sch.58-sec.1Objectives of scheme

### sch.58-sec.1 Objectives of scheme The objectives of the scheme are— to provide assistance to former skippers and crew members who have been, or will be, affected by changes to fisheries in the Great Barrier Reef region, Great Sandy region or Gulf region to replace approximately 4 weeks of income the former skippers and crew members would have been projected to earn if the changes had not been made to the fisheries; and to encourage holders of primary commercial fishing licences with the fishery symbol ‘N3’ written on them to surrender their primary commercial fishing licences or the fishery symbol ‘N3’; and to provide assistance to holders of particular primary commercial fishing licences to replace income the holder would have been projected to earn from fishing in commercial fisheries in Gulf gillnet-free areas in the financial years starting on 1 July 2024, 1 July 2025 and 1 July 2026; and to provide assistance to the holders and lessees of particular primary commercial fishing licences to replace income the holder or lessee would have been projected to earn in the financial years starting on 1 July 2024, 1 July 2025 and 1 July 2026 from fishing in the part of the aquarium fish fishery that will be affected by the changes to zoning or management related to the commencement of the Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2024 ; and to provide assistance to the holders and lessees of particular primary commercial fishing licences who are not otherwise eligible for assistance to replace income the holder or lessee would have been projected to earn from fishing for hammerhead sharks in east coast fisheries in the financial years starting on 1 July 2024, 1 July 2025 and 1 July 2026. - (a) to provide assistance to former skippers and crew members who have been, or will be, affected by changes to fisheries in the Great Barrier Reef region, Great Sandy region or Gulf region to replace approximately 4 weeks of income the former skippers and crew members would have been projected to earn if the changes had not been made to the fisheries; and - (b) to encourage holders of primary commercial fishing licences with the fishery symbol ‘N3’ written on them to surrender their primary commercial fishing licences or the fishery symbol ‘N3’; and - (c) to provide assistance to holders of particular primary commercial fishing licences to replace income the holder would have been projected to earn from fishing in commercial fisheries in Gulf gillnet-free areas in the financial years starting on 1 July 2024, 1 July 2025 and 1 July 2026; and - (d) to provide assistance to the holders and lessees of particular primary commercial fishing licences to replace income the holder or lessee would have been projected to earn in the financial years starting on 1 July 2024, 1 July 2025 and 1 July 2026 from fishing in the part of the aquarium fish fishery that will be affected by the changes to zoning or management related to the commencement of the Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2024 ; and - (e) to provide assistance to the holders and lessees of particular primary commercial fishing licences who are not otherwise eligible for assistance to replace income the holder or lessee would have been projected to earn from fishing for hammerhead sharks in east coast fisheries in the financial years starting on 1 July 2024, 1 July 2025 and 1 July 2026.