Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644:section:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8
Character Range: 29000–30341

8  Objectives to be pursued
  In the administration of this Act, regard shall be had to the rights and obligations conferred on Australia by the Torres Strait Treaty and in particular to the following management priorities:
 (a) to acknowledge and protect the traditional way of life and livelihood of traditional inhabitants, including their rights in relation to traditional fishing;
 (b) to protect and preserve the marine environment and indigenous fauna and flora in and in the vicinity of the Protected Zone;
 (c) to adopt conservation measures necessary for the conservation of a species in such a way as to minimise any restrictive effects of the measures on traditional fishing;
 (d) to administer the provisions of Part 5 of the Torres Strait Treaty (relating to commercial fisheries) so as not to prejudice the achievement of the purposes of Part 4 of the Torres Strait Treaty in regard to traditional fishing;
 (e) to manage commercial fisheries for optimum utilisation;
 (f) to share the allowable catch of relevant Protected Zone commercial fisheries with Papua New Guinea in accordance with the Torres Strait Treaty;
 (g) to have regard, in developing and implementing licensing policy, to the desirability of promoting economic development in the Torres Strait area and employment opportunities for traditional inhabitants.