Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery Closures) Direction 2021

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Fisheries Management Act 1991

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F2023C00427 (C02)

01 May 2023 - 16 May 2024

Table of contents

1 Name
3 Authority
5 To whom this applies
6 Direction not to engage in fishing
7 Exemption to the prohibitions – Small Pelagic Fishery concession holders
8 Exemption to the prohibitions – Orange Roughy
9 Exemption to the prohibitions – Hydraulic Hand Reel Droplining
Exemption to the prohibitions – Danish Seine Trawl
Schedule 1—Murat Bay Closure
Schedule 2—Bass Strait – Trawl Closure
Schedule 3—Head of the Great Australian Bight Closure
Schedule 4—East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector Exclusion Zone
Schedule 5—South Australian Gillnet Closure – Backstairs Passage
Schedule 6—South Australian Shark Closure – Kangaroo Island
Schedule 7—South Australian Shark Closure – Victor Harbor to the Victorian Border
Schedule 8—Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve Closure
Schedule 9—Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve Closures
- Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve Closure – West
- Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve Closure – East
Schedule 10—Commonwealth Gulper Shark Closure – Southern Dogfish
Schedule 11—Gulper Shark Closure – Endeavour Dogfish
Schedule 12—Gulper Shark Closure – Harrisson’s Dogfish
Schedule 13—South East Trawl Deepwater Closure
Schedule 14—Eastern South Australia Trawl Closure
Schedule 15—Portland Area Trawl Closure
Schedule 16—GAB Deepwater Closure – Central East Zone
Schedule 17—GAB Deepwater Closure – Salisbury Canyon
Schedule 18—GAB Deepwater Closure – Far West
Schedule 19—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – Albany
Schedule 20—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – Bremmer
Schedule 21—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – Humdinger West
Schedule 22—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – Humdinger/Magic
Schedule 23—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – Lomvar Gully
Schedule 24—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – United Nations
Schedule 25—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – The Knob
Schedule 26—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – Racetrack/Hamburger
Schedule 27—GAB Orange Roughy Zone – Kangaroo Island Hill
Schedule 28—GAB Far West Gulper Shark Closure
Schedule 29—Barcoo and Taupo Seamounts’ Closure
- Barcoo Seamount
- Taupo Seamount
Schedule 30—Queensland and Britannia Seamounts’ Closure
Schedule 31—Derwent Hunter Seamount Closure
Schedule 32—Port MacDonnell Closure
Schedule 33—Murray Dogfish Closure
Schedule 34—Pedra Branca Orange Roughy Management Area
Schedule 35—Australian Sea Lion Closures
- Kangaroo Island gillnet strip closure
- Head of the Great Australian Bight gillnet strip closure
- 4nm radius Australian sea lion gillnet closures
- 11nm radius Australian sea lion gillnet closures
Schedule 36—Gillnet Deepwater Closure
Schedule 37—Automatic Longline Shallow Water Closure
Schedule 38—Western Deepwater Shark Closure
Schedule 39—Flinders Research Zone Closure
Schedule 40 Gabo Trawl Closure
Schedule 41 Conran Trawl Closure
Schedule 42 Flounder/Kingfisher Trawl Closure
Schedule 43 Babel Island Trawl Closure
Schedule 44 South East Tasman Trawl Closure
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Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery Closures) Direction 2021

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Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery Closures) Direction 2021

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