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INSTRUMENT REGULATING FISHING

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
Section 16
Torres Strait Prawn Fishery

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENT NO. 12

The PROTECTED ZONE JOINT AUTHORITY exercising jurisdiction under Commonwealth law over commercial fishing in the Protected Zone pursuant to the arrangement between the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland published on 19th March 1999 in the Commonwealth Gazette No. S125 and acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following Instrument.

Dated:    22nd Feb    2017

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

Citation
  1. This Instrument may be cited as the Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 12.

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 This Instrument is repealed on 31 December 2026 unless earlier revoked.

Revocation

   4. This Instrument repeals the Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 81 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 "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.

   "Turtle Excluder Device" means a device fitted to a net, and modification made to a net, that allows turtles to escape immediately after being taken in the net, and which has:

      (a) a rigid or semi rigid inclined barrier structure comprised of bars extending from the foot to the head of the net that is attached to the circumference of the net which must guide turtles towards an escape hole immediately forward of the grid. The minimum dimensions of this structure to be at least 80cm by 80cm. This structure is to be set within an angle range of 30 – 55 degrees in relation to the horizontal plane of water through the net;

      (b) an escape hole which must be either

         (i) a double flap rectangular net opening where the cut immediately forward of the TED must allow  a minimum opening of 61 cm when attached to the frame and the two forward cuts of the escape opening must not be less than 51 cm long from the points of the cut immediately forward of the TED frame.