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Fisheries Management Notice No. 11 - Prohibition relating to the taking of prawns in the Torres Strait protected zone and certain waters outside but near that zone

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What this does: This notice temporarily bans fishing for prawns in the Torres Strait Protected Zone and nearby waters.

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Target: Prawns (specifically from the scientific family Penaeidae — a group of shrimp-like shellfish)
Area: The "prawn fishery" area within the Torres Strait Protected Zone and adjacent waters
When: For a fixed period between December 1985 and February 1986
Who made it: The Protected Zone Joint Authority (the government body responsible for managing fisheries in the Torres Strait)

Why it matters: This is a seasonal closure designed to protect prawn populations by prohibiting fishing during a specific time. It is made under the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, which gives the Authority power to ban fishing in order to conserve fish stocks and manage the fishery sustainably.

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Fisheries Management Notice No. 11 - Prohibition relating to the taking of prawns in the Torres Strait protected zone and certain waters outside but near that zone

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICE No. 11

PROHIBITION RELATING TO THE TAKING Of prawns in the torres strait protected zone and certain waters outside but near that zone

IN accordance with the powers conferred by paragraph 35 (1) (a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, the Protected Zone Joint Authority, in pursuance of paragraph 16 (1) (a) of that Act, hereby prohibits the taking of prawns (family Penaeidae) in the area of the prawn fishery during the period commencing at 0200 hours Greenwich mean time on 13 December 1985 and finishing at 0200 hours Greenwich mean time on 28 February 1986.

Dated this sixth day of November 1985.

JOHN KERIN

For and on behalf of the

Protected Zone Joint Authority

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