Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995

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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

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Fisheries Management Act 1991

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C2004H03910

07 October 2003 - 28 February 2005

Table of contents

1 Name of Plan [see Note 1]
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
3A Meaning of commercial fishing in the Northern Prawn Fishery area
4 Objectives
5 Measures
6 Performance criteria
7 Gear statutory fishing rights
7A Determination of fishing capacity
8 Top up statutory fishing rights
11 Class B statutory fishing rights
12 Active Class B statutory fishing rights
13 Surplus Class B statutory fishing rights
14 Who may fish commercially in the Northern Prawn Fishery area
14A Who may receive, carry or process fish
15 Maximum number of statutory fishing rights
16 Registration of eligible persons (Act s 26)
16A Provisional grants of statutory fishing rights (Act s 23)
16B Holders of old suspense Class A statutory fishing rights
17 Request for grant (Act s 31)
17A Certificates proving grant of Class B statutory fishing rights (Act s 22 (2))
17B Certificates proving grant of gear or top up statutory fishing rights (Act s 22 (2))
17C Certificates may show grant of more than 1 statutory fishing right
19 Applications for boat nomination and replacement
19A Boat nomination and replacement
21 Applications for cancellation of nomination of a boat
22 Obligations on the holders of fishing concessions
23A Obligations on holders of fishing permits (Act s 17 (6))
23B Election about holding gear statutory fishing rights
24 When Class B statutory fishing rights cease to be in force
24A When top up statutory fishing rights cease to be in force
25 Directions by AFMA — subsection 17 (5A) of the Act and paragraph 5 (a)
26 Transfer of a statutory fishing right
27 Expiry of statutory fishing rights
28 Certificates
29 Delegation
30 Reconsideration of decisions by AFMA and Administrative Appeals Tribunal
31 Leasing arrangements
32 Agents
33 Notice in writing
34 Notification by fax
35 Transitional
- Schedule 1 Area of the Northern Prawn Fishery
  - Notes to the REF Citation \*charformat Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995

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