Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604:clause:3b_2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00604
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3B cl 2
Character Range: 172661–174834

2  Conservation and management measure for gillnets
 2.1 A person using a boat in the Convention Area for fishing must not use large‑scale pelagic driftnets or deepwater gillnets.
 2.2 A person using a boat to transit through the Convention Area must not have gillnets on board the boat unless:
 (a) the person notifies the flag State of the boat of the following information at least 36 hours before the boat enters the Convention Area:
 (i) the date the boat is expected to enter the Convention Area;
 (ii) the date the boat is expected to leave the Convention Area;
 (iii) the length of gillnets carried on board; and
 (b) the person has on board a vessel monitoring system that:
 (i) is fully operational; and
 (ii) records the boat's identification, current geographical position and the date and time expressed in UTC; and
 (iii) reports the information mentioned in subparagraph (ii) to the fisheries monitoring centre of the flag State of the boat at least every 2 hours while the boat is in the Convention Area.
 2.3 If gillnets on board a boat transiting through the Convention Area are accidentally lost or fall overboard, the person using the boat must report the following information to the flag State of the boat within 48 hours after the gillnets are lost or fall overboard:
 (a) the date, time and position of the boat when the gillnets are lost or fall overboard;
 (b) the length of the gillnets that have been lost or have fallen overboard.
 2.4 In this clause:
deepwater gillnet means a string of single, double or triple netting walls held vertically on or near the bottom in which fish will gill, entangle or enmesh.
large‑scale pelagic driftnet means nets or a combination of nets that:
 (a) are more than 2.5 kilometres in length; and
 (b) have any of the following purposes:
 (i) to enmesh fish by drifting on the surface of the water column;
 (ii) to enmesh fish by drifting in the water column;
 (iii) to entrap fish by drifting on the surface of the water column;
 (iv) to entrap fish by drifting in the water column;
 (v) to entangle fish by drifting on the surface of the water column;
 (vi) to entangle fish by drifting in the water column.