Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery (Closures) Direction 2016
SCHEDULE 3
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SCHEDULE 3
Head of the Great Australian Bight
The area of the Head of the Great Australian Bight is that 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 southern coastline of the mainland of Australia at mean low water with the meridian of longitude 129° 00.135’ east and running progressively;
b) south along that meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 31° 44.268’ south;
c) then east along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 129° 05.868' east;
d) then north along that meridian to its intersection with a line every point of which is two nautical miles seaward of the mean low water line of the southern coast of the mainland of Australia, near latitude 31° 42.218' south;
e) then generally easterly, north easterly and then south easterly along that two nautical mile line to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 132° 42.888' east;
f) then north along that meridian to its intersection with the mean low water line of the southern coast of the mainland of Australia, in the vicinity of Eyre Bluff, South Australia;
g) then generally westerly along that mean low water line to the point of commencement.