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Kangaroo Island gillnet strip closure

The area of the Kangaroo Island gillnet strip closure is the part of the AFZ and coastal waters of the state of South Australia contained within and bounded by a line:

a) commencing at the intersection of the coastline of Kangaroo Island, South Australia at mean low water with the parallel of longitude of 137° 43.50’ east, in the vicinity of Reynolds Point and running progressively;

b) generally south westerly and westerly along the mean low water line of the southern coastline of Kangaroo Island to its intersection with the parallel of longitude

136° 34.748’ east in the vicinity of Cape du Couedic;

c) then west along that meridian of latitude to its intersection with longitude 136° 31.304’ east;

d) then south along that meridian to latitude 36° 14.941’ south;

e) then east along that parallel to its intersection with longitude 137° 35.333’ east;

f) then north along that meridian to its intersection with a line every point of which is four nautical miles seaward of the mean low water line of the southern coastline of Kangaroo Island;

g) then generally north easterly along that four nautical mile line to its intersection with the parallel of longitude of 137° 43.50’ east;

h) then north along the parallel of longitude to the point of commencement.