FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 NORTHERN PRAWN FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 1995   GEAR DETERMINATION No. NPFGD 03   I, Nick Rayns, Acting Managing Director of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate, make the following Determination under section 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and section 7A(1) of the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995.   Dated   25   July  2006                                                                                                                               Nick Rayns     Acting Managing Director Australian Fisheries Management Authority   _______________________ Citation 1.       This Determination may be cited as Direction No. NPFGD 03. Commencement and period of application 2.       This Determination commences on the day after it is registered. Interpretation 3.       A term used in this Determination by way or priority, or if there is any inconsistency: (a)   takes the meaning given to it in the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995; and then (b)   if no meaning is given to the word in the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995, takes the meaning given to that word under the Fisheries Management Act 1991. ‘Otter board’ means a board or plate used on a fishing net which, when the net is being towed, keeps the mouth of the net open. ‘Twin trawl net configuration’ means the use of two fishing nets designed or intended to be towed simultaneously by a boat and having the mouth or opening of each net being controlled by the use of otter boards. ‘Quad trawl net configuration’ means the use of four fishing nets designed or intended to be towed simultaneously by a boat and having the mouth or opening of each net being controlled by the use of otter boards.   ‘Twin tongue trawl net configuration’ means the use of two fishing nets designed or intended to be towed simultaneously by a boat and having the mouth or opening of each net being controlled by otter boards and at least one bridle extending from each warp wire to the centre or ‘tongue’ of the headrope of each net.
Determination of fishing capacity
4.             The total length of operational headrope for a twin trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 3028.725 metres. This equates to 5.625cm per gear statutory fishing right. 5.             The total length of operational headrope for a quad trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 2725.853 metres. This equates to 5.0625cm per gear statutory fishing right. 6.             The total length of operational headrope for a twin tongue trawl net configuration that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery is 2725.853 metres. This equates to 5.0625cm per gear statutory fishing right.
Revocation of Direction No NPFGD 02
7.             Direction No NPFGD 02 is revoked.