Navigating in Grey Mackerel Management Zones
100B Navigating in Grey Mackerel Management Zones
The holder of an ONLF licence commits an offence if:
(a) a vessel being used for fishing under the licence is navigated in a Grey Mackerel Management Zone; and
there is pelagic net on the vessel; and
(c) the holder does not meet Grey Mackerel minimum quota units relevant to the zone; and
(d) information given by the vessel monitoring system fitted to the vessel shows that, at any time while moving in the management zone the vessel travelled at a speed of less than 5 nautical miles per hour as worked out under subregulation (3).
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
Subregulation (1) does not apply if:
(a) the vessel travels at a speed of less than 5 nautical miles per hour only immediately before and after being stationary; or
(b) the Joint Authority gives the holder approval for the vessel to be navigated in the management zone and the vessel is navigated in accordance with any instructions given by the Joint Authority.
For subregulation (1)(d), to work out a vessel's speed:
(a) for each consecutive pair of points identified by the vessel monitoring system fitted to the vessel, identify the shortest distance between the pair of points in a straight line; and
(b) divide the distance by the time taken by the vessel to travel between the two points.
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