Fisheries notice No. AFZ1: Australian fishing zone prohibition of pelagic gillnet and driftnet fishing

F:;'Sr!ERIES ACT 19~ 2 fishd~~~s Notice No. AFZl AIJS7:R.A.Llhlr l"ISHING ZONt PROH!SIT!ON CiN li'F.SAlHC GILLNET AND DRIFT l'iE'r FISri.!NG T ,'Tn:-1":'1 (""!~~i,F'"i •r(';;',iTU, '°f<'-' \o!1r'illol"olr' nf , .. ,H;, fr,r \t'"iMaT"j/ Indusc=ies and Ener;y, h~~eby; (.a) prc 11ide t~at this Notice r:iay 1:e cited ~s fit:.he:-ies ?lotice No. AF'21 and ti':.et .1n thiz Notice warde heve t!-,e :same meani:,g ~s i:-'. :te Fi$b.eries ACt". 1952 (the Act".); (b) l?'-"~c:!iu,,,;--.~ t.\J ~t:L.'-.!..u;1 e ur 1....llt:! 1\i.;t.. .1.1.:!Y(J)r.~ l:1:;;!11=!.::lt,.!s N(:t.1.C::t:e Xc,l5l published in Gazette No.~ 636 en 11 Deeembet' 1980; (c) p..:r~uar:t to Fa.:-.agrap:': 8 (1)(c) of t.la:!e Act, prc."1.!.bi! ehe ta:.r.:i:1~ cf fi:o:h i:'. r;:-cclai:ned waters with the 1..\Se o! a petagic gillnet. Qr d~~ft r,et o! a Xind speci!istl in thQ ScheC.ul.ta i and. (d) pur~uant to pa!'aq:-.:?F.': a (l)(e) ot the Ac::., p:ch1bit persons ~rarr. !".'l.vir.g i~ t'~eir ;;o\llS?suion or .;ha:t:gr,;,, .i,n i. Poat in proclab.1iH.l. •.-i~teri,, ec;:·.iipm@nt o! a kind spb!c:i:f:.:.ed 1:-:. the Scheciu~a unless that eouiDroent is stowod and ~ecured below deck. • ' Equipr,,ent refer:::<itd to 1n par.!c;raphs (cl and (d) c! this Notiee A pelagi= ~lllnet or d:ift net~ (a) the total length cf ~hich is ~ore th~n 2.S kilometres when m•e<.$'J.rQd ~lQng the hc&d 1:'0J:'C: bet\.,"C:C:n the QUtcrmo:Jt i::ointo a.t which the mes(! ot t:!",e net i,s attached to t.hat rope; (bl that do•• ~ot have at e,cn end o! the ~~~i ro?e, ocher that1 th~ hQad rope cf a net thac is attached to a boat wh~n the net ii 1n use for fishing, A yellow or c:ango buoy (J.) !-:<!vi:;g a diamet:er of at leas::: 30 -:entirr.etres; {1il bearing in black on white or wh!;e on tlack, lett~rs and figures me•1uring at l*est 1~ centimetres in heient ar.d fo:rmed. of st.~ol<es of a-: least 2. S cenCi;netre:s i:t w1dt;f. 1 the C1st1::.;'.:ishir.g syr.ibol assJ.gned under ~1::zti':l.C..Li.!~ .R~C:JUld-.l:...U ll ur 12 t.o the boat U$ed to ~et Lhe n*t; ar.d (ii1} :o ~hich is affixed an ~9r1~~~ ~oLe extending at least 1. 5 metres e.i:::~ve tr.e u;p•H su.d'.a.ce of the: buoy; (c.:) that dci.".$ r,ci; Mavn! etf.acl':.ed to t.he pole Cescci):.n:id in su~paragraph (b) (iii). (i) .:. 1.q'.:aro et' i'.a<l-::.ang,.114'!::: ila9 co.!.(:)>.1.::--.,d y..-1 t""w rir orange and measuri~g at leest 40 centi~etres along any side; (11} a metalli~ ~eflecto~ t~at \:ill QC~Q a radar signal t:rar.srutted l:::';'.;.:l\ any c.Hre-c,:,.:.on; a::d (ill) !~ a case cf a not that i~ in t~e water d~r!~g any pa~1ot be:wee~ sun~et and ~u~r1s~. a white flashing l1qht vis~ble !rom any dir0c~~c~ ~ta d~st~~ce of at leaec 500 reetree; and {d) tt~t ~oas ~ot h~v~ attached tc the head rope at intervals of not ~ore than :co metres alo~g 1~s :Eng~h, f~oa:s that ~r~ ~~ , •••• ,~ ~•~~;ffl•~-Q~ 1~ ~•Am~~p• ~"~ cclour~d vellow UL Gf2:11':J<.:, Dated '..his day o: JOKN KER,rn