REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICREVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICE NO 75.

REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICE NO 75.

4. Fisheries Management Notice No. 75, dated 28 November 2005, is 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.

“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.

“mesh size” means:

(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.

PROHIBITION (GENERAL)

6. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking, processing or carrying of finfish, other than barramundi, is prohibited.

PROHIBITION (BARRAMUNDI)

7. 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.