF LIVE FINFISH\n\n11. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to retain, store or carry live finfish on a boat.\n\nGEAR RESTRICTIONS\n\n12. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Act, a person is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery to take finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, by a method other than:\n\n(a) by line fishing methods, where a person holds a licence granted under subsections 19(2) of the Act that entitles that person to take finfish by line fishing methods; or\n\n(b) by the use of a bait net.\n\nPERMANENT CLOSURES\n\n13. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking of finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited by line fishing methods in that part of the finfish fishery west of Longitude 142°31'49\".\n\nSEASONAL CLOSURE - BARRAMUNDI\n\n14. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act the taking of barramundi, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery during the period commencing 1200 hours on 1 November in a year and ending 1200 hours on 1 February the following year.\n\n \nSCHEDULE 1\n\n```html\n

FINFISH

MINIMUM LENGTH IN MILLIMETRES

barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivells)

450

black king-fish (Rachycentron canadus)

750

black-spot tusk-fish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

300

coral trout (Plectropomus spp.) other than blue-spot trout (see Schedule 2)

380

dolphin-fish (Coryphaena spp.)

450

grass sweetlip (Lethrinus fletus)

300

hussar (Lutjanus amabilis)

250

teraglin jew (Atractoscion aequidens)

380

large-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus malabaricus)

400

large-scale sea perch (Lutjanus johni)

350

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

350

moses perch (Lutjanus russelli)

250

mulloway (Argyrosomus hololepidotus)

450

pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare)

350

purple tusk-fish (Choerodon cephalotes)

300

red emperor (Lutjanus sebae)

550

red throat emperor (Lethrinus miniatus)

380

rosy job-fish (Etelis and Pristipomoides spp.)

380

silver jewfish (Nibea soldado)

450

silver teraglin (Otolithes ruber)

300

small-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus erthropterus)

400

snapper (Pagrus auratus)

350

Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)

450

spotted or black jewfish (Protonibae diacanthus)

450

stripey (Lutjanus carponotatus)

250

venus tusk-fish (Choerodon venustus)

300

wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)

750

yellowtail king-fish (Seriola lalandi)

500

bar-tailed flathead (Platycephalus indicus)

300

burnett salmon (Polydactylus sheridani)

400

Cooktown salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum)

400

golden lined whiting (Sillago analis)

230

luderick (Girella tricuspidata)

230

pikey bream (Acanthopagrus berda)

230

sand flathead (Platycephalus arenarius)

300

sand whiting (Sillago ciliata)

230

sea mullet (Mugil cephalus)

300

small spotted grunter bream (Pomadasys agenteus)

300

spotted grunter bream (grunter) (Pomadasys kaakan)

300

tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix)

300

tarwhine (Rhabdossargus sarba)

230

yellow-finned bream (Acanthopagrus australis)

230

\n```\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2\n\n| FINFISH | MINIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES | MAXIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES |\n| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- |\n| barramundi (Lates calcarifer) | 580 | 1200 |\n| blue-spot trout (Plectromus laevis) | 500 | 800 |\n| estuary cod (Epinephelus sp.) | 350 | 1200 |\n| red bass (Lutjanus bohar) | 450 | 550 |\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n| NO TAKE SPECIES |\n| ------------------------------------------- |\n| potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) |\n| Queensland groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) |\n| chinaman fish (Symphorus nematophorus) |\n| paddletail (Lutjanus gibbus) |\n| humphead Maori wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) |","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"(GEAR, SIZE AND AREA RESTRICTIONS AND","sectionType":"division","heading":"(GEAR, SIZE AND AREA RESTRICTIONS AND","content":"Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\n\n#### Fisheries Management Notice No. 75\n\nTORRES STRAIT FINFISH FISHERY\n\n### PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING, PROCESSING AND CARRYING OF FINFISH\n\n### (GEAR, SIZE AND AREA RESTRICTIONS AND\n\n### TAKE AND CARRY LIMIT)\n\nThe Protected Zone Joint Authority, acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and the Minister in accordance with the powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following notice.\n\nDated this 28th day of November 2005\n\n# IAN MACDONALD\n\n###### Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation and member and Chair of the\n\nProtected Zone Joint Authority.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCITATION\n\n1. This Notice may be cited as Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 75.\n\nCOMMENCEMENT\n\n2. This Notice commences on Gazettal.\n\n## THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES\n\n3. This Notice applies in conjunction with any other Notice in force in the area of the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery.\n\n#### REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICES NO 18, 51, 55 AND 63.\n\n4. Fisheries Management Notice No. 18, dated 8 July 1987, Fisheries Management Notice No. 51, dated 29 March 1999, Fisheries Management Notice No. 55, dated 28 July 1999, and Fisheries Management Notice No. 63, dated 15 January 2003, are revoked.\n\nINTERPRETATION\n\n5.1 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears “the Act” means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.\n\n5.2 Terms used but not defined in this Notice have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations.\n\n5.3 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“finfish” means all fish of the Superclass Pisces other than:\n\n(i) mackerels (Scomberomorus spp.);\n\n(ii) Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus);\n\n(iii) tunas (Thunnus spp.);\n\n(iv) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis);\n\n(v) fish of the Family Bramidae (pomfrets); and\n\n(vi) fish of the Families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (billfish).\n\n“bait net” means:\n\n(i) a cast net not more than 6 metres in diameter and having a mesh size of not more than 28 millimetres; or\n\n(ii) a mesh or seine net not more than 400 metres in length and having a mesh size of at least 12 millimetres but not more than 45 millimetres.\n\n“fishing apparatus” means hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines.\n\n“line fishing methods” means fishing by use of hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines where:\n\n(i) each fishing line has no more than 6 hooks attached to it; and\n\n(ii) at any one time no more than 3 fishing apparatus are being used for fishing from the boat in respect of which a licence holder has been granted a licence;\n\n“mesh net” means a net used as a gill net, mesh net, ring net or a net that is not fixed or hauled.\n\n“mesh size” means:\n\n(i) for a knotted mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite knots; and\n\n(ii) for a knotless mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite corners;\n\nwhere the distance is determined by averaging the size of each of 10 meshes at least 30 centimetres from each other.\n\n“seine net” means a beach or haul seine net, with or without a pocket, shot in a way to partly encircle fish.\n\nPROHIBITION (GENERAL)\n\n6. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of finfish, other than barramundi, is prohibited.\n\nPROHIBITION (BARRAMUNDI)\n\n7. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of barramundi in the area of the finfish fishery is prohibited.\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM PROHIBITIONS\n\n8. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1A)(d) of the Act:\n\n(a) a person holding a licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act, that is not a community fishing licence, that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6; or\n\n(b) a person holding a community fishing licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraph 6 and 7; or\n\n(c) a person that holds a licence granted under either subsection 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry mackerel, takes or carries at any one time, is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(d) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act, other than a licence of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take or carry at any one time:\n\n(i) not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(ii) where a quantity of mackerel is also being carried, the combined weight of mackerel and finfish are not more than 20 kilograms; or\n\n(e) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) of the Act that entitles the person to take Spanish mackerel is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to use a bait net to take bait for their own use; or\n\n(f) a person engaged in traditional fishing is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraphs 6 and 7.\n\nSIZE LIMITS\n\n9.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish:\n\n(a) of the kind referred to in Schedule 1, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths specified in Schedule 1; or\n\n(b) of the kind referred to in Schedule 2, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths or greater than the maximum lengths specified in Schedule 2.\n\n9.2 For the purposes of paragraph 9.1, the length of a finfish shall be measured from the point of the snout (or tip of the lower jaw, if that tip protrudes beyond the snout), to the extremity of the tail or caudal fin, whichever is longer.\n\nNO TAKE SPECIES\n\n10. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish of the kind referred to in Schedule 3.\n\nRETENTION OF LIVE FINFISH\n\n11. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to retain, store or carry live finfish on a boat.\n\nGEAR RESTRICTIONS\n\n12. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Act, a person is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery to take finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, by a method other than:\n\n(a) by line fishing methods, where a person holds a licence granted under subsections 19(2) of the Act that entitles that person to take finfish by line fishing methods; or\n\n(b) by the use of a bait net.\n\nPERMANENT CLOSURES\n\n13. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking of finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited by line fishing methods in that part of the finfish fishery west of Longitude 142°31'49\".\n\nSEASONAL CLOSURE - BARRAMUNDI\n\n14. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act the taking of barramundi, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery during the period commencing 1200 hours on 1 November in a year and ending 1200 hours on 1 February the following year.\n\n \nSCHEDULE 1\n\n```html\n

FINFISH

MINIMUM LENGTH IN MILLIMETRES

barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivells)

450

black king-fish (Rachycentron canadus)

750

black-spot tusk-fish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

300

coral trout (Plectropomus spp.) other than blue-spot trout (see Schedule 2)

380

dolphin-fish (Coryphaena spp.)

450

grass sweetlip (Lethrinus fletus)

300

hussar (Lutjanus amabilis)

250

teraglin jew (Atractoscion aequidens)

380

large-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus malabaricus)

400

large-scale sea perch (Lutjanus johni)

350

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

350

moses perch (Lutjanus russelli)

250

mulloway (Argyrosomus hololepidotus)

450

pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare)

350

purple tusk-fish (Choerodon cephalotes)

300

red emperor (Lutjanus sebae)

550

red throat emperor (Lethrinus miniatus)

380

rosy job-fish (Etelis and Pristipomoides spp.)

380

silver jewfish (Nibea soldado)

450

silver teraglin (Otolithes ruber)

300

small-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus erthropterus)

400

snapper (Pagrus auratus)

350

Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)

450

spotted or black jewfish (Protonibae diacanthus)

450

stripey (Lutjanus carponotatus)

250

venus tusk-fish (Choerodon venustus)

300

wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)

750

yellowtail king-fish (Seriola lalandi)

500

bar-tailed flathead (Platycephalus indicus)

300

burnett salmon (Polydactylus sheridani)

400

Cooktown salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum)

400

golden lined whiting (Sillago analis)

230

luderick (Girella tricuspidata)

230

pikey bream (Acanthopagrus berda)

230

sand flathead (Platycephalus arenarius)

300

sand whiting (Sillago ciliata)

230

sea mullet (Mugil cephalus)

300

small spotted grunter bream (Pomadasys agenteus)

300

spotted grunter bream (grunter) (Pomadasys kaakan)

300

tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix)

300

tarwhine (Rhabdossargus sarba)

230

yellow-finned bream (Acanthopagrus australis)

230

\n```\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2\n\n| FINFISH | MINIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES | MAXIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES |\n| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- |\n| barramundi (Lates calcarifer) | 580 | 1200 |\n| blue-spot trout (Plectromus laevis) | 500 | 800 |\n| estuary cod (Epinephelus sp.) | 350 | 1200 |\n| red bass (Lutjanus bohar) | 450 | 550 |\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n| NO TAKE SPECIES |\n| ------------------------------------------- |\n| potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) |\n| Queensland groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) |\n| chinaman fish (Symphorus nematophorus) |\n| paddletail (Lutjanus gibbus) |\n| humphead Maori wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) |","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"TAKE AND CARRY LIMIT)","sectionType":"division","heading":"TAKE AND CARRY LIMIT)","content":"### TAKE AND CARRY LIMIT)\n\nThe Protected Zone Joint Authority, acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and the Minister in accordance with the powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following notice.\n\nDated this 28th day of November 2005","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"IAN MACDONALD","sectionType":"part","heading":"IAN MACDONALD","content":"Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984\n\n#### Fisheries Management Notice No. 75\n\nTORRES STRAIT FINFISH FISHERY\n\n### PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING, PROCESSING AND CARRYING OF FINFISH\n\n### (GEAR, SIZE AND AREA RESTRICTIONS AND\n\n### TAKE AND CARRY LIMIT)\n\nThe Protected Zone Joint Authority, acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and the Minister in accordance with the powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following notice.\n\nDated this 28th day of November 2005\n\n# IAN MACDONALD\n\n###### Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation and member and Chair of the\n\nProtected Zone Joint Authority.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCITATION\n\n1. This Notice may be cited as Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 75.\n\nCOMMENCEMENT\n\n2. This Notice commences on Gazettal.\n\n## THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES\n\n3. This Notice applies in conjunction with any other Notice in force in the area of the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery.\n\n#### REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICES NO 18, 51, 55 AND 63.\n\n4. Fisheries Management Notice No. 18, dated 8 July 1987, Fisheries Management Notice No. 51, dated 29 March 1999, Fisheries Management Notice No. 55, dated 28 July 1999, and Fisheries Management Notice No. 63, dated 15 January 2003, are revoked.\n\nINTERPRETATION\n\n5.1 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears “the Act” means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.\n\n5.2 Terms used but not defined in this Notice have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations.\n\n5.3 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“finfish” means all fish of the Superclass Pisces other than:\n\n(i) mackerels (Scomberomorus spp.);\n\n(ii) Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus);\n\n(iii) tunas (Thunnus spp.);\n\n(iv) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis);\n\n(v) fish of the Family Bramidae (pomfrets); and\n\n(vi) fish of the Families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (billfish).\n\n“bait net” means:\n\n(i) a cast net not more than 6 metres in diameter and having a mesh size of not more than 28 millimetres; or\n\n(ii) a mesh or seine net not more than 400 metres in length and having a mesh size of at least 12 millimetres but not more than 45 millimetres.\n\n“fishing apparatus” means hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines.\n\n“line fishing methods” means fishing by use of hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines where:\n\n(i) each fishing line has no more than 6 hooks attached to it; and\n\n(ii) at any one time no more than 3 fishing apparatus are being used for fishing from the boat in respect of which a licence holder has been granted a licence;\n\n“mesh net” means a net used as a gill net, mesh net, ring net or a net that is not fixed or hauled.\n\n“mesh size” means:\n\n(i) for a knotted mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite knots; and\n\n(ii) for a knotless mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite corners;\n\nwhere the distance is determined by averaging the size of each of 10 meshes at least 30 centimetres from each other.\n\n“seine net” means a beach or haul seine net, with or without a pocket, shot in a way to partly encircle fish.\n\nPROHIBITION (GENERAL)\n\n6. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of finfish, other than barramundi, is prohibited.\n\nPROHIBITION (BARRAMUNDI)\n\n7. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of barramundi in the area of the finfish fishery is prohibited.\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM PROHIBITIONS\n\n8. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1A)(d) of the Act:\n\n(a) a person holding a licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act, that is not a community fishing licence, that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6; or\n\n(b) a person holding a community fishing licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraph 6 and 7; or\n\n(c) a person that holds a licence granted under either subsection 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry mackerel, takes or carries at any one time, is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(d) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act, other than a licence of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take or carry at any one time:\n\n(i) not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(ii) where a quantity of mackerel is also being carried, the combined weight of mackerel and finfish are not more than 20 kilograms; or\n\n(e) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) of the Act that entitles the person to take Spanish mackerel is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to use a bait net to take bait for their own use; or\n\n(f) a person engaged in traditional fishing is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraphs 6 and 7.\n\nSIZE LIMITS\n\n9.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish:\n\n(a) of the kind referred to in Schedule 1, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths specified in Schedule 1; or\n\n(b) of the kind referred to in Schedule 2, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths or greater than the maximum lengths specified in Schedule 2.\n\n9.2 For the purposes of paragraph 9.1, the length of a finfish shall be measured from the point of the snout (or tip of the lower jaw, if that tip protrudes beyond the snout), to the extremity of the tail or caudal fin, whichever is longer.\n\nNO TAKE SPECIES\n\n10. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish of the kind referred to in Schedule 3.\n\nRETENTION OF LIVE FINFISH\n\n11. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to retain, store or carry live finfish on a boat.\n\nGEAR RESTRICTIONS\n\n12. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Act, a person is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery to take finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, by a method other than:\n\n(a) by line fishing methods, where a person holds a licence granted under subsections 19(2) of the Act that entitles that person to take finfish by line fishing methods; or\n\n(b) by the use of a bait net.\n\nPERMANENT CLOSURES\n\n13. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking of finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited by line fishing methods in that part of the finfish fishery west of Longitude 142°31'49\".\n\nSEASONAL CLOSURE - BARRAMUNDI\n\n14. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act the taking of barramundi, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery during the period commencing 1200 hours on 1 November in a year and ending 1200 hours on 1 February the following year.\n\n \nSCHEDULE 1\n\n```html\n

FINFISH

MINIMUM LENGTH IN MILLIMETRES

barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivells)

450

black king-fish (Rachycentron canadus)

750

black-spot tusk-fish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

300

coral trout (Plectropomus spp.) other than blue-spot trout (see Schedule 2)

380

dolphin-fish (Coryphaena spp.)

450

grass sweetlip (Lethrinus fletus)

300

hussar (Lutjanus amabilis)

250

teraglin jew (Atractoscion aequidens)

380

large-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus malabaricus)

400

large-scale sea perch (Lutjanus johni)

350

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

350

moses perch (Lutjanus russelli)

250

mulloway (Argyrosomus hololepidotus)

450

pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare)

350

purple tusk-fish (Choerodon cephalotes)

300

red emperor (Lutjanus sebae)

550

red throat emperor (Lethrinus miniatus)

380

rosy job-fish (Etelis and Pristipomoides spp.)

380

silver jewfish (Nibea soldado)

450

silver teraglin (Otolithes ruber)

300

small-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus erthropterus)

400

snapper (Pagrus auratus)

350

Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)

450

spotted or black jewfish (Protonibae diacanthus)

450

stripey (Lutjanus carponotatus)

250

venus tusk-fish (Choerodon venustus)

300

wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)

750

yellowtail king-fish (Seriola lalandi)

500

bar-tailed flathead (Platycephalus indicus)

300

burnett salmon (Polydactylus sheridani)

400

Cooktown salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum)

400

golden lined whiting (Sillago analis)

230

luderick (Girella tricuspidata)

230

pikey bream (Acanthopagrus berda)

230

sand flathead (Platycephalus arenarius)

300

sand whiting (Sillago ciliata)

230

sea mullet (Mugil cephalus)

300

small spotted grunter bream (Pomadasys agenteus)

300

spotted grunter bream (grunter) (Pomadasys kaakan)

300

tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix)

300

tarwhine (Rhabdossargus sarba)

230

yellow-finned bream (Acanthopagrus australis)

230

\n```\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2\n\n| FINFISH | MINIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES | MAXIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES |\n| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- |\n| barramundi (Lates calcarifer) | 580 | 1200 |\n| blue-spot trout (Plectromus laevis) | 500 | 800 |\n| estuary cod (Epinephelus sp.) | 350 | 1200 |\n| red bass (Lutjanus bohar) | 450 | 550 |\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n| NO TAKE SPECIES |\n| ------------------------------------------- |\n| potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) |\n| Queensland groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) |\n| chinaman fish (Symphorus nematophorus) |\n| paddletail (Lutjanus gibbus) |\n| humphead Maori wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) |","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Con","sectionType":"section","heading":"Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation and member and Chair of the","content":"###### Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation and member and Chair of the\n\nProtected Zone Joint Authority.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCITATION\n\n1. This Notice may be cited as Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 75.\n\nCOMMENCEMENT\n\n2. This Notice commences on Gazettal.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES","sectionType":"part","heading":"THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES","content":"## THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES\n\n3. This Notice applies in conjunction with any other Notice in force in the area of the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTIC","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICES NO 18, 51, 55 AND 63.","content":"#### REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICES NO 18, 51, 55 AND 63.\n\n4. Fisheries Management Notice No. 18, dated 8 July 1987, Fisheries Management Notice No. 51, dated 29 March 1999, Fisheries Management Notice No. 55, dated 28 July 1999, and Fisheries Management Notice No. 63, dated 15 January 2003, are revoked.\n\nINTERPRETATION\n\n5.1 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears “the Act” means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.\n\n5.2 Terms used but not defined in this Notice have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations.\n\n5.3 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“finfish” means all fish of the Superclass Pisces other than:\n\n(i) mackerels (Scomberomorus spp.);\n\n(ii) Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus);\n\n(iii) tunas (Thunnus spp.);\n\n(iv) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis);\n\n(v) fish of the Family Bramidae (pomfrets); and\n\n(vi) fish of the Families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (billfish).\n\n“bait net” means:\n\n(i) a cast net not more than 6 metres in diameter and having a mesh size of not more than 28 millimetres; or\n\n(ii) a mesh or seine net not more than 400 metres in length and having a mesh size of at least 12 millimetres but not more than 45 millimetres.\n\n“fishing apparatus” means hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines.\n\n“line fishing methods” means fishing by use of hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines where:\n\n(i) each fishing line has no more than 6 hooks attached to it; and\n\n(ii) at any one time no more than 3 fishing apparatus are being used for fishing from the boat in respect of which a licence holder has been granted a licence;\n\n“mesh net” means a net used as a gill net, mesh net, ring net or a net that is not fixed or hauled.\n\n“mesh size” means:\n\n(i) for a knotted mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite knots; and\n\n(ii) for a knotless mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite corners;\n\nwhere the distance is determined by averaging the size of each of 10 meshes at least 30 centimetres from each other.\n\n“seine net” means a beach or haul seine net, with or without a pocket, shot in a way to partly encircle fish.\n\nPROHIBITION (GENERAL)\n\n6. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of finfish, other than barramundi, is prohibited.\n\nPROHIBITION (BARRAMUNDI)\n\n7. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of barramundi in the area of the finfish fishery is prohibited.\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM PROHIBITIONS\n\n8. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1A)(d) of the Act:\n\n(a) a person holding a licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act, that is not a community fishing licence, that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6; or\n\n(b) a person holding a community fishing licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraph 6 and 7; or\n\n(c) a person that holds a licence granted under either subsection 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry mackerel, takes or carries at any one time, is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(d) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act, other than a licence of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take or carry at any one time:\n\n(i) not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or\n\n(ii) where a quantity of mackerel is also being carried, the combined weight of mackerel and finfish are not more than 20 kilograms; or\n\n(e) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) of the Act that entitles the person to take Spanish mackerel is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to use a bait net to take bait for their own use; or\n\n(f) a person engaged in traditional fishing is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraphs 6 and 7.\n\nSIZE LIMITS\n\n9.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish:\n\n(a) of the kind referred to in Schedule 1, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths specified in Schedule 1; or\n\n(b) of the kind referred to in Schedule 2, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths or greater than the maximum lengths specified in Schedule 2.\n\n9.2 For the purposes of paragraph 9.1, the length of a finfish shall be measured from the point of the snout (or tip of the lower jaw, if that tip protrudes beyond the snout), to the extremity of the tail or caudal fin, whichever is longer.\n\nNO TAKE SPECIES\n\n10. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish of the kind referred to in Schedule 3.\n\nRETENTION OF LIVE FINFISH\n\n11. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to retain, store or carry live finfish on a boat.\n\nGEAR RESTRICTIONS\n\n12. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Act, a person is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery to take finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, by a method other than:\n\n(a) by line fishing methods, where a person holds a licence granted under subsections 19(2) of the Act that entitles that person to take finfish by line fishing methods; or\n\n(b) by the use of a bait net.\n\nPERMANENT CLOSURES\n\n13. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking of finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited by line fishing methods in that part of the finfish fishery west of Longitude 142°31'49\".\n\nSEASONAL CLOSURE - BARRAMUNDI\n\n14. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act the taking of barramundi, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery during the period commencing 1200 hours on 1 November in a year and ending 1200 hours on 1 February the following year.\n\n \nSCHEDULE 1\n\n```html\n

FINFISH

MINIMUM LENGTH IN MILLIMETRES

barramundi cod (Cromileptes altivells)

450

black king-fish (Rachycentron canadus)

750

black-spot tusk-fish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

300

coral trout (Plectropomus spp.) other than blue-spot trout (see Schedule 2)

380

dolphin-fish (Coryphaena spp.)

450

grass sweetlip (Lethrinus fletus)

300

hussar (Lutjanus amabilis)

250

teraglin jew (Atractoscion aequidens)

380

large-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus malabaricus)

400

large-scale sea perch (Lutjanus johni)

350

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

350

moses perch (Lutjanus russelli)

250

mulloway (Argyrosomus hololepidotus)

450

pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare)

350

purple tusk-fish (Choerodon cephalotes)

300

red emperor (Lutjanus sebae)

550

red throat emperor (Lethrinus miniatus)

380

rosy job-fish (Etelis and Pristipomoides spp.)

380

silver jewfish (Nibea soldado)

450

silver teraglin (Otolithes ruber)

300

small-mouthed nannygai (Lutjanus erthropterus)

400

snapper (Pagrus auratus)

350

Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)

450

spotted or black jewfish (Protonibae diacanthus)

450

stripey (Lutjanus carponotatus)

250

venus tusk-fish (Choerodon venustus)

300

wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)

750

yellowtail king-fish (Seriola lalandi)

500

bar-tailed flathead (Platycephalus indicus)

300

burnett salmon (Polydactylus sheridani)

400

Cooktown salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum)

400

golden lined whiting (Sillago analis)

230

luderick (Girella tricuspidata)

230

pikey bream (Acanthopagrus berda)

230

sand flathead (Platycephalus arenarius)

300

sand whiting (Sillago ciliata)

230

sea mullet (Mugil cephalus)

300

small spotted grunter bream (Pomadasys agenteus)

300

spotted grunter bream (grunter) (Pomadasys kaakan)

300

tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix)

300

tarwhine (Rhabdossargus sarba)

230

yellow-finned bream (Acanthopagrus australis)

230

\n```\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2\n\n| FINFISH | MINIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES | MAXIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES |\n| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- |\n| barramundi (Lates calcarifer) | 580 | 1200 |\n| blue-spot trout (Plectromus laevis) | 500 | 800 |\n| estuary cod (Epinephelus sp.) | 350 | 1200 |\n| red bass (Lutjanus bohar) | 450 | 550 |\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n\n| NO TAKE SPECIES |\n| ------------------------------------------- |\n| potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) |\n| Queensland groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) |\n| chinaman fish (Symphorus nematophorus) |\n| paddletail (Lutjanus gibbus) |\n| humphead Maori wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) |","sortOrder":7}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2258},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The notice maintains its original scope as a technical regulatory instrument for the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery, establishing prohibitions, exemptions, and operational specifications consistent with standard fisheries management notice content."},"complexity_factors":["Seven defined technical terms including 'finfish' (with six specific exclusions), 'bait net', and 'mesh size' with measurement protocols","Three schedules containing 40+ species with specific millimetre measurements (Schedule 1: minimum only; Schedule 2: min/max; Schedule 3: no-take)","Six nested exemption categories in section 8 cross-referencing sections 19(2) and 19(3) of the parent Act with different rules for community licences, mackerel licences, and Spanish mackerel licences","Conditional weight calculations (20kg limit applies differently when mackerel is also carried)","Precise geographic coordinate restriction (Longitude 142°31'49\") requiring navigational calculation","Specific gear restrictions with numeric limits (6 hooks per line, 3 apparatus per boat, 400m net length, 28mm mesh size)"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice replaces earlier Torres Strait finfish rules and sets who may take, process, or carry finfish—generally only licensed commercial fishers, with traditional Torres Strait Islander fishing largely exempt.\n\nIt imposes size, species‑protection, gear, area and catch limits to protect breeding stocks, safeguard vulnerable species, and manage shared Torres Strait marine resources."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The notice expressly revokes earlier Fisheries Management Notices No. 18, 51, 55 and 63 (s4) and consolidates finfish controls into a single instrument. It shifts the operative regime to a near‑general prohibition with narrow licence and traditional‑fishing exemptions (s6–8), adds species‑specific size bounds and no‑take lists (s9–10; Schedules 1–3), imposes gear, area and seasonal restrictions (s12–14) and introduces explicit take/carry limits (s8(c)–(d)), thereby narrowing authorised commercial activity compared with the multiple prior notices it replaces."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping prohibitions and exemptions (s6–8) creating conditional permissions","Detailed species-specific size limits and measurement rule requiring on-board measurement (s9, s9.2; Schedules 1–2)","Categorised no-take species list (s10; Schedule 3)","Gear definitions and method limits (bait net, line fishing methods, mesh/net definitions) with quantitative thresholds (s5.3; s12)","Area and temporal closures (permanent longitude closure s13; seasonal barramundi closure s14)","Take/carry weight caps linked to licence types (s8(c)–(d))","Authority and revocation mechanics: PZJA/Minister powers and revocation of prior notices (preamble; s4)","Requirement to apply the notice alongside other notices (s3) — interaction risk for compliance"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this notice does.** This instrument makes taking, processing or carrying finfish in the Torres Strait unlawful except where expressly authorised: it bans finfish (including barramundi) subject to licence-based exemptions, strict minimum/maximum lengths, a list of no-take species, gear limits, a 20‑kg take/carry cap for some licence-holders, an area closure and a seasonal closure for barramundi (see s6–14; Schedules 1–3). The Protected Zone Joint Authority and the Minister exercise the powers to impose these rules; licensed and traditional fishers must change gear, timing and handling and bear compliance costs (preamble; s8)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-management-notice-no-75-28-11-2005","history":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-management-notice-no-75-28-11-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-management-notice-no-75-28-11-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-management-notice-no-75-28-11-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-management-notice-no-75-28-11-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/torres-strait-fisheries-management-notice-no-75-28-11-2005/documents"}}