Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
Fisheries Management Notice No. 40
TORRES STRAIT PRAWN FISHERY
PROHIBITION ON TAKING
PRAWNS AND CARRYING
FISHING EQUIPMENT
I, David Peter Beddall, Minister for Resources and member of the Protected Zone
Joint Authority in accordance with the powers conferred by paragraph 35(1)(a) of
the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, hereby make on behalf of the Protected Zone
Joint Authority, the following notice.
Dated this 24th day of February 1994
DAVID PETER BEDDALL
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CITATION | REVOCATION OF FISHERIES 4. Fisheries Management Notice No. INTERPRETATION 5.1 In this Notice, unless the contrary "local time" means the time of day "prawns" means fish of the family "the Act" means the Torres Strait
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"the area of the prawn fishery"
means the area of the prawn
fishery defined in Schedule 1;
and
5.2 Where for the purposes of this
Notice it is necessary to determine
the position on the surface of the
Earth of a point, line or area, that
position shall be determined by
reference to the Australian
Geodetic Datum, that is to say, by
reference to a spheroid having its
centre at the centre of the Earth
and a major (equatorial) radius of
6,378,160 metres and a flattening
of 1/298.25 and by reference to
the position of the Johnston
Geodetic Station in the Northern
Territory of Australia. That station
shall be taken to be situated at
Latitude 25°56'54.5515" South
and at Longitude 133°12'30.0771"
East and to have a ground level of
571.2 metres above the spheroid
referred to above.
PERMANENT CLOSURE WEST OF
WARRIOR REEF
6.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of
the Act, the taking of prawns is prohibited in that part of the area
of the prawn fishery that is within
the area specified in Schedule 2.
6.2 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of
the Act, the carrying of prawns is
prohibited in that part of the area
of the prawn fishery that is within
the area specified in Schedule 2,
except the area specified in
Schedule 3.
6.3 CARRIAGE OF EQUIPMENT
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(o) of
the Act a person is prohibited in
the area specified in Schedule 2,
but with the exception of the area
specified in Schedule 3 under
paragraph 7, from having in that
persons possession or in that
persons charge in a boat,
equipment that is –
(i) capable of being used for any
kind of trawling; or
(ii) capable of being used for
taking prawns
unless all of that equipment
including nets, boards, beams,
and skids are carried either in the
racks or on the deck.
CARRIAGE OF EQUIPMENT IN the THURSDAY ISLAnD AND CAPE YORK TRANSIT CORRIDOR
7. Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(o) of
the Act a person is prohibited in
the area specified in Schedule 3
from having in that persons
possession or in that persons
charge in a boat, equipment that
is –
(i) capable of being used for any
kind of trawling; or
(ii) capable of being used for
taking prawns
unless that equipment is carried
so that all of the equipment is out
of the water, or if any part of the
equipment is in the water –
(iii) that all cod ends are open and
drawn up to the boat so that
the cod ends would be visible
from an aircraft or another
boat; and
(iv) the boards are at the blocks.
PERMANENT CLOSURE AROUND DARNLEY ISLAND 8.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of 8.2 CARRIAGE OF EQUIPMENT Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(o) of (i) capable of being used for any (ii) capable of being used for unless that equipment is carried (iii) that all cod ends are open and (iv) the boards are at the blocks. SEASONAL CLOSURE OF THE ENTIRE PRAWN FISHERY AND EXTENDED SEASONAL CLOSURE EAST OF WARRIOR REEF 9.1 Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of
| (a) in the area of the prawn (b) in that part of the area of the 9.2 CARRIAGE OF EQUIPMENT Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(o) of (i) capable of being used for any (ii) capable of being used for unless all of that equipment schedule 1 Area of the Prawn Fishery The area consisting of – (a) the area of waters in the Protected Zone to the south of |
the Fisheries Jurisdiction Line; (b) the area of waters (excluding (1) commencing at the point of (2) running then east along the (3) then south along that (4) then west along that parallel (5) then south along that (6) thence generally south- (7) thence north along that
| (c) the territorial sea of Australia north schedule 2 Permanent closure west of The areas bounded by a line – (1) commencing at the point of (2) running thence north-easterly (3) thence north along the meridian (4) thence north-easterly along the (5) thence north-easterly along the (6) thence south-easterly along the (7) thence north-easterly along the (8) thence south-easterly along the
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9°11'34" South, Longitude (9) thence south-easterly along the (10) thence south-easterly along the (11) thence south-easterly along the (12) thence north-easterly along the (13) thence south-easterly along the (14) thence north-easterly along the (15) thence north-easterly along the (16) thence north-easterly along the (17) thence north-easterly along the
| (18) thence along the outer limit so as (19) thence south along the meridian (20) thence north-easterly along the (21) thence north-easterly along the (22) thence east along the parallel of (23) thence south-westerly along the (24) thence south-westerly along the (25) thence south-westerly along the (26) thence south along the meridian
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(27) thence generally south-westerly (28) thence north along that meridian (29) thence west along that parallel to (30) thence north along that meridian (31) then north-easterly along the SCHEDULE 3 THURSDAY ISLAND AND CAPE YORK TRANSIT CORRIDOR That part of the prawn fishery bounded (1) commencing at the point of (2) running thence south-westerly (3) thence south-westerly along the
| (4) thence South along the meridian (5) thence generally south-westerly (6) thence north along that meridian (7) thence north-easterly along the SCHEDULE 4 Permanent closure Darnley Island The area bounded by a line – (1) commencing at the point of (2) thence east along that parallel to (3) thence northerly along the (4) thence north-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 9°27'20" South, Longitude 144°06'00" East;
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(5) thence west along that parallel to (6) thence south-westerly along the (7) thence south along that meridian SCHEDULE 5 SEASONAL CLOSURE EAST OF WARRIOR REEF The area bounded by a line – (1) commencing at the point of Latitude 10°00'00" South, Longitude 142°56'28" East; (2) thence east along that parallel to (3) thence north-easterly along the (4) thence north-easterly along the (5) thence north-easterly along the (6) thence north-easterly along the
| (7) thence west along that parallel to (8) thence along a series of intersecting arcs of circles having Latitude Longitude (a) 9°30'50" 143°17'40" to the point of Latitude 9°33'00" (9) thence west along that parallel to (10) thence south-westerly along the (11) thence south-westerly along the
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