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Explain section Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
Fisheries Management Notice No. 75
TORRES STRAIT FINFISH FISHERY
PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING, PROCESSING AND CARRYING OF FINFISH
(GEAR, SIZE AND AREA RESTRICTIONS AND
TAKE AND CARRY LIMIT)
The Protected Zone Joint Authority, acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and the Minister in accordance with the powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following notice.
Dated this 28th day of November 2005
IAN MACDONALD
Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation and member and Chair of the
Protected Zone Joint Authority.
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CITATION
This Notice may be cited as Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 75.
COMMENCEMENT
This Notice commences on Gazettal.
THIS NOTICE TO APPLY WITH OTHER NOTICES
This Notice applies in conjunction with any other Notice in force in the area of the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery.
REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICES NO 18, 51, 55 AND 63.
Fisheries Management Notice No. 18, dated 8 July 1987, Fisheries Management Notice No. 51, dated 29 March 1999, Fisheries Management Notice No. 55, dated 28 July 1999, and Fisheries Management Notice No. 63, dated 15 January 2003, are revoked.
INTERPRETATION
5.1 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears “the Act” means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
5.2 Terms used but not defined in this Notice have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations.
5.3 In this Notice, unless the contrary intention appears:
“finfish” means all fish of the Superclass Pisces other than:
(i) mackerels (Scomberomorus spp.);
(ii) Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus);
(iii) tunas (Thunnus spp.);
(iv) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis);
(v) fish of the Family Bramidae (pomfrets); and
(vi) fish of the Families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (billfish).
“bait net” means:
(i) a cast net not more than 6 metres in diameter and having a mesh size of not more than 28 millimetres; or
(ii) a mesh or seine net not more than 400 metres in length and having a mesh size of at least 12 millimetres but not more than 45 millimetres.
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“fishing apparatus” means hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines.
“line fishing methods” means fishing by use of hand held fishing lines or fishing rods or mechanically operated reels and lines where:
(i) each fishing line has no more than 6 hooks attached to it; and
(ii) at any one time no more than 3 fishing apparatus are being used for fishing from the boat in respect of which a licence holder has been granted a licence;
“mesh net” means a net used as a gill net, mesh net, ring net or a net that is not fixed or hauled.
(i) for a knotted mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite knots; and
(ii) for a knotless mesh net, the average distance when the net is taut between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite corners;
where the distance is determined by averaging the size of each of 10 meshes at least 30 centimetres from each other.
“seine net” means a beach or haul seine net, with or without a pocket, shot in a way to partly encircle fish.
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of finfish, other than barramundi, is prohibited.
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of barramundi in the area of the finfish fishery is prohibited.
EXEMPTIONS FROM PROHIBITIONS
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1A)(d) of the Act:
(a) a person holding a licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act, that is not a community fishing licence, that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6; or
(b) a person holding a community fishing licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry finfish is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraph 6 and 7; or
(c) a person that holds a licence granted under either subsection 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act that entitles that person to take, process or carry mackerel, takes or carries at any one time, is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or
(d) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) or 19 (3) of the Act, other than a licence of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to take or carry at any one time:
(i) not more than 20 kilograms of finfish in any form; or
(ii) where a quantity of mackerel is also being carried, the combined weight of mackerel and finfish are not more than 20 kilograms; or
(e) a person holding a licence granted under subsection 19(2) of the Act that entitles the person to take Spanish mackerel is exempt from the prohibition in paragraph 6 to use a bait net to take bait for their own use; or
(f) a person engaged in traditional fishing is exempt from the prohibitions in paragraphs 6 and 7.
9.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish:
(a) of the kind referred to in Schedule 1, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths specified in Schedule 1; or
(b) of the kind referred to in Schedule 2, that when measured in accordance with Paragraph 9.2, are less than the minimum lengths or greater than the maximum lengths specified in Schedule 2.
9.2 For the purposes of paragraph 9.1, the length of a finfish shall be measured from the point of the snout (or tip of the lower jaw, if that tip protrudes beyond the snout), to the extremity of the tail or caudal fin, whichever is longer.
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to take, process or carry finfish of the kind referred to in Schedule 3.
RETENTION OF LIVE FINFISH
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, it is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery, except in the course of traditional fishing, to retain, store or carry live finfish on a boat.
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Act, a person is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery to take finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, by a method other than:
(a) by line fishing methods, where a person holds a licence granted under subsections 19(2) of the Act that entitles that person to take finfish by line fishing methods; or
(b) by the use of a bait net.
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking of finfish, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited by line fishing methods in that part of the finfish fishery west of Longitude 142°31'49".
SEASONAL CLOSURE - BARRAMUNDI
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act the taking of barramundi, except in the course of traditional fishing, is prohibited in the area of the finfish fishery during the period commencing 1200 hours on 1 November in a year and ending 1200 hours on 1 February the following year.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11.5pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">FINFISH</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11.5pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">MINIMUM LENGTH IN MILLIMETRES</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>b</span><span>arramundi cod (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Cromileptes altivells</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:2pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>450</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>b</span><span>lack king-fish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Rachycentron canadus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>750</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>black-spot tusk-fish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Choerodon schoenleinii</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>coral trout (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Plectropomus</span><span> spp.) other than blue-spot trout (see Schedule 2)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>380</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>dolphin-fish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Coryphaena</span><span> spp.)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>450</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>grass sweetlip (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lethrinus fletus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>hussar (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus amabilis</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>250</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>teraglin jew (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Atractoscion aequidens</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>380</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>large-mouthed nannygai (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus malabaricus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>400</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>large-scale sea perch (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus johni</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>350</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>mangrove jack (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus argentimaculatus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>350</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>moses perch (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus russelli</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>250</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>mulloway (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Argyrosomus hololepidotus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>450</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>pearl perch (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Glaucosoma scapulare</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>350</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>purple tusk-fish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Choerodon cephalotes</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>red emperor (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus sebae</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>550</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>red throat emperor (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lethrinus</span><span> </span><span style="font-style:italic">miniatus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>380</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>rosy job-fish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Etelis</span><span> and </span><span style="font-style:italic">Pristipomoides</span><span> spp.)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>380</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>silver jewfish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Nibea soldado</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>450</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>silver teraglin (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Otolithes ruber</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>small-mouthed nannygai (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus erthropterus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>400</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>snapper (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Pagrus auratus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>350</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>S</span><span>pangled emperor (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lethrinus nebulosus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>450</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>spotted or black jewfish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Protonibae diacanthus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>450</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>stripey (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Lutjanus carponotatus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>250</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>venus tusk-fish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Choerodon venustus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>wahoo (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Acanthocybium solandri</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>750</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>yellowtail king-fish (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Seriola lalandi</span><span>)</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:133.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>500</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>bar-tailed flathead (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Platycephalus indicus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>burnett salmon (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Polydactylus sheridani</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>400</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>Cooktown salmon (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Eleutheronema tetradactylum</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>400</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>golden lined whiting (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Sillago analis</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>230</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>luderick (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Girella tricuspidata</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>230</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>pikey bream (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Acanthopagrus berda</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>230</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>sand flathead (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Platycephalus arenarius</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>sand whiting (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Sillago ciliata</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>230</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>sea mullet (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Mugil cephalus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>small spotted grunter bream (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Pomadasys agenteus</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>spotted grunter bream (grunter) (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Pomadasys kaakan</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>tailor (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Pomatomus saltatrix</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>300</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>tarwhine (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Rhabdossargus sarba</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>230</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:306.45pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.2pt; text-indent:-7.1pt; font-size:11pt"><span>yellow-finned bream (</span><span style="font-style:italic">Acanthopagrus australis</span><span>)</span></p></td><td style="width:130.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span>230</span><span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:317.25pt"></td><td style="width:141.75pt"></td><td style="width:3pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
FINFISH MINIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES MAXIMUM LENGTHIN MILLIMETRES barramundi (Lates calcarifer) 580 1200 blue-spot trout (Plectromus laevis) 500 800 estuary cod (Epinephelus sp.) 350 1200 red bass (Lutjanus bohar) 450 550
NO TAKE SPECIES potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) Queensland groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) chinaman fish (Symphorus nematophorus) paddletail (Lutjanus gibbus) humphead Maori wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)