Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995
Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Rules 2021
NOTICE OF THE DATES OF THE CLOSED SEASON FOR A PART OF THE COMMERCIAL DIVE FISHERY
AND
NOTICE OF COMMERCIAL DIVE FISHERY CLOSURE TO SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES
I, Dr Ian Dutton, General Manager (Marine Resources) in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, acting pursuant to a delegation from the Minister for Primary Industries and Water hereby determine under rule 12 of the Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Rules 2021 (the Rules):
A. That the dates of the closed season for those parts of the commercial dive fishery specified in schedule 1 are from 12:01 am 19 September 2023 to 11:59 pm 31 August 2024; and
B. That the parts of the commercial dive fishery specified in schedule 1 are closed to, or in respect of, the activities specified in schedule 2.
SCHEDULE 1
All that part of the commercial dive fishery known as the St Helens catch-cap area, being that area of State waters bounded in the north by an imaginary straight line running due east from the northernmost point of Gardens Lagoon Beach to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the south by an imaginary line running due east from the mouth of the Scamander River to the outer limit of State waters.
SCHEDULE 2
While on a commercial fishing trip in State waters for the purpose of taking shortspined sea urchin (species Heliocidaris erythrogramma) the holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) must not enter the water by swimming or diving.
Any expression used in this notice having a particular meaning under the Act or the Rules has the same meaning in this notice. All coordinates of latitude and longitude specified in this notice are to be determined by reference to the Geocentric Datum of Australia (also known as "the GDA" or "GDA94") as defined in the Commonwealth Gazette No. GN 35, 6 September 1995.
Dated at HOBART this 15th day of September 2023
DR IAN DUTTON
GENERAL MANAGER - MARINE RESOURCES
Information
(This information does not form part of the notice)
This notice has the effect of closing the commercial dive fishery to the take of shortspined sea urchin in the St Helens catch-capped area of the North-Eastern fishery part, inclusive of sub-blocks 29D, 30A and 30B, from Tuesday 19 September 2023 until the end of season, 31 August 2024. This is part of arrangements to control the total amount of shortspined sea urchins harvested in the interest of resource sustainability.
Department of Natural Resources and Environment - modified: 15 September 2023, expires: 31 December 2023