Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000
Sub-regulation 12.34(3)
SOUTH-EAST MARINE PARKS
DETERMINATION OF REQUIRED FISHING PRACTICES
STOWING AND SECURING FISHING GEAR DURING TRANSIT THROUGH UNAPPROVED AREAS
I, BARBARA MUSSO, Branch Head, Parks Australia, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, as delegate of the Director of National Parks, pursuant to sub-regulation 12.34(3) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 HEREBY DETERMINE that for each of the Marine Parks listed in the Schedule to this determination, the following commercial fishing practices are to be followed:
1. Transit by a fishing vessel with fishing gear through the listed Marine Parks in which commercial fishing operations are not authorised must be with all fishing gear stowed and secured.
2. Transit by a fishing vessel with fishing gear through the listed Marine Parks in which use of a particular gear type is not authorised must be with the gear type stowed and secured.
AND I HEREBY REVOKE the previous determination relating to stowing and securing of fishing gear during transit through unapproved areas, notified in the Gazette (F2018N00010) and published on 2 February 2018.
In this determination:
stowed and secured means all fishing equipment, including nets and lines, are on-board the vessel, and not in contact with the water.
transit means the en route passage of a vessel through a marine park, whereby the transit is in a straight direction as fast as reasonably practical and the vessel does not stop for any reason other than in response to an emergency or to undertake an activity authorised by law or permit.
This determination commences on 1 July 2023 and remains in effect until it is revoked or amended.
Dated 29 June 2023
Barbara Musso
Branch Head, Parks Australia
Delegate of the Director of National Parks
SCHEDULE
LISTED MARINE PARKS*
Apollo Marine Park
Beagle Marine Park
Boags Marine Park
East Gippsland Marine Park
Flinders Marine Park
Franklin Marine Park
Freycinet Marine Park
Huon Marine Park
Murray Marine Park
Macquarie Island Marine Park
Nelson Marine Park
South Tasman Rise Marine Park
Tasman Fracture Marine Park
Zeehan Marine Park