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the total allowable catch (TAC)
2.9 Instruments under s.16 of the Act

Part 3 Fishing licences
3.1 Grant of licences
3.2 TSPF boat licences
3.3 Transfer of TSPF boat licence
3.4 TSPF TPC licence
3.5 TSPF Treaty Endorsements
3.6 Scientific and developmental permits
3.7 Variation of TSPF boat licence – nominated boat
3.8 Other PZJA powers under the Act

Part 4 Units of fishing capacity
4.1 Division of fishing capacity into units
4.2 Number and types of units
4.3 Conversion of units into use entitlement
4.4 Initial allocation of Australian units
4.5 Certificate of allocation
4.6 Transfer of Australian units
4.7 Temporary transfer of Australian units
4.8 PNG units
4.9 Temporary transfer of PNG units

Part 5 TSPF Licences and TSPF Treaty endorsements subject to conditions
5.1 Licence and endorsement conditions - general
5.3  Licence conditions – TAE and TAC
5.4  Licence conditions – Other obligations of licence and endorsement holders
5.5 Licence and endorsement conditions - observers
5.6 Licence and endorsement conditions - vessel monitoring systems
5.7 Licence and endorsement conditions – obligations about interactions with certain species and communities
5.8 Additional conditions for TSPF Treaty endorsements

Part 6 Miscellaneous
6.1 Register
6.2 Reconsideration of decisions
6.3 Notices
6.4 Transitional
SCHEDULE 1 – Area of the fishery
SCHEDULE 2 – Area of the fishery expressed using coordinates based on WGS84
SCHEDULE 3 – Species
SCHEDULE 4 – Size limits

Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan

Part 1 – Preliminary

1.1 Name of Plan
This Plan is the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009.

1.2 Commencement
This Plan commences on the day after it is registered.

1.3 Interpretation
(1) In this Plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
ALC means an Automatic Location Communicator that is part of the VMS equipment of a boat that transmits information:
         (a)                about the location of the boat; and
         (b)               with one or more other devices, about fishing activities being undertaken by the boat.
Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
acting for a person means acting with the consent of, and on behalf of, the person.
approved form means a form approved by the PZJA for the section in which the term is used.
Australian unit means a unit of fishing capacity in the TSPF that is allocated to the holder of a TSPF boat licence under section 3.2, but does not include a PNG unit temporarily transferred to the holder of a TSPF boat licence.
bycatch means marine life that is:
         (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