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Fisheries Management Regulations 2019
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
This item is authorised by the following title:
Fisheries Management Act 1991
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F2024C00948 (C03)
14 October 2024
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
3 Authority
4 Simplified outline of this instrument
5 Definitions
6 Geographic coordinates
7 Conversion of weight for Southern Bluefin Tuna in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery
8 Determining length of boat
9 Approved vessel monitoring systems
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Part 2—Application of Act to areas outside the AFZ
10 Simplified outline of this Part
11 Antarctic waters
12 High seas fishing zone
13 South Tasman Rise
14 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
15 Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
16 Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean
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Part 3—References to areas of the AFZ
17 Simplified outline of this Part
18 Referring to areas of waters within the AFZ
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Part 4—Regulation of boats to conserve the marine environment
19 Simplified outline of this Part
20 Regulation of boats to conserve the marine environment
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Part 5—Tenders
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Division 1—Preliminary
21 Simplified outline of this Part
22 Administration of the tender process
Division 2—Applications and tender process
23 Applications under subsection 26(1) of the Act
24 Opening outer envelopes
Division 3—Recording and ranking of tenders
25 Application procedures if fishery divided into sectors
26 Procedures for reserve price
27 Tenders—recording and ranking
28 Certain persons not to be placed on precedence list
29 Procedures if tenderer can acquire less than all available rights
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Part 6—Prescribed period for payment
30 Simplified outline of this Part
31 Prescribed period for payment
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Part 7—Standard conditions for fishing concessions
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Division 1—Preliminary
32 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Nominated boats
33 Nominated boat must be used on trip
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Division 3—Vessels on IUU vessel list
34 Conditions
35 Concession holders not to use vessels on IUU vessel list
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Division 4—Vessel monitoring systems
36 Conditions
37 Concession holder to ensure that vessel monitoring system is fitted and operating
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Division 5—Observers on nominated Australian boats
38 Conditions
39 Requirement to carry observer
40 Concession holder to ensure provision for observer and equipment
41 Concession holder to ensure observer is able to perform functions
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Division 6—Disposal of fish taken in declared fisheries
42 Conditions
43 Fish to be disposed of to fish receiver permit holder
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Division 7—Catch limits in northern waters
44 Conditions
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Division 8—Catch limits for Victorian waters
45 Interpretation
46 Conditions
47 Crustaceans
48 Molluscs
49 Finfish
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Division 9—Catch limits for South Australian waters
50 Interpretation
51 Conditions
52 Crustaceans
53 Molluscs
54 Finfish
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Division 10—Catch limits for Tasmanian waters
55 Interpretation
56 Conditions
57 Crustaceans
58 Molluscs
59 Finfish
60 Other species
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Division 11—Catch limits for prawn fishery waters
61 Conditions
62 Crustaceans
63 Molluscs
64 Finfish
65 Other species
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Division 12—Fish processing during a trip
66 Conditions
67 Prohibited ways of processing fish
68 Removal of shark liver
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Division 13—Impacts on the marine environment
69 Conditions
70 No interaction with protected organism
71 Reporting interaction with protected organism
72 Requirements if protected organism is injured by interaction
73 Requirements if protected organism killed by interaction
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Part 8—Fish receiver permits
74 Simplified outline of this Part
75 Holder of fish receiver permit to keep records
76 Holder of fish receiver permit to give returns of information
77 Information about fish received
78 Information about fish disposed of
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Part 9—Operation of boats and equipment
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Division 1—Preliminary
79 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Operation of boats
80 Identification code for a boat
81 Production of documents on a foreign boat
82 Identification of the call sign of a foreign boat
83 Identification of the name of a foreign boat
84 Information relating to persons on board a boat
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Division 3—Closure or partial closure of a fishery
85 Meaning of closed zone
86 Navigating in area that is a closed zone
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Division 4—Unclaimed equipment
87 Sale or disposal of unclaimed equipment
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Part 10—Detention of suspected illegal foreign fishers
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
88 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Identifying detainees
89 Personal identifiers
90 Personal identifiers detainees must provide
91 Personal identifiers officers must require non citizens to provide by way of identification tests
92 Information to be provided before carrying out identification tests
93 Authorising access to video recordings
94 Providing video recordings—permitted provision
95 Providing video recordings—limitations
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Division 3—Disclosure of identifying information
96 Authorising access to identifying information
97 Authorising disclosure of identifying information
98 Disclosure of identifying information to Australian bodies
99 Disclosure of identifying information to international organisations
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Division 4—Disclosures relating to illegal fishing activities
100 Authorising disclosure of information relating to illegal fishing activities
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Part 11—Administration
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
101 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Registers
102 Information to be included in registers
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Division 3—Collection and disclosure of information
103 Collection of information
104 Disclosure of information
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Division 4—Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel
105 Administrative matters
106 Fees and allowances for appearing before Panel
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Division 5—Restrictions on transfers
107 Caveats
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Division 6—Fees
108 Fees
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Part 12—Transitional provisions
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
117 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Provisions for this instrument as originally made
118 Things done under the Fisheries Management Regulations 1992 or the Fisheries Management (Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery) Regulations 1995
119 Infringement notices
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Schedule 1—Application of Act outside the AFZ
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Part 1—High seas fishing zone
1 High seas fishing zone
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Part 2—South Tasman Rise
2 South Tasman Rise
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Schedule 2—References to areas of the AFZ
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Part 1—Area of the Coral Sea Fishery
1 Area of the Coral Sea Fishery
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Part 2—Areas of the Eastern Skipjack Fishery
2 Areas of the Eastern Skipjack Fishery
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Part 3—Area of the Norfolk Island Inshore Fishery
3 Area of the Norfolk Island Inshore Fishery
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Part 4—Area of the Norfolk Island Offshore Demersal Finfish Fishery
4 Area of the Norfolk Island Offshore Demersal Finfish Fishery
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Part 5—Area of the North West Slope Trawl Fishery
5 Area of the North West Slope Trawl Fishery
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Part 6—Area of the South Tasman Rise Fishery
6 Area of the South Tasman Rise Fishery
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Part 7—Area of the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery
7 Area of the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery
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Part 8—Areas of the Western Skipjack Fishery
8 Area of the Western Skipjack Fishery
9 Western Skipjack Fishery subarea 1
10 Western Skipjack Fishery subarea 2
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Schedule 3—Catch limits for fishing in northern waters
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Part 1—Northern waters
1 Northern waters
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Part 2—Restricted species for northern waters
2 Species with limit of 2 fish
3 Species with limit of 10 fish
4 Species with limit of 20 fish
5 Boundary between Northern Territory and Queensland waters
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Schedule 4—Catch limits for Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian waters
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Part 1—Areas of application
1 Victorian waters
2 South Australian waters
3 Tasmanian waters
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Part 2—Crustaceans
4 Prawns
5 Other crustaceans
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Part 3—Molluscs
6 Molluscs
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Part 4—Finfish
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Division 1—Victorian waters
7 Species not to be taken
8 Species subject to limits
Division 2—South Australian waters
9 Species not to be taken
10 Species with combined catch limit of 20 kilograms per trip
11 Species with combined catch limit of 50 kilograms per trip
12 Other controlled species
13 Other species to be taken into account for total catch limit
Division 3—Tasmanian waters
14 Species not to be taken
15 Species subject to combined limit
Part 5—Other species
16 Other species not to be taken from Tasmanian waters
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Schedule 5—Catch limits for prawn fishery waters
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Part 1—Prawn fishery waters
1 Prawn fishery waters
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Part 2—Molluscs
2 Species not to be taken
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Part 3—Finfish
3 Species not to be taken
4 Species with a combined limit of 10 fish
5 Catch limits by weight
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Part 4—Other species
6 Other species not to be taken
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Schedule 6—Fees
1 Fees
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history