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Fisheries Management Regulations 1992
4CEastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery—sectors etc
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#### 4C Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery—sectors etc
(1) For the purposes of the management of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery, the Fishery is taken to be divided into the following sectors:
(a) the ML Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna by any method, except pelagic longlining, purse‑seining or poling; or
(c) the PL Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna by the poling method; or
(d) the PLL (Sub‑area 1) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 1 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(e) the PLL (Sub‑area 2) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 2 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(f) the PLL (Sub‑area 4) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 4 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(g) the PLL (Sub‑area 5) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 5 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(h) the PLL (Sub‑area 6) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 6 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(i) the PLL (Sub‑area 7) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 7 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(j) the PLL (Sub‑area 8) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 8 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(k) the PLL (Sub‑area 9) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 9 by the pelagic longlining method; or
(ka) the PLL (Sub‑area 10) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub‑area 10 by the pelagic longlining method.
(2) In subregulation (1), a reference to a Sub‑area by number
is a reference to the Sub‑area of that number described in Division 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 1A.
(3) In this regulation, tuna means:
(a) fish of the family Scombridae (commonly known as tuna and tuna‑like fish) except:
(i) fish of the genera Scomberomorus, Scomber, Acanthocybium, Grammatorcynus and Rastrelliger, commonly known as mackerels; and
(ii) Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau)) and Northern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus); and
(b) fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (commonly known as billfish); and
(c) fish of the family Bramidae (commonly known as pomfrets or rays bream).