Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery Closures) Direction 2021
6Direction not to engage in fishing
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6 Direction not to engage in fishing
(a) Fishing is not to be engaged in using gillnet methods in the area described in Schedule 1.
(b) Fishing is not to be engaged in using demersal otter trawl methods in the area described in Schedule 2.
(c) Fishing is not to be engaged in the area described in Schedule 3.
(d) Fishing is not to be engaged in using trawl methods in the area described in Schedule 4.
(e) Fishing is not to be engaged in using gillnet methods in the area described in Schedule 5.
(f) Fishing is not to be engaged in the areas described in Schedule 6 and Schedule 7.
(g) If a concession holder takes more than three Harrisson’s dogfish (Centrophorus. harrissoni), three southern dogfish (C. zeehaani) or three Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni) and southern dogfish (C. zeehaani) combined in the area described in Schedule 8 under a fishing concession in a season, the holder must not engage in fishing in the area described in Schedule 8 under that fishing concession for a period of 12 months commencing from the date the concession holder caught the third Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni) or southern dogfish (C. zeehaani). If the concession holder takes a species of dogfish that cannot be identified by AFMA,
for the purposes of this condition it will be deemed to be a Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni) or southern dogfish (C. zeehaani).
(h) If a concession holder takes more than three Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni), three southern dogfish (C. zeehaani) or three Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni) and southern dogfish (C. zeehaani) combined in the area described in Schedule 9 under a fishing concession in a season, the holder must not engage in fishing in the area described in Schedule 9 under that fishing concession for a period of 12 months commencing from the date the concession holder caught the third
Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni) or southern dogfish (C. zeehaani). If the concession holder takes a species of dogfish that cannot be identified by AFMA, for the purposes of this condition it will be deemed to be a Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni) or southern dogfish (C. zeehaani).
(i) Fishing is not to be engaged in using hook or trawl methods in the area described in Schedule 10.
(j) Fishing is not to be engaged in the area described in Schedule 11.
(jA) Fishing is not to be engaged in the area described in Schedule 12.
(k) Fishing is not to be engaged in using trawl methods in the Commonwealth South East Trawl Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery within the areas described in Schedule 13, 40, 41, 42, and 44.
(l) Fishing is not to be engaged in using demersal otter trawl methods in the areas described in Schedule 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.