COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984

DECLARATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 17

I, john charles kerin, the Minister of State for Primary
Industries and Energy, acting for and on behalf of the
Protected Zone Joint Authority, in accordance with the power
conferred by paragraph 35(1) (a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries
Act 1984 (the Act), hereby declare, pursuant to subsection
17(1) of the Act, that a licence under subsection 19(2) of the
Act is required for the purpose of taking fish, with the use of
a boat over 6 metres in length in the course of community
fishing --

(a) rock lobster from the area of the rock lobster fishery;

(b) Spanish mackerel from the area of the Spanish mackerel
fishery;

(c) pearl shell from the area of the pearl shell fishery.

Pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Act this Notice shall come
into force one month after publication of this Notice in the Gazette.

Dated this Eleventh day of August 1989.

[signed]

JOHN KERIN

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