I, RICHARD MCLOUGHLIN, Managing Director of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, make this amendment to the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995 under sections 17 and 20 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated 27 January 2005

RICHARD McLOUGHLIN

Managing Director of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Accepted on 6 February 2005

IAN MACDONALD

1              Name of Management Plan Amendment

                This Management Plan Amendment is the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2005 (No. NPF 05).

2              Commencement

                This Management Plan Amendment commences on the day after it is registered.

3              Amendment of Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995

                Schedule 1 amends the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995.

Schedule 1        Amendment

(section 3)

[1]           Schedule 1, clause 2

substitute

          2.   The area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is the coastal waters and waters of the Australian fishing zone that lie within the area the boundary of which:

                (a)    commences at the intersection of the north-western shore of Australia by the meridian of longitude 126° 58¢ East;

               (b)    then runs north along that meridian to its intersection by the outer limit of the Australian fishing zone;

                (c)    then generally easterly along that outer limit to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 141° 20¢ East;

               (d)    then south along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of latitude 10° 28¢ South;

                (e)    then east along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of longitude 142° 09¢ East;

                (f)    then south along that meridian to its intersection by the northern shore of Australia; and

                (g)    then generally westerly along the northern shore of Australia to the point of commencement.