FISHERIES REGULATIONS 1992
Part 1Melville Island Protection Area
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Part 1 Melville Island Protection Area The Melville Island Protection Area is all that area of sea in the Territory in the Elphinstone Reef locality, being those parts of NT Portion 7435(A) starting near Point Jahleel near a point on the Intertidal Zone of Lowest Astronomical Tidal water mark of latitude 11° 11.404' south, longitude 131° 16.635' east; from there east along the northern boundary to a point of latitude 11° 11.404' south, longitude 131° 34.200' east; from there south along the eastern boundary to a point of latitude 11° 28.440' south, longitude 131° 34.200' east; from there west along the southern boundary to the Intertidal Zone of Lowest Astronomical Tidal watermark near Soldier Point near a point of latitude 11° 28.440' south, longitude 131° 31.831' east; from there in a northerly and north-westerly direction along the Intertidal Zone of Lowest Astronomical Tidal watermark, past Tinganoo Bay, Pulloloo Bay, Boradi Bay, Quanipiri Bay and Yunanti Bay to the starting point near Point Jahleel. Note for Part 1 This area includes Elphinstone Reef.