4Definitions

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the definitions section of the Act, including the following:

(a) boat

(b) fish

(c) fishery

(d) fishing

(e) fishing concession

(f) holder

(g) statutory fishing right.

A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the interpretation section of the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995, including the following:

(a) acting for

(b) Northern Prawn Fishery

(c) Northern Prawn Fishery area.

In this instrument:

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991;

boat means a boat that is nominated on statutory fishing rights for the Northern Prawn Fishery, and includes carrier boats and fishing boats;

gear trial means a test, or a series of short tests, of equipment on or towed by a boat and carried out under the following conditions:

(a) the test is conducted in such a way as to avoid the capture of fish, primarily by keeping the cod end of nets fully open at all times; and

(b) fish that are captured in the equipment during the test are returned to the sea as soon as practicable after it becomes apparent that the fish have been captured.

equipment means equipment for fishing;

UTC means Coordinated Universal Time, the time scale based on the second (SI), maintained by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. For the purposes of this Direction UTC is equivalent to mean solar time at the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude), formerly expressed in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

The origin of geographical coordinates used in this Direction is the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84).