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accordance with this management plan.

Regulation 12.35 of the EPBC Regulations (which operates subject to ss.354 and 354A of the EPBC Act and this management plan) provides for recreational fishing subject to a number of specified restrictions and to determinations made by the Director. The determinations under r.12.35(3) may be guided by restrictions which apply in adjacent NSW waters.

Regulation 12.18 prohibits the use of spearguns in Commonwealth reserves and other weapons and devices, including any device that can be used, or is designed, for taking an animal other than a hook and a line for catching a fish or a hand-held net designed to land a fish caught on a hook and a line.

Regulation 12.23A enables the Director to prohibit or restrict an activity or a class of activities and r.12.23 enables the Director to prohibit or restrict access to all or part of a Commonwealth reserve.

Issues
    * Illegal fishing needs to be policed and prevented.

    * Effective biodiversity conservation is a priority.

    * Better understanding is needed of the ecological and social impacts of fishing and collecting activities.

    * There are public safety issues associated with rock fishing.

Prescriptions

Policies

    7.8.1        Recreational fishing for fin fish and squid may be undertaken in the park:

       (a)     at the commencement of this plan, in the manner provided for by a valid permit or licence held by the fisher to fish in the NSW waters adjacent to the park, and

       (b)     subject to the following policies and actions, and

       (c)      in accordance with determinations made by the Director under r.12.35 of the EPBC Regulations.

    Determinations under r.12.35 may be guided by restrictions that apply in adjacent NSW waters

    7.8.2        The Taking of marine organisms from park waters is prohibited, with the exceptions of fin fish (except species listed under the EPBC Act) and squid.

    7.8.3        Recreational fishing may be restricted in the park in the light of scientific research and environmental monitoring programs, the views of parks users and/or the effectiveness of management arrangements. See also Sections 3.1.9 and 6.5.6.

    7.8.4        The only bait which will be allowed for use in recreational fishing is fin fish or squid or parts of fin fish or squid caught with a fishing line or rod and/or commercially supplied bait. Commercially supplied bait may be transported through the park.

    7.8.5        Use or possession of spearguns and handspears in the park will not be allowed.

    7.8.6        Nets will not be allowed for fishing in park waters. The only allowable equipment for fishing is either a handline or a rod and line. As provided in r.12.18(6) of the EPBC Regulations prawning nets may be taken through the park to be used lawfully to take prawns