DIRECTION NOT TO ENGAGE IN FISHING
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 41A(2)
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION No. 11 2013
                                                                                                                                                      
I, James Findlay, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate under delegation No. 6 of 2013 made on 16th September 2013 from the Commission, make the following Direction under subsection 41A(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
 
 
 
Dated:    30 September 2013
 
 
 
 
 
James Findlay
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. 11 2013.
Commencement
2.       This Direction commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
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       This Direction ceases as if it was revoked on 1 December 2018 unless earlier revoked.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.
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 in the area of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery as prescribed in Schedule 1.
Revocation of previous Direction
7.            This Direction revokes the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 4 2013 with effect from the commencement of this Direction.
 
SCHEDULE 1
Flinders Research Zone Closure
The area of the Flinders Research Zone Closure is that part of the AFZ contained within and bounded by a line commencing at the point of latitude 39° 26' south, longitude 148° 43.74' east (point 1); Then generally southerly along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:

2
39° 26.32' south
148° 43.65' east

3
39° 27.43' south
148° 45.01' east

4
39° 31.67' south
148° 46.61' east

5
39° 36.72' south
148° 47.39' east

6
39° 37.68' south
148° 43.71' east

7
39° 39.23' south
148° 42.79' east

8
39° 40.94' south
148° 47.24' east

9
39° 45.06' south
148° 48.16' east

10
39° 48.8' south
148° 46.67' east

11
39° 50.09' south
148° 48.39' east

12
39° 51.86' south
148° 49.04' east

13
39° 54.63' south
148° 48.23' east

14
39° 56.31' south
148° 50.34' east

15
40° 1.82' south
148° 51.87' east

16
40° 4.43' south
148° 51.48' east

17
40° 7.76' south
148° 51.81' east

18
40° 8.44' south
148° 52.59' east

19
40° 10.92' south
148° 52.59' east

20
40° 11.59' south
148° 53' east

21
40° 14.05' south
148° 51.1' east

22
40° 14.65' south
148° 53.52' east

23
40° 15.41' south
148° 52.97' east

24
40° 16.43' south
148° 53.19' east

25
40° 19.37' south
148° 52.78' east

26
40° 21.28' south
148° 53.07' east

27
40° 23.07' south
148° 52.55' east

 
then generally easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 40° 21.98' south, longitude 148° 56.35' east (point 28); Then generally northerly along the geodesics sequentially connecting the following points:
 

29
40° 19.16' south
148° 55.18' east

30
40° 16.58' south
148° 56.52' east

31
40° 6.87' south
148° 57.02' east

32
40° 3.87' south
148° 58.69' east

33
39° 54.7' south
148° 56.72' east

34
39° 47.67' south
148° 54.11' east

35
39° 45.63' south
148° 54.29' east

36
39° 43.16' south
148° 53.75' east

37
39° 42.32' south
148° 53.14' east

38
39° 37.68' south
148° 52.36' east

39
39° 36.68' south
148° 53.06' east

40
39° 29.18' south
148° 51.97' east

41
39° 28.75' south
148° 50.81' east

42
39° 27.73' south
148° 51.46' east

43
39° 25.98' south
148° 50.94' east

then generally westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.