This regulation may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2016 .
This regulation amends the Fisheries Regulation 2008 .
3Amendment of s 15 (Who is a commercial fisher)
Section 15(2), ‘8 to 10’—
omit, insert—7 to 11
4Omission of s 40 (Surface trolling in Flat Rock (grey nurse shark protection area—western zone))
Section 40—
omit.
5Amendment of s 51 (Regulated waters for div 5)
Section 51, 20th dot point, ‘Gill’—
omit, insert—Gil
6Amendment of s 125 (Person may carry out prohibited activity under permit)
Section 125—
insert—(2)This section applies subject to part 12A.
7Amendment of s 175 (Possession of mollusc shells for collection)
(1)Section 175, heading, ‘for collection’—
omit.(2)Section 175(c)—
omit.
8Amendment of s 188 (Possessing or using crab apparatus)
(1)Section 188(1)(b), from ‘with’—
omit, insert—with subsections (2) and (3).(2)Section 188(4)—
omit.(3)Section 188(5)—
renumber as section 188(4).
9Omission of s 192 (Using shell dredges)
Section 192—
omit.
10Amendment of s 197 (Taking fish using fishing apparatus)
Section 197(1) and (3), ‘regulated’—
omit.
11Omission of s 199 (Taking regulated coral reef fin fish)
Section 199—
omit.
12Amendment of s 213 (Authorities in which inspectors may have an interest)
Section 213—
insert—(e)performing the inspector’s functions.
13Amendment of s 229 (Requirements for placing boat mark on authorised boat)
(1)Section 229, heading, after ‘for’—
insert—attaching or(2)Section 229(6)—
omit, insert—(6)The boat mark must be—(a)if the authorised boat is a primary boat or another boat identified in the authority—attached to each side of the primary boat’s hull; and(b)if the authorised boat is a tender boat or another boat not identified in the authority—placed on each side of the tender boat’s hull; and(c)placed on—(i)if the boat has a deck or shelter at its front—the deck or shelter or an enclosed cabin or wheelhouse on the deck; or(ii)otherwise—a flat surface on the boat.(3)Section 229(7)(a), after ‘be’—
insert—attached or(4)Section 229(7)—
insert—(c)be removed from the boat’s hull, or replaced with another boat mark on the boat’s hull, during a fishing trip on the boat.
14Amendment of s 230 (Authorised boat must not be used without boat mark)
Section 230, after ‘boat has been’—
insert—attached to or
15Amendment of s 231 (Requirement to remove boat mark)
Section 231(2), after ‘mark has been’—
insert—attached to or
16Amendment of s 253BA (Restrictions on writing fishery symbol ‘N3’)
Section 253BA(2), ‘‘N9’,’—
omit.
17Omission of s 253BB (Restriction on writing fishery symbol ‘N9’)
Section 253BB—
omit.
18Amendment of s 253BC (Restrictions on writing fishery symbol ‘N12’)
(1)Section 253BC(2)—
omit.(2)Section 253BC(3), ‘also’—
omit.(3)Section 253BC(4), ‘subsections (2) and (3)’—
omit, insert—subsection (2)(4)Section 253BC(3) and (4)—
renumber as section 253BC(2) and (3).
19Amendment of s 254 (Restriction on writing fishery symbols on licences allowing the use of boats of particular lengths in commercial fisheries)
Section 254(2), ‘sections 254A and’—
omit, insert—section
20Omission of s 254A (Exception for surrender or amendment of authority)
Section 254A—
omit.
21Amendment of s 497A (Use of set mesh nets in nearshore waters between Burnett River and Baffle Creek)
Section 497A(2), ‘200m’—
omit, insert—400m
22Amendment of s 498 (Use of set mesh nets in nearshore waters between Baffle Creek and Cape Flattery)
Section 498(7), ‘200m’—
omit, insert—400m
23Amendment of s 503 (Use of set mesh nets in nearshore waters north of Cape Flattery)
Section 503(4), ‘200m’—
omit, insert—400m
24Omission of ch 9, pt 4AA (Net fishery (Gulf of Carpentaria no. 2) (‘N9’))
Chapter 9, part 4AA—
omit.
25Amendment of s 529 (What fish may be taken)
Section 529(1), after ‘Any’—
insert—fin
26Omission of ch 10, pt 1, div 3, sdiv 1, hdg (General provisions)
Chapter 10, part 1, division 3, subdivision 1, heading—
omit.
27Omission of ch 10, pt 1, div 3, sdiv 2 (SM (Flat Rock) fishery licence)
Chapter 10, part 1, division 3, subdivision 2—
omit.
28Amendment of s 565 (Definitions for pt 3)
Section 565, definition prior notice deadline, paragraph (d), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
29Amendment of s 566 (Notices to chief executive)
Section 566(2) and note—
omit, insert—(2)The notice must be given to the chief executive—(a)by using the AIVR system; orSee chapter 14, part 6 for provisions about the AIVR system, including the requirements and procedures applying to the operation and use of the system.(b)in another way approved by the chief executive.
30Amendment of s 573 (Requirement to give retained fish notice)
Section 573(2)(b), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
31Amendment of s 577 (General requirement for unloading spanish mackerel)
Section 577(3), definition authorised unloading time, paragraph (b)(iv), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
32Amendment of s 591W (Definitions for pt 3)
Section 591W, definition prior notice deadline, paragraph (d), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
33Amendment of s 591X (Notices to chief executive)
Section 591X, after ‘AIVR system’—
insert—or in another way approved by the chief executive
34Amendment of s 591ZE (Requirement to give retained fish notice)
Section 591ZE(2)(b), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
35Amendment of s 591ZH (General requirement for unloading fish)
Section 591ZH(3), definition authorised unloading time, paragraph (b)(iv), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
36Amendment of s 596 (Permitted ways of taking crabs)
Section 596(1), after ‘crab pot’—
insert—, collapsible trap
37Amendment of s 606 (Use of primary boats)
Section 606, ‘20m’—
omit, insert—25m
38Amendment of s 614X (Notices to chief executive)
Section 614X, after ‘AIVR system’—
insert—or in another way approved by the chief executive
39Amendment of s 614ZE (Requirement to give retained fish notice)
Section 614ZE(2), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
40Amendment of s 614ZG (General requirement for unloading permitted fish)
Section 614ZG(3), definition authorised unloading time, paragraph (b), ‘3 hours’—
omit, insert—1 hour
41Amendment of s 655 (Information requirements for wholesale sale of fisheries resources)
(1)Section 655(1), ‘containing’—
omit, insert—signed by the seller that contains(2)Section 655(2)—
omit, insert—(2)The seller and buyer comply with subsection (1) if—(a)the buyer prepares a sale docket; and(b)the seller—(i)checks the sale docket; and(ii)if the seller is satisfied the sale docket is accurate and contains all of the particulars mentioned in subsection (1)—signs the sale docket.
42Amendment of sch 1 (Regulated waters)
(1)Schedule 1, part 2, table, entry for Wide Bay Bar, column 2, second dot point—
omit, insert—•to latitude 25º47.77' south, longitude 153º03.05' east(2)Schedule 1, part 2, table, entry for Townsville Harbour and Cleveland Bay, column 2, item 1, second dot point, ‘146º49.084'’—
omit, insert—146º49.84'
43Amendment of sch 2 (Regulated fish declarations)
(1)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry beginning with banded rainbowfish, column 1, ‘or threadfish rainbowfish’—
omit, insert—, threadfish rainbowfish or Utchee Creek rainbowfish(2)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for Edgbaston, column 1, after ‘Edgbaston’—
insert—hardyhead or Myross hardyhead(3)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for Edgbaston, column 3, ‘other than in the Thompson’—
omit, insert—in the Thomson(4)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for grey reef shark, column 4, row 4, paragraph (b), ‘or ‘N9’’—
omit.(5)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for guitarfish, column 4, row 4, paragraph (b), ‘or ‘N9’’—
omit.(6)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for ray (other than guitarfish, manta ray and shovelnose ray), column 4, row 8, paragraph (b), ‘, ‘N9’’—
omit.(7)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for shark (other than grey reef shark, whitetip reef shark, speartooth shark, white shark and sandtiger shark), column 4, row 8, paragraph (b), ‘, ‘N9’’—
omit.(8)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for shovelnose ray, column 4, row 4, paragraph (b), ‘or ‘N9’’—
omit.(9)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for tropical rocklobster, second row relating to dead tropical rocklobster—
omit.(10)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for whitetip reef shark, column 4, row 4, paragraph (b), ‘or ‘N9’’—
omit.(11)Schedule 2, part 2, table, entry for any freshwater fish species not mentioned in part 2 or part 3, column 1, after ‘freshwater’—
insert—fin
44Amendment of sch 6 (Glossary of scientific names for particular fish other than regulated coral reef fin fish)
(1)Schedule 6, part 3—
insert—
Edgbaston hardyhead
Craterocephalus sp.
Gulf Grunter
Scortum ogilbyi
Myross hardyhead
Craterocephalus sp.
Utchee Creek rainbowfish
Melanotaenia utcheenis
(2)Schedule 6, part 5, entry for manta ray, ‘birostris’—
omit, insert—spp.
45Amendment of sch 9 (Other fees)
Schedule 9, table 1, under heading ‘Commercial net fisheries’, item 13—
omit.
46Amendment of schedule 10A (Prescribed stocked impoundments)
(1)Schedule 10A, entry for Beebo Weir—
omit.(2)Schedule 10A—
insert—•Cunningham (Beebo) Weir(3)Schedule 10A, entry for Gill Weir, ‘Gill’—
omit, insert—Gil
47Amendment of sch 11 (Dictionary)
(1)Schedule 11, part 2, definition eastern non-tidal waters, paragraph (b), after ‘Gore Highway’—
insert—, other than a listed impoundment(2)Schedule 11, part 2, definition prescribed barramundi waterway—
insert—•Aplins Weir•Ben Anderson Barrage•Koombooloomba Dam•Lake Belmore•Lake Morris (Copperlode Falls Dam)•Lake Gregory (Isis Balancing Storage)(3)Schedule 11, part 2, definition SM (Flat Rock) fishery licence—
omit.