Fisheries Declaration 2019

This section applies if, in the reef world heritage area, on a particular day (the base day) in a particular effort year (the base year), the following total entitlements under all effort units for all trawl regions are used—

for the effort year starting at midday on 1 January 2026—1,959,596;

for the effort year starting at midday on 1 January 2027—1,940,000;

for the effort year starting at midday on 1 January 2028—1,920,600;

for the effort year starting at midday on 1 January 2029—1,901,394.

A person must not in the reef world heritage area—

possess or use a trawl net under a primary commercial fishing licence for the east coast trawl fishery in the regulated period; or

possess a fish taken in a way that contravenes paragraph (a).

For subsection (2), the regulated period starts on the day that is 5 days after the base day and ends at midday on 1 January in the year after the base year.

Example for subsection (3)—

If the total entitlement is used on a Monday, the regulated period starts on the next Saturday and ends at midday on 1 January in the next year.

Note—

See the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, section 72 for the requirement for the chief executive to give usage notices to holders of primary commercial fishing licences for the east coast trawl fishery about the usage of entitlements and section 73 for the holders’ obligations under usage notices.