DIRECTION NOT TO ENGAGE IN FISHING
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 41A(2)
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 3 2013
I, NICK RAYNS, A/g Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate under delegation No. 1 of 2011 made on 28th January 2011 from the Commission, make the following Direction under subsection 41A(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Dated: 1 February 2013
Nick Rayns
A/g Chief Executive Officer
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Citation
1. This Direction may be cited as the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 3 2013.
Commencement
2. This Direction commences on 15 February 2013.
Cessation
3. This Direction ceases as if it was revoked on 1 December 2018 unless earlier revoked.
Interpretation
4. Terms used in this Direction that are defined for the purposes of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 (the Plan) have the same meanings in this Direction as they have in the Plan.
‘Automatic baiting equipment’ means any mechanical operation that automatically positions bait on the hooks without the need for each hook/snood to be individually clipped onto the mainline directly by hand during the setting of the gear.
All geographic coordinates contained within the schedules attached to this document are in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).
Unless otherwise stated, the lines between coordinates are geodesics.
Notes: 1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Direction.
To whom this Direction applies
5. This Direction applies to a holder of a fishing concession in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.
Direction not to engage in fishing
6. Fishing is not to be engaged in the following areas of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery:
(a) Fishing is not to be engaged in the area described in Schedule 1:
(i) using gillnet methods; and
(ii) using hook methods if fishing under the authority of a shark hook boat statutory fishing right.
(b) Fishing is not to be engaged in using automatic baiting equipment in the area described in Schedule 2.
SCHEDULE 1
Shark Hook and Gillnet Deepwater Closure
The area of the Shark Hook and Gillnet Deepwater Closure is that part of the AFZ contained within and bounded by a line commencing at the point on the Adjacent Area Boundary between the States of New South Wales and Victoria, off south eastern Australia, closest to the point of latitude 37º 35' 54.5" south, longitude 150º 12' 31.8" east (Point 159).
Then south easterly along that Adjacent Area Boundary to its intersection with the outer limit of the AFZ, close to the point of latitude 38º 58' 17" south, longitude 153º 46' 43" east.
Then generally southerly and westerly along the outer limit of the AFZ to its intersection, south of Australia, with the Adjacent Area Boundary between the States of South Australia and Western Australia, close to the point of latitude 35º 19' 14.9" south, longitude 129º 00' 05.2" east.
Then northerly along that Adjacent Area Boundary to a point closest to latitude 33º 20’ 47.1” south, longitude 129º 00’ 05.1” east, (Point 1).
Then generally south easterly along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:
2
33° 20' 32" south
129° 42' 55" east
3
33° 18' 39" south
130° 05' 17" east
4
33° 21' 16" south
130° 50' 25" east
5
33° 26' 40" south
131° 29' 28" east
6
33° 31' 45" south
131° 47' 44" east
7
33° 39' 03" south
131° 58' 05" east
8
33° 40' 36" south
132° 03' 28" east
9
33° 51' 13" south
132° 19' 50" east
10
34° 11' 01" south
132° 35' 06" east
11
34° 50' 24" south
133° 25' 24" east
12
34° 55' 55" south
133° 49' 04" east
13
34° 59' 19" south
133° 56' 19" east
14
35° 03' 43" south
134° 13' 15" east
15
35° 12' 39" south
134° 30' 12" east
16
35° 27' 21" south
134° 52' 04" east
17
35° 32' 56" south
135° 07' 13" east
18
35° 38' 33" south
135° 17' 42" east
19
35° 36' 32" south
135° 20' 35" east
20
35° 49' 31" south
135° 37' 54" east
21
35° 53' 11" south
135° 44' 15" east
22
35° 58' 57" south
135° 44' 07" east
23
36° 07' 36" south
135° 53' 26" east
24
36° 17' 17" south
136° 00' 05" east
25
36° 19' 02" south
136° 05' 09" east
26
36° 26' 03" south
136° 08' 39" east
27
36° 30' 41" south
136° 20' 11" east
28
36° 22' 49" south
136° 28' 12" east
29
36° 24' 23" south
136° 29' 23" east
30
36° 32' 00" south
136° 27' 35" east
31
36° 37' 21" south
136° 41' 15" east
32
36° 31' 45" south
136° 41' 12" east
33
36° 31' 04" south
136° 43' 30" east
34
36° 34' 38" south
136° 44' 42" east
35
36° 38' 46" south
136° 56' 52" east
36
36° 37' 21" south
137° 00' 55" east
37
36° 41' 27" south
137° 03' 14" east
38
36° 48' 13" south
137° 24' 54" east
39
36° 56' 14" south
137° 37' 31" east
40
36° 57' 09" south
137° 41' 22" east
41
37° 01' 16" south
137° 46' 33" east
42
37° 03' 49" south
137° 53' 23" east
43
37° 03' 04" south
137° 58' 31" east
44
37° 05' 45" south
138° 02' 59" east
45
37° 03' 59" south
138° 14' 33" east
46
37° 05' 24" south
138° 30' 56" east
47
37° 11' 20" south
139° 00' 12" east
48
37° 17' 44" south
139° 10' 57" east
49
37° 26' 30" south
139° 16' 49" east
50
37° 33' 45" south
139° 30' 51" east
51
38° 01' 59" south
140° 09' 07" east
52
38° 16' 37" south
140° 31' 00" east
53
38° 32' 28" south
141° 11' 05" east
54
38° 37' 33" south
141° 17' 06" east
55
38° 45' 02" south
141° 32' 58" east
56
38° 49' 13" south
142° 02' 07" east
57
38° 51' 01" south
142° 04' 29" east
58
38° 53' 45" south
142° 16' 38" east
59
38° 58' 55" south
142° 21' 54" east
60
39° 02' 36" south
142° 31' 06" east
61
39° 23' 37" south
142° 52' 43" east
62
39° 25' 42" south
142° 53' 13" east
63
39° 27' 43" south
142° 56' 39" east
64
39° 37' 46" south
143° 05' 17" east
65
39° 57' 54" south
143° 14' 22" east
66
40° 02' 25" south
143° 15' 26" east
67
40° 02' 58" south
143° 18' 16" east
68
40° 05' 58" south
143° 17' 12" east
69
40° 09' 01" south
143° 20' 25" east
70
40° 10' 40" south
143° 19' 30" east
71
40° 14' 06" south
143° 22' 14" east
72
40° 25' 12" south
143° 25' 34" east
73
40° 43' 41" south
143° 37' 42" east
74
41° 04' 49" south
144° 01' 02" east
75
41° 20' 23" south
144° 20' 42" east
76
41° 19' 44" south
144° 25' 32" east
77
41° 32' 02" south
144° 26' 01" east
78
41° 40' 15" south
144° 30' 29" east
79
41° 45' 51" south
144° 31' 26" east
80
41° 44' 07" south
144° 35' 18" east
81
41° 52' 47" south
144° 35' 01" east
82
41° 55' 24" south
144° 40' 23" east
83
42° 01' 59" south
144° 44' 33" east
84
42° 08' 08" south
144° 44' 26" east
85
42° 17' 55" south
144° 52' 55" east
86
42° 25' 27" south
144° 51' 18" east
87
42° 37' 53" south
144° 56' 34" east
88
42° 48' 32" south
144° 56' 40" east
89
42° 53' 47" south
145° 02' 18" east
90
43° 00' 14" south
145° 06' 43" east
91
43° 08' 23" south
145° 24' 16" east
92
43° 16' 38" south
145° 25' 34" east
93
43° 24' 05" south
145° 41' 22" east
94
43° 34' 57" south
145° 52' 14" east
95
43° 37' 11" south
145° 51' 36" east
96
43° 39' 29" south
145° 55' 19" east
97
43° 44' 53" south
145° 55' 28" east
98
43° 47' 05" south
146° 00' 33" east
99
43° 50' 36" south
145° 59' 52" east
100
43° 59' 43" south
146° 19' 59" east
101
44° 00' 23" south
146° 33' 43" east
102
44° 03' 04" south
146° 33' 42" east
103
44° 04' 26" south
146° 37' 32" east
104
44° 03' 02" south
146° 39' 27" east
105
44° 02' 41" south
146° 47' 40" east
106
43° 59' 08" south
146° 52' 48" east
107
44° 05' 10" south
147° 00' 02" east
108
44° 07' 58" south
147° 01' 55" east
109
44° 05' 26" south
147° 04' 37" east
110
44° 00' 07" south
147° 21' 53" east
111
44° 00' 39" south
147° 25' 16" east
112
43° 58' 27" south
147° 31' 53" east
113
43° 54' 10" south
147° 37' 34" east
114
43° 52' 26" south
147° 42' 43" east
115
43° 40' 24" south
147° 52' 18" east
116
43° 32' 31" south
147° 55' 43" east
117
43° 27' 12" south
148° 00' 49" east
118
43° 24' 44" south
148° 07' 48" east
119
43° 02' 47" south
148° 14' 04" east
120
42° 51' 41" south
148° 20' 10" east
121
42° 44' 59" south
148° 22' 01" east
122
42° 43' 11" south
148° 21' 01" east
123
42° 41' 22" south
148° 23' 55" east
124
42° 30' 20" south
148° 29' 06" east
125
42° 13' 12" south
148° 34' 44" east
126
41° 57' 16" south
148° 36' 54" east
127
41° 41' 22" south
148° 34' 02" east
128
41° 34' 11" south
148° 36' 15" east
129
41° 31' 35" south
148° 35' 25" east
130
41° 25' 26" south
148° 38' 18" east
131
41° 10' 47" south
148° 37' 37" east
132
40° 52' 35" south
148° 44' 25" east
133
40° 36' 03" south
148° 46' 60" east
134
40° 27' 30" south
148° 51' 49" east
135
40° 15' 32" south
148° 53' 00" east
136
40° 13' 48" south
148° 51' 27" east
137
40° 11' 52" south
148° 52' 35" east
138
39° 57' 24" south
148° 50' 30" east
139
39° 54' 36" south
148° 47' 54" east
140
39° 50' 50" south
148° 48' 49" east
141
39° 48' 12" south
148° 46' 60" east
142
39° 45' 18" south
148° 47' 39" east
143
39° 38' 49" south
148° 45' 39" east
144
39° 34' 21" south
148° 47' 13" east
145
39° 26' 43" south
148° 44' 15" east
146
39° 20' 31" south
148° 43' 39" east
147
39° 19' 12" south
148° 41' 42" east
148
39° 22' 03" south
148° 39' 06" east
149
39° 21' 26" south
148° 37' 03" east
150
39° 16' 15" south
148° 38' 53" east
151
39° 10' 05" south
148° 38' 18" east
152
39° 09' 23" south
148° 36' 41" east
153
39° 07' 42" south
148° 36' 54" east
154
39° 04' 24" south
148° 35' 40" east
155
39° 04' 44" south
148° 33' 14" east
156
39° 03' 37" south
148° 32' 22" east
157
39° 00' 44" south
148° 33' 31" east
158
38° 51' 49" south
148° 26' 06" east
159
38° 52' 45" south
148° 22' 16" east
160
38° 48' 20" south
148° 18' 06" east
161
38° 38' 20" south
148° 23' 55" east
162
38° 32' 04" south
148° 24' 22" east
163
38° 22' 12" south
148° 28' 44" east
164
38° 16' 07" south
148° 37' 10" east
165
38° 17' 52" south
148° 41' 35" east
166
38° 16' 10" south
148° 53' 53" east
167
38° 13' 15" south
148° 57' 48" east
168
38° 14' 01" south
149° 05' 13" east
169
38° 12' 14" south
149° 15' 06" east
170
38° 08' 19" south
149° 16' 41" east
171
38° 07' 56" south
149° 22' 30" east
172
38° 05' 07" south
149° 20' 51" east
173
38° 02' 55" south
149° 23' 03" east
174
38° 08' 57" south
149° 33' 49" east
175
38° 06' 01" south
149° 51' 38" east
176
37° 57' 11" south
150° 01' 14" east
177
37° 49' 7" south
150° 03' 13" east
Then north easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
SCHEDULE 2
Automatic Longline Shallow Water Closure
The area of the Automatic Longline Shallow Water Closure is that part of the AFZ contained within and bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the outer limit of Coastal Waters off south eastern Australia with the Adjacent Area Boundary between the States of New South Wales and Victoria close to the point of latitude 37º 31’ 40’8” south, longitude 150º 01’ 59’08” east.
Then south easterly along that Adjacent Area Boundary to its intersection with parallel of latitude 37º 34’ 54” south, close to meridian of longitude 150º 10’ 04” east’
Then east along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 150º 12’ 43’08” east, (Point 1). Then, initially south westerly, along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:
2
33° 20' 32" south
129° 42' 55" east
3
33° 18' 39" south
130° 05' 17" east
4
33° 21' 16" south
130° 50' 25" east
5
33° 26' 40" south
131° 29' 28" east
6
33° 31' 45" south
131° 47' 44" east
7
33° 39' 03" south
131° 58' 05" east
8
33° 40' 36" south
132° 03' 28" east
9
33° 51' 13" south
132° 19' 50" east
10
34° 11' 01" south
132° 35' 06" east
11
34° 50' 24" south
133° 25' 24" east
12
34° 55' 55" south
133° 49' 04" east
13
34° 59' 19" south
133° 56' 19" east
14
35° 03' 43" south
134° 13' 15" east
15
35° 12' 39" south
134° 30' 12" east
16
35° 27' 21" south
134° 52' 04" east
17
35° 32' 56" south
135° 07' 13" east
18
35° 38' 33" south
135° 17' 42" east
19
35° 36' 32" south
135° 20' 35" east
20
35° 49' 31" south
135° 37' 54" east
21
35° 53' 11" south
135° 44' 15" east
22
35° 58' 57" south
135° 44' 07" east
23
36° 07' 36" south
135° 53' 26" east
24
36° 17' 17" south
136° 00' 05" east
25
36° 19' 02" south
136° 05' 09" east
26
36° 26' 03" south
136° 08' 39" east
27
36° 30' 41" south
136° 20' 11" east
28
36° 22' 49" south
136° 28' 12" east
29
36° 24' 23" south
136° 29' 23" east
30
36° 32' 00" south
136° 27' 35" east
31
36° 37' 21" south
136° 41' 15" east
32
36° 31' 45" south
136° 41' 12" east
33
36° 31' 04" south
136° 43' 30" east
34
36° 34' 38" south
136° 44' 42" east
35
36° 38' 46" south
136° 56' 52" east
36
36° 37' 21" south
137° 00' 55" east
37
36° 41' 27" south
137° 03' 14" east
38
36° 48' 13" south
137° 24' 54" east
39
36° 56' 14" south
137° 37' 31" east
40
36° 57' 09" south
137° 41' 22" east
41
37° 01' 16" south
137° 46' 33" east
42
37° 03' 49" south
137° 53' 23" east
43
37° 03' 04" south
137° 58' 31" east
44
37° 05' 45" south
138° 02' 59" east
45
37° 03' 59" south
138° 14' 33" east
46
37° 05' 24" south
138° 30' 56" east
47
37° 11' 20" south
139° 00' 12" east
48
37° 17' 44" south
139° 10' 57" east
49
37° 26' 30" south
139° 16' 49" east
50
37° 33' 45" south
139° 30' 51" east
51
38° 01' 59" south
140° 09' 07" east
52
38° 16' 37" south
140° 31' 00" east
53
38° 32' 28" south
141° 11' 05" east
54
38° 37' 33" south
141° 17' 06" east
55
38° 45' 02" south
141° 32' 58" east
56
38° 49' 13" south
142° 02' 07" east
57
38° 51' 01" south
142° 04' 29" east
58
38° 53' 45" south
142° 16' 38" east
59
38° 58' 55" south
142° 21' 54" east
60
39° 02' 36" south
142° 31' 06" east
61
39° 23' 37" south
142° 52' 43" east
62
39° 25' 42" south
142° 53' 13" east
63
39° 27' 43" south
142° 56' 39" east
64
39° 37' 46" south
143° 05' 17" east
65
39° 57' 54" south
143° 14' 22" east
66
40° 02' 25" south
143° 15' 26" east
67
40° 02' 58" south
143° 18' 16" east
68
40° 05' 58" south
143° 17' 12" east
69
40° 09' 01" south
143° 20' 25" east
70
40° 10' 40" south
143° 19' 30" east
71
40° 14' 06" south
143° 22' 14" east
72
40° 25' 12" south
143° 25' 34" east
73
40° 43' 41" south
143° 37' 42" east
74
41° 04' 49" south
144° 01' 02" east
75
41° 20' 23" south
144° 20' 42" east
76
41° 19' 44" south
144° 25' 32" east
77
41° 32' 02" south
144° 26' 01" east
78
41° 40' 15" south
144° 30' 29" east
79
41° 45' 51" south
144° 31' 26" east
80
41° 44' 07" south
144° 35' 18" east
81
41° 52' 47" south
144° 35' 01" east
82
41° 55' 24" south
144° 40' 23" east
83
42° 01' 59" south
144° 44' 33" east
84
42° 08' 08" south
144° 44' 26" east
85
42° 17' 55" south
144° 52' 55" east
86
42° 25' 27" south
144° 51' 18" east
87
42° 37' 53" south
144° 56' 34" east
88
42° 48' 32" south
144° 56' 40" east
89
42° 53' 47" south
145° 02' 18" east
90
43° 00' 14" south
145° 06' 43" east
91
43° 08' 23" south
145° 24' 16" east
92
43° 16' 38" south
145° 25' 34" east
93
43° 24' 05" south
145° 41' 22" east
94
43° 34' 57" south
145° 52' 14" east
95
43° 37' 11" south
145° 51' 36" east
96
43° 39' 29" south
145° 55' 19" east
97
43° 44' 53" south
145° 55' 28" east
98
43° 47' 05" south
146° 00' 33" east
99
43° 50' 36" south
145° 59' 52" east
100
43° 59' 43" south
146° 19' 59" east
101
44° 00' 23" south
146° 33' 43" east
102
44° 03' 04" south
146° 33' 42" east
103
44° 04' 26" south
146° 37' 32" east
104
44° 03' 02" south
146° 39' 27" east
105
44° 02' 41" south
146° 47' 40" east
106
43° 59' 08" south
146° 52' 48" east
107
44° 05' 10" south
147° 00' 02" east
108
44° 07' 58" south
147° 01' 55" east
109
44° 05' 26" south
147° 04' 37" east
110
44° 00' 07" south
147° 21' 53" east
111
44° 00' 39" south
147° 25' 16" east
112
43° 58' 27" south
147° 31' 53" east
113
43° 54' 10" south
147° 37' 34" east
114
43° 52' 26" south
147° 42' 43" east
115
43° 40' 24" south
147° 52' 18" east
116
43° 32' 31" south
147° 55' 43" east
117
43° 27' 12" south
148° 00' 49" east
118
43° 24' 44" south
148° 07' 48" east
119
43° 02' 47" south
148° 14' 04" east
120
42° 51' 41" south
148° 20' 10" east
121
42° 44' 59" south
148° 22' 01" east
122
42° 43' 11" south
148° 21' 01" east
123
42° 41' 22" south
148° 23' 55" east
124
42° 30' 20" south
148° 29' 06" east
125
42° 13' 12" south
148° 34' 44" east
126
41° 57' 16" south
148° 36' 54" east
127
41° 41' 22" south
148° 34' 02" east
128
41° 34' 11" south
148° 36' 15" east
129
41° 31' 35" south
148° 35' 25" east
130
41° 25' 26" south
148° 38' 18" east
131
41° 10' 47" south
148° 37' 37" east
132
40° 52' 35" south
148° 44' 25" east
133
40° 36' 03" south
148° 46' 60" east
134
40° 27' 30" south
148° 51' 49" east
135
40° 15' 32" south
148° 53' 00" east
136
40° 13' 48" south
148° 51' 27" east
137
40° 11' 52" south
148° 52' 35" east
138
39° 57' 24" south
148° 50' 30" east
139
39° 54' 36" south
148° 47' 54" east
140
39° 50' 50" south
148° 48' 49" east
141
39° 48' 12" south
148° 46' 60" east
142
39° 45' 18" south
148° 47' 39" east
143
39° 38' 49" south
148° 45' 39" east
144
39° 34' 21" south
148° 47' 13" east
145
39° 26' 43" south
148° 44' 15" east
146
39° 20' 31" south
148° 43' 39" east
147
39° 19' 12" south
148° 41' 42" east
148
39° 22' 03" south
148° 39' 06" east
149
39° 21' 26" south
148° 37' 03" east
150
39° 16' 15" south
148° 38' 53" east
151
39° 10' 05" south
148° 38' 18" east
152
39° 09' 23" south
148° 36' 41" east
153
39° 07' 42" south
148° 36' 54" east
154
39° 04' 24" south
148° 35' 40" east
155
39° 04' 44" south
148° 33' 14" east
156
39° 03' 37" south
148° 32' 22" east
157
39° 00' 44" south
148° 33' 31" east
158
38° 51' 49" south
148° 26' 06" east
159
38° 52' 45" south
148° 22' 16" east
160
38° 48' 20" south
148° 18' 06" east
161
38° 38' 20" south
148° 23' 55" east
162
38° 32' 04" south
148° 24' 22" east
163
38° 22' 12" south
148° 28' 44" east
164
38° 16' 07" south
148° 37' 10" east
165
38° 17' 52" south
148° 41' 35" east
166
38° 16' 10" south
148° 53' 53" east
167
38° 13' 15" south
148° 57' 48" east
168
38° 14' 01" south
149° 05' 13" east
169
38° 12' 14" south
149° 15' 06" east
170
38° 08' 19" south
149° 16' 41" east
171
38° 07' 56" south
149° 22' 30" east
172
38° 05' 07" south
149° 20' 51" east
173
38° 02' 55" south
149° 23' 03" east
174
38° 08' 57" south
149° 33' 49" east
175
38° 06' 01" south
149° 51' 38" east
176
37° 57' 11" south
150° 01' 14" east
177
37° 49' 7" south
150° 03' 13" east
Then westerly along the geodesic to the point on the Adjacent Area Boundary between the States of South Australia and Western Australia closest to latitude 33º 20’ 47’01” south, longitude 129º 00’ 05’01” east.
Then north along that Adjacent Area Boundary to its intersection with the outer limit of Coastal Waters off southern Australia close to a point of latitude 31º 44’ 29’8” south, longitude 129º 00’ 05’ east’.
Then generally easterly along the outer limit of the Coastal Waters of the States of South Australia and Victoria back to the point of commencement.
Also included in the Automatic Longline Shallow Water Closure is the area within a circle of radius 8’1 nautical miles centred at the point of latitude 33º 09’ 51’1” south, longitude 156º 10’ 02’4” east, in the vicinity of Taupo Seamount.
