Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery Closures) Direction 2021
7Exemption to the prohibitions — Small Pelagic Fishery concession holders
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7 Exemption to the prohibitions – Small Pelagic Fishery concession holders
(1) Clauses 6(d), 6(i), 6(j), 6(jA), 6(k), 6(m), 6(o), 6(p), 6(q), 6(u) and 6(v) do not apply to holders fishing under a concession granted in accordance with the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009 using the mid-water trawl method.
(2) Clause 6 does not apply to fishing by the purse seine, jigging or minor line methods.
(3) If the holder of a Small Pelagic Fishery concession takes more than three
Harrisson’s dogfish (C. harrissoni), southern dogfish (C. zeehaani), Endeavour dogfish (C. harrissoni) or greeneye spurdog dogfish (S. chloroculus) combined in a fishing season in the areas specified in Schedules 10, 11, 12, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and/or 33 while fishing under the authority of a concession granted in accordance with the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009, the holder must notify AFMA and not engage in fishing in the area described in the relevant Schedule under that fishing concession until further notified by AFMA in writing.
(4) If the holder of a Small Pelagic Fishery concession finds any evidence of benthic impacts while fishing under the authority of a concession granted in accordance with the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009 in the area specified in Schedule 4 the holder must notify AFMA and not engage in fishing in the area described in the relevant Schedule under that fishing concession until further notified by AFMA in writing.