Fisheries Management (South Australia Closure) Direction 2025
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Fisheries Management (South Australia Closure) Direction 2025
I, Wez Norris, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, make the following direction.
Dated 15 December 2025
Wez Norris
Chief Executive Officer
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Cessation
4 Authority
5 Definitions
6 To whom this applies
7 Direction not to engage in fishing
Schedule 1—Closure area
1 Name
This instrument is the Fisheries Management (South Australia Closure) Direction 2025.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on 23 December 2025.
3 Cessation
This instrument ceases on 30 June 2026.
4 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 41A(2) of the Act.
5 Definitions
- In this instrument:
Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Management Plan means Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) means the World Geodetic System 1984 datum that is used for cartography, geodesy, and satellite navigation purposes and is defined and maintained by the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- Terms used in this Direction that are defined for the purpose of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 (Management Plan) have the same meanings in this instrument as they have in the Management Plan.
Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meaning in this instrument (see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003).
6 To whom this applies
This Direction applies to the holder of a fishing concession (or a person acting on behalf of that holder) in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery.
7 Direction not to engage in fishing
A holder, or a person acting on the holder’s behalf, is directed not to engage in fishing in the area described in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1—Closure area
The South Australia Closure area
The South Australia Closure area is that part of the South Australian Coastal Waters Sector of the fishery within and bounded by a line starting at the point described in item 1 of the following table and running sequentially as described in the table.
- South Australia Closure area
- Item Description
- 1 Commencing at a point of latitude 35° 14.719' South, longitude 136° 49.317' East and running progressively;
- 2 South westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 35° 45.420' South, longitude 136° 34.849' East
- 3 Then generally in an easterly direction along the northern coastline of Kangaroo Island at mean low water to the point of latitude 35° 48.349' South, longitude 138° 7.287' East
- 4 Then north along the meridian of longitude 138° 7.287' East to the point of intersection with the southern coastline of South Australia at mean low water
- 5 Then running generally in a north westerly direction along the southern coastline of South Australia at mean low water to the point of latitude 35° 36.953' South, longitude 138° 5.764' East
- 6 Then running progressively north westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 35° 10.083' South, longitude 137° 40.616' East
- 7 Then running generally in a westerly direction along the southern coastline of South Australia at mean low water to the point of commencement.