This instrument is the Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery Closures) Amendment Direction No. 1 2024.

This instrument commences the day after this instrument is registered.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 41A(3) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and Small Pelagic Fishery Closures) Direction 2021

1 Schedule 42 Flounder/Kingfisher Trawl Closure

Repeal the entire schedule, substitute:

The area of the Flounder/Kingfisher Trawl Closure is that part of the AFZ contained within and bounded by a line:

a) commencing at the point of latitude 38° 15.000' south, longitude 148° 34.500' east (Point 1) and running progressively;

b) south easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 38° 16.500' south longitude 148° 37.500' east (Point 2);

c) generally south westerly along the geodesics sequentially connected by the following points:

3	38° 16.500' south	148°37.500' east
4	38° 16.513' south	148°37.491' east
5	38° 16.470' south	148°36.943' east
6	38° 16.549' south	148°36.330' east
7	38° 17.216' south	148°35.396' east
8	38° 17.507' south	148°35.021' east
9	38° 18.133' south	148°34.852' east
10	38° 19.013' south	148°34.188' east
11	38° 19.244' south	148°33.743' east
12	38° 19.817' south	148°33.551' east
13	38° 20.923' south	148°33.052' east
14	38° 21.238' south	148°31.950' east
15	38° 21.381' south	148°30.629' east
16	38° 21.620' south	148°30.173' east
17	38° 22.058' south	148°29.626' east
18	38° 22.666' south	148°28.675' east
19	38° 23.697' south	148°28.435' east
20	38° 24.701' south	148°28.424' east
21	38° 25.587' south	148°29.062' east
22	38° 26.192' south	148°28.672' east
23	38° 26.521' south	148°27.496' east
24	38° 26.718' south	148°27.021' east
25	38° 27.431' south	148°26.376' east
26	38° 28.520' south	148°26.421' east
27	38° 28.861' south	148°26.571' east
28	38° 29.277' south	148°27.028' east
29	38° 30.244' south	148°26.878' east
30	38° 30.550' south	148°25.768' east
31	38° 31.345' south	148°24.986' east
32	38° 31.698' south	148°24.794' east
33	38° 32.373' south	148°24.805' east
34	38° 33.324' south	148°25.160' east
35	38° 33.909' south	148°25.640' east
36	38° 33.731' south	148°26.644' east
37	38° 33.970' south	148°27.533' east
38	38° 34.302' south	148°27.429' east
39	38° 35.120' south	148°27.192' east
40	38° 35.484' south	148°26.745' east
41	38° 35.670' south	148°25.584' east
42	38° 36.355' south	148°24.819' east
43	38° 36.978' south	148°24.513' east
44	38° 37.419' south	148°24.518' east
45	38° 38.105' south	148°25.477' east
46	38° 39.021' south	148°25.030' east
47	38° 39.636' south	148°24.559' east
48	38° 40.376' south	148°24.576' east
49	38° 40.750' south	148°23.719' east
50	38° 41.880' south	148°22.348' east
51	38° 42.725' south	148°21.731' east
52	38° 43.303' south	148°21.063' east
53	38° 44.027' south	148°20.250' east
54	38° 44.699' south	148°19.982' east
55	38° 45.370' south	148°19.830' east
56	38° 45.983' south	148°19.423' east
57	38° 46.669' south	148°19.246' east
58	38° 47.156' south	148°19.058' east
59	38° 47.932' south	148°19.072' east
60	38° 48.000' south	148°19.190' east

d) west along the parallel of latitude 38° 48.000' south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148° 16.500' east (Point 61);

e) generally north easterly along the geodesics sequentially connected by the following points:

62	38° 34.500' south	148°18.000' east
63	38° 28.500' south	148°21.000' east
64	38° 21.074' south	148°26.292' east

f) north easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

2 Schedule 43 Babel Island Trawl Closure

Repeal the entire schedule, substitute:

The area of the Babel Island Trawl Closure is that part of the AFZ contained within and bounded by a line:

a) commencing at the point of latitude 38° 53.612' south, longitude 148° 24.545' east (Point 1) and running progressively;

b) east along the parallel of latitude 38° 53.612' south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148° 28.929' east (Point 2);

c) generally south along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:

3	38° 53.637' south	148° 28.971' east
4	38° 53.889' south	148° 28.379' east
5	38° 54.524' south	148° 28.037' east
6	38° 54.691' south	148° 27.955' east
7	38° 55.844' south	148° 28.374' east
8	38° 56.049' south	148° 29.000' east
9	38° 55.991' south	148° 29.493' east
10	38° 56.647' south	148° 30.260' east
11	38° 57.099' south	148° 30.439' east
12	38° 58.160' south	148° 31.824' east
13	38° 58.606' south	148° 32.600' east
14	38° 59.581' south	148° 33.169' east
15	39° 0.379' south	148° 33.053' east
16	39° 0.977' south	148° 34.225' east
17	39° 1.485' south	148° 34.428' east
18	39° 1.800' south	148° 33.674' east
19	39° 2.822' south	148° 33.468' east
20	39° 3.363' south	148° 32.853' east
21	39° 3.633' south	148° 34.454' east
22	39° 3.609' south	148° 34.759' east
23	39° 4.025' south	148° 35.432' east
24	39° 4.999' south	148° 35.400' east
25	39° 6.071' south	148° 36.924' east
26	39° 6.370' south	148° 37.010' east
27	39° 7.221' south	148° 38.219' east
28	39° 8.194' south	148° 37.174' east
29	39° 8.774' south	148° 36.676' east
30	39° 9.415' south	148° 36.691' east
31	39° 9.415' south	148° 37.902' east
32	39° 9.259' south	148° 38.840' east
33	39° 9.791' south	148° 39.026' east
34	39° 10.448' south	148° 39.007' east
35	39° 11.555' south	148° 39.337' east
36	39° 12.613' south	148° 39.233' east
37	39° 13.457' south	148° 40.024' east
38	39° 14.643' south	148° 39.774' east
39	39° 15.481' south	148° 39.688' east
40	39° 16.287' south	148° 40.442' east
41	39° 19.125' south	148° 41.127' east
42	39° 19.380' south	148° 42.711' east
43	39° 19.607' south	148° 42.883' east
44	39° 19.788' south	148° 42.968' east
45	39° 20.198' south	148° 43.638' east
46	39° 20.256' south	148° 43.743' east
47	39° 20.716' south	148° 43.916' east
48	39° 21.539' south	148° 44.196' east
49	39° 22.473' south	148° 44.217' east
50	39° 22.644' south	148° 44.219' east
51	39° 22.808' south	148° 44.153' east
52	39° 24.078' south	148° 44.520' east
53	39° 24.924' south	148° 44.519' east
54	39° 24.984' south	148° 44.537' east
55	39° 25.892' south	148° 43.833' east
56	39° 25.906' south	148° 43.807' east
57	39° 26.025' south	148° 43.769' east
58	39° 26.340' south	148° 43.738' east
59	39° 26.573' south	148° 44.071' east
60	39° 26.570' south	148° 44.110' east
61	39° 26.533' south	148° 45.942' east
62	39° 28.542' south	148° 46.570' east
63	39° 31.840' south	148° 47.271' east
64	39° 35.138' south	148° 47.972' east
65	39° 38.986' south	148° 46.941' east
66	39° 43.725' south	148° 48.369' east
67	39° 48.094' south	148° 48.295' east
68	40° 2.101' south	148° 52.652' east
69	40° 22.500' south	148° 52.800' east

d) west along the parallel of latitude 40° 22.500' south to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 148° 49.500' east (Point 70);

e) generally north westerly along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:

71	40° 2.112' south	148° 46.500' east
72	39° 55.959' south	148° 39.000' east
73	39° 51.000' south	148° 37.500' east
74	39° 34.500' south	148° 37.500' east
75	39° 19.500' south	148° 36.000' east
76	39° 7.500' south	148° 33.792' east
77	39° 2.427' south	148° 28.849' east

f) north westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement