Subdivision 7.1 - Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 2 2010 - 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.

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.

7.2 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:

“the processing, carrying or transporting of fish that have been taken”.

[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). ]

SCHEDULE 1

7.1Subject 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.

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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.