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Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009
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Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
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F2017C00118 (C01)
16 February 2017
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Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan
Part 1 – Preliminary
1.1 Name of Plan
1.2 Commencement
1.3 Interpretation
1.4 Area of the fishery
1.5 Objectives of this Plan (Act s 15A(2))
1.6 Measures and performance criteria
1.7 Persons to whom this Plan applies
1.8 Persons to whom this Plan does not apply
Part 2 Fishing in the fishery
2.1 Who may fish in the fishery
2.2 Fishing methods
2.3 Fishing season
2.4 Determination of reference points
2.5 Determination of total allowable effort (TAE)
2.6 Changing the total allowable effort (TAE)
2.7 Total allowable catch (TAC) for by-product
2.8 Changing the total allowable catch (TAC)
2.9 Instruments under s.16 of the Act
Part 3 Fishing licences
3.1 Grant of licences
3.2 TSPF boat licences
3.3 Transfer of TSPF boat licence
3.4 TSPF TPC licence
3.5 TSPF Treaty Endorsements
3.6 Scientific and developmental permits
3.7 Variation of TSPF boat licence – nominated boat
3.8 Other PZJA powers under the Act
Part 4 Units of fishing capacity
4.1 Division of fishing capacity into units
4.2 Number and types of units
4.3 Conversion of units into use entitlement
4.4 Initial allocation of Australian units
4.5 Certificate of allocation
4.6 Transfer of Australian units
4.7 Temporary transfer of Australian units
4.8 PNG units
4.9 Temporary transfer of PNG units
Part 5 TSPF Licences and TSPF Treaty endorsements subject to conditions
5.1 Licence and endorsement conditions - general
5.3 Licence conditions – TAE and TAC
5.4 Licence conditions – Other obligations of licence and endorsement holders
5.5 Licence and endorsement conditions - observers
5.6 Licence and endorsement conditions - vessel monitoring systems
5.7 Licence and endorsement conditions – obligations about interactions with certain species and communities
Additional conditions for TSPF Treaty endorsements
Part 6 Miscellaneous
6.1 Register
6.2 Reconsideration of decisions
6.3 Notices
6.4 Transitional
SCHEDULE 1 – Area of the fishery
SCHEDULE 2 – Area of the fishery expressed using coordinates based on WGS84
_________________________________________ SCHEDULE 3 – Species
SCHEDULE 4 – Size limits