8 Prohibited activities in the Southern Sydney Protection Zone

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an activity mentioned in table 5 is prohibited in the Southern Sydney Protection Zone.

Table 5 Prohibited activities in the Southern Sydney Protection Zone

Item	Prohibited activity
1	an activity mentioned in subparagraph 10 (4) (a) (i), (iv) or (viii) of Schedule 3A to the Act
2	the use of any of the following:(a) a mid‑water trawl;(b) a type of net, rope, chain or other object used in fishing operations that is capable of contacting the seabed;(c) demersal longline;(d) a Danish seine;(e) a Scottish seine
3	towing, operating or suspending from a ship an object used in an activity mentioned in item 1 or 2
4	scuttling or attempting to scuttle a ship
5	establishing, maintaining or using a spoil ground or other ocean disposal point

Note For paragraph (c) in item 2 setlines and trotlines are examples of demersal longlines.

(2) An activity described in item 1 of table 5 is not a prohibited activity for the purposes of this Declaration if the following criteria are met:

(a) the activity involves the installation, management or removal of a fish aggregating device;

(b) the installation, management or removal takes place within a 100 metre radius of one of the points set out in table 5A; and

(c) the activity is contracted or conducted by, or on behalf of, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

Table 5A

Point number	Latitude	Longitude
1	33° 59' 18.91" S	151° 20' 57.08" E
2	33° 59' 18.91" S	151° 20' 37.58" E

(3) An activity described in paragraph 2 (b) of table 5 is not a prohibited activity for the purposes of this Declaration if the activity is:

(a) carried out in the course of fishing operations; and

(b) listed as a restricted activity in items 1 to 5 of table 6.

8Prohibited activities in the Southern Sydney Protection Zone