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Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 - Proclamation (17/03/1999)

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Declares a precisely bounded area of water, outside but adjacent to the Torres Strait Protected Zone, where commercial fishing is allowed for all purposes except fishing for prawns, tropical rock lobster, Spanish mackerel, dugong, turtles and pearl shell. It changes which federal marine areas are open to commercial fishers, places compliance obligations on operators (and enforcement responsibility on authorities), and was made by the Governor‑General under subsection 15(1) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

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Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 - Proclamation (17/03/1999)

Proclamation

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the
Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal
Executive Council and under subsection 15 (1) of the Torres Strait
Fisheries Act 1984, declare the area specified in the Schedule to be an
area outside but near the Protected Zone for the performance, in the
course of commercial fishing, of any activity by way of commercial
fishing (other than fishing for prawns, tropical rock lobster, Spanish
mackerel, dugong, turtles, and pearl shell).

Signed and sealed with the

Great Seal of Australia on

17th March 1999

(signed) William Deane

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

[signed]

MARK VAILE

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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Schedule 1 Area declared for any kind of commercial fishing other than commercial fishing for prawns, tropical rock lobster, Spanish mackerel, dugong, turtles, and pearl shell

The area of waters (excluding any waters within the limits of Queensland) bounded by a line:

(a) commencing at latitude 10°48'00" South, longitude 141°20'00" East;

(b) then running north along meridian of longitude 141°20'00" East to its intersection with parallel of latitude 10°28'00" South;

(d) then south along that meridian to its intersection with parallel of latitude 10°41'00" South;

(e) then west along that parallel to its intersection with meridian of longitude 142°31'49" East;

(f) then south along that meridian to its northernmost intersection with the coastline of Cape York Peninsula at low water;

(g) then generally south-westerly along the low water line on the western coastline of Cape York Peninsula, (and across any river mouth) to its intersection with parallel of latitude 10°48'00" South;

(h) then west along that parallel to the point of commencement.

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