Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00596:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00596
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3022–5898

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:
(a) community fishing;
(b) fish;
(c) traditional inhabitant;
(d) traditional fishing.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
AEST means Australian Eastern Standard Time.
bait net means a fishing net:
           (a) known as a cast net that is not more than 6 metres in diameter and having a mesh size no larger than 28 millimetres; or
           (b) known as a mesh net or seine net that is not more than 400 metres in length and having a mesh size of at least 12 millimetres but not more than 45 millimetres.
barramundi means finfish of the species Lates calcarifer.
finfish means fish of the superclass Pisces other than:
           (a) mackerel; and
           (b) tuna (Thunnus spp.); and
           (c) skipjack tuna (Katsuwomus pelamis); and
           (d) fish of the family Bramidae (known as pomfrets); and
           (e) fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (known as billfish).
finfish fishery means the area of the finfish fishery prescribed in item 4 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.
finfish licensed person means a person who is a licensed person that is authorised to take, process or carry finfish in the finfish fishery.
fishing apparatus means any combination of:
           (a) hand held fishing lines; and
           (b) fishing rods; and
           (c) mechanically operated fishing reels and lines.
licensed person means a person who has been granted a licence under subsection 19(2), 19(3) or 19(4A) of the Act, or transferred such a licence under section 25 of the Act, that authorises the taking, processing or carrying of fish.
line fishing methods means fishing by hand using fishing apparatus where:
           (a) each fishing line has no more than 6 hooks attached to it; and
           (b) no more than 3 fishing apparatus are being used for fishing from the licensed person's boat.
mackerel means species of fish that are:
           (a) grey mackerel (Scomberomorus semifasciatus); and
           (b) school mackerel (Scomberomorus queenslandicus); and
           (c) shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus); and
           (d) Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorous commerson); and
           (e) spotted mackerel (Scomberomorus munroi).
mackerel fishery means the area of the Spanish mackerel fishery prescribed in item 7 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.
mackerel licensed person means a person who is a licenced person that is authorised to take, process or carry mackerel in the mackerel fishery.
mesh net includes a fishing net suspended vertically through a water column that is known as a gill net, mesh net or seine net that is neither fixed nor hauled, but does not include a fishing net that is hauled by the use of a boat for taking