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Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999

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Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999
Queensland Fisheries Act 1994 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Reprinted as in force on 1 January 2010 Reprint No. 3E This reprint is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy NOT FURTHER AMENDED LAST REPRINT BEFORE REPEAL See 2010 SL No. 35 s 24
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Queensland Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Contents Part 1 1 2 3 4 5 Part 5 28 29 30 Part 6 31 32 36 37 38 39 39A 40 41 42 43 Part 7 44 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What is the freshwater fishery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Application of plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Objectives of plan and its achievement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Releasing restrictions Nonindigenous fisheries resources—sch 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Aquaculture fisheries resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Live bait—sch 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Regulated fishing apparatus declarations for recreational fishers in nontidal waters Operation of pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Recreational fishers regulated for pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Canister traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Collapsible traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dillies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Funnel traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Round traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Scoop or dip nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Fishing lines and set lines not used in privately owned waters . . 10 Number of traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Marking traps and set lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Stocked impoundments Permit to fish with fishing line or set line in stocked impoundment .................................. 11
2 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 45 Part 8 Division 1 46 Division 2 47 47A 48 49 Division 3 51 52 Division 4 Subdivision 1 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Subdivision 2 63 Subdivision 3 64 Division 5 65 66 67 Part 11 73 Part 12 74 Prohibition on using fishing line or set line without permit . . . . . . Commercial fishery for eels Preliminary Meaning of eel licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Who may take eels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtaining nominee approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How eels may be taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waters from which eels may be taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Authorities Restriction on writing fishery symbol ‘E’ on authorities . . . . . . . . Eel licences are not transferable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eel traps and round traps General requirements Definition for sdiv 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrances to trap and from trap to pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trap mesh size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trap frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trap float. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marking of trap and trap float . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pocket length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pocket float . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pocket frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimension requirements for eel trap frames Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimension requirements for round traps Diameter and height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requirements for using eel traps and round traps Restriction on trapping times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number of traps that may be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous Criteria for suspending authority relating to fishery . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision Transitional provision for Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 18
3 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 5 1 2 Schedule 6 1 2 3 4 4A 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Schedule 7 1 2 Schedule 8 Part 1 6 Part 2 Waters where nonindigenous fisheries resources must not be released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drainage divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . River basins in East Coast Drainage Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Where certain aquaculture fisheries resources may be released ....................................... Australian bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barramundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freshwater catfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golden perch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Khaki grunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary River cod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murray cod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redclaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver perch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sleepy cod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sooty grunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern saratoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on the use of live fish as bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redclaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yabby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aids to interpretation and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provisions aiding interpretation River basins and drainage divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dictionary 19 19 19 21 21 22 25 27 29 29 30 30 32 33 35 37 39 39 41 43 43 Endnotes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date to which amendments incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tables in earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 50 50 51 51 51 54
s1 5 s4 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 1 January 2010] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This management plan may be cited as the Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 . 2 What is the freshwater fishery The freshwater fishery is activities by way of fishing relating to any freshwater fish in Queensland’s non-tidal waters. 3 Application of plan This plan applies in relation to the taking, possessing and other uses of freshwater fish. 4 Objectives of plan and its achievement (1) The objective of this management plan is to provide for the use, conservation and enhancement of the community’s freshwater fish resources in a way that seeks to— (a) apply and balance the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and (b) promote ecologically sustainable development. (2) The objective is to be achieved mainly by— (a) restricting the fishing apparatus that may be used to take freshwater fish; and (b) imposing requirements for fish stocking; and (c) managing the commercial eel fishery; and
s 5 6 s 28 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 (d) preventing inappropriate release of fish in fresh water. (3) In this section— principles of ecologically sustainable development see section 3(5) of the Act. Notes — 1 In addition to the regulated fishing apparatus declarations under part 6, other fisheries declarations under the regulation also apply to the freshwater fishery. For relevant fisheries declarations, see chapters 2, 3 and 4 and schedule 2 of the regulation. 2 This plan does not apply to acts done under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom. See section 14 (Aborigines’ and Torres Strait Islanders’ rights to take fisheries resources etc.) of the Act. 5 Interpretation (1) Unless this plan provides otherwise, terms used in it have the meaning given under the regulation. (2) Subsection (1) is not limited to a term defined under the regulation but also applies to a provision of the regulation that aids the interpretation of a term used in the regulation. Examples of provisions for subsection (2) — chapter 1, part 2, divisions 3 to 7 of the regulation (3) Schedule 8, part 1 contains provisions that aid the interpretation of this plan. (4) The dictionary in schedule 8, part 2 defines particular words used in this plan. Part 5 Releasing restrictions 28 Nonindigenous fisheries resources—sch 5 (1) This section applies if a person holds a general fisheries permit to release nonindigenous fisheries resources into waters in the freshwater fishery.
s 29 7 s 31 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 (2) As well as any conditions stated on the permit, the permit is subject to the condition that nonindigenous fisheries resources must not be released in waters mentioned in schedule 5. 29 Aquaculture fisheries resources A person may release aquaculture fisheries resources into privately owned waters in the freshwater fishery only if— (a) the person holds an authority allowing the person to release the resources into the waters; or (b) the resources are not nonindigenous fisheries resources for the area where they are released; or (c) the resources are mentioned in schedule 6 and are released into a river basin into which the schedule states the resources may be released. 30 Live bait—sch 7 A person may use a freshwater fish mentioned in schedule 7 as live bait to take freshwater fish only in the waters stated in the schedule for the fish. Part 6 Regulated fishing apparatus declarations for recreational fishers in nontidal waters 31 Operation of pt 6 (1) This part provides for particular regulated fishing apparatus declarations under section 37(3) of the Act. (2) The fishing apparatus mentioned in this part is— (a) declared to be regulated fishing apparatus; and (b) regulated in the way stated in this part.
s 32 8 s 36 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Note — Chapter 4, part 1, division 5 of the regulation provides for an exception to regulated fishing apparatus declarations under this part. 32 Recreational fishers regulated for pt 6 (1) This part applies to a recreational fisher for taking or possessing fish in waters, other than in tidal waters or on nontidal land. Note — See chapter 4, part 1, division 4, subdivision 2 of the regulation for regulated fishing apparatus declarations for recreational fishers taking fish in tidal waters or on tidal land. (2) A recreational fisher may only use fishing apparatus mentioned in a relevant section— (a) in compliance with the relevant section; and (b) if the relevant section states the way in which the apparatus must be used—in the stated way. (3) In this section— relevant section means section 36, 37, 38, 39, 39A, 40, 41, 42 or 43. 36 Canister traps (1) A canister trap must be open at 1 end. (2) The trap must have dimensions of no more than— (a) for its diameter, height and width—50cm; and (b) for its length—60cm. (3) Also, the trap’s diameter, width or height, measured anywhere along its length, must be no more than the diameter, width or height of its open end. (4) If the trap does not have a mesh made of rigid material, the size of its mesh must be no more than 25mm.
s 37 9 s 40 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 37 Collapsible traps A collapsible trap must be made of rigid material and have 1 or more collapsible sides. 38 Dillies A dilly must have— (a) a diameter of no more than 125cm; and (b) a mesh size of no more than 25mm. 39 Funnel traps (1) A funnel trap must not have more than 4 entrances and must not be longer than 70cm, wider than 50cm or higher than 50cm. (2) The trap’s entrance— (a) must be made of rigid material; and (b) must be no more than 10cm in each of its dimensions. (3) If the trap does not have a mesh made of rigid material, the size of its mesh must be no more than 25mm. 39A Round traps (1) A round trap must not have— (a) more than 4 entrances; or (b) a diameter more than 70cm; or (c) a height more than 50cm. (2) Each entrance on the trap must not have a diameter, height or width more than 10cm. (3) If the trap does not have a mesh made of rigid material, the size of its mesh must be no more than 25mm. 40 Scoop or dip nets A scoop or dip net may be used only if—
s 41 10 s 43 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 (a) the net is no more than 1m in each of its dimensions; and (b) the net has a mesh size of no more than 25mm; and (c) the handle or shaft of the net is no longer than 2.5m. 41 Fishing lines and set lines not used in privately owned waters (1) This section applies only to the use of a fishing line or set line in water that is not privately owned. Example of privately owned water — water in a dam on privately owned land, if the dam is not built across a waterway (2) A fishing line or set line must not have more than 1 hook or lure attached to it. (3) A person must not— (a) use more than 6 fishing lines or set lines alone or in a combination; or (b) set a fishing line as a cross-line. (4) A person who uses a set line must not be more than 200m from the line. (5) In this section— cross-line means a fishing line fixed at both ends and set across or in water. 42 Number of traps A person who is fishing must not possess or use more than a total of 4 traps of a type, or any combination of types of trap, mentioned in this part. 43 Marking traps and set lines (1) A person who uses a trap of a type mentioned in this part or a set line to take freshwater fish must have a tag on the trap or set line with the surname and address of the owner of the trap or set line written on the tag.
s 44 11 s 45 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 (2) Also, if the trap is not fixed to something stationary above the water level while the trap is in use, the apparatus must have a light coloured float attached to it. (3) The float must— (a) have the owner’s first name and surname written on it; and (b) be at least 15cm in each of its dimensions. (4) However, subsection (3)(b) does not apply if the float is a 2 or 3L plastic milk container. Part 7 Stocked impoundments 44 Permit to fish with fishing line or set line in stocked impoundment The chief executive may issue a permit (a stocked impoundment permit ) to take freshwater fish from a stated stocked impoundment by using a fishing line or a set line. 45 Prohibition on using fishing line or set line without permit (1) A person may take a freshwater fish from a stocked impoundment with a fishing line or a set line only if the person has a stocked impoundment permit to take freshwater fish from the impoundment. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person under 18 years.
s 46 12 s 47A Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Part 8 Commercial fishery for eels Division 1 Preliminary 46 Meaning of eel licence An eel licence is a commercial harvest fishery licence with the fishery symbol ‘E’ written on it. Division 2 General 47 Who may take eels (1) A person may take or possess eels for trade or commerce only if— (a) the person holds an eel licence; or (b) the person is an approved nominee of an eel licence holder. (2) However only 1 person may act under the same eel licence at the same time. 47A Obtaining nominee approval (1) An eel licence holder may apply in writing to the chief executive for someone else to be the holder’s approved nominee. (2) The chief executive may grant the approval only if satisfied the holder has become temporarily incapacitated or is otherwise temporarily unable to act under the licence. (3) The term of the approval may only be for the period during which the chief executive considers the holder will be incapacitated or otherwise temporarily unable to act under the licence. (4) If the chief executive decides to refuse the application, the chief executive must give the applicant an information notice about the decision.
s 48 13 s 54 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 48 How eels may be taken (1) Eels may be taken only by using an eel trap or a round trap. (2) An eel trap or round trap may be used only if— (a) the trap complies with division 4; and (b) the use of the trap complies with division 5. 49 Waters from which eels may be taken A person may only take eels from waters in— (a) an impoundment formed by a dam stated on an eel licence; or (b) a privately owned artificially created impoundment within a catchment stated on an eel licence. Division 3 Authorities 51 Restriction on writing fishery symbol ‘E’ on authorities The chief executive may write an ‘E’ fishery symbol on an authority only if the authority is a replacement eel licence issued under section 71 of the Act to replace an eel licence that has been lost, damaged or destroyed. 52 Eel licences are not transferable An eel licence is not transferable. Division 4 Eel traps and round traps Subdivision 1 General requirements 54 Definition for sdiv 1 In this subdivision— trap means an eel trap or a round trap.
s 55 14 s 60 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 55 Entrances to trap and from trap to pocket (1) A trap may only have 1 entrance into the trap itself or from the trap into its pocket. (2) The aperture of the entrance from the trap into its pocket must be at least 20cm in each of its dimensions. (3) The trap’s entrance must not be extended by attaching wings. 56 Trap mesh size (1) A trap (other than its pocket) must have a mesh size of at least 25mm. (2) However, any meshes on the trap that are made of rigid material must be at least 22mm in each of its dimensions. 57 Trap frame A trap when set must have a frame made of rigid material. 58 Trap float The trap must have a float attached to it that is at least 150mm in each of its dimensions. 59 Marking of trap and trap float The trap and trap float must be marked with— (a) the number of the authority under which the trap and float are being used; and (b) the authority holder’s first name and surname. 60 Pocket length The pocket of the trap must be long enough to allow an air-breathing animal trapped in the trap or the pocket to reach the surface of the water.
s 61 15 s 64 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 61 Pocket float The pocket must be attached to a float in a way that allows an air-breathing animal trapped in the trap or the pocket to have access to the surface of the water to breathe. 62 Pocket frames (1) The pocket must have frames that are— (a) made of rigid material; and (b) no more than 1m apart; and (c) at least 20cm in each of their dimensions. (2) The first frame must be no more than 1m from the exit of the trap into the pocket. (3) The last frame must be no more than 0.5m from the end of the pocket. Subdivision 2 Dimension requirements for eel trap frames 63 Dimensions An eel trap when set must have a frame that is no longer than 2m, no wider than 0.6m and no deeper than 0.6m. Subdivision 3 Dimension requirements for round traps 64 Diameter and height A round trap must have a diameter no more than 1m and a height of no longer than 0.6m.
s 65 16 s 66 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Division 5 Requirements for using eel traps and round traps 65 Restriction on trapping times (1) This section applies to an eel trap or a round trap in waters in the freshwater fishery, other than in— (a) privately owned waters; or (b) waters— (i) that the State has the right to use and control the flow of under the Water Act 2000 , section 19; and (ii) to which the public does not have access. Example for paragraph (b) — waters in a balancing storage, including, for example, the Bullyard Balancing storage (2) A trap must not be used on— (a) an ordinary weekend from 9a.m. on Saturday to 4p.m. on Sunday; or (b) a long weekend from 9a.m. on the first day of the long weekend to 4p.m. on the last day of the long weekend. (3) However, the trap may remain in the water if it is unbaited and its pocket is open. (4) In this section— long weekend means any period of 3 or 4 days, including Easter, made up of a weekend and 1 or 2 public holidays immediately before or immediately after the weekend. ordinary weekend means a weekend other than a long weekend. 66 Number of traps that may be used No more than the number of eel or round traps stated on the eel licence under which a trap is used may be used at the same time at each place stated on the licence.
s 67 17 s 73 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 67 Checking traps An eel trap or a round trap that is in use must be checked within 1 day after being set. Part 11 Miscellaneous 73 Criteria for suspending authority relating to fishery (1) This section applies to an eel licence or another authority that allows the taking or possession of freshwater fish if the authority holder has been convicted ( conviction ) of a serious fisheries offence prescribed under section 625 of the regulation. (2) However, this section does not apply if the conviction is a spent conviction. (3) For section 68B(4)(b)(i) of the Act, the criteria prescribed for a court suspending the authority are for the holder’s— (a) first conviction—2 to 3 months suspension; or (b) second conviction—3 to 6 months suspension; or (c) third conviction—6 months to 1 year’s suspension; or (d) fourth conviction—1 to 5 year’s suspension; or (e) fifth or subsequent conviction—5 years suspension. (4) In this section— spent conviction means a conviction— (a) for which the rehabilitation period under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 has expired under that Act; and (b) that is not revived as prescribed by section 11 of that Act.
s 74 18 s 74 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Part 12 Transitional provision 74 Transitional provision for Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2006 (1) This section applies if, immediately before 1 July 2006, a person holds a nominee authority for an authority that, under section 52 as in force immediately before that day, is an eel authority. (2) On 1 July 2006, the nominee under the nominee authority is taken to be an approved nominee of the holder of the authority. Note — On 1 July 2006 the authority becomes an eel licence. See section 118 of the regulation. (3) The term of the approval is for the rest of the term of the nominee authority stated in the authority.
19 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 5 Waters where nonindigenous fisheries resources must not be released section 28(2) 1 Drainage divisions Waters in river basins in the following drainage divisions— Bulloo–Bancannia Gulf of Carpentaria Lake Eyre Murray–Darling. 2 River basins in East Coast Drainage Division Waters in the following river basins in the East Coast Drainage Division— Baffle Barron Bloomfield Curtis Island Daintree Endeavour Fraser Island Hann (with the reference number 9102) Hinchinbrook Island Jacky Jacky Jeannie Lockhart
20 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 5 (continued) Mossman Mulgrave Murray Noosa Normanby North Johnstone Olive Pascoe Russell Shoalwater South Johnstone Stewart Stradbroke Islands Tully Waterpark Whitsunday Island.
21 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 Where certain aquaculture fisheries resources may be released section 29(c) 1 Australian bass Australian bass may be released only into the following river basins— Albert Auburn Barambah Bremer Brisbane Burnett Burrum Caboolture Eliot Gregory Lockyer Logan Maroochy Mary Nogo Noosa North Pine Southcoast
22 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) South Pine Stanley. 2 Barramundi Barramundi may be released only into the following river basins— (a) river basins for south east Gulf of Carpentaria stock (Point Parker to Pera Head) as follows— Archer Cloncurry Coen Coleman Einasleigh Flinders Gilbert Holroyd L Creek Leichardt Mitchell Morning Nicholson Norman Saxby Staaten Watson;
23 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) (b) river basins for north west Cape York stock (Pera Head to Escape River) as follows— Dulhunty Embley Escape Jackson Jardine Mission Skardon Wenlock; (c) river basins for east coast Cape York stock (Orford Bay to Bathurst Heads) as follows— Hann (with the reference number 1050) Lockhardt Normanby Olive Jacky Jacky Pascoe Stewart; (d) river basins for mid north east Coast stock (Cooktown to Burdekin River) as follows— Barron Black Burdekin Daintree Endeavour Haughton
24 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Herbert Hinchinbrook Island Mossman Mulgrave Murray North Johnstone Ross Russell South Johnstone Tully; (e) river basins for central east coast stock (Repulse Bay to Shoalwater Bay) as follows— O’Connell Pioneer Plane Shoalwater Styx; (f) river basins for south east coast stock (Fitzroy River to Mary River) as follows— Auburn Baffle Barambah Boyne Curtis Island Dawson Elliot
25 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Fitzroy Gregory Isaac Burnett Burrum Calliope Comet Kolan Mackenzie Mary Nogo Nogoa. 3 Freshwater catfish Freshwater catfish may be released only into the following river basins— (a) river basins for eastern stock as follows— Albert Auburn Baffle Barambah Boyne Bremer Brisbane Burnett Burrum
26 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Caboolture Calliope Comet Dawson Fitzroy Fraser Island Isaac Kolan Lockyer Logan Mackenzie Maroochy Mary Nogo Nogoa Noosa North Pine Shoalwater Southcoast South Pine Stanley Waterpark; (b) river basins for Murray–Darling Drainage stock as follows— Balonne Border Rivers
27 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Condamine Macintyre Maranoa Moonie Nebine Paroo Severn Warrego. 4 Golden perch Golden perch may be released only into the following river basins— (a) river basins for Murray–Darling stock as follows— Albert Auburn Balonne Barambah Border Rivers Bremer Brisbane Burnett Burrum Caboolture Condamine Lockyer Logan
28 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Macintyre Maranoa Maroochy Mary Moonie Nebine Nogo North Pine Paroo Severn Southcoast South Pine Stanley Warrego; (b) river basins for east coast stock as follows— Comet Dawson Fitzroy Isaac Mackenzie Nogoa; (c) river basins for Lake Eyre stock as follows— Barcoo Cooper Diamantina
29 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Georgina Mulligan Thomson. 4A Khaki grunter Khaki grunter may be released only into the following river basins— Barron Daintree Mulgrave Murray North Johnstone Russell South Johnstone Tully. 5 Mary River cod Mary River cod may be released only into the following river basins— Albert Bremer Brisbane North Pine Stanley Lockyer Logan
30 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Mary Southcoast. 6 Murray cod Murray cod may be released only into the following river basins— Balonne Border Rivers Condamine Macintyre Maranoa Moonie Nebine Paroo Severn Warrego. 7 Redclaw Redclaw may be released only into the following river basins— Alice Archer Cliffdale Cloncurry Coen Coleman Dulhunty
31 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Edward Eight Mile Einasleigh Embley Flinders Gilbert Hann (with the reference number 1050) Hann (with the reference number 9102) Holroyd Jackson Jacky Jacky Jardine Kendall L Creek Leichardt Lockhart Mission Mitchell Morning Mornington Island Nicholson Norman Normanby Olive Palmer Pascoe
32 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Saxby Settlement Skardon Staaten Stewart Torres Strait Islands Watson Wenlock Walsh. 8 Silver perch Silver perch may be released only into the following river basins— Auburn Balonne Barambah Border Rivers Boyne Bremer Brisbane Burnett Burrum Caboolture Condamine Dawson Eliot
33 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Fitzroy Kolan Lockyer Logan Macintyre Maranoa Maroochy Mary Moonie Nebine Nogo Nogoa North Pine Paroo Severn Southcoast South Pine Stanley Warrego. 9 Sleepy cod Sleepy cod may be released only into the following river basins— (a) river basins for southern stock as follows— Comet Dawson
34 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Fitzroy Isaac Mackenzie Nogoa Plane; (b) river basins for northern stock as follows— Alice Archer Cliffdale Cloncurry Coen Coleman Dulhunty Edward Eight Mile Einasleigh Embley Flinders Gilbert Hann (with the reference number 9102) Holroyd Jackson Jardine Kendall L Creek Leichardt
35 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Mission Mitchell Morning Nicholson Norman Normanby Palmer Saxby Settlement Skardon Staaten Walsh Watson Wenlock. 10 Sooty grunter Sooty grunter may be released only into the following river basins— Alice Archer Barron Belyando Bowen Burdekin Clarke Cliffdale
36 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Cloncurry Coen Coleman Dulhunty Edward Eight Mile Einasleigh Embley Flinders Gilbert Hann (with the reference number 9102) Herbert Holroyd Kendall L Creek Leichardt Mission Mitchell Morning Mulgrave Murray Nicholson Norman North Johnstone Palmer Pioneer
37 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) Russell Saxby Settlement Staaten Tully Walsh Watson Wenlock. 11 Southern saratoga Southern saratoga may be released only into the following river basins— Auburn Barambah Boyne Bremer Brisbane Burnett Comet Dawson Fitzroy Isaac Lockyer Mackenzie Nogo Nogoa
38 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 6 (continued) North Pine Southcoast Stanley.
39 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 7 Restrictions on the use of live fish as bait section 30 1 Redclaw Redclaw may be used as live bait to take freshwater fish only in the waters of the following— (a) the following river basins in the Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Division— Alice Archer Cliffdale Cloncurry Coen Coleman Dulhunty Edward Eight Mile Einasleigh Embley Flinders Gilbert Hann (with the reference number 9102) Holroyd Jackson Jardine Kendall
40 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 7 (continued) L Creek Leichardt Mission Mitchell Morning Mornington Island Nicholson Norman Palmer Saxby Settlement Skardon Staaten Torres Strait Walsh Watson Wenlock; (b) the following river basins in the East Coast Drainage Division— Hann (with the reference number 1050) Jacky Jacky Olive Pascoe Lockhart Normanby Stewart.
41 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 7 (continued) 2 Yabby A yabby may be used as live bait to take freshwater fish only in the waters of the following— (a) the following river basins in the Murray–Darling Drainage Division— Balonne Border Rivers Condamine Macintyre Maranoa Moonie Nebine Paroo Severn Warrego; (b) the following river basins in the Lake Eyre Drainage Division— Barcoo Cooper Creek Diamantina Georgina Mulligan Thomson; (c) the following river basins in the East Coast Drainage Division— Belyando
42 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 7 (continued) Dawson Isaac; (d) the Bulloo River Basin.
43 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 8 Aids to interpretation and definitions section 5 Part 1 Provisions aiding interpretation 6 River basins and drainage divisions (1) The river basins mentioned in this plan are shown on the river basins map at the end of this part. (2) Each river basin is identified on the map by a reference number. (3) Each river basin’s reference number is shown opposite its name under the heading ‘reference numbers’ that follows the map. (4) The drainage divisions mentioned in this plan are made up of river basins. (5) The reference numbers of the river basins that make up each drainage division are as follows— (a) for the Bulloo–Bancannia Drainage Division—number 10112; (b) for the East Coast Drainage Division—numbers 1010 to 1460; (c) for the Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Division—numbers 9101 to 9280; (d) for the Lake Eyre Drainage Division—numbers 10011 to 10033; (e) for the Murray–Darling Drainage Division—numbers 4162 to 4242.
44 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 8 (continued) (6) The exact location of the boundaries of each river basin and drainage division can be identified on the series of maps called ‘figure 1’ to ‘figure 33’ held by the chief executive. 1 (7) A reference to a river basin or drainage division does not include tidal waters in the river basin or drainage division. 1 The maps can be inspected during business hours at the department’s office at 80 Ann Street, Brisbane.
45 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 8 (continued) River basins map schedule 8, section 6(1)
46 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 8 (continued) Reference numbers schedule 8, section 6(3)
47 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Part 2 Schedule 8 (continued) Dictionary approved nominee , of an eel licence holder, means a person approved under section 47A as the holder’s nominee. aquaculture development means fisheries development relating to aquaculture. culture stock collection permit means a general fisheries permit for culture stock collection. eel means a longfin eel or a southern shortfin eel. eel fishery means the commercial fishery for eels under part 8. eel licence see section 46. fishery symbol , for the eel fishery, means the symbol ‘E’. freshwater fishery see section 2. notice means notice in writing. plan means management plan. reference number , for a river basin, means its reference number under part 1, section 6 of this schedule and the river basins map at the end of the part. regulation means the Fisheries Regulation 2008 . rigid material includes steel and aluminium. stocked impoundment — 1 A stocked impoundment means the waters of the following— • Bill Gunn Dam (Lake Dyer) • Bjelke Peterson Dam • Boondooma Dam • Borumba Dam • Burdekin Falls Dam • Callide Dam
48 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 8 (continued) • Cania Dam • Connolly Dam • Cooby Dam • Coolmunda Dam • Cressbrook Dam • Eungella Dam • Fairbairn Dam • Fred Haigh Dam (Lake Monduran) • Glenlyon Dam • Gordonbrook Dam • Isis Balancing Storage (Lake Gregory) • Kinchant Dam • Lake Clarendon • Lake MacDonald • Lenthalls Dam • Leslie Dam • Maroon Dam • Moogerah Dam • North Pine Dam • Peter Faust Dam • Somerset Dam • Storm King Dam • Teemburra Dam • Theresa Creek Dam • Tinaroo Falls Dam (Lake Tinaroo) • Wivenhoe Dam • Wuruma Dam.
49 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Schedule 8 (continued) 2 The waters include all waters in the impoundments up to their full supply levels. stocked impoundment permit see section 44. trap , for part 8, division 4, subdivision 1, see section 54. water does not include tidal waters. waterway does not include tidal waters.
50 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Endnotes 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 4 Table of reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 5 Tables in earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 6 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 7 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). Accordingly, this reprint includes all amendments that commenced operation on or before 1 January 2010. Future amendments of the Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49. 3 Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Key AIA amd amdt ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd num o in c om orig p pres prev Explanation = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 = amended = amendment = chapter = definition = division = expires/expired = gazette = heading = inserted = lapsed = notified = numbered = order in council = omitted = original = page = present = previous Key (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep (retro) rv s sch sdiv SIA SIR unnum Explanation = previously = proclamation = provision = part = published = Reprint No.[X] = Reprints Act 1992 = relocated = renumbered = repealed = retrospectively = revised edition = section = schedule = subdivision = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 = Statutory Instruments Regulation 2002 = unnumbered
51 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 4 Table of reprints Reprints are issued for both future and past effective dates. For the most up-to-date table of reprints, see the reprint with the latest effective date. If a reprint number includes a letter of the alphabet, the reprint was released in unauthorised, electronic form only. Reprint No. 1 1A 1B 1C Amendments to none — 2000 SL No. 97 2000 SL No. 211 Effective 1 April 1999 17 October 1999 26 May 2000 11 August 2000 Reprint date 6 May 1999 27 October 1999 2 June 2000 8 September 2000 Reprint No. 1D 1E 2 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 2G 3 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E Amendments included 2002 SL No. 338 2002 SL No. 341 2003 SL No. 31 — 2003 SL No. 261 2003 SL No. 215 2004 SL No. 111 2005 SL No. 27 2005 SL No. 165 2006 SL No. 136 2006 SL No. 25 — 2008 SL No. 84 2008 SL No. 157 2008 SL No. 431 2009 SL No. 62 2009 SL No. 33 Effective 6 December 2002 28 February 2003 28 February 2003 31 October 2003 13 December 2003 25 June 2004 4 March 2005 22 July 2005 16 June 2006 1 July 2006 1 July 2006 1 April 2008 13 June 2008 2 April 2009 22 May 2009 1 January 2010 Notes R1E withdrawn, see R2 R2G withdrawn, see R3 5 Tables in earlier reprints Name of table Corrected minor errors Reprint No. 2 6 List of legislation Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 SL No. 54 made by the Queensland Fisheries Management Authority on 31 March 1999 notfd gaz 1 April 1999 pp 1534–6 pt 7 commenced 17 October 1999 (see s 2) remaining provisions commenced on date of notification exp 31 August 2010 (see SIA s 56A(1)(a)(i) and SIR s 5 sch 3)
52 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Notes—(1) The expiry date may have changed since this reprint was published. See the latest reprint of the SIR for any change. (2) A regulatory impact statement and explanatory note were prepared. amending legislation— Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2000 SL No. 97 notfd gaz 26 May 2000 pp 296–7 commenced on date of notification Primary Industries and Natural Resources Legislation Consequential Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2000 SL No. 211 pts 1, 3 notfd gaz 11 August 2000 pp 1322–3 commenced on date of notification Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2002 SL No. 338 pts 1, 3 notfd gaz 6 December 2002 pp 1162–66 commenced on date of notification Fisheries (Freshwater) Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2002 SL No. 341 notfd gaz 6 December 2002 pp 1162–66 commenced on date of notification Note—A regulatory impact statement and explanatory note were prepared Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2003 SL No. 31 pts 1–2 notfd gaz 28 February 2003 pp 774–5 commenced on date of notification Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 2) 2003 SL No. 215 ss 1, 2(2), pt 3 notfd gaz 12 September 2003 pp 128–31 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced 13 December 2003 (see s 2(2)) Note—A regulatory impact statement and explanatory note were prepared Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 3) 2003 SL No. 261 pts 1, 3 notfd gaz 31 October 2003 pp 691–4 commenced on date of notification Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2004 SL No. 111 s 1, pt 4 notfd gaz 25 June 2004 pp 573–81 commenced on date of notifications Note—A regulatory impact statement and explanatory note were prepared Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2005 SL No. 27 pts 1, 4 notfd gaz 4 March 2005 pp 758–9 commenced on date of notification
53 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 2) 2005 SL No. 165 pts 1–2 notfd gaz 22 July 2005 pp 988–9 commenced on date of notification Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2006 SL No. 25 pts 1, 4 notfd gaz 24 February 2006 pp 798–801 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2006 (see s 2) Note—An explanatory note was prepared Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 2) 2006 SL No. 136 pts 1, 4 notfd gaz 16 June 2006 pp 787–90 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced 16 June 2006 (see s 2(1)) Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2008 SL No. 84 pts 1, 4 notfd gaz 28 March 2008 pp 1721–4 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced 1 April 2008 (see s 2) Note—An explanatory note was prepared Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 2) 2008 SL No. 157 pts 1, 4 notfd gaz 13 June 2008 pp 948–51 commenced on date of notification Fisheries Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 SL No. 431 ss 1, 2(2), pt 3 notfd gaz 12 December 2008 pp 2044–53 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification s 13 commenced 2 April 2009 (see s 2(2)) remaining provision commenced on date of notification Note—A regulatory impact statement and explanatory note were prepared Primary Industries and Fisheries Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 SL No. 33 ss 1, 2(2), pt 4 notfd gaz 17 April 2009 pp 1775–6 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced 1 January 2010 (see s 2(2)) Note—A regulatory impact statement and explanatory note were prepared Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2009 SL No. 62 s 1, pt 4 notfd gaz 22 May 2009 pp 331–33 commenced on date of notification
54 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 7 List of annotations PART 1—PRELIMINARY What is the “freshwater fishery” s 2 sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 79 Application of plan s 3 sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 79 Objective of plan and its achievement s 4 sub 2008 SL No. 84 s 60 Interpretation prov hdg sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 80(1) s 5 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 3; 2006 SL No. 25 s 80(2)–(3); 2008 SL No. 84 s 61 PART 2—CLOSED SEASON DECLARATIONS pt hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 1—Closed seasons div hdg ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 4 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Australian bass s 6 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 5 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Barramundi—Gulf of Carpentaria waterways s 7 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 6; 2005 SL No. 165 s 3 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Barramundi—Waters other than Gulf of Carpentaria waterways s 8 sub 2002 SL No. 341 s 7 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 2—Prohibitions and exemptions div hdg ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 8 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Prohibitions s 9 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 General exemptions prov hdg sub 2002 SL No. 341 s 9 s 10 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Exemption for Australian bass s 10A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 10 amd 2004 SL No. 111 s 60 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Exemption for barramundi—Gulf of Carpentaria waterways s 10B ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 10 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62
55 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Exemption for barramundi—Waters other than Gulf of Carpentaria waterways s 10C ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 10 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 PART 3—CLOSED WATERS DECLARATIONS pt hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 1—Closures to all fishing div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 General closures—sch 3 s 11 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Barwon, Dumaresq and Macintyre rivers s 12 amd 2000 SL No. 97 s 3 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Prohibitions s 13 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 2—Closure to fishing using certain apparatus div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Obi Obi Creek s 14 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Prohibitions s 15 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 3—Exemptions div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Exemptions s 16 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 PART 4—REGULATED FISH DECLARATIONS pt hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 1—Freshwater fish taken from closed waters div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Freshwater fish taken from closed waters s 17 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 2—Freshwater fish regulated by number div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Freshwater fish regulated by number—sch 4 s 18 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 11 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 3—Freshwater fish regulated by number and area div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Freshwater fish regulated by number and area s 19 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 12 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62
56 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Certain catfish with eel-like tails s 20 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 13; 2002 SL No. 341 s 13 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Murray cod s 21 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Redclaw crayfish s 22 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 14 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Mangrove jack s 22A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 15 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 4—Freshwater fish regulated by size div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Freshwater fish regulated by size s 23 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 16 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 5—Freshwater fish regulated by size and area div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Barramundi s 24 prev s 24 om 2002 SL No. 341 s 17 pres s 24 ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 18 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Murray cod s 25 sub 2002 SL No. 341 s 18 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Freshwater fish regulated by size and area s 25A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 18 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Exemption—barramundi s 25B ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 18 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 6—Freshwater fish regulated by species div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Lungfish and Mary River cod s 26 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 19 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 River blackfish s 26A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 20 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Bloomfield River cod s 26B ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 20 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62
57 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Spiny crayfish s 26C ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 20 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Prohibited activities s 26D ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 20 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 6A—Freshwater fish regulated by species and area div hdg ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 21 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Silver perch s 26E ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 21 amd 2004 SL No. 111 s 61 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Division 7—Freshwater fish regulated by gender and area div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Berried female redclaw crayfish s 27 sub 2002 SL No. 341 s 22 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 Berried female blueclaw crayfish s 27A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 22 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 62 PART 6—REGULATED FISHING APPARATUS DECLARATIONS FOR RECREATIONAL FISHERS IN NONTIDAL WATERS pt hdg sub 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 Division 1—Preliminary div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 Operation of pt 6 s 31 sub 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 Division 2—General div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 Recreational fishers regulated for pt 6 s 32 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 23 sub 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 What fish may be taken s 33 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 Permitted area s 34 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 Division 3—Recreational fishing apparatus and their use div hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 Definition for div 3 s 35 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 63 def “trap” amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 24
58 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Dillies s 38 sub 2002 SL No. 341 s 25 Round traps s 39A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 26 Number of traps s 42 amd 2008 SL No. 84 s 64 Marking traps and set lines s 43 amd 2008 SL No. 84 s 65 Permit to fish with fishing line or set line in stocked impoundment s 44 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 14 Prohibition on using fishing line or set line without permit s 45 amd 2000 SL No. 97 s 4 PART 8—COMMERCIAL FISHERY FOR EELS Meaning of “eel licence” s 46 sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 81 Who may take eels s 47 sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 82 Obtaining nominee approval s 47A ins 2006 SL No. 25 s 82 Waters from which eels may be taken s 49 amd 2006 SL No. 25 s 83 Selling or processing eels taken under eel licence s 50 sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 84 om 2009 SL No. 33 s 8 Division 3—Authorities div hdg sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 85 Restriction on writing fishery symbol ‘E’ on authorities s 51 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 14; 2006 SL No. 25 s 86 Eel licences are not transferable s 52 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 14 sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 87 Eel authorities are not transferable s 53 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 87 Restriction on trapping times s 65 amd 2004 SL No. 111 s 62 Number of traps that may be used s 66 amd 2006 SL No. 25 s 88 PART 9—ABORIGINES’ AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS’ FISHERY pt hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 66
59 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights not affected s 68 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 66 PART 10—REVIEW OF PLAN pt hdg sub 2006 SL No. 136 s 16 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 66 Review prov hdg s 69 sub 2006 SL No. 136 s 17 amd 2000 SL No. 211 ss 14, 15; 2002 SL No. 341 s 27 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 66 Consultation requirements for review s 70 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 14 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 66 How plan may be amended s 71 amd 2000 SL No. 211 ss 14, 16 om 2006 SL No. 136 s 18 Serious fisheries offences s 72 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 14; 2003 SL No. 261 s 26; 2005 SL No. 27 s 7 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 67 Criteria for suspending authority relating to fishery s 73 amd 2002 SL No. 338 s 5; 2004 SL No. 111 s 63; 2006 SL No. 25 s 83; 2008 SL No. 84 s 68 PART 12—TRANSITIONAL PROVISION pt hdg prev pt 12 hdg exp 1 April 2000 (see s 76) pres pt 12 hdg ins 2006 SL No. 25 s 89 Transitional provision for Fisheries Management Plans Amendment Management Plan (No. 1) 2006 s 74 prev s 74 om 2002 SL No. 338 s 6 pres s 74 ins 2006 SL No. 25 s 89 Existing eel authorities s 75 exp 1 April 2000 (see s 76) Expiry of pt 12 s 76 exp 1 April 2000 (see s 76) SCHEDULE 1—THE FRESHWATER FISHERY sch 1 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 PART 1—DESCRIPTION pt hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Area s1 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Fish species s 2 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Recreational fishery s 3 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90
60 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Fishing for trade or commerce—fishery symbol s 4 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Restrictions on taking eels for trade or commerce s 5 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Collection of culture stock for aquaculture s 6 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 17(1); 2005 SL No. 27 s 8(1) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Aborigines’ and Torres Strait Islanders’ fishery s 7 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 PART 2—STATUS pt hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Division 1—Recreational fishing div hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Fishing survey s 8 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 17(2) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Recreational fishing in south of State s 9 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Recreational fishing in north of State s 10 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Freshwater stocking program s 11 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Freshwater fish stocking—releases s 12 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Economic benefits of the program s 13 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Division 2—Commercial fishing div hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Subdivision 1—Taking eels sdiv hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Eels taken s 14 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Waters used s 15 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Authorities s 16 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 17(3) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Eel stocks s 17 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90
61 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Eel markets s 18 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Eel aquaculture s 19 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 17(3)–(5); 2005 SL No. 27 s 8(2)–(4) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Subdivision 2—Collection of culture stock for aquaculture sdiv hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Management responsibility s 20 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 17(3), (5), (6); 2005 SL No. 27 s 8(5) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Collection of culture stock s 21 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Subdivision 3—Commercial fishing tours sdiv hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Commercial fishing tours s 22 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 17(3) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Subdivision 4—Exploratory and developmental fisheries sdiv hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 What is exploratory fishing s 23 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 What is developmental fishing s 24 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 No current general fisheries permits prov hdg amd 2005 SL No. 27 s 8(6) s 25 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 17(3), (7); 2005 SL No. 27 s 8(6) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Division 3—Aborigines’ and Torres Strait Islanders’ fishery div hdg om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 Aborigines’ and Torres Strait Islanders’ fishery s 26 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 90 SCHEDULE 2—HOW THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO BE ACHIEVED sch 2 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 PART 1—MANAGING THE TAKING OF FRESHWATER FISH pt hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Definition for pt 1 s 1 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 How objective is to be achieved s 2 amd 2005 SL No. 27 s 9 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69
62 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 How achievement is to be measured s 3 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 18(1) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 PART 2—MANAGING THE FRESHWATER FISHERY TO GIVE OPTIMAL, BUT SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY BENEFIT pt hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Definition for pt 2 s 4 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 How objective is to be achieved s 5 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 28 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 How achievement is to be measured s 6 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 18(2) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 PART 3—MINIMISING THE RISK OF DAMAGE FROM NONINDIGENOUS NOXIOUS FISHERIES RESOURCES pt hdg om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Definition for pt 3 s 7 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 How objective is to be achieved s 8 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 How achievement is to be measured s 9 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 18(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 SCHEDULE 3—CLOSED WATERS sch 3 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Severn River at Queen Mine Waterhole s 1 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dumaresq River at Bonshaw Weir s 2 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Macintyre River at Goondiwindi Weir s 3 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Macintyre Brook at Coolmunda Dam, Whetstone and Bendor Weirs s 4 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Pike Creek at Glenlyon Dam s 5 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Quart Pot Creek at Storm King Dam s 6 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Barwon River at Mungindi Weir s 7 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69
63 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Balonne River at Surat Weir s 8 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Condamine River at or near the Chinchilla, Loudon, Lemon Tree, Yarramalong, Cecil Plains and Reilly’s Weirs s 9 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(1) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Balonne River at Beardmore Dam and Jack Taylor Weir s 10 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Sandy Creek at Leslie Dam s 11 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dogwood Creek at Miles Weir s 12 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Burnett Creek at Maroon Dam s 13 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Reynolds Creek at Moogerah Dam s 14 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Brisbane River at Mt Crosby Weir s 15 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Brisbane River at Old Mt Crosby Weir s 15A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Brisbane River at Wivenhoe Dam s 15B ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Mary River at Mary River Barrage s 16 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Tinana Creek at Tinana Creek Barrage s 17 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Burnett River s 18 sub 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(2)–(3) amd 2003 SL No. 31 s 3 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Kolan River at Kolan Barrage s 19 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Three Moon Creek at Cania Dam s 20 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Nogo River at Wuruma Dam s 21 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Stuart River at Gordonbrook Dam s 22 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69
64 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 Boyne River (Auburn River Basin) at Boondoomba Dam s 23 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Boyne River (Boyne River Basin) at Awoonga Dam s 24 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dawson River at Glebe Weir s 25 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dawson River at Gyranda Weir s 26 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dawson River at Orange Creek Weir s 27 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dawson River at Theodore Weir s 28 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dawson River at Moura Weir s 29 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Dawson River at Neville Hewitt Weir s 30 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Fitzroy River at Fitzroy River Barrage s 31 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Fitzroy River at Eden Bann Weir s 32 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Fitzroy River at Wattlebank Control Weir s 33 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Nogoa River at Fairbairn Dam s 34 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Pioneer River at the Marian, Mirani and Dumbleton Weirs s 35 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Burdekin River at Clare Weir s 36 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Thomson River at Fairmount Weir s 37 ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Nerang River at Hinze Dam s 38 ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Albert River at Luscombe Weir s 39 ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Six Mile Creek at Lake MacDonald s 40 ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 29(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69
65 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 SCHEDULE 4—FRESHWATER FISH REGULATED BY NUMBER sch 4 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Numbers for individual species s 1 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 30(1)–(2); 2003 SL No. 31 s 4 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 Combined numbers of species s 2 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 30(3)–(4) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 69 SCHEDULE 6—WHERE CERTAIN AQUACULTURE FISHERIES RESOURCES MAY BE RELEASED Freshwater catfish prov hdg amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 31(1) s 3 amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 31(1) Khaki grunter prov hdg ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 31(1) amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 31(2) s 4A ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 31(1) amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 31(2) Redclaw prov hdg amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 31(3) s 7 amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 31(3) Sooty grunter s 10 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 31(2) SCHEDULE 7—RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF LIVE FISH AS BAIT Redclaw prov hdg amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 32(1) s 1 amd 2003 SL No. 215 s 24; 2009 SL No. 62 s 32(1) Yabby s 2 prov hdg amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 32(2) SCHEDULE 8—AIDS TO INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS PART 1—PROVISIONS AIDING INTERPRETATION Measurement of size of fish s 1 om 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(1) Scientific names of fish s 2 amd 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(1); 2003 SL No. 261 s 27(1) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(1) Scientific classification s 3 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 19(1); 2003 SL No. 261 s 27(2)–(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(1) References to possession of fish s 4 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(1) Time periods s 5 om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(1)
66 Fisheries (Freshwater) Management Plan 1999 River basins and drainage divisions s 6 amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 19(2) Meaning of “Lake Awoonga area” s 7 om 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2) Meaning of “Lake Tinaroo area” s 8 om 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2) Meaning of “stocked impoundment” s 9 amd 2000 SL No. 97 s 5 om 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2) PART 2—DICTIONARY pt hdg prev pt 2 hdg om 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2) pres pt 2 hdg (prev pt 3 hdg) renum 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(4) def “approved nominee” ins 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(3) def “aquaculture development” ins 2005 SL No. 27 s 10 def “culture stock collection permit” ins 2005 SL No. 27 s 10 def “dilly” om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(2) def “eel” amd 2009 SL No. 62 s 33 def “eel authority” om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(2) def “eel licence” ins 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(3) def “F ↑ B sign” amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 19(3) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(2) def “fishing line” om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(2) def “freshwater fish” om 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(2) def “freshwater fishery” sub 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(2)–(3) def “general fisheries permit” amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 19(4) om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(2) def “Gulf of Carpentaria waterways” ins 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(3) om 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(2) def “Lake Awoonga area” om 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2) def “Lake Tinaroo area” om 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2) def “recreational fisher” om 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(2) def “recreational fishing apparatus” om 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(2) def “regulation” sub 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(2)–(3) def “required way” amd 2000 SL No. 211 s 19(5) om 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2) def “set line” om 2008 SL No. 157 s 10 def “stocked impoundment” sub 2002 SL No. 341 s 32(2)–(3) amd 2006 SL No. 25 s 91(4); 2008 SL No. 431 s 13 def “trap” sub 2008 SL No. 84 s 70(2)–(3) © State of Queensland 2010