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Fisheries Management Regulations 1992
4AAHigh seas fishing zone—Southern Bluefin Tuna
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#### 4AA High seas fishing zone—Southern Bluefin Tuna
(1) For subsection 8(1) of the Act, the Act applies in relation to the part of the area of waters described in subregulation (3) that is outside the AFZ (the high seas fishing zone), to:
(a) Australian citizens; and
(b) bodies corporate that are incorporated in Australia or carry on activities mainly in Australia; and
(c) Australian boats; and
(d) persons on board Australian boats.
(2) However, the Act does not apply in relation to the high seas fishing zone to any of those persons or boats that are not fishing Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) or Northern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus).
(3) The area of waters is the area bounded by a line:
(a) beginning at the equator at its intersection with the meridian of longitude 50 west; and
(b) running:
(i) from there east along the equator, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 140 west; and
(ii) from there south along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 60 south; and
(iii) from there west along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 50 west; and
(iv) from there north along that meridian to the point where the line began.
> Note: To find out where the outer limits of the AFZ are, see the definition of Australian fishing zone in subsection 4(1) of the Act and the Proclamation of Excepted Waters made under section 11 of the Act published in Gazette No. S52 on 14 February 1992.