Commonwealth legislation

NPFGD Direction No. 03 - Gear Determination

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

2/10 complexity

This Direction sets maximum headrope lengths for twin, quad and twin‑tongue trawl nets in the Northern Prawn Fishery, applying to commercial prawn fishers who hold gear statutory fishing rights and replacing Direction No. NPFGD 02.

By capping how much net a trawler may tow, it limits fishing effort to help prevent overfishing, protect marine habitat and sustain the fishery’s economic viability.

JSON API

Deep dive

Want the full deep dive?

Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.

Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in NPFGD Direction No. 03 - Gear Determination.

Determination of fishing capacity

The total length of operational headrope for a twin trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 3028.725 metres. This equates to 5.625cm per gear statutory fishing right.
The total length of operational headrope for a quad trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 2725.853 metres. This equates to 5.0625cm per gear statutory fishing right.
The total length of operational headrope for a twin tongue trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 2725.853 metres. This equates to 5.0625cm per gear statutory fishing right.

Revocation of Direction No NPFGD 02

Direction No NPFGD 02 is revoked.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

Determination of fishing capacity Determination of fishing capacity

Determination of fishing capacity

The total length of operational headrope for a twin trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 3028.725 metres. This equates to 5.625cm per gear statutory fishing right.
The total length of operational headrope for a quad trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 2725.853 metres. This equates to 5.0625cm per gear statutory fishing right.
The total length of operational headrope for a twin tongue trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 2725.853 metres. This equates to 5.0625cm per gear statutory fishing right.

Revocation of Direction No NPFGD 02 Revocation of Direction No NPFGD 02

Revocation of Direction No NPFGD 02

Direction No NPFGD 02 is revoked.