4Definitions

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:

(a) community fishing;
(b) fish;
(c) traditional inhabitant;
(d) traditional fishing.

In this instrument:

Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

AEST means Australian Eastern Standard Time.

bait net means a fishing net:

(a) known as a cast net that is not more than 6 metres in diameter and having a mesh size no larger than 28 millimetres; or (b) known as a mesh net or seine net that is not more than 400 metres in length and having a mesh size of at least 12 millimetres but not more than 45 millimetres.

barramundi means finfish of the species Lates calcarifer.

finfish means fish of the superclass Pisces other than:

(a) mackerel; and (b) tuna (Thunnus spp.); and (c) skipjack tuna (Katsuwomus pelamis); and (d) fish of the family Bramidae (known as pomfrets); and (e) fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (known as billfish).

finfish fishery means the area of the finfish fishery prescribed in item 4 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

finfish licensed person means a person who is a licensed person that is authorised to take, process or carry finfish in the finfish fishery.

fishing apparatus means any combination of:

(a) hand held fishing lines; and (b) fishing rods; and (c) mechanically operated fishing reels and lines.

licensed person means a person who has been granted a licence under subsection 19(2), 19(3) or 19(4A) of the Act, or transferred such a licence under section 25 of the Act, that authorises the taking, processing or carrying of fish.

line fishing methods means fishing by hand using fishing apparatus where:

(a) each fishing line has no more than 6 hooks attached to it; and (b) no more than 3 fishing apparatus are being used for fishing from the licensed person’s boat.

mackerel means species of fish that are:

(a) grey mackerel (Scomberomorus semifasciatus); and (b) school mackerel (Scomberomorus queenslandicus); and (c) shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus); and (d) Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorous commerson); and (e) spotted mackerel (Scomberomorus munroi).