Federal Register of Legislation
Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 2
TORRES STRAIT PRAWN FISHERY
PROHIBITION ON TAKING PRAWNS AND CARRYING EQUIPMENT (EXCLUSION ZONE)
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 in accordance with the decisions of the Authority, makes the following instrument under s 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
Dated this ………20th….……… day of …….May.….. 2011
Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig Commonwealth Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry On behalf of the Protected Zone Joint Authority
1. NAME OF THIS INSTRUMENT This instrument is the Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 2.
2. COMMENCEMENT This instrument commences on the day after registration.
3. APPLICATION OF THIS INSTRUMENT This instrument applies in conjunction with any other notice or instruments in force in the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (TSPF).
4. REVOCATION OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT NOTICES NO. 40, 49 AND 68 Fisheries Management Notice No. 40, dated 24 February 1994, Fisheries Management Notice No.49, dated 16 April 1998, and Fisheries Management Notice No.68, dated 8 December 2003, are revoked.
5. INTERPRETATION (1) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:
"area of the fishery" means the area described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan, excluding the area described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Plan.
"exclusion zone" means the areas described in Schedule 1.
"fishery" means the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery as described in the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan.
"local time" means the time of day in the state of Queensland.
"prawns" means Metapenaeus endeavouri (blue endeavour prawn), Penaeus esculentus (brown tiger prawn) and Melicertus longistylus (red spot king prawn).
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