Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Fisheries Legislation (Barramundi and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2026.2CommencementPart 2 commences on 1 January 2027.Part 2Amendment of Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 20193Regulation amendedThis part amends the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019.4Insertion of new sch 4, s 24ASchedule 4, before section 25—insert—24AWhere particular fish may be takenBarramundi may be taken under the licence only in a part of the fishery area, if any, that is north of the southern bank of Kauri Creek.5Insertion of new sch 4, s 89ASchedule 4, before section 90—insert—89AWhere particular fish may be takenBarramundi may be taken under the licence only in a part of the fishery area that is north of the southern bank of Kauri Creek.6Insertion of new sch 4, s 153CASchedule 4, before section 153D—insert—153CA Where particular fish may be takenBarramundi may be taken under the licence only in a part of the fishery area that is north of the southern bank of Kauri Creek.Part 3Amendment of Fisheries Declaration 20197Declaration amendedThis part amends the Fisheries Declaration 2019.8Amendment of s 4 (Application of fisheries declarations)Section 4(3), example 1, ‘1 October’—omit, insert—1 November9Insertion of new ch 2, pt 5, div 3CChapter 2, part 5—insert—Division 3CBlack jewfish27JTaking or possessing black jewfish in regulated period—waters other than the Gulf of Carpentaria waters(1)A person must not in the waters other than the Gulf of Carpentaria waters—

(a)take a black jewfish in the regulated period; or

(b)possess a black jewfish taken in contravention of paragraph (a).

(2)For subsection (1)(a), the regulated period is from 1 November to 31 January.10Relocation and renumbering of s 29 (Taking or possessing black jewfish—North Cape York)Section 29—relocate to chapter 2, part 5, division 3C as inserted by this regulation and renumber as section 27I.11Amendment of s 37 (Taking or possessing tropical rocklobsters in regulated period—northern rocklobster waters)Section 37(2), ‘1 October’—omit, insert—1 November12Amendment of sch 1 (Regulated waters)(1)Schedule 1, part 2, entry for waters other than the Gulf of Carpentaria waters, column 3, ‘sections 20 and 22’—omit, insert—sections 20, 22 and 27J(2)Schedule 1, part 2, entry for North Cape York, column 3, ‘section 29’—omit, insert—section 27I13Amendment of sch 2 (Regulated fish declarations)(1)Schedule 2, part 2, entry for black jewfish, third and fourth rows—omit, insert—Fa form other than whole1a person possessing the fish on a boat in the Gulf of Carpentaria waters2a recreational fisher possessing the fish on a boat in waters other than the Gulf of Carpentaria watersFa form other than—(a)whole; or(b)trunked with swim bladders naturally attacheda person possessing the fish on a commercial fishing boat in waters other than the Gulf of Carpentaria watersNmaximum—1a recreational fisher taking the fish in the Gulf of Carpentaria waters or possessing the fish taken in the watersNmaximum—2a recreational fisher taking the fish in waters other than the Gulf of Carpentaria waters or possessing the fish taken in the waters(2)Schedule 2, part 2, entry for black jewfish, last row—omit, insert—Sminimum—(a)when whole—75cm; or(b)when trunked with swim bladders naturally attached— 57cma person taking the fish in waters other than the Gulf of Carpentaria waters or possessing the fish taken in the watersPart 4Amendment of Fisheries (General) Regulation 201914Regulation amendedThis part amends the Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019.15Amendment of sch 4 (Matters for particular fisheries offences under the Act)Schedule 4, part 1, entry for black jewfish—omit, insert—black jewfish1035 (or 4 if only swim bladders)