Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022:reg:27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01022
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 27
Character Range: 93634–95652

27  Netting—limitations
 (1) For the purposes of the definition of netting in the Zoning Plan, the following limitations are prescribed (subject to subsection (2)):
 (b) the provisions of the Queensland fisheries legislation must be complied with if those provisions:
 (i) apply in the Marine Park; and
 (ii) relate to the use of nets in commercial net fisheries;
 (g) subject to subsection (1A), a commercial fisher must not carry out netting in the net free north area:
 (i) using a relevant net to take fish for commercial purposes; or
 (ii) if the fisher possesses, while in the area, a relevant net (or a net that would be a relevant net if used as designed or intended), for taking fish for commercial purposes (unless the net is stowed or secured on a vessel);
 (h) subject to subsection (1A), a commercial fisher must not carry out netting in the net free south area using a relevant net to take fish for commercial purposes.
 (1A) Paragraphs (1)(g) and (h) do not apply if the fisher carries out the netting:
 (a) under an A1 licence; or
 (b) under an A2 licence; or
 (c) in the N11 fishery to take N11 fish without the fishery symbol N11 being written on the fisher's licence other than for sale under the licence; or
 (d) in the net free north area under an N11 licence to take fish under the licence other than for sale under the licence; or
 (e) in the net free south area:
 (i) under an N11 licence; or
 (ii) under a licence for the net fishery (no. NX) issued for the purposes of the Queensland fisheries legislation using a mesh net; or
 (f) in the Eastern Skipjack Fishery (within the meaning of the Fisheries Management Regulations 2019) under a fishing permit granted under the Fisheries Management Act 1991 using a purse seine net.

Meaning of net free north area
 (1B) The net free north area is the area bounded by the line starting at the point described in item 1 of the following table and running progressively as described in the table.

Net free north area
Item                 Description