Fisheries (Effort Caps and Other Matters) Amendment Declaration 2022

1Short title

This declaration may be cited as the Fisheries (Effort Caps and Other Matters) Amendment Declaration 2022.

2Commencement

(1)Part 3 commences on 1 November 2022.

(2)Part 4 commences on 2 November 2022.

(3)Part 5 commences on 1 March 2023.

3Declaration amended

This declaration amends the Fisheries Declaration 2019.

4Amendment of s 94 (Regulated waters to which division applies and their regulated periods)

(1)Section 94, table, column 2, entry for Stradbroke Island (trawl nets), ‘from midday on 1 November to midday on 1 March’—
omit, insert—

from midday on 1 January to midday on 1 March

(2)Section 94, table, after entry for Swain Reefs—
insert—

North Reef (trawl nets)

from midday on 1 November to midday on 1 March

5Amendment of sch 1 (Regulated waters)

(1)Schedule 1, part 2, entry for Stradbroke Island (trawl nets)—
omit, insert—

Stradbroke Island (trawl nets)	waters within the following boundary— •  from latitude 27º50.188' south, longitude 153º28.557' east to latitude 27º50.230' south, longitude 153º29.347' east •  to latitude 27º45.272' south, longitude 153º30.221' east •  to latitude 27º42.646' south, longitude 153º30.684' east •  to latitude 27º41.224' south, longitude 153º30.824' east •  to latitude 27º36.870' south, longitude 153º31.796' east •  to latitude 27º32.902' south, longitude 153º33.195' east •  to latitude 27º28.634' south, longitude 153º34.911' east •  to latitude 27º26.300' south, longitude 153º36.425' east •  to latitude 27º26.311' south, longitude 153º34.594' east •  to latitude 27º29.900' south, longitude 153º32.660' east •  to latitude 27º32.162' south, longitude 153º31.826' east •  to latitude 27º33.700' south, longitude 153º31.260' east •  to latitude 27º36.300' south, longitude 153º30.470' east •  to latitude 27º40.767' south, longitude 153º29.726' east •  to latitude 27º43.500' south, longitude 153º29.271' east	chapter 2, part 12, division 8
	•  to latitude 27º45.003' south, longitude 153º28.940' east •  to latitude 27º45.000' south, longitude 153º29.478' east •  to latitude 27º50.188' south, longitude 153º28.557' east

(2)Schedule 1, part 2, entry for Caloundra to Moreton Island (trawl nets)—
omit, insert—

Caloundra to Moreton Island (trawl nets)	waters within the following boundary— •  from latitude 26º45.832' south, longitude 153º8.183' east to latitude 26º45.832' south, longitude 153º17.472' east •  to latitude 26º56.735' south, longitude 153º30.380' east •  to latitude 26º57.812' south, longitude 153º30.352' east •  to latitude 27º10.300' south, longitude 153º29.700' east •  to latitude 27º18.000' south, longitude 153º30.000' east •  to latitude 27º20.230' south, longitude 153º34.000' east •  to latitude 27º20.211' south, longitude 153º26.678' east •  to latitude 27º1.673' south, longitude 153º28.079' east •  to latitude 26º58.221' south, longitude 153º29.499' east •  to latitude 26º56.732' south, longitude 153º26.570' east •  to latitude 26º51.438' south, longitude 153º10.002' east	chapter 2, part 12, division 8
	•  to latitude 26º48.135' south, longitude 153º9.049' east •  to latitude 26º45.832' south, longitude 153º8.183' east

(3)Schedule 1, part 2, after entry for Swain Reefs—
insert—

North Reef (trawl nets)

waters within the following boundary— •  from latitude 22º54.200' south, longitude 152º00.000' east to latitude 22º54.200' south, longitude 152º4.000' east •  to latitude 23º5.000' south, longitude 152º4.000' east •  to latitude 23º5.000' south, longitude 152º00.000' east •  to latitude 22º54.200' south, longitude 152º00.000' east

chapter 2, part 12, division 8

6Amendment of s 86B (Possessing or using trawl nets if maximum number of effort units used)

Section 86B(1), ‘167,625’—
omit, insert—

204,102

7Insertion of new s 86BA

After section 86B—
insert—

86BA Restrictions on using particular boats if threshold number of effort units used

(1)This section applies if—

(a)142,872 or more effort units for the southern inshore trawl region are used at any time in the period from 1 November to 29 September; and

(b)on or before 30 September, the chief executive publishes a notice (a threshold notice) on the department’s website stating that 142,872 or more effort units for the southern inshore trawl region have been used since 1 November.

(2)A person must not use, or allow another person to use, the primary boat identified in a T1 or T2 licence in the southern inshore trawl region in the regulated period.

(3)However, a person may use, or allow another person to use, the primary boat identified in a T1 or T2 licence in the southern inshore trawl region for no more than 24 days in each whole month in the regulated period.

(4)Also, subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to the use of the primary boat identified in a T1 or T2 licence if—

(a)the boat is also identified in a licence with a fishery symbol, other than a ‘T1’ or ‘T2’ fishery symbol, written on it; and

(b)the boat is being used in the southern inshore trawl region under the other fishery symbol.

(5)For subsections (2) and (3), the regulated period is the period—

(a)starting on the day after the day the threshold notice is published; and

(b)ending on 31 October.

(6)For subsection (3), the first whole month in the regulated period starts on the first day of the regulated period.

8Replacement of s 86 (Using trawl nets in regulated period generally)

Section 86—
omit, insert—

86Possessing or using trawl nets in regulated periods generally

(1)A person must not possess or use a trawl net in the southern offshore trawl region A or the southern offshore trawl region B in the following regulated periods—

(a)from 8a.m on 20 September to 6p.m on 1 November;

(b)from 8a.m to 6p.m on a day other than a day or a part of a day in the period mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2)However, subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a)a person possessing or using an otter trawl net under a T5 licence; or

(b)a person possessing or using a trawl net in waters south of the eastern tip of Point Cartwright in the regulated period mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

9Amendment of s 86D (Possessing or using trawl nets if maximum number of effort units used)

Section 86D(1), ‘500,711’—
omit, insert—

318,584

10Amendment of s 86E (Possessing or using trawl nets if maximum number of effort units used)

Section 86E(1), ‘418,657’—
omit, insert—

250,178