Fisheries Management (Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery) (Closures) Direction 2019 (Cth)

Fisheries Management (Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery) (Closures) Direction 2019

I, Anna Willock, A/g Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, make the following direction.

Dated 27 February 2019

Anna Willock A/g Chief Executive Officer

1 Name This instrument is the Fisheries Management (Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery) (Closures) Direction 2019.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 41A(2) of the Act.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Act, including the following: (a) AFZ; (b) fish; (c) fishing; (d) fishing concession. (1) In this instrument: Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991. Australian-France Maritime Delimitation Agreement Southern Boundary means the boundary between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the French Republic established under article 2 of the Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of Australia and the Government of the French Republic, done at Melbourne on 4 January 1982. Note: As of the date this instrument commences this Agreement is available in the Australian Treaty Series [1983] 3. baseline means the baseline established under international law or otherwise as determined by Proclamation under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 from time to time. Note: As of the date this instrument commences no such Proclamation is in force. Fishery means the area of the fishery defined in section 3 of the Management Plan. Heard Island Plateau means the part of the Fishery described in Schedule 2. incidental take means the taking of fish unintentionally while fishing for commercial purposes. holder means a person who is a holder of a fishing concession issued under, or pursuant to, the Management Plan that authorises the person take fish in the Fishery. mackerel icefish means fish of the species Champsocephalus gunnari. Management Plan means the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Management Plan. Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands has the meaning given by the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953. (2) Geographic coordinates in this instrument are expressed in terms of the World Geodetic System of 1972 (WGS72).