Fisheries Declaration 2019
sec.86EPossessing or using trawl nets if maximum number of effort units used
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sec.86E Possessing or using trawl nets if maximum number of effort units used
This section applies if— 258,885 or more effort units for the northern trawl region are used in the period from 1 March to 21 February; and on or before 22 February, the chief executive publishes a notice on the department’s website that 258,885 or more effort units for the northern trawl region have been used in the period from 1 March to 21 February. A person must not possess or use a trawl net in the northern trawl region in the regulated period. For subsection (2) , the regulated period is the period— starting at midday on the day that is 5 days after the chief executive publishes the notice mentioned in subsection (1) (b) ; and ending on the last day of February. s 86E ins 2021 SL No. 162 s 10 amd 2022 SL No. 150 s 10 ; 2025 SL No. 4 s 5 (sec.86E-ssec.1) This section applies if— 258,885 or more effort units for the northern trawl region are used in the period from 1 March to 21 February; and on or before 22 February, the chief executive publishes a notice on the department’s website that 258,885 or more effort units for the northern trawl region have been used in the period from 1 March to 21 February. (sec.86E-ssec.2) A person must not possess or use a trawl net in the northern trawl region in the regulated period. (sec.86E-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , the regulated period is the period— starting at midday on the day that is 5 days after the chief executive publishes the notice mentioned in subsection (1) (b) ; and ending on the last day of February.
- (a) 258,885 or more effort units for the northern trawl region are used in the period from 1 March to 21 February; and
- (b) on or before 22 February, the chief executive publishes a notice on the department’s website that 258,885 or more effort units for the northern trawl region have been used in the period from 1 March to 21 February.
- (a) starting at midday on the day that is 5 days after the chief executive publishes the notice mentioned in subsection (1) (b) ; and
- (b) ending on the last day of February.