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INSTRUMENT REGULATING FISHING

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
Section 16
Torres Strait Prawn Fishery

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENT NO. 11

The PROTECTED ZONE JOINT AUTHORITY acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, of the Minister's powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following Instrument.

Dated:    22    November 2015

Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
on behalf of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority

Citation
  1. This Instrument may be cited as the Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 11.

Commencement

   2. This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Cessation

   3. This Instrument is repealed on 31 December 2025 unless earlier revoked.

Revocation

   4. This Instrument repeals the Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 3 from the date of commencement of this Instrument.

Interpretation

   5.1 In this Instrument, unless the contrary intention appears "the Act" means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and:

   5.2 Terms used but not defined in this Instrument have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985; and

   5.3 "area of the fishery" means the area described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009, excluding the area described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Plan.

    "closed areas" means the areas described in Schedule 1.

   "closure period" means the period commencing at 1700 hours local time on 1 February in a year and ending at 1700 hours local time on 31 July in the same year.

   "fishery" means the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery as described in the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan.

   "local time" means the time of day in the state of Queensland.

   "prawns" means Metapenaeus endeavouri (blue endeavour prawn), Penaeus esculentus (brown tiger prawn) and Melicertus longistylus (red spot king prawn).

   "the Act" means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

   "Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan" means the plan of management for the fishery as made by the PZJA under s 15A of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, currently registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments under s 24 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

Description of closed areas

   6.1 The position of a geographical coordinate for the description of the closed areas in Schedule 1 is to be determined by reference to the Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66).

   6.2 For convenience in the use of navigational aids, the closed areas are also described in Schedule 2 by reference to the World Geodetic Datum 1984 (WGS84).

   6.3