FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

SOUTHERN SQUID JIG FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2005

DIRECTION No. SSJFDIR 2

PROHIBITION ON SHARK FINNING

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY determines this Direction under section 17(5A) and 17(5B) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 18(1) of the Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005.

Dated 26 October 2005

                                                                                                       PETER WITHERIDGE

Common seal of the
Australian Fisheries
Management Authority

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Citation

1.       This Direction may be cited as Direction No. SSJFDIR 2.

Commencement and period of application

2.       This Direction commences on registration and ceases once revoked.

Interpretation

3.       A term used in this Direction by way or priority, or if there is any inconsistency:

(a)          takes the meaning given to it in the Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005; and then

(b)          if no meaning is given to the word in the Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005, takes the meaning given to that word under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Prohibition on shark finning

4.      This Direction prohibits the carrying, retaining, or landing of dorsal, pectoral, caudal, pelvic and anal fins for all shark species (Class Chondricthyes).

Exemptions to the prohibition on taking fish in clause 4

5.      The prohibition in clause 4 does not apply if these are attached to the carcass and their combined weight, with any other fish of the Superclass Pisces taken in one fishing trip, is less than 100 kilograms.