Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00118:body:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00118
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 5260–7999

(a) incidentally taken in the fishery and returned to the sea; or
         (b) incidentally affected by interacting with fishing equipment in the fishery but not taken.
bycatch reduction device or BRD means a device that allows fish and other animals to escape immediately after being taken in the net and is constructed in accordance with any instruments under section 16 of the Act that apply to the fishery.
by-product means a species listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3 taken while fishing for prawn in the fishery.
commencement date means the date on which this Plan commences.
developmental permit means a permit granted for developmental purposes under section 12 of the Act.
EPBC Act means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
estimated coordinate means a coordinate that approximates the location where a boundary intersects with the low water line of the coast.
fish receiver licence means a licence to receive fish granted under section 19(4B) of the Act.
fisheries jurisdiction line means the Torres Strait fisheries jurisdiction line as described in the Treaty.
fishery means the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery (TSPF).
fishing day, for use entitlement, means each whole number resulting from the conversion of units to use entitlement under Part 4.
fishing season has the meaning given by section 2.3.
harvest strategy means the management actions necessary to achieve defined biological and economic objectives in a fishery.
holder, for a TSPF licence or TSPF Treaty endorsement or a unit at a particular time, means the person who holds the licence, endorsement or unit at that time because of a grant of the licence or endorsement, or transfer of the licence, or allocation, transfer or temporary transfer of the unit.
interested person, for a determination, means:
         (a) a person who is able to show a continuing connection with the fishery; or
         (b) an organisation or association (whether or not incorporated) whose objectives or purposes include, or whose activities largely relate to, the fishery.
[NOTE:  For example, interested persons could include:
(a) an environmental organisation with an interest in the area of the fishery; or
(b) persons carrying out other activities in the area of the fishery.]
length of a net means the combined length of the head rope and bottom rope of the net when taut between the outermost points of the meshes that are attached to each rope.
local time means the time of day in the State of Queensland.
observer means a person authorised by the PZJA to carry out the functions of an observer under this Plan.
PNG means Papua New Guinea.
PNG unit has the meaning given by section 4.8.
prawn means fish of a species listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3 as