Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00948:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00948
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 13114–15920

5  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) AFMA;
(b) AFZ;
(c) Australian boat and Australian‑flagged boat;
(d) boat;
(e) coastal waters;
(f) fish;
(g) fishery, fishing, fishing concession, fishing permit and fishing right;
(h) high seas;
(i) officer.
 (1) In this instrument:
Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Antarctic Convergence has the same meaning as in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, as in force at the time when this instrument commences (see in particular paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Convention).
Note: The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is in the Australian Treaty Series 1982 No. 9 ([1982] ATS 9) and could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
approved vessel monitoring system means a vessel monitoring system in a class approved under section 9.
boat statutory fishing right means a statutory fishing right to use a boat in a managed fishery granted under any of the following:
 (a) the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010;
 (b) the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995;
 (c) the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003;
 (d) the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005.
closed zone: see subsection 85(1).
concession holder means the holder of a licence, permit, or right, that is a fishing concession.
Coral Sea Fishery means the fishery of that name referred to in item 1 of the table in section 18.
crustacean means fish of the subphylum Crustacea.
declared fishery means a fishery in respect of which a declaration under subsection 91(1) of the Act is in force.
designated quota statutory fishing right means a quota statutory fishing right granted under any of the following:
 (a) the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002;
 (b) the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002;
 (c) the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006;
 (d) the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009;
 (e) the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995.
Eastern Skipjack Fishery means the fishery of that name referred to in item 2 of the table in section 18.
eligible person means a person who is registered as an eligible person for a grant of a fishing right under section 26 of the Act.
finfish means fish of the class Osteichthyes.
gear statutory fishing right means a statutory fishing right to use particular fishing equipment in a managed fishery granted under either of the following:
 (a) the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995;
 (b) the Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005.
giant crab means fish of