3Definitions

3 Definitions

In this Management Plan:

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

advisory committee means:

(a) the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Advisory Committee; or

(b) if another committee of a kind mentioned in section 56 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 is established by AFMA under section 54 of that Act to give advice about the fishery — that committee.

approved means approved by AFMA.

area of the fishery means:

(a) for an Australian boat — the area described in Part 1 of Schedule 1, the Coral Sea zone and the high seas zone; and

(b) in any other case — the Coral Sea zone and the area described in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

boat permit means a fishing permit granted under section 37.

boat SFR means an SFR that is made available under section 34.

branchline clip means a branchline clip used in pelagic longline fishing.

by‑catch means marine life that is:

(a) taken in the fishery and returned to the sea for any reason; or

(b) affected by interacting with fishing equipment in the fishery, but not taken.

by‑catch action plan means the plan mentioned in section 10.

certificate, for an SFR, means a certificate given under subsection 22 (2) of the Act as evidence of the grant of the SFR.

cetacean means a member of the sub‑order Mysticeti or Odontoceti of the Order Cetacea.

commencement day means the day on which this Management Plan commences.

commercial, in relation to fishing, means fishing for which an SFR is required.

Coral Sea zone means the area described in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

Note The Coral Sea zone is the area described in Part 3, Division 2, clause 9 of Schedule 1A to the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 as ‘Sub‑area 9 (Cairns/Townsville restricted (pelagic longline))’.

Coral Sea zone permit means a fishing permit granted under section 38.

Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery means fishing for fish of a primary species, a secondary species or both, in the area of the fishery.