Proposed Amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act ... · Fisheries Management Paper No.208 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION This paper has been prepared by the Department of Fisheries

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994

Discussion Paper

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PAPER NO. 208

Department of Fisheries 168 St Georges Terrace

Perth WA 6000

April 2006

ISSN 0819-4327

Proposed Amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act 1994

Discussion Paper

April 2006

Fisheries Management Paper No. 208

ISSN 0819-4327

This document was produced by the Department of Fisheries to serve as a basis for discussion and feedback from interested parties.

Fisheries Management Paper No.208

CONTENTS SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................5 SECTION 2 OVERVIEW...............................................................................................................7

2.1 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW..........................................................................................................7 2.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AMENDMENTS .................................................................7

2.2.1 Definitions ........................................................................................................................7 2.2.2 New industry sectors and services ....................................................................................8 2.2.3 Government and departmental policies ............................................................................8 2.2.4 Compliance and law enforcement.....................................................................................9 2.2.5 Quota management...........................................................................................................9 2.2.6 Foreign fishing .................................................................................................................9 2.2.7 Impact of other anticipated legislation (e.g. Biodiversity Conservation, and Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Bills)..............................................................................................10

2.3 SPECIFIC ISSUES ...................................................................................................................10 2.3.1 Objects ............................................................................................................................10 2.3.2 Integrated fisheries management....................................................................................11 2.3.3 Permit system..................................................................................................................13 2.3.4 Aquaculture ....................................................................................................................13 2.3.5 s224 Automatic cancellation of authorisation if three offences (‘black marks’) ............14 2.3.6 Offences, penalties and powers ......................................................................................15 2.3.7 Conservation and the environment .................................................................................17

SECTION 3 MATRIX OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS........................................................19 SECTION 4 YOUR FEEDBACK IS NEEDED ..........................................................................91 APPENDIX 1 LIST OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS PAPER..................................................93

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SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION This paper has been prepared by the Department of Fisheries and is designed to encourage consideration and feedback on proposed amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (FRMA). Many of the substantive issues and proposals have been previously discussed by the Department with stakeholder representatives. The discussion paper has been prepared to support the work of the Ministerial Review Committee established by the Minister for Fisheries to inquire and report on the effectiveness of the FRMA in conserving, developing and sharing the fish resources of the State for the benefit of present and future generations. The Committee’s members consists of: Matt Benson (MLC for the South West) – chairman; Max Ball (chairman, WA Fishing Industry Council); John Newby (chairman, Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative); and Heather Brayford (Department of Fisheries). The Department of Fisheries provides the executive support for the group. The Ministerial Review Committee is committed to ensuring stakeholders and other interested parties have every opportunity to consider and provide input into the amendments to the FRMA. The Committee has asked the Department of Fisheries to prepare this document to provide a basis for community discussion and feedback. For ease of understanding and comment by interested parties, this paper has been divided into two major sections – Section 2 gives an overview of the context for, and proposed major changes to, the FRMA; and Section 3 presents, in a matrix, the existing provisions of the FRMA, a description of the issue that has been identified with the provision, and the proposed change to the section to address the identified issue. Each provision represented in the matrix has been given a reference number (in the left hand column) so that it may be easily referred to in submissions. The matrix should be read in association with the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 – available in hard copy form from the State Law Publisher, ground floor, 10 William St, Perth – or you may refer to each relevant provision of the Act online at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/frma1994256. Issues of law (eg ‘s266 Savings and transitional provisions’, and amendments resulting from the Australian Government’s Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries Arrangements and other Matters) Bill 2005) or amendments of a grammatical nature have not been included in this paper. In addition, subject to community input and decisions to adopt proposed or modified amendments, there may be issues arising from the application of the current Act and the Act amendments which may require particular transitional provisions. These will be considered and incorporated at the drafting stage.

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If more information is required about either a specific issue or a proposed change, please contact the Executive Officer of the Ministerial Review Committee (contact details are provided below). Submissions and comments need not be restricted to the specific provisions identified. All comments on all aspects of the Act are welcomed and may be made either on the form provided at Section 4, or as a handwritten or electronic submission to the Ministerial Review Committee. Please identify the provision you are referring to, describe the issue you have with it, and suggest a feasible solution if possible. Specific examples of the issue with the provision may assist us to understand your comments and suggestions. All submissions will be considered by the Ministerial Review Committee and will form the basis of its draft report, which will then be released for public comment. Comments from that process will be given further consideration by the Ministerial Review Committee, incorporated into a Final Report and submitted to the Minister for consideration. The Minister may choose to use the Final Report as the basis for the drafting instructions for the Fish Resources Management Act Amendment Bill. Submissions will close on 7 July 2006. Please read and consider this document, then provide feedback in your preferred format. Your involvement in this consultation is essential to ensure the most effective legislative framework is developed to ensure ‘fish for the future’ in Western Australia. Please forward your completed form, or written submission, by close of business 7 July 2006 to: Rae Burrows Executive Officer Ministerial Review Committee Reply Paid 61461 Locked Bag 39 CLOISTERS SQUARE WA 6850 Tel: (08) 9482 7238 Or email to: [email protected]

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SECTION 2 OVERVIEW

2.1 Historical overview The FRMA was implemented on 1 October 1995 following widespread public consultation and support from both Houses of Parliament. The Act implemented a number of significant changes to public administration and made certain advances in many areas (e.g. a public register of authorisations). In the ten years of its operation, the FRMA has demonstrated many strengths, however, experience and changes in policy direction have highlighted certain aspects of fisheries management and law that deserve attention and possible amendment.

2.2 General requirements for the amendments The amendments proposed relate to the following five key areas: 1. Clarification of the definitions of some of the words and terms currently used (or

proposed to be used) throughout the Act. 2. Modification of some of the existing divisions and sections to better take

account of the developing industry sectors regulated by the Act (e.g. biodiversity conservation; aquaculture; ecotourism).

3. Reflection of policy modifications, and new policies that have developed over time in response to changing community expectations, and environmental conditions (e.g. Integrated Fisheries Management [IFM], customary fishing).

4. Enhancement of provisions governing offences, penalties and Fisheries Officers’ powers, in response to the increased risk and incidence of organised crime, and offences by foreign fishers.

5. Complementary and supplementary provisions to other legislation or proposed legislation (e.g. Biodiversity Conservation Bill; Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Bill).

2.2.1 Definitions Some of the definitions of words and terms currently described in the FRMA require clarification. These include, for example, the definitions of: • recreational fishing – to specifically exclude customary fishing (as customary

fishers are now regarded as constituting a separate sector in the IFM framework); and

• aquaculture – to include the activity of ‘harvesting’ as a specific component or activity within the aquaculture licensing regime.

In addition, there are a number of words and terms that are currently used, or proposed to be used, throughout the FRMA which have previously been undefined, and which are now proposed to be included in the ‘Interpretation’ section (s3).

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2.2.2 New industry sectors and services When the FRMA was developed, the aquaculture and ecotourism sectors were emerging users in the aquatic environment. While some modifications to the Act and development of subsidiary legislation since 1994 have provided a basic framework for the management of these sectors, further experience in the operation and management of the developing sectors indicates further amendment is required. The ecotourism, recreational fishing, and the customary fishing sectors, will all be considered in the allocation processes and management of access shares under the IFM framework. A set of head powers will be provided to implement IFM across fisheries. In 2001, the Machinery of Government Taskforce recommended that the Department of Fisheries be responsible for the delivery of ‘at-sea’ boating safety services. The Department took over this responsibility in 2002, and it is proposed that the delivery of such services in the aquatic environment be reflected in amendments to the FRMA. It is also proposed that the amendments provide the flexibility for the Department to deliver other services, as required, by the Government. 2.2.3 Government and departmental policies Government and departmental policies have changed over time in response to changing community expectations and prevailing conditions. Changes include an increased focus on stakeholder and community involvement in decision-making, and an increased interest in and demand for aquatic biodiversity conservation. In addition, it has been recognised that enforcement and penalty regimes (e.g. ‘black mark’ attribution; automatic cancellation of authorisations after three convictions in a ten-year period) require review. As a reflection of increasing competition for aquatic resources, and community expectations for sustainable management, the Department of Fisheries and Government has developed new policies, which will impact on the future management of the State’s aquatic resources and habitats. The recognition of customary fishing through the Aboriginal Fishing Strategy, regionalisation of recreational fishing management, and the IFM strategy, require head powers and subsidiary legislation to allow for their efficient implementation and operation. There has also been a move towards a stronger departmental focus on aquatic biodiversity conservation, which is proposed to be reflected in amended objects of the Act. The Department of Fisheries will also be seeking advice on the impact of modifying the title of the Act to be more reflective of this broader aquatic biodiversity conservation focus. It is proposed that these policy changes be reflected in the amendments to the FRMA.

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2.2.4 Compliance and law enforcement Amendments to the FRMA are intended to provide a more flexible approach to penalties, including an increased use of infringements to ensure penalties reflect the particular circumstances of an offence – particularly with respect to recreational fishing offences and less serious commercial offences. Over the past ten years, there has been increasing national concern over the threat posed to sustainable fisheries management by organised crime and offences considered to be of a serious nature. As a reflection of this concern, and in an attempt to better manage the threat, it is proposed that the provisions in the FRMA which govern offences, penalties and the powers of Fisheries Officers be enhanced in line with those available to other enforcement authorities. This will also provide greater security with respect to the management of existing and future quota fisheries. 2.2.5 Quota management In the future, to ensure sustainability, a mix of quota and input management controls may be used for fisheries management purposes in WA. To ensure the State is in a position to manage the complexities of large-scale quota fisheries, a range of amendments are being proposed. These changes mainly relate to the need to track and audit quota managed fish products from the point of capture to either the domestic or export market places. Unlike input managed fisheries which rely on field checks to monitor the amount of gear being used (e.g. the number of pots used by lobster boats), quota fisheries require monitoring the amount of fish caught and rely primarily on quota documents provided by fishers, processors and fish dealers. The compliance focus is on auditing and validating industry records. Proving offences in quota fisheries can be complex and requires the presentation of large quantities of documentary evidence to the Court. Amendments proposed include a provision to identify people responsible for the supervision of parts of the quota fishing and marketing chain, their responsibilities and legal liabilities, and facilitating the submission of documentary evidence. 2.2.6 Foreign fishing The increasing level of illegal foreign fishing activity off the north west of WA is posing a significant risk to the State’s northern fish resources. The recent incursions into WA waters by Indonesian trochus fishermen, involving the landing on onshore reefs and islands, impacts directly on remote communities, raises biosecurity risks for the health of the community, regional agri-industries and the pearling sector. The number of foreign fishing offences in State waters has increased significantly in 2005/6. Additional powers to detain foreign fishermen for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of fishing offences are being sought. The Government

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is considering an increase in the pecuniary and imprisonment provisions of the FRMA, including a mandatory minimum six-month terms of imprisonment. 2.2.7 Impact of other anticipated legislation (e.g. Biodiversity Conservation, and

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Bills) A Biodiversity Conservation Bill is to be prepared, following a clear Government policy commitment to “introduce biodiversity conservation legislation as a priority”. Negotiations and discussions between key natural resource management agencies is currently being progressed to ensure that this legislation does not create legislative ambiguity or overlap or uncertainty. It is anticipated that these negotiations will lead to gaps in existing legislative schemes being addressed and the replacement of identified ineffective and dated frameworks. A separation of the responsibilities for fish from those for other fauna and flora in relation to conservation needs, and a complementarity of legislative schemes is highly desirable from a public and governance perspective. As a result, it is clearly desirable that the broad scope of the Biodiversity Conservation Bill should cover all of Western Australia’s biodiversity other than fish as defined in the FRMA (other than fish listed as threatened species) across all lands and waters contained within, or administered by, the State. This will avoid legal and policy uncertainty and overlap in dealing with existing legislative and administrative gaps. Bio-security matters will be dealt with under the Bio-security and Agriculture Management Bill in the agriculture portfolio.

2.3 Specific issues 2.3.1 Objects There is an increasing demand in the community for the broadening of aquatic management to include all user sectors with an interest in the aquatic environment, and to ensure integrated management. In an effort to reflect this and to provide the Department of Fisheries with enough flexibility to operate with maximum effectiveness into the future, it is proposed to amend the sub-title of the Act and widen the scope of the current objects of the FRMA. Because of possible overlaps with CALM legislation, the amended objects may need further refinement. Terms like ‘aquatic resources’ and ‘aquatic habitats’ also will need to be specifically defined to ensure there is no overlap between the FRMA and other jurisdictions. The proposed modifications to the existing objects are identified in italics (below). (1) The primary object of this Act is to conserve, and share the State’s fish, other

aquatic resources and their habitats.

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(2) In particular, it is proposed that this Act has the following secondary objects:

a. to conserve fish, and protect their environments; b. to ensure the impact of fishing activities on aquatic fauna and their

habitats is minimised. c. to ensure the use of aquatic resources is carried out in a sustainable

manner; d. to enable the management of fishing, aquaculture and associated

industries, aquatic eco-tourism and other tourism and non-extractive uses reliant on fish and the aquatic environment;

e. to foster appropriate levels of development for each of the user groups of the aquatic resources;

f. to achieve the optimum economic, social and other benefits from the use of aquatic resources;

g. to enable the allocation and reallocation of fish resources between users of those resources (in an integrated framework);

h. to provide for the control of foreign interests in fishing, aquaculture and associated industries;

i. to enable the management of fish habitat protection areas and the Abrolhos Islands Reserve;

j. to enable the delivery of services on behalf of Government in the aquatic environment; and

k. to promote the conservation of fish and the aquatic environment to the wider community through the provision of advisory, extension and education services.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 requires fisheries to be demonstrated as being ecologically sustainable before the fish products from that fishery can be exported. The Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage assesses each fishery against stringent requirements and has recommended that the management of each fishery requires objectives which relate to limiting or minimising interactions with protected and non-targeted aquatic species (e.g. turtles and sea birds). The FRMA currently has no scope or powers to enable this to occur. The proposed additional object (b) – ‘To ensure that the impact of fishing activities on aquatic fauna and their habitats is minimised’ - is designed to enable the requirement for fishers to limit and record the take of such fauna. Providing for the FRMA to deal with these issues in regard to fishery-caused interactions supports the provisions for the conservation and management of these species under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 and the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950. 2.3.2 Integrated fisheries management IFM is an initiative aimed at addressing the issue of how fish resources can be best shared between competing users within the broad context of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD).

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The new approach follows the November 2002 report of the IFM review committee chaired by Justice Toohey. In October 2004 the Government released its policy on IFM and the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee was appointed to provide the Minister for Fisheries with advice on allocations of fish resources. The Government made an initial budget commitment to support the implementation of IFM including the resourcing of critical information gathering processes. Fisheries management in WA in the future will be carried out under the principles that underpin the IFM initiative. In summary IFM involves: • setting the sustainable harvest level of each resource that allows for an

ecologically sustainable level of fishing; • allocation of explicit catch shares for use by commercial, recreational and

indigenous customary fishers; • continual monitoring of each sectors harvested catch; • managing each sector within its allocated catch share; and • developing mechanisms to enable the reallocation of catch shares between

sectors. Legislative changes are required to give recognition and effect to the IFM guiding principles and Government requirements such as indigenous customary fishing being given a priority. Specifically, legislative amendments are required to: • Outline the IFM concept and principles within the legislation and define terms

such as sustainable harvest level. • Amend Part 4 of the FRMA to enable the creation of fishery advisory

committees which meet the needs of consultation requirements in managing sector shares under IFM.

• Provide power for the: Executive Director to set sustainable harvest levels for a fish resource; Minister for Fisheries to determine allocations to sectors; Government to ‘hold’ and trade fishing rights on behalf of the recreational

sector; and establish reallocation mechanisms for the transfer of allocations:

o between sectors; and o intra sector (for example, recreational fishers to charter boat and

gillnet and longline licensees to wetline licensees). • Ensure adequate ‘tools’ are available to manage sectors within their allocations

including: providing for recreational, and customary fishing management plans under

Part 6 of the FRMA; provide for a priority allocation to the customary sector;

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flexibility to use, for example, tags or short term licences etc. to regulate recreational fishers;

providing for lotteries of tags, registration or limited licence rights; and obligations to provide recreational data.

2.3.3 Permit system It is proposed to create an additional management tier to managed fisheries which will allow the Executive Director to more efficiently manage minor and developing fisheries by permit. Permits would not have the status of managed fisheries licences, and would not be transferable, but will allow the Executive Director to declare a particular fishery or fishing activity to be a ‘permit fishery’ and issue permits to operate in that permit fishery. The current method of managing developing fisheries through exemptions is not appropriate as exemptions become, in effect, licensing instruments. A permit system would be more appropriate. It is proposed that such permits would not be granted as of right, would be valid only for limited and fixed periods with no right of renewal, not reviewable by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), and not eligible for compensation under any Fisheries Adjustment Scheme (FAS). While there will be no requirement for the high level of consultation that is required for a management plan, it is proposed that a committee of sector representatives with an independent chairman would recommend a framework for the permit fisheries. This, in turn, would be given effect by the Executive Director. If it is agreed that such a permit system be introduced for developing fisheries, there will need to be further consideration at the drafting stage of the Act amendments of the capacity of permits to disapply certain (specified) prohibitions. 2.3.4 Aquaculture Significant amendments are being proposed for Part 8 of the FRMA which relates to the management of aquaculture licences and leases in Western Australia, and to other sections of the FRMA as relevant to aquaculture (e.g. interpretation and enforcement sections). Many of the amendments have been generated from the 2003 review of WA’s aquaculture industry, in particular the ‘Review of Legislative Arrangements’ (Ciffolilli, 2003) which looked at, amongst other aspects, the possible ways of increasing business investment in the aquaculture industry. The general directions of the amendments are to:

• Create a system of secured tenure arrangements for the aquaculture industry. This amendment will result in a requirement that a licence to undertake aquaculture activities on a given site cannot be granted without proof of tenure being produced for the site. In relation to coastal waters, this will be a significant shift as, at this time, leases have not been treated as mandatory. Currently,

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licensees are operating on the basis of an aquaculture licence alone, with no security of tenure and no formal approval from the landlord (the Crown) to occupy the area. This places licensees at risk of loss of access due to other competing tenure-holding ventures moving into the area.

• Create greater flexibility in the regulation of relations between the holder of a lease and of a licence. Although the current FRMA allows for the lease and licence holder to be separate entities, certain provisions of the Act make such an arrangement problematic and unattractive – e.g. provisions that provide that the cancellation or non-renewal of a licence or lease results in the cancellation of the other authorisation. It is proposed the FRMA should be amended to remove such obstacles.

• Create greater rights in relation to commercial dealings of aquaculture leases. It is proposed to amend the FRMA to create additional rights for aquaculture leaseholders. The amendments will allow for subletting, subdivision, amalgamation and transfer of aquaculture leases.

In addition to amendments related to aquaculture leases, it is also proposed to strengthen enforcement powers to ensure that aquaculture authorisation holders who are in breach of any conditions on their licence are dealt with efficiently. Proposed powers include the seizure of aquaculture gear used in a breach, the issue of infringement notices for breaches, and the sale of aquaculture gear and product forfeited in the event of a breach. Less significant amendments to Part 8 are proposed to include: • Bringing the collection of broodstock and spat under the aquaculture licence (thus

eliminating the need for exemptions for broodstock collection). • Acknowledgement and recognition under the FRMA of modern forms of

aquaculture including ranching and reseeding; and the recognition of harvesting in the terminology.

• The creation of a power to issue emergency aquaculture licences and leases. • The power for the Minister to offer unallocated aquaculture sites by way of public

auction, public tender, ballot or private treaty. • Amendment of the provisions in relation to the Aquaculture Development Council

in order to give the Minister greater flexibility in relation to the membership of the Council.

2.3.5 s224 Automatic cancellation of authorisation if three offences (‘black

marks’) Currently, this provision provides for the automatic cancellation of authorisations where an authorisation accumulates three prescribed offences (‘black marks’) in a ten-year period. For the purposes of fisheries management, given the range of offences that are prescribed for the purposes of s224 and the penalties imposed under s75 and s222 for those offences, automatic cancellation of an authorisation on the recording of three prescribed offences is too severe.

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It is proposed to amend the section to provide for the mandatory suspension (rather than the compulsory cancellation) of authorisations for up to five years, with the ability for the Executive Director to provide advice to the Court in its determination of the length of the suspension period. In developing and providing that advice, the Executive Director would be facilitated by policy guidelines to be endorsed by the Minister for Fisheries. The Courts will make their own determination of the appropriate period of suspension. Long-term serious offenders will still be subject to permanent authorisation cancellation through the operation of s143 of the FRMA, which provides an alternate capacity for the Executive Director to cancel authorisations. Transition powers may also be required in the FRMA Amendment Act to take account of authorisations cancelled under the existing FRMA provisions which, unlike under the previous legislation, do not easily allow the reinstatement of cancelled licences. Another issue has been the imposition of ‘black marks’ on licensees who are not directly engaged in the fishing operation. The principle that the holder of a licence must be ultimately responsible for the operation of their licence needs to be preserved in the context of s224. Consideration may also be given to the development of a system of true administrative penalties, where circumstances (yet to be identified) warrant the imposition of an administrative penalty instead of suspension of an authorisation. There is also a requirement to tighten the current wording of s224 to ensure that both those holding the licence and those persons who may be fishing on behalf of a licence holder are subject to ‘black marks’ when a prescribed (‘black mark’) offence is committed. At present, other fisheries jurisdictions across Australia are either considering, or commencing, the implementation of a demerit system. For example, the draft South Australian Fisheries Management Bill 2005 sets up a demerit scheme that provides that if an aggregate of 200 or more demerit points is recorded against a fishery authority in five years, the Minister must cancel the authority. There have been suggestions that it would be beneficial to introduce a similar scheme nationwide. This would require considerable redevelopment of relevant policies in WA. While this may be considered, it is proposed that the current proposed amendments to the FRMA provide powers to recognise demerit points attributed to an individual in other states, and take them into consideration when determining an application. 2.3.6 Offences, penalties and powers There is national concern over the potential impact of organised crime in the fishing industry, particularly unlicensed black market operators in high-value, low-volume fish products such as lobster, abalone and shark fin. The significant profits which

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organised criminal groups can obtain through infiltration of both the licensed and unlicensed commercial fishing sectors has resulted in many Australian fisheries jurisdictions upgrading their legislation with respect to fisheries offences, powers and penalties. It is proposed that, in keeping with the national trend, the FRMA should be amended to include indictable offences (trial by jury) which will carry significant pecuniary and imprisonment provisions (up to 10 years in prison). It is proposed that indictable offences should be limited to high-value, high-risk species (i.e. priority species) and only be triggered by defined quantities or values of the fish involved. ‘Priority species’ refers to those fish species that will be subject to indictable offences. Indictable offences are to target serious fisheries crime (e.g. an unlicensed abalone operator taking or dealing in large quantities of abalone). Indictable offences will provide the Court with the powers to confiscate unlawfully obtained assets derived from illegal fishing. In order to facilitate investigations into serious offences relating to key species, additional powers of search are also being sought to enable Fisheries Officers to obtain search warrants where persons are suspected of having quantities of ‘priority species’ in their possession. Conversely, it is also proposed to moderate some penalties in relation to recreational and commercial fishing offences. Section 222 provides for a mandatory penalty of 10 times the value of the fish that are the subject of an offence. In its current form, the inflexibility of s222 may result in unrealistic and unfair penalties in some situations and can influence the Department of Fisheries in its decision not to proceed to prosecution in some cases. Commercial fishing offences, which may involve a large number of legitimately caught fish, can produce s222 penalties (i.e. ten times the value of the fish) that could bankrupt an operator. Such an outcome is neither fair nor reasonable, particularly in cases relating to first offenders or to some technical offences. The outcome can be similar for recreational fishers where a recreational fisher who is charged for three simultaneous offences relating to the same fish (e.g. undersize fish; using illegal gear; and out of season fishing;) will receive the additional s222 penalty three times (i.e. once for each offence). It is proposed to amend the FRMA to cap the maximum penalty that can be applied to prevent unrealistic penalties and to ensure that the additional penalty can only be applied once for each offender in relation to the fish that are the subject of the offence. There have been similar issues with commercial management plan offences where relatively minor offences or technical offences can attract a s222 penalty, which can result in unreasonable penalties.

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The current inability to issue infringement notices for management plan offences generates significant inefficiencies for the compliance effort of the Department of Fisheries. To address these issues, it is proposed to have a three-tiered approach to managed fishery offences: 1. infringements for technical classes of offences (e.g. failure to submit returns on

time); 2. minor offences which will not attract a s222 additional penalty; and 3. serious offences which will have a s222 additional penalty. For technical and minor offences it is proposed that the legislation be amended to cause a significant reduction in potential penalties. Similarly, the capping of s222 penalties will mean legitimate commercial operators will not be faced with excessive fines related to the quantity of fish that are the subject of the offence. 2.3.7 Conservation and the environment Presently, the FRMA provides for the protection of biodiversity within the aquatic environment, including marine reserves, through the prohibition and regulation of fishing in circumstances that are unique in Western Australia, as the exercise of this jurisdiction extends out past State waters (three nautical miles) to 200 nautical miles, the limits of the Australian Fishing Zone. However, community expectations surrounding the conservation of Western Australia’s environment generally will lead to an expansion of the existing role for the Department of Fisheries, presenting significant challenges and management issues. It is proposed that the sub-title of the Act be modified to suit this broader focus on aquatic conservation and ecological sustainable development. The relationship with the proposed Biodiversity Conservation Bill should be complementary and supplementary in addressing matters such the conservation of threatened species and communities within all waters over which the State can exercise control. If these important outcomes are not achieved, there is the potential for the creation of unnecessary public and investment uncertainty, governance inefficiencies and enforcement difficulties as aquatic fauna such as fish move across artificial boundaries. Therefore, the new powers proposed within this draft document will provide support to the conservation objectives of Government, through the enhancement of existing legislation to 200 nautical miles, while providing for management arrangements for the aquatic environment that are not in conflict with other statutes. These powers focus on addressing present shortcomings, namely: • The recognition of international standards and requirements for the listing and

protection of endangered fish (for example, the Stygofauna communities found within the cave systems of the State).

• The management and translocation of noxious or introduced fish to support new approaches to biosecurity.

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• The management of incidental interactions with marine mammals and birds, thus complementing and supporting Australian government legislation.

• Increasing the ability to regulate human impact through the modification of waterways and pollution. It is proposed these powers be expanded and strengthened, given the importance of the many small, discrete native fresh fish populations and the detrimental impacts of habitat modification on biodiversity generally.

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ALM

legi

slat

ion)

The

prop

osed

prim

ary

obje

ct o

f thi

s A

ct is

to c

onse

rve

and

deve

lop

and

shar

eth

e1 Sta

te’s

fish

, oth

eraq

uatic

reso

urce

sand

thei

r hab

itats

.

In p

artic

ular

, it i

s pro

pose

d th

at th

isA

ctha

sthe

follo

win

g se

cond

ary

obje

cts:

a) T

o co

nser

ve fi

sh a

nd p

rote

ct th

eir e

nviro

nmen

ts;

b)To

ens

ure

the

impa

ct o

f fis

hing

act

iviti

es o

n aq

uatic

fau

na a

nd t

heir

habi

tats

is m

inim

ised

;c)

To

ensu

reth

eus

eof

aqu

atic

res

ourc

es i

s ca

rrie

d ou

t in

a s

usta

inab

le

man

ner;

d)To

en

able

th

e m

anag

emen

t of

fis

hing

, aq

uacu

lture

an

d as

soci

ated

indu

strie

s, aq

uatic

eco

-tour

ism

and

oth

er t

ouris

man

d no

n-ex

trac

tive

uses

re

liant

on

fish

and

the

aqua

ticen

viro

nmen

t;e)

To

fost

er a

ppro

pria

te le

vels

of d

evel

opm

ent f

or e

ach

of th

eus

ergr

oups

of

the

aqua

tic re

sour

ces;

f) T

o ac

hiev

e th

e op

timum

eco

nom

ic, s

ocia

land

othe

r ben

efits

from

the

use

of

aqua

tic re

sour

ces;

g) T

o en

able

the

allo

catio

nan

d re

allo

catio

n of

fis

hre

sour

ces

betw

een

user

sof

thos

e re

sour

ces;

h) T

opr

ovid

efo

r th

e co

ntro

l of

fore

ign

inte

rest

s in

fishi

ng, a

quac

ultu

rean

das

soci

ated

indu

strie

s;i)

To e

nabl

e th

em

anag

emen

t of

Fis

h H

abita

t Pr

otec

tion

Are

as a

nd t

heA

brol

hos I

slan

ds R

eser

ve;

j) To

ena

ble

the

deliv

ery

of s

ervi

ces

on b

ehal

f of G

over

nmen

t in

the

aqua

ticen

viro

nmen

t; an

d k)

To

prom

ote

the

cons

erva

tion

of fi

shan

d th

e aq

uatic

env

iron

men

t to

the

wid

er c

omm

unity

thro

ugh

the

prov

isio

n of

advi

sory

, ext

ensi

on a

nd e

duca

tion

serv

ices

.

19


SECTION 3 MATRIX OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

RefNumber

FRMA Section Issue Proposed Change

PART 1 – PRELIMINARY

1 S3 Objects (the purpose/s of the Act –provides the framework)

The existing objects are reasonably narrowand reflect an era where fisheriesmanagement was primarily focussed onfishing activities. The Government’sapproach to fisheries management, the community’s expectations, and the way people react to the Act have changed sincethat time.

The requirements of the EPBC Act 1999means that the scope of the objects needs tobe broadened so that interactions with non-targeted and protected aquatic fauna may be limited and recorded. Providing for theFRMA to deal with these issues in regard to fishery-caused interactions supports theprovisions for the conservation andmanagement of these species under theConservation and Land Management Act1984 and the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950.

The sub-title of the Act to be modified toreflect the focus on ESD and aquaticconservation (while being complementary toCALM legislation)

The proposed primary object of this Act is to conserve and develop and sharethe1 State’s fish, other aquatic resources and their habitats.

In particular, it is proposed that this Act has the following secondary objects:

a) To conserve fish and protect their environments;b) To ensure the impact of fishing activities on aquatic fauna and theirhabitats is minimised;c) To ensure the use of aquatic resources is carried out in a sustainable manner;d) To enable the management of fishing, aquaculture and associatedindustries, aquatic eco-tourism and other tourism and non-extractive uses reliant on fish and the aquatic environment;e) To foster appropriate levels of development for each of the user groups of the aquatic resources;f) To achieve the optimum economic, social and other benefits from the use of aquatic resources;g) To enable the allocation and reallocation of fish resources between usersof those resources;h) To provide for the control of foreign interests in fishing, aquaculture andassociated industries;i) To enable the management of Fish Habitat Protection Areas and theAbrolhos Islands Reserve;j) To enable the delivery of services on behalf of Government in the aquaticenvironment; and k) To promote the conservation of fish and the aquatic environment to thewider community through the provision of advisory, extension and educationservices.

19


20

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

2S4 In

terp

reta

tion

(list

of d

efin

ition

s of w

ords

and

term

s use

d in

the

Act)

A ra

nge

of n

ew te

rms a

nd w

ords

will

be

requ

ired

in th

epr

opos

ed a

men

dmen

ts to

the

Act

to e

nabl

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of n

ew a

ndm

odifi

ed p

olic

ies.

The

wor

dsan

d te

rms w

ill

need

tobe

cle

arly

def

ined

at t

hebe

ginn

ing

ofth

e FR

MA

to e

nsur

e a

com

mon

inte

rpre

tatio

nof

the

Act

.

Som

e of

the

curr

ent d

efin

ition

s hav

epr

oved

over

tim

e to

be

uncl

ear,

or a

ble

to b

ein

terp

rete

d in

a w

ay th

atw

asno

t the

inte

nt.

A m

odifi

catio

n of

thei

r def

initi

ons i

sre

quire

d.

Def

initi

ons r

equi

red

for n

ewte

rms–

requ

ired

for n

ewpr

ovis

ions

– fo

rex

ampl

e:aq

uatic

reso

urce

sbr

oods

tock

byca

tch

com

mer

cial

qua

ntiti

escu

stom

ary

fishi

ngho

lder

(for

the

purp

oses

of s

140)

spat

sust

aina

bilit

ysu

stai

nabl

e ha

rves

t lev

el.

Cla

rific

atio

nof

def

initi

ons r

equi

red

– fo

r exa

mpl

e:au

thor

isat

ion

aqua

cultu

rem

aste

rre

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

sell.

3S5 M

eani

ng o

f WA

Wat

ers

The

curr

ent d

efin

ition

of W

A w

ater

s doe

s not

incl

ude

artif

icia

l wat

er b

odie

s whi

ch a

re n

otfe

d or

cre

ated

by n

atur

al c

reek

s,riv

ers a

ndst

ream

s.(e.

g. ‘t

urke

y ne

st’ d

ams)

.

To e

nsur

e th

atm

arin

e re

sour

ces c

onta

ined

insu

ch w

ater

bodi

es c

an b

e m

anag

ed, t

here

isa

requ

irem

ent t

oam

end

the

curr

ent d

efin

ition

of ‘W

A w

ater

s’.I

t isp

ropo

sed

to o

nly

man

age

such

priv

ate

wat

ersw

here

ther

e is

a

dem

onst

rate

d ne

ed(e

g to

prot

ect p

riorit

ysp

ecie

s).

Am

end

to e

nsur

e th

e fle

xibi

lity

to e

xten

d de

finiti

onof

“W

A w

ater

s” to

incl

ude

artif

icia

l wat

ers (

e.g.

inda

ms a

nd p

onds

on p

rivat

e pr

oper

tyno

t fed

by

natu

rally

occ

urrin

gw

ater

) and

forp

resc

ribed

purp

oses

and

spec

ies.

20


21

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

4S6

App

licat

ion

of th

e A

ct to

Abo

rigin

al p

erso

nsTh

e in

dige

nous

sect

or to

be

reco

gnis

edin

Par

t 6D

ELET

E (s

ubsu

med

by

Com

mon

wea

lth N

ativ

e Ti

tle A

men

dmen

ts A

ct 1

998,

‘cus

tom

ary

fishi

ng’ n

ow d

ealt

with

in P

art 6

)

5S7

(3)

Exem

ptio

ns(c

ircu

mst

ance

s whe

re th

e Ac

t do

es n

ot a

pply

)

Prov

ide

the

abili

ty fo

r the

Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

oror

Min

iste

r to

wai

veth

ere

quire

men

t for

app

licat

ion

and/

orfe

esfo

r exe

mpt

ions

in c

erta

inci

rcum

stan

ces (

eg c

lass

exe

mpt

ions

for r

ecre

atio

nalf

ishe

rs).

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

sund

erta

king

inve

stig

atio

nsso

met

imes

nee

d to

op

erat

e co

ntra

ry to

fish

erie

sm

anag

emen

t leg

isla

tion

– e.

g.ta

king

lobs

ters

for t

he p

urpo

seof

mar

king

them

and

follo

win

g th

em th

roug

h an

illeg

al b

lack

mar

ket

oper

atio

n.A

lthou

gh th

eM

inis

ter h

as a

nun

defin

edge

nera

l pow

er to

gran

tex

empt

ions

to F

ishe

ries O

ffic

ers,

it is

pr

opos

ed to

prov

ide

a sp

ecifi

c po

wer

for t

he E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

to

issu

eth

iscl

ass o

fexe

mpt

ion.

Thi

s will

pr

ovid

e cl

arity

and

be

mor

eop

erat

iona

lly re

spon

sive

.

Am

end

so th

at th

e M

inis

ter o

r the

Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

or m

ayw

aive

the

requ

irem

ent f

or

an a

pplic

atio

n,an

d/or

the

requ

ired

fee

in c

erta

in c

ircum

stan

ces.

Incl

ude

a pu

rpos

e in

sect

ion

7(3)

whi

ch e

nabl

es th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

to

exem

ptFi

sher

ies O

ffic

ersf

rom

spec

ific

prov

isio

nsof

the

FRM

A w

hen

carr

ying

out

spec

ified

inve

stig

atio

nsan

d en

forc

emen

t dut

ies.

PAR

T 2

–

AD

MIN

IST

RA

TIO

N

6 N

ew se

ctio

nEn

sure

pow

ers f

or th

eD

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

erie

sto

be a

ble

to o

utso

urce

spec

ific

func

tions

, whe

re re

quire

d,to

prov

ide

mor

e ec

onom

ical

ly v

iabl

ebu

sine

ss o

utco

mes

.

Cre

ate

a po

wer

for t

he E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

toou

tsou

rce

spec

ific

agen

cy fu

nctio

ns to

the

priv

ate

sect

or.

21


22

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

7S1

1 Fi

sher

iesO

ffic

ers a

ndot

her s

taff

To m

inim

ise

the

pote

ntia

l for

actin

gin

appr

opria

tely

, it i

s pro

pose

dto

incl

ude

a sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ion

whi

chad

dres

ses p

oten

tial c

onfli

ctso

fin

tere

st.

Prov

ide

that

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fis

herie

s sta

ff c

anno

thol

d an

inte

rest

in a

n au

thor

isat

ion

orbu

sine

ssco

nnec

ted

with

fish

, unl

ess t

heEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

is sa

tisfie

d th

at th

ein

tere

st in

the

busi

ness

is si

gnifi

cant

ly re

mot

e to

be

of n

o co

nseq

uenc

e.

8S1

4 M

inis

term

ay c

arry

out

rese

arch

and

othe

ract

iviti

esR

equi

re p

ower

for t

he M

inis

ter t

o ca

rry

out a

ctiv

ities

(in

addi

tion

to

rese

arch

) to

faci

litat

e jo

int s

ervi

cing

arra

ngem

ents

in th

e be

tter i

nter

ests

of th

e in

dust

ryan

d of

the

Stat

e, a

nd

to in

crea

sepo

tent

ial t

rade

and

othe

rpa

rtner

ship

opp

ortu

nitie

s.

Am

end

head

erso

that

the

Min

iste

r may

car

ry o

ut a

rang

eof

activ

ities

rele

vant

to th

eob

ject

s oft

he A

ct.

Prov

ide

pow

ers f

or th

e M

inis

ter (

whe

ther

inpa

rtner

ship

with

othe

rgov

ernm

ent

depa

rtmen

ts, e

duca

tiona

l ins

titut

ions

,oro

ther

rese

arch

bod

ies,

or n

ot),

to p

rovi

dere

sear

ch a

ctiv

ities

, or a

dvis

ory,

ext

ensi

onan

d co

nsul

tativ

e or

othe

r ser

vice

s, on

a fe

e-fo

r-se

rvic

e ba

sis.

Prov

ide

pow

ers f

or th

e M

inis

ter t

o en

ter i

nto

agre

emen

tsw

ith o

ther

inte

r-st

ate

Min

iste

rs fo

r the

purp

oses

ofco

-ope

ratin

g in

furth

erin

g th

eob

ject

sof t

heir

corr

espo

ndin

g le

gisl

atio

n.

PAR

T 4

– A

DV

ISO

RY

CO

MM

ITT

EE

S

9Pa

rt 4

– A

dvis

ory

Com

mitt

ees

Ss 2

9-40

(ref

ers t

o th

e M

inis

teri

al a

nd

Man

agem

ent A

dvis

ory

Com

mitt

ees s

et u

p to

fa

cilit

ate

enga

gem

ent w

ithst

akeh

olde

rs)

Req

uire

flex

ibili

ty fo

r the

Min

iste

r to

alte

r the

func

tions

and

mem

bers

hip

of A

dvis

ory

Com

mitt

ees t

o ad

dres

spr

iorit

ies a

nd is

sues

of th

e tim

e, a

ndm

eet c

hang

ing

com

mun

ityex

pect

atio

ns.

Col

laps

e th

e w

hole

of P

art 4

into

one

divi

sion

sono

indi

vidu

al A

dvis

ory

Com

mitt

ee is

iden

tifie

d by

nam

e in

the

Act

. Pr

ovid

e th

at th

e M

inis

ter s

hall

dete

rmin

e th

em

embe

rshi

p, c

hairm

an a

nd fu

nctio

ns o

f the

Com

mitt

ees.

Prov

ide

that

the

Min

iste

r may

(in

writ

ing)

est

ablis

hA

dvis

ory

Com

mitt

ees f

or th

ein

tegr

ated

man

agem

ent o

ffis

herie

s; F

ish

Hab

itat P

rote

ctio

n A

reas

; wes

tern

rock

lobs

ter m

anag

emen

t; re

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

; and

for t

he d

evel

opm

ent a

nd m

anag

emen

tof

aqu

acul

ture

. A

sche

dule

to th

eA

ct h

as e

ffec

t with

resp

ect t

o th

e co

nstit

utio

ns a

ndpr

ocee

ding

s of e

ach

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

.

22


23

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T 5

– G

EN

ER

AL

RE

GU

LA

TIO

N O

FFI

SHIN

G

Div

isio

n 1

– Pr

ohib

ited

fishi

ng

10S4

3 or

derm

aypr

ohib

itfis

hing

Man

agem

ent P

lans

deal

with

the

rule

s rel

atin

gto

a pa

rticu

lar f

ishe

ry,

whi

les4

3 or

ders

can

be o

fa g

ener

alna

ture

app

lyin

g ac

ross

a w

ide

rang

eof

fish

erie

s, sp

ecie

s or a

ctiv

ities

.S4

3 or

ders

are

also

used

cur

rent

ly a

s a

“qui

ck re

spon

se”

mec

hani

smto

an

urge

nt is

sue.

Whe

re a

fish

ery

issu

bjec

t to

both

a s4

3or

der a

nd a

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n, it

is c

onsi

dere

dth

at th

e s4

3or

der p

reva

ils.

The

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

sect

or is

co

ncer

ned

that

s43

orde

rs c

ould

bein

appr

opria

tely

use

d to

de fa

cto

man

age

parti

cula

r fis

herie

s. To

ensu

reth

is d

oesn

ot o

ccur

, whe

re a

nor

der i

mpa

cts o

n a

Man

agem

ent

Plan

, the

Min

iste

r sha

ll co

nsul

t with

indu

stry

befo

re m

akin

g th

e or

der

exce

ptw

here

the

Min

iste

r hol

ds th

eop

inio

n th

at th

e fis

h st

ock

oraq

uatic

envi

ronm

ent i

s at r

isk.

Prov

ide

that

the

Min

iste

r sha

ll no

t mak

ea

s43

orde

r whe

re th

e sc

ope

and

inte

ntof

such

an

orde

r cou

ldha

ve b

een

fully

ach

ieve

d th

roug

h a

varia

tion

to a

sing

leM

anag

emen

t Pla

n.Pr

ovid

e al

so th

at w

here

a s4

3 or

der i

mpa

cts o

n a

Man

agem

ent

Plan

, the

Min

iste

r sha

ll co

nsul

t with

indu

stry

befo

re h

e m

akes

the

orde

r– e

xcep

t in

circ

umst

ance

s whe

re, i

n th

eM

inis

ter’

sopi

nion

, the

eco

logi

cal s

usta

inab

ility

of t

he fi

shst

ock

is a

t ris

k.

23


24

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

The

curr

ent A

ct o

nly

prov

ides

limite

d po

wer

s for

the

tota

lpr

ohib

ition

forp

osse

ssio

nof

fish

to

ensu

resu

stai

nabl

e m

anag

emen

t and

effe

ctiv

e co

mpl

ianc

e. F

or e

xam

ple,

ther

e is

no

pow

er to

pro

hibi

t the

poss

essi

onof

shar

kfin

in c

erta

inci

rcum

stan

ces (

unle

ss th

e sh

ark

is a

to

tally

pro

tect

ed sp

ecie

s).

Am

end

s43

topr

ovid

e th

epo

wer

topr

ohib

it th

epo

sses

sion

and

take

of s

peci

fied

fish,

parts

of f

ish

or c

lass

es o

f fis

h in

spec

ified

circ

umst

ance

s.

Div

isio

n 2

– Pr

otec

ted

fish

11S4

5(1)

Cla

ssof

fish

may

be

pres

crib

ed a

s pro

tect

ed fi

shW

ith th

e im

plem

enta

tion

ofIF

M,

diff

eren

t sec

tors

may

be

man

aged

unde

r sig

nific

antly

diff

eren

t set

s of

rule

s. T

here

is a

nee

d to

prov

ide

the

abili

ty to

dec

lare

prot

ecte

dfis

hsp

ecifi

cally

for r

ecre

atio

nal

fishe

rmen

, e.g

. rec

reat

iona

lfis

hers

may

wan

t a si

ze li

mit

on sa

lmon

,w

hich

is d

iffer

ent f

rom

the

size

lim

iton

salm

on in

the

com

mer

cial

sect

or.

Nee

d fo

r “re

crea

tiona

lly p

rote

cted

” fis

hca

tego

ry to

cov

er fi

shpr

otec

ted

from

recr

eatio

nal f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

r fro

m a

ny o

ther

act

ivity

of a

ny p

resc

ribed

cla

ss o

f pe

rson

s. Th

is w

ill a

llow

ford

iffer

ent r

ules

acro

ss c

lass

es a

nd b

etw

een

clas

ses o

f pe

rson

s.

12S4

7 C

omm

erci

ally

pro

tect

ed

fish

Com

mer

cial

lypr

otec

ted

fish

are

thos

e fis

hw

hich

can

notb

e ta

ken

for

sale

.H

owev

er, c

urre

ntly

, the

le

gisl

atio

ndo

es n

ot m

ake

it an

of

fenc

e to

have

such

fish

onco

mm

erci

al fi

shin

gbo

ats o

r pre

mis

esen

gage

d in

the

sale

of f

ish.

Thi

s is

an e

nfor

cem

entl

ooph

ole

whi

chne

eds t

o be

clo

sed.

Am

end

so th

at it

is c

lear

that

a p

erso

n m

ust n

ot h

ave

in th

eir p

osse

ssio

n co

mm

erci

ally

prot

ecte

d fis

h on

a fi

shin

g bo

at o

rcom

mer

cial

pre

mis

es w

here

fish

is p

roce

ssed

,st

ored

ors

old

fora

ny p

urpo

se.

24


25

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

Div

isio

n 3

– B

agan

dpo

sses

sion

lim

its

13S5

0B

ag li

mits

– ta

king

of fi

shTh

e cu

rren

t pro

visi

on d

oesn

otpr

ovid

e th

e fle

xibi

lity

forb

ag li

mits

to a

pply

for d

iffer

ent p

erio

dsat

diff

eren

t tim

es o

f the

yea

r.–

e.g.

ther

e m

ay b

e di

ffer

entb

ag li

mits

set

at d

iffer

ent s

tage

sof t

he b

reed

ing

cycl

e of

a p

artic

ular

spec

ies.

Cur

rent

ly, t

heA

ct p

rovi

des a

def

ence

in th

eba

g an

dpo

sses

sion

lim

itse

ctio

nsfo

r the

per

son

who

has

aqua

cultu

red

the

fish,

but

not f

or th

epe

rson

who

ulti

mat

ely

purc

hase

sthe

aqua

cultu

red

fish.

Prov

ide

a po

wer

ford

iffer

entb

ag li

mits

to b

e se

t for

diff

eren

t per

iods

atd

iffer

ent

times

of t

he y

ear.

Am

end

s50(

4)(b

)to c

hang

e‘b

yth

e pe

rson

’to

‘by

ape

rson

’.

14S5

1 Po

sses

sion

lim

its –

poss

essi

on o

f fis

hC

urre

ntly

it is

not

cle

ar th

atpe

ople

can

lega

llypu

rcha

se, a

ndha

ve in

thei

r pos

sess

ion,

und

ersi

zed

fish

whi

ch h

ave

been

pro

duce

d by

alic

ense

d aq

uacu

lture

act

ivity

.

Am

end

s54(

4)b

to sp

ecifi

cally

pro

vide

a d

efen

cefo

rpeo

ple

who

pur

chas

e, a

nd h

ave

in

thei

r pos

sess

ion,

und

ersi

ze fi

sh w

hich

hav

ebe

en p

rodu

ced

thro

ugh

aqua

cultu

re.

Am

end

s51(

4)b

from

‘by

the

pers

on,t

o ’b

ya

pers

on’

15 N

ew se

ctio

nre

quire

dC

urre

ntly

the

FRM

A p

rovi

des n

opo

wer

s for

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or to

dete

rmin

e fis

hing

per

iods

for

cust

omar

y an

d re

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

,an

d fo

r com

mer

cial

fish

ing

activ

ities

that

are

not

subj

ect t

o M

anag

emen

tPl

ans –

exce

pt th

roug

ha

proh

ibiti

vepr

oces

s (i.e

. thr

ough

a s4

3 or

der)

.

Prov

ide

for a

pow

er in

all

subs

idia

ry le

gisl

atio

n th

at a

llow

s for

dele

gatio

nfo

r the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or to

dete

rmin

e(a

ndpu

blis

h) th

e le

ngth

of fi

shin

g pe

riods

and

the

open

ing

and

clos

ing

date

s.

25


26

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

This

pro

vide

s fle

xibi

lity

fort

heEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

toop

en a

nd c

lose

fishi

ngse

ason

s with

out a

men

ding

subs

idia

ry le

gisl

atio

n. T

he u

se o

f su

chpo

wer

wou

ldbe

in a

ccor

danc

ew

ith a

Min

iste

rial P

olic

y G

uide

line

afte

r con

sulta

tion

with

the

parti

cula

rse

ctor

con

cern

ed.

Div

isio

n 4

– G

ener

alpe

nalty

16S5

2 G

ener

al p

enal

ty(p

enal

ties f

orpe

ople

who

fish

cont

rary

to ru

les

gove

rnin

g pr

ohib

ited

fishi

ngor

pro

tect

edfis

h)

To d

ate,

the

dete

rmin

atio

n of

the

cate

gory

of f

ish

that

is th

e su

bjec

tof

anof

fenc

e ha

sdef

aulte

d to

the

cate

gory

of l

owes

t pen

alty

.Pe

nalti

esat

tribu

ted

by th

e C

ourt

need

toac

cura

tely

refle

ct th

e ca

tego

ry o

f fis

hbe

lieve

d to

be

the

prim

ary

targ

et o

f th

e sp

ecifi

c fis

hing

met

hod

used

–e.

g. if

a p

erso

n ha

s bee

nne

t fis

hing

in a

kno

wn

barr

amun

di ri

ver,

and,

even

if he

has

cau

ght n

othi

ng,s

ince

the

prim

e ta

rget

was

bar

ram

undi

, the

high

estp

enal

ty c

lass

for t

hat o

ffen

cesh

ould

app

ly.

Cur

rent

legi

slat

ion

has r

esul

ted

indi

ffic

ultie

s enf

orci

ng b

ag a

nd

poss

essi

on li

mits

whe

repe

ople

hav

eco

mbi

ned

thei

r cat

ch si

nce

it is

not

poss

ible

to d

eter

min

e w

hoha

s cau

ght

wha

t.

Am

end

the

prov

isio

n to

ena

ble

the

Cou

rt to

det

erm

ine

the

cate

gory

of f

ish

on b

est

evid

ence

whe

re th

e in

tend

edsp

ecie

s tha

t is t

he su

bjec

tof t

he o

ffen

ce c

anno

t be

dete

rmin

ed b

eyon

dre

ason

able

dou

bt.

Am

end

the

prov

isio

n so

that

whe

re tw

o or

mor

e pe

ople

hav

e co

mbi

ned

thei

r cat

ch a

ndth

e co

mbi

ned

bag

or p

osse

ssio

n lim

it is

exc

eede

d (o

r pro

tect

ed fi

sh a

re fo

und

in th

eca

tch)

then

thes

e pe

ople

are

all

deem

ed to

be

guilt

y of

the

offe

nce.

26


27

Fis

her

ies

Managem

ent

Paper

No.2

08

27

Ref

Nu

mb

er

FR

MA

Sec

tion

Issu

eP

rop

ose

d C

han

ge

PA

RT

6 –

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

OF

FIS

HE

RIE

S

17

Par

t 6 –

Man

agem

ent

of

fish

erie

s

Cu

rren

t p

rov

isio

ns

in t

his

par

t o

f th

e

Act

ref

er t

o c

om

mer

cial

fis

her

ies

on

ly. IF

M h

as b

een

en

do

rsed

by

th

e

Go

ver

nm

ent

as t

he

futu

re f

or

fish

erie

s m

anag

emen

t an

d, as

su

ch,

mu

st b

e re

flec

ted

in

am

end

men

ts t

o

the

Act

.

Th

e p

rov

isio

ns

in t

his

Par

t sh

ou

ld

app

ly t

o t

he

man

agem

ent

of

all

sect

ors

. I

n p

ract

ice,

so

me

may

no

t

app

ly t

o a

par

ticu

lar

sect

or

at t

his

tim

e.

Th

e p

rin

cip

les

of

IFM

sh

ou

ld b

e

incl

ud

ed a

t th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e p

art

to p

rov

ide

a co

nte

xt

for

man

agem

ent

of

the

sect

ors

.

Wil

l re

qu

ire

an ‘

Inte

rpre

tati

on’

sect

ion s

pec

ific

to t

his

Par

t.

Th

e p

rin

cip

les

of

IFM

are

:

•F

ish

res

ou

rces

are

a c

om

mon p

roper

ty r

esourc

e m

anag

ed b

y t

he

Gover

nm

ent

for

the

ben

efit

of

pre

sent

and f

utu

re g

ener

atio

ns;

•S

ust

ain

abil

ity

is

par

amount;

•D

ecis

ion

s m

ust

be

mad

e on t

he

bes

t av

aila

ble

info

rmat

ion,

or

on t

he

pre

cau

tio

nar

y p

rinci

ple

;

•A

su

stai

nab

le h

arves

t le

vel

wil

l be

set

for

each

fis

her

y;

•C

ust

om

ary

fis

hin

g a

cces

s ri

ght

wil

l be

giv

en p

riori

ty o

ver

all

oth

er f

ishin

g

acce

ss;

•A

llo

cati

on

s to

use

r gro

ups

wil

l ac

count

for

the

tota

l m

ort

alit

y o

f fi

sh

reso

urc

es r

esu

ltin

g f

rom

the

acti

vit

ies

of

each

gro

up (

incl

udin

g b

yca

tch a

nd

mo

rtal

ity

of

rele

ased

fis

h);

•T

he

tota

l h

arv

est

acro

ss a

ll u

ser

gro

ups

wil

l not

exce

ed t

he

pre

scri

bed

sust

ain

able

har

ves

t le

vel

;

•A

pp

rop

riat

e m

anag

emen

t st

ruct

ure

s an

d p

roce

ss w

ill

be

intr

oduce

d t

o

man

age

each

use

r gro

up w

ithin

thei

r pre

scri

bed

all

oca

tion;


28

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Allo

catio

nde

cisi

ons w

ill a

im to

ach

ieve

the

optim

al b

enef

it to

the

WA

com

mun

ity;

Allo

catio

ns to

use

r gro

upsw

ill b

e ge

nera

lly m

ade

on a

pro

porti

onal

bas

isto

acco

unt f

or n

atur

al v

aria

tions

in fi

sh p

opul

atio

ns;a

ndM

anag

emen

t arr

ange

men

ts m

ustp

rovi

deus

ersw

ith th

e op

portu

nity

to a

cces

s th

eir a

lloca

tion.

Div

isio

n 1

– M

anag

emen

tpl

ans

18N

ew se

ctio

nsre

quire

dC

urre

ntly

ther

e ar

e no

appr

opria

tepr

ovis

ions

whi

ch e

nabl

e th

eal

loca

tion

of sh

ares

to d

iffer

ent

sect

ors (

recr

eatio

nal,

cust

omar

y an

d co

mm

erci

al se

ctor

s), a

nd th

ere

-al

loca

tion

of sh

ares

bet

wee

nth

ese

ctor

s und

er IF

M.

Cre

ate

a he

ad p

ower

for t

heM

inist

er to

allo

cate

,or t

o re

-allo

cate

, sha

res t

o va

rious

sect

ors.

Cre

ate

a he

ad p

ower

for r

egul

atio

ns to

pre

scrib

e th

epr

oces

s for

the

allo

catio

n,or

real

loca

tion,

of sh

ares

todi

ffer

ent s

ecto

rs b

yth

e M

inis

ter.

19S5

6 G

ener

alco

nten

tsTh

e ex

istin

gpr

ovis

ion

was

writ

ten

inth

e co

ntex

t ofm

anag

emen

t pla

nsbe

ing

only

dev

elop

ed fo

rthe

com

mer

cial

take

off

ish.

With

IFM

, th

ere

need

s to

be a

cle

ar c

apac

ity to

en

able

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n of

man

agem

ent

plan

s for

:rec

reat

iona

l fis

hing

(incl

udin

gpa

ssiv

e or

eco

tour

ism

use)

; cus

tom

ary

fishi

ng; c

omm

erci

alfis

hing

(bot

h fo

r man

aged

and

unm

anag

ed fi

sher

ies)

;and

for n

o-ta

ke a

reas

.

Ther

e w

ill n

eed

forf

lexi

bilit

y to

enab

le M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns to

cov

eral

l sec

tors

, one

sect

or, o

ne sp

ecie

s, a

rang

eof

spec

ies,

an a

rea

or a

rang

eof

are

as,o

ne a

ctiv

ity o

r a ra

nge

ofac

tiviti

es, e

tc.

Prov

ide

pow

ers f

or M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns to

be

deve

lope

d fo

r eac

h se

ctor

,mul

ti-se

ctor

s,a

sing

le sp

ecie

s or m

ulti-

spec

ies,

a re

gion

or a

num

bero

freg

ions

.Pr

ovid

e th

at a

Man

agem

ent P

lan

may

incl

ude

prov

isio

ns to

mod

ify fi

shin

g ac

tivity

for

biod

iver

sity

con

serv

atio

n, e

.g. t

opr

otec

t sea

lion

s fro

m b

eing

cau

ght i

n ro

ck lo

bste

rpo

ts.

28


29

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Cla

rify

that

‘int

erim

man

aged

fishe

ries’

only

refe

r to

com

mer

cial

fishe

ries.

Am

end

s56(

1)(b

) and

s56(

2) so

that

‘inte

rimm

anag

ed fi

sher

ies’

onl

y w

ill o

ccur

inco

mm

erci

al fi

sher

ies.

20S5

8 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

“aut

horis

atio

ns”

Cur

rent

ly th

e se

ctio

npr

imar

ily re

fers

to

com

mer

cial

fishi

ng. I

t sho

uld

becl

ear t

hat t

he p

rovi

sion

is a

lso

rele

vant

toot

her s

ecto

rs(e

g.M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns c

anbe

mad

efo

r a

recr

eatio

nal f

ishe

ry).

Cus

tom

ary

and

recr

eatio

nal f

ishi

ng a

utho

risat

ions

will

hav

e sp

ecifi

c co

nditi

onsw

hich

will

nee

d to

be

pres

crib

ed.

To

ensu

re th

at c

omm

erci

al fi

shin

g lic

ence

hol

ders

can

onl

y fis

hw

hen

thei

r lic

ence

has

a m

inim

um n

umbe

rof

uni

ts a

ttach

ed, m

anag

emen

t pla

nsne

ed to

inco

rpor

ate

prov

isio

ns fo

r m

inim

um u

nit h

oldi

ngso

f per

man

ent

units

toop

erat

e in

a fi

sher

y.

Am

end

this

sec

tion

to s

peci

fy th

at a

n au

thor

isat

ion

with

resp

ect t

o re

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

mea

ns a

lice

nce,

per

mit

or o

ther

dev

ice

(incl

udin

greg

istra

tion,

or ta

gs)

prov

ided

for

unde

r s25

7.

Cre

ate

a po

wer

to

enab

le a

rec

reat

iona

l fis

herie

s M

anag

emen

t Pl

an t

o pr

ovid

e fo

rdi

ffer

ent c

lass

es o

f aut

horis

atio

ns (e

.g.d

aily

, wee

kly,

tick

ets,

tags

,div

ers,

etc)

. En

sure

only

“na

tura

l per

sons

” ar

e el

igib

lefo

r a re

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

aut

horis

atio

n.

Pres

crib

e th

e ra

nge

of p

roce

dure

s for

det

erm

inin

g w

how

ill b

egr

ante

d an

aut

horis

atio

n–

e.g.

tend

ers,

ballo

ts, l

otte

ries o

r auc

tions

.

Prov

ide

that

no o

bjec

tions

to th

egr

anto

f Rec

reat

iona

lFis

hing

Lic

ence

s (R

FLs)

will

be c

onsi

dere

d.

Ensu

re th

at a

recr

eatio

nalf

ishe

ries M

anag

emen

t Pla

n w

ill sp

ecify

the

circ

umst

ance

sun

derw

hich

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or m

ay v

ary

an a

utho

risat

ion.

The

app

lican

t for

a

RFL

can

not a

pply

for a

var

iatio

n–

it is

the

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or’s

prer

ogat

ive

tova

ry it

un

der c

erta

in c

ircum

stan

ces.

Ensu

re R

FLs a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d en

title

men

ts c

anno

t be

trans

ferr

ed.

Prov

ide

that

a re

crea

tiona

l fis

herie

s Man

agem

ent P

lan

can

proh

ibit

the

trans

fero

fau

thor

isat

ions

. In

clud

e a

prov

isio

n th

atal

low

s the

Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

or to

issu

eau

thor

isat

ions

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f man

agin

g cu

stom

ary

fishi

ng.

Prov

ide

the

pow

er fo

r man

agem

ent p

lans

for u

nitis

ed c

omm

erci

al fi

sher

ies t

o sp

ecify

the

min

imum

leve

lsof

ent

itlem

ent t

hat a

re re

quire

d to

be a

ttach

ed to

a li

cenc

ebe

fore

the

licen

ce c

an b

e op

erat

ed.

29


30

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

21S5

9 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

capa

city

of f

ishe

ryW

ithIF

M, t

heca

paci

ty o

f the

fish

ery

may

als

o be

spec

ified

by re

fere

nce

to

the

gear

type

.

Furth

er e

xpla

natio

nof

‘cap

acity

’ is

requ

ired

as it

is p

ivot

al to

the

IFM

conc

ept o

fman

agem

ent.

Ensu

re th

at th

e ca

paci

ty m

ayal

sobe

spec

ified

acco

rdin

gto

fish

ing

gear

ofa

par

ticul

arty

pe.

Am

end

so th

at it

is c

lear

that

the

Min

iste

r det

erm

ines

the

shar

e of

the

sust

aina

ble

harv

est l

evel

(SH

L) fo

r eac

hse

ctor

and

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or, f

rom

tim

e-to

-tim

e,de

term

ines

the

SHL.

The

capa

city

of a

com

mer

cial

fish

ery

is th

e sh

are

(as

dete

rmin

ed b

yth

e M

inis

ter)

of t

he S

HL

expr

esse

d in

term

s rel

evan

t to

the

unit

ofen

title

men

t.

22S6

2M

anag

emen

t pla

n –

mis

cella

neou

s(b

) pro

hibi

tor r

egul

ate

the

use

of a

ny b

oat,

vehi

cle,

airc

raft.

.’

The

use

of re

mot

e sa

telli

te tr

acki

ngof

fishi

ng v

esse

lsal

low

s for

gre

atly

im

prov

ed c

ompl

ianc

e ef

ficie

ncie

s if

the

mer

e pr

esen

ceof

a fi

shin

gbo

atin

a c

lose

d ar

ea is

a p

rose

cuta

ble

offe

nce.

Thi

s cha

nge

wou

ld, f

orso

me

offe

nces

, red

uce

the

need

for

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s to

prov

e th

at th

eof

fend

erw

as a

ctua

lly e

ngag

ed in

fishi

ng.

The

fact

that

the

fishi

ngbo

atw

as in

a p

rohi

bite

d ar

ea w

ould

be su

ffic

ient

forp

rose

cutio

n.

This

mea

sure

incr

ease

s the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of f

ishe

ries

man

agem

ent a

nd d

ecre

ases

the

cost

s of

com

plia

nce

effo

rt–

e.g.

less

reso

urce

s and

tim

e ne

eded

to

unde

rtake

inve

stig

atio

ns a

ndpr

epar

ebr

iefs

.

Am

end

to e

nabl

e a

Man

agem

ent P

lan

topr

ohib

it th

e ‘u

se’ a

nd ‘p

rese

nce’

of fi

shin

gan

d ca

rrie

rboa

ts in

the

wat

ers o

f a fi

sher

y,or

oth

erw

ater

sat a

spec

ified

tim

e or

du

ring

spec

ified

perio

ds.

30


31

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

23S6

2 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

mis

cella

neou

s(e

) ‘re

quire

spec

ified

gea

ror

equi

pmen

t to

be in

stal

led…

;

Cla

rify

the

sorts

of g

ear o

r eq

uipm

ent w

hich

mus

t be

inst

alle

din

, car

ried,

or u

sed

on fi

shin

gbo

ats

in th

efis

hery

.

Incl

ude

equi

pmen

t use

d fo

r res

earc

h, m

onito

ring

or c

ompl

ianc

e pr

ogra

ms.

24S6

2 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

mis

cella

neou

s(k

)‘sp

ecify

the

requ

irem

ents

rela

ted

to a

ny b

ycat

chof

fish

in th

efis

hery

’.

The

curr

ent p

rovi

sion

spec

ifica

llyre

late

s to

fish

that

are

cau

ght a

sby

catc

h. T

o en

sure

sust

aina

ble

man

agem

ent o

f the

aqu

atic

envi

ronm

ent,

othe

r,no

n-fis

h by

catc

h (e

.g. a

quat

ic m

amm

als,

rept

iles,

seab

irds)

and

fish

bypr

oduc

t (i.e

. fis

h th

at a

re n

ot ta

rget

ed b

ut u

sed

byth

e fis

her)

need

s to

be in

clud

ed in

th

is p

rovi

sion

.

Cla

rify

and

expa

nd th

epr

ovis

ion

to c

reat

ea

pow

erfo

r the

effe

ctiv

e m

anag

emen

t of

bypr

oduc

t.

Exte

nd to

incl

ude

the

‘byc

atch

of f

ish

and

othe

r fau

na’ i

n th

e pr

ovis

ion.

Incl

ude

a su

bsec

tion

whi

chpr

ovid

es p

ower

to re

gula

te fi

shin

g ac

tiviti

esw

hich

impa

cton

non

-targ

etfis

h an

d aq

uatic

faun

a.

25S6

2 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

mis

cella

neou

s(l)

’req

uire

the

hold

er o

f an

auth

oris

atio

n to

nom

inat

e –

(i) a

n ar

ea…

(ii) a

per

iod…

Cur

rent

ly, a

fish

er o

nly

need

sto

nom

inat

e an

are

a fo

r fis

hing

and

the

perio

d of

tim

ehe

will

be

fishi

ng. T

om

axim

ise

the

flexi

bilit

y of

man

agem

ent o

f com

mer

cial

fish

ing,

the

Man

agem

ent P

lan

may

als

ore

quire

the

nom

inat

ion

of th

e ty

pe o

fge

ar to

beus

ed w

hile

fish

ing.

It al

sone

eds t

o be

cla

rifie

d th

at th

em

anag

emen

t pla

n m

ay re

quire

the

auth

oris

atio

nho

lder

to n

omin

ate

one

or a

ny c

ombi

natio

nof

the

iden

tifie

dite

ms.

Add

(iii)

to in

clud

esp

ecifi

c ty

peso

f gea

rora

ny o

ther

act

ivity

as r

equi

red

by th

eM

anag

emen

t Pla

n th

atw

ill b

e us

ed in

the

nom

inat

ed a

rea

ordu

ring

a no

min

ated

tim

e.

Incl

ude

‘one

or a

ny c

ombi

natio

n of

’ the

list

ed it

ems i

n th

epr

ovis

ion.

31


32

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

26S6

2 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

mis

cella

neou

s(m

) ‘..n

omin

ate

..pla

ce..t

hat

fish

..will

be

unlo

aded

.’(n

) ‘pr

ohib

it fis

h..u

nloa

ded

outs

ide

the

(nom

inat

ed)

port.

.’

The

Man

agem

ent P

lan

need

sto

have

the

capa

city

tore

quire

the

nom

inat

ion

ofa

time

for t

heun

load

ing

offis

h so

that

fish

are

not

unlo

aded

atu

nexp

ecte

d tim

es w

hen

com

plia

nce

offic

ers c

an n

ot in

spec

tth

em.

Ensu

re th

at a

Man

agem

ent P

lan

may

hav

e th

epo

wer

to re

quire

fish

ers t

o no

min

ate

the

time

of u

nloa

ding

fish

, and

to p

rohi

bit f

ish

from

bei

ngun

load

ed a

t tim

es o

ther

than

the

nom

inat

ed ti

me

(if th

e M

anag

emen

t Pla

nha

s req

uire

d th

eno

min

atio

n of

tim

e).

27S6

2 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

mis

cella

neou

s(p

)im

pose

oth

er o

blig

atio

nson

the

hold

ers o

fau

thor

isat

ions

…’

Cla

rify

that

the

‘per

sons

act

ing

onbe

half

of su

ch h

olde

rs’a

ssta

ted

inth

e cu

rren

t sub

sect

ion

(p),

refe

rson

lyto

aut

horis

atio

nho

lder

s in

a co

mm

erci

al fi

sher

y. R

ecre

atio

nal

fishe

rs m

ay n

ot a

ct o

n be

half

of a

re

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

aut

horis

atio

nho

lder

– th

eym

ust b

e th

eho

lder

of

the

auth

oris

atio

n.

Am

end

(p) s

o th

at it

is c

lear

that

‘per

sons

act

ing

on b

ehal

fof s

uch

hold

ers o

r mas

ters

of b

oats

’ ref

ers o

nly

to c

omm

erci

al fi

sher

ies.

28S6

2 M

anag

emen

t pla

n–

mis

cella

neou

s(q

)‘re

quire

spec

ified

reco

rds

to b

e ke

pt…

, by

– (i)

pers

ons a

ctin

gun

der t

heau

thor

ity o

f au

thor

isat

ions

…’

The

curr

ent p

rovi

sion

is u

ncle

ar a

s to

who

spec

ifica

lly is

dire

ctly

re

spon

sibl

e fo

rkee

ping

reco

rdsa

ndsu

bmitt

ing

retu

rns (

i.e. i

s it t

he

licen

see,

or th

e m

aste

r, or

the

less

ee?)

.

Cla

rify

that

(ii)

refe

rs to

the

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

indu

stry

,as

recr

eatio

nal f

ishe

rs m

ay n

ot se

ll fis

h.

Am

end

topr

ovid

e th

e ab

ility

to sp

ecify

who

mus

t kee

p, su

bmit,

or m

aint

ain

reco

rds

and

retu

rns.

Am

end

(i) so

that

all

auth

oris

atio

nho

lder

s,or

, in

the

case

ofco

mm

erci

al fi

shin

g,

pers

ons a

ctin

gun

der t

he a

utho

rity

of a

n au

thor

isat

ion

hold

er, m

ay b

e re

quire

d to

keep

and

subm

it re

cord

s or r

etur

ns.

Cla

rify

(ii) s

o th

at it

refe

rs to

the

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

indu

stry

.

32


33

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

29S6

2 M

anag

emen

t pla

ns–

mis

cella

neou

s(u

) ‘pr

ohib

it or

regu

late

the

hand

ling,

….’

Cur

rent

ly th

ispr

ovis

ion

does

not

regu

late

or p

rohi

bit t

hepo

sses

sion

of

fish

take

n.It

may

be

nece

ssar

y to

proh

ibit

the

poss

essi

on o

f,fo

rex

ampl

e, c

erta

in b

ycat

ch sp

ecie

s.

For e

ffec

tive

quot

a m

anag

emen

t it i

sne

cess

ary

to tr

ack

and

mon

itor f

ish

thro

ugh

the

mar

ketin

g ch

ain

from

the

poin

t of c

aptu

re.

Ther

efor

e, th

ere

is

a ne

ed to

con

trol a

nd m

onito

rall

peop

le d

ealin

g in

quot

afis

h.

‘Dum

ping

of fi

sh’ i

s cur

rent

ly n

otsp

ecifi

cally

iden

tifie

d as

requ

iring

regu

latio

n.A

n am

endm

ent i

s re

quire

d to

regu

late

such

act

ivity

toco

ntro

l hig

h gr

adin

gin

quot

afis

herie

s whe

re lo

w v

alue

cat

ch is

dum

ped

and

repl

aced

by

high

val

ue

catc

h.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

for t

he c

larif

icat

ion

of re

spon

sibi

litie

s of p

erso

nsop

erat

ing

in a

fish

ery.

In la

rge

fishi

ng o

pera

tions

, par

ticul

arly

proc

essi

ngin

quo

ta fi

sher

ies,

itm

aybe

nece

ssar

y to

iden

tify

pers

ons

resp

onsi

ble

for c

erta

in a

ctiv

ities

tow

hich

cer

tain

lega

l res

pons

ibili

ties

are

ascr

ibed

(e.g

. in

a qu

ota

fishe

ry,

iden

tifyi

ngth

e pe

rson

resp

onsi

ble

for

rece

ivin

gan

d w

eigh

ing

fish

at a

fish

proc

essi

ng fa

cilit

y).

Incl

ude,

‘pos

sess

ion

of’ a

fter ‘

stor

age’

.

Spec

ify in

a n

ew su

bsec

tion

that

a M

anag

emen

t Pla

n m

ay sp

ecify

and

regu

late

the

pers

ons (

or c

lass

of p

erso

ns) w

ho d

eal,

trans

port,

or w

ho m

ay re

ceiv

e fis

h.

Spec

ify in

a n

ew su

bsec

tion

that

a M

anag

emen

t Pla

n m

ay p

rohi

bito

rreg

ulat

e th

edi

spos

alor

retu

rn to

any

wat

erso

f any

fish.

Prov

ide

in a

new

subs

ectio

n th

at th

e au

thor

isat

ion

hold

erm

ay b

e re

quire

d to

nom

inat

ea

supe

rvis

or to

carr

you

t any

act

ivity

pre

scrib

edun

der a

lice

nce.

33


34

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

30S6

3H

ow a

n in

terim

man

aged

fish

ery

beco

mes

a

man

aged

fish

ery

Cur

rent

ly, t

hepr

ovis

ion

refe

rs o

nly

to c

omm

erci

alfis

herie

s, an

d sh

ould

cont

inue

tobe

inte

rpre

ted

in th

isw

ay.

Cla

rify

that

the

prov

isio

nre

fers

to c

omm

erci

al fi

shin

gon

ly.

31N

ew se

ctio

n (s

peci

fic to

co

mm

erci

al fi

shin

g)In

clud

e a

sect

ion

topr

ovid

e fo

r the

man

agem

ent o

fdev

elop

ing

and

expl

orat

ory

fishe

ries b

y w

ay o

fape

rmit

limite

d in

its s

cope

and

appl

icat

ion

(e.g

. lim

ited

perio

dof

fishi

ng a

llow

ed, s

peci

fic a

rea,

non

-tra

nsfe

rabl

e, n

on-r

evie

wab

le b

yth

eSA

T, n

ot su

bjec

t to

FAS)

. Th

is w

ill

enab

le th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

to

intro

duce

flex

ible

and

imm

edia

tem

anag

emen

t pre

scrip

tions

for f

ishi

ngac

tiviti

es th

at d

ono

twar

rant

the

com

plex

ities

of a

man

agem

ent p

lan.

This

wou

ld re

plac

e th

e va

riety

of

appr

oach

es ta

ken

to m

anag

e th

iscl

ass o

f fis

hing

act

ivity

by

a m

ix o

for

ders

, lic

ence

cond

ition

s and

exem

ptio

ns–e

.g. m

ud c

rabs

;oct

opus

fishe

ries.

Prov

ide

apo

wer

for t

he E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

tode

clar

e a

‘per

mit

fishe

ry’ i

n co

mm

erci

alfis

herie

s tha

t are

con

side

red

min

or a

nd/o

r dev

elop

ing

and

are

not s

ubje

ctto

a

Man

agem

ent P

lan.

Prov

ide

apo

wer

for t

heEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

to is

sue

perm

its fo

ren

try in

to th

ese

fishe

ries.

The

con

ditio

ns a

ttach

ed to

perm

its w

ould

bepr

escr

ibed

and

wou

ld in

clud

e:Pe

rmit

valid

for f

ixed

per

iod,

with

no ri

ghto

f ren

ewal

;Pe

rmits

are

not

tran

sfer

able

;Pe

rmits

are

not

subj

ect t

o FA

S; a

nd

Dec

isio

ns w

ithre

spec

tto

the

gran

ting

etc

of p

erm

itsw

ould

not

be

subj

ectt

oSA

T re

view

.

The

addi

tion

of th

ispr

ovis

ion

will

mea

n th

at n

o co

mm

erci

al fi

shin

g ac

tivity

will

be

able

tooc

cur w

ithou

t eith

er a

perm

it, o

r a m

anag

edfis

hery

lice

nce

(in a

man

aged

fishe

ry).

32S6

9 C

ondi

tions

Cla

rify

that

a re

crea

tiona

lfis

hing

auth

oris

atio

nm

ay n

ot b

e tra

nsfe

rred

.C

larif

y s6

9(2)

to e

nsur

e th

at a

utho

risat

ions

that

are

tran

sfer

red

are

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

auth

oris

atio

ns o

nly.

33S7

0A

utho

risat

ion

ceas

es to

ha

ve e

ffec

t ifm

anag

emen

tpl

an c

ease

s to

have

eff

ect

Cla

rify

that

s70(

b) –

‘a m

anag

emen

tpl

anfo

r an

inte

rimm

anag

edfis

hery

..’do

es n

ot re

fert

ore

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

sinc

e su

chpl

ans

will

not

occu

r in

recr

eatio

nal

fishe

ries.

Am

end

s70(

b)to

cla

rify

that

it re

fers

to c

omm

erci

al fi

sher

ies o

nly

34


35

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

Div

isio

n5

- Off

ence

s

34S7

4 C

ontra

vent

ion

of a

m

anag

emen

t pla

nTh

e s2

22 a

dditi

onal

pena

lties

for

man

agem

ent p

lan

offe

nces

are

, in

som

e ci

rcum

stan

ces,

crea

ting

exce

ssiv

eor

unr

easo

nabl

e pe

nalti

es,

parti

cula

rly fo

r min

or o

ffen

ces.

See

sect

ion

2.3.

6 of

this

pap

er.

Rem

ove

refe

renc

e to

s222

inse

ctio

n74

. Th

e ap

plic

atio

nof

s222

will

be

deal

t with

ina

redr

afte

d s7

5.

35S7

5 G

ener

al p

enal

ty(p

enal

ties f

orof

fenc

esco

mm

itted

aga

inst

the

prov

isio

ns o

f man

agem

ent

plan

s)

The

curr

ent l

egis

latio

n do

esno

tpr

ovid

e po

wer

tois

sue

infr

inge

men

tno

tices

for l

ow le

vel m

anag

emen

tpl

an o

ffen

ces,

or fo

roff

ence

sat

tract

ing

unre

ason

able

pen

altie

snot

com

men

sura

tew

ith th

e na

ture

of t

heof

fenc

e.Fo

r exa

mpl

e, a

fish

er w

hofa

ils to

subm

it qu

ota

form

s on

time

or fa

ils to

com

plet

e th

efo

rmco

rrec

tly sh

ould

bede

alt w

ith b

yin

frin

gem

ent n

otic

e an

dno

t by

pros

ecut

ion

whe

re th

ere

is n

osu

gges

tion

of q

uota

frau

d.

Rep

eat o

ffen

ders

may

ulti

mat

ely

need

to b

e pr

osec

uted

but

shou

ld n

otat

tract

the

high

leve

l of a

dditi

onal

pena

lty u

nder

s222

.H

owev

er w

here

ther

e is

quo

ta fr

aud

susp

ecte

d w

ith

resp

ect t

o th

e do

cum

ents

, the

n hi

gher

gene

ralp

enal

ties,

incl

udin

g s2

22,

wou

ld a

pply

.Se

e se

ctio

n2.

3.6

inth

is d

iscu

ssio

npa

per.

Prov

ide

for

a th

ree-

tiere

d (i.

e. in

frin

gem

ents

, gen

eral

pen

alty

(fin

e), g

ener

al p

enal

tyw

ith a

n ad

ditio

nal

s222

pena

lty)

appr

oach

to

pena

lties

whi

ch r

etai

ns s

igni

fican

tpe

nalti

es f

orof

fenc

es c

omm

itted

for

gai

n bu

t al

sopr

ovid

es f

or l

ower

pena

lties

incl

udin

g in

frin

gem

ents

form

inor

mat

ters

(e.g

. err

ors a

nd o

mis

sion

s).

The

stru

ctur

e an

d op

erat

ion

ofth

epr

opos

ed th

ree-

tiere

dpe

nalty

app

roac

h w

ill n

eed

furth

er d

evel

opm

enta

sa p

art o

fthe

dra

fting

pro

cess

.

35


36

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

36S7

6 C

ourt

toor

derr

educ

tion

of e

ntitl

emen

t in

certa

inci

rcum

stan

ces

Ther

e is

cur

rent

ly so

me

ques

tion

of

whe

ther

the

Cou

rt ca

n‘r

ound

dow

n’to

an

amou

nt le

ss th

anon

e un

it.

Sect

ion

76(3

) req

uire

s the

Cou

rt to

orde

r a re

duct

ion

in e

ntitl

emen

t if

fishi

ngun

its h

ave

been

use

d in

exce

ssof

an

entit

lem

ent

e.g.

if a

pe

rson

is c

onvi

cted

ofo

verp

ottin

gby

six

pots

then

the

Cou

rtw

illre

duce

the

unit

hold

ing

of th

atau

thor

isat

ion

by a

n eq

uiva

lent

of s

ixpo

ts.

Aut

horis

atio

nho

lder

s can

tran

sfer

thei

runi

tspr

ior t

o a

Cou

rt ca

se,

ther

eby

esca

ping

the

risk

of a

redu

ctio

n of

entit

lem

ent.

Whe

reth

isoc

curs

, it i

s pro

pose

d to

prov

ide

that

the

auth

oris

atio

n ho

lder

shal

l be

requ

ired

to p

ay th

e eq

uiva

lent

valu

eto

the

FRD

F. T

his i

s pro

pose

d to

com

plem

ent s

140

whe

n a

trans

fer

may

hav

e oc

curr

ed th

roug

h an

adm

inis

trativ

e tim

ing

issu

eor

by

agre

emen

t with

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or (r

efer

item

61).

The

Cou

rt is

to ro

und

up o

rdow

n to

the

near

est u

nit.

If th

ere

is le

ss th

anon

e un

it, th

en

it w

ill b

e ro

unde

dup

toon

eun

it.

If th

e C

ourt

finds

that

at t

he ti

me

of c

onvi

ctio

n, th

e en

title

men

t the

subj

ect o

fre

duct

ion

hasb

een

trans

ferr

ed o

roth

erw

ise

disp

osed

of, t

hen

the

Cou

rtsh

all o

rder

the

auth

oris

atio

nho

lder

to w

hich

the

entit

lem

ent w

as a

ttach

ed a

t the

tim

e of

the

offe

nce

to

pay

to th

e FR

DF

the

com

mer

cial

val

ue e

quiv

alen

t to

the

entit

lem

ent t

hat w

as to

bere

duce

d.

37S7

7 C

ontra

vent

ion

ofco

nditi

on o

f lic

ence

orpe

rmit

The

prov

isio

n w

as w

ritte

nsp

ecifi

cally

for c

omm

erci

al fi

sher

ies.

Cla

rify

that

‘int

erim

man

aged

fish

ery

perm

its’ a

pply

only

in c

omm

erci

alfis

herie

s.

Am

end

head

er to

repl

ace

‘lice

nce

or p

erm

it’ w

ith ‘a

utho

risat

ion’

and

cla

rify

that

s7

7(b)

appl

ieso

nly

to c

omm

erci

al fi

sher

ies.

36


37

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

38N

ew se

ctio

nG

iven

the

natu

reof

som

e qu

ota

fishe

ries,

it is

not

pos

sibl

e to

prec

isel

y co

ntro

l and

mea

sure

the

quan

tity

of fi

sh ta

ken

at th

e en

dof

a

quot

ape

riod.

In c

ases

whe

requ

ota

“ove

rrun

s” o

ccur

, it i

s pro

pose

d th

atth

e au

thor

isat

ion

hold

erpa

ysth

em

arke

t val

ueof

the

exce

ss c

atch

to

the

Cro

wn,

unl

ess t

here

is a

noth

erm

echa

nism

to v

alue

quo

ta“o

ver

runs

” in

the

Man

agem

ent P

lan

for

that

fish

ery.

Fai

lure

to p

ay c

anre

sult

inth

e re

duct

ion

offis

hing

uni

tseq

uiva

lent

to th

equ

ota

“ove

rrun

”.

Prov

ide

for a

man

dato

ry re

quire

men

t for

aut

horis

atio

nho

lder

s to

pay

(to th

e FR

DF)

the

mar

ket v

alue

of fi

sh ta

ken

in e

xces

sofa

ny q

uota

ent

itlem

ent o

r allo

catio

n,un

less

Man

agem

ent P

lan

orre

gula

tions

prov

ide

an a

ltern

ate

treat

men

t with

in a

pre

scrib

edtim

e fr

ame.

Thi

s is n

ot a

def

ence

to a

nypr

osec

utio

n.W

here

ther

e is

a fa

ilure

to p

ay w

ithin

a p

resc

ribed

tim

e fr

ame,

the

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

orca

npr

opor

tiona

lly re

duce

ent

itlem

ent a

nddi

spos

eof

the

entit

lem

ent a

s he

sees

fit,

orre

cove

r the

am

ount

as a

deb

t in

an a

ppro

pria

te C

ourt.

PAR

T 7

- F

ISH

PRO

CE

SSIN

G

39S7

9 Fi

shpr

oces

sing

esta

blis

hmen

t not

tobe

esta

blis

hed

with

out a

per

mit

The

curr

ent p

rovi

sion

doe

snot

mak

eit

clea

r whe

ther

fish

cau

ghtb

y a

vess

el m

ay b

e pr

oces

sed

onbo

ard

that

ves

selw

ithou

t the

requ

irem

ent

for a

per

mit.

Ensu

re th

at a

per

mit

is n

otre

quire

d if

the

fish

(oth

er th

anfis

hof

apr

escr

ibed

cla

ss) a

repr

oces

sed

onth

e bo

at fr

omw

hich

the

fish

have

bee

nca

ught

.

37


38

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T 8

–

AQ

UA

CU

LT

UR

E

40S9

0 Pe

rson

s eng

agin

g in

aqua

cultu

re a

ndre

late

dac

tiviti

es to

be

licen

sed

Cur

rent

ly, ‘

harv

estin

g’ is

not

incl

uded

in th

e de

finiti

on o

f aq

uacu

lture

.Th

is n

eeds

to b

ere

ctifi

ed so

it is

cle

ar th

at‘h

arve

stin

g’ o

faqu

acul

ture

pro

duct

is a

n el

emen

t of t

he a

quac

ultu

relic

ence

.

The

colle

ctio

nof

bro

odst

ock

iscu

rren

tly n

ot a

n au

thor

ised

act

ivity

unde

r an

aqua

cultu

re li

cenc

e. T

his

mea

ns th

at w

hen

aqua

cultu

rists

requ

ire b

rood

stoc

kth

ey n

eed

toco

ntin

ually

app

ly fo

r exe

mpt

ions

.In

addi

tion,

aqu

acul

ture

lice

nces

do n

otcu

rren

tly c

over

rese

edin

g,or

the

colle

ctio

nof

spat

(say

by

mus

sel

farm

ers)

. It i

s pro

pose

dto

reso

lve

thes

e m

atte

rs b

y am

endi

ng th

eac

tiviti

es w

hich

are

subj

ect t

o an

aqua

cultu

relic

ence

whi

ch w

ill

rem

ove

the

requ

irem

ent f

orex

empt

ions

for b

rood

stoc

kpu

rpos

esan

d cl

arify

the

situ

atio

n ar

ound

spat

colle

ctio

n.

Incl

ude

in a

n ad

ditio

nal s

ubse

ctio

n th

at a

per

son

mus

t not

eng

age

in th

eha

rves

ting

ofaq

uacu

lture

prod

uct(

whe

ther

orn

otfo

r sal

e)un

less

the

pers

on is

aut

horis

ed to

do

soby

an

aqua

cultu

re li

cenc

e (e

xcep

twhe

re p

rovi

ded

by s9

1).

Am

end

Sect

ion

90 to

incl

ude

the

addi

tiona

lsub

sect

ions

:(e

) col

lect

from

the

wild

, bro

odst

ock

orsp

at; a

nd (f

)res

eedi

ngof

aqu

acul

ture

leas

es a

ndW

Aw

ater

s.

. 38


39

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

41S9

2 G

rant

of a

quac

ultu

relic

ence

The

crite

ria to

gran

t an

aqua

cultu

relic

ence

nee

d to

be

amen

ded

to b

ette

rre

flect

fact

ors t

hat t

he E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

mus

t con

side

r in

the

asse

ssm

ent;

and

to in

clud

e th

at th

epr

opon

ent m

ust h

ave

evid

ence

of

tenu

re fo

r the

pro

pose

d si

te.

The

curr

ent A

ct p

rovi

des l

ittle

fle

xibi

lity

for t

he E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

or th

e M

inis

ter t

ore

spon

d to

shor

tte

rm, e

mer

genc

y ne

edso

f ind

ustry

.Th

ere

is a

nee

d fo

r the

Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

or a

nd th

e M

inis

ter t

o ha

ve th

epo

wer

to is

sue

emer

genc

ype

rmits

and/

or le

ases

to a

llow

a li

cens

ee to

qu

ickl

y re

loca

te in

the

even

t of a

si

gnifi

cant

eve

nt, s

ay a

cyc

lone

, oil

spill

or m

ajor

wat

er c

onta

min

atio

nev

ent.

Sect

ion

92(3

) cur

rent

ly p

rovi

des t

hat

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or m

ay se

ek th

ead

vice

of re

leva

nt a

utho

rity/

ies t

ode

cide

whe

ther

or n

ot a

pro

posa

l will

adve

rsel

y af

fect

fish

or t

he a

quat

ic

envi

ronm

ent.

The

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

orne

edst

o ha

ve th

e ad

ditio

nal

pow

er to

seek

the

advi

ceof

rele

vant

auth

ority

/ies w

hen

dete

rmin

ing

whe

ther

the

prop

osal

is in

the

bette

rin

tere

sts o

fthe

aqu

acul

ture

indu

stry

.

Incl

ude

in a

nad

ditio

nal

subs

ectio

n to

(1)

tha

t th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

may

con

side

rot

her

pres

crib

ed m

atte

rs.

Thi

s w

ill a

llow

the

pre

scrip

tion

of m

atte

rsin

clud

ed,

for

exam

ple,

und

er M

inis

teria

l Pol

icy

Gui

delin

e N

o.8

tobe

con

side

red

mor

e fo

rmal

ly b

yth

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

in th

eas

sess

men

t.

Incl

ude

an a

dditi

onal

sub

sect

ion

to (

1) t

hat

the

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

orm

ust

also

be

satis

fied

that

the

appl

ican

t for

the

licen

ce h

as a

ppro

pria

te te

nure

– w

heth

er in

his

own

right

,or

has

an a

gree

men

t with

ano

ther

to w

ork

thei

r le

ase.

This

am

endm

ent i

s al

so

prop

osed

to a

pply

ret

rosp

ectiv

ely

to c

urre

nt li

cenc

eho

lder

s,bu

twill

pro

vide

agr

ace

perio

d to

lice

nsee

s with

out l

ease

s at t

he ti

me

the

new

Act

is p

asse

d.

Cre

ate

a po

wer

for t

he E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

inpr

escr

ibed

circ

umst

ance

s to

gran

t ape

rmit

to a

n aq

uacu

lture

lice

nce

hold

er fo

r a to

tal p

erio

d of

not

mor

e th

ansi

x m

onth

s–

so a

nop

erat

ion

can

be m

oved

rapi

dly,

ifre

quire

d.

Incl

ude

an a

dditi

onal

subs

ectio

n in

s92(

3) th

at a

llow

s the

Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or to

seek

the

advi

ceof

such

aut

horit

y or

aut

horit

ies a

sthe

Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

or th

inks

fit i

nor

der

to d

eter

min

e w

heth

er it

is in

the

best

inte

rest

s of t

he a

quac

ultu

re in

dust

ry to

gran

t a

licen

ce.

39


40

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

42S9

5 C

ondi

tions

(..at

tach

edto

an

aqua

cultu

relic

ence

)

Cur

rent

ly, a

ll co

nditi

ons a

ttach

ed to

a lic

ence

are

term

inat

ed w

ith th

elic

ence

.If

a li

cenc

e is

can

celle

d or

no

tren

ewed

, the

re is

no

pow

er to

requ

ire th

efo

rmer

lice

nsee

to re

turn

th

e si

te to

its o

rigin

al st

ate.

To

addr

ess t

his,

som

e of

the

cond

ition

sof

the

licen

ce (e

.g. r

equi

rem

ents

for

the

reha

bilit

atio

n or

cle

anin

gof

the

aqua

cultu

re si

te) m

ust c

ontin

ue to

have

eff

ect a

fter t

he li

cenc

e ha

s bee

nca

ncel

led

or n

ot re

new

ed.

Due

to th

ena

ture

of a

quac

ultu

reop

erat

ions

, the

re is

a n

eed

toen

sure

that

aqu

acul

turis

ts a

re p

rovi

ded

with

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

car

e fo

r and

mai

ntai

n th

eirf

arm

ed p

rodu

ct d

urin

ga

perio

d of

susp

ensi

on,a

nd/o

r dur

ing

an a

ppea

lpro

cess

.

Inse

rt a

new

subs

ectio

n to

requ

ire th

e cl

ean-

up a

ndre

habi

litat

ion

of a

n aq

uacu

lture

site

af

ter a

lice

nce

hasb

een

canc

elle

d or

notr

enew

ed.

Incl

ude

an a

dditi

onal

subs

ectio

n th

at a

llow

sfor

the

ongo

ing

oper

atio

nof

anaq

uacu

lture

aut

horis

atio

n du

ring

an a

ppea

lpro

cess

,asu

spen

sion

, or b

efor

e co

nvic

tion,

toen

sure

fish

, the

subj

ect o

f the

lice

nce,

are

mai

ntai

ned.

Nee

d a

pow

er to

requ

ire th

at th

efis

hw

hich

are

farm

ed b

y th

e au

thor

isat

ion

hold

er a

relo

oked

afte

r by

that

aut

horis

atio

nho

lder

until

they

are

sold

,or r

emov

ed (w

ithin

60

days

). If

they

are

not

pro

perly

disp

osed

ofi

n th

at ti

me,

they

bec

ome

the

prop

erty

of

the

Cro

wn.

43S9

6 C

ontra

vent

ion

ofco

nditi

on o

f lic

ence

It is

pro

pose

d th

at th

e M

inis

terh

ave

the

pow

er to

can

cel a

n aq

uacu

lture

licen

ce if

he

cons

ider

s tha

t the

licen

see

may

be

caus

ing,

or m

ay b

e at

risk

of c

ausi

ng, e

nviro

nmen

tal

dam

age-

e.g

. am

arin

e aq

uacu

lturis

tca

usin

gbo

th te

rres

trial

and

aqu

atic

pollu

tion

and

dise

ase

thro

ugh

thei

rac

tiviti

es.

Prov

ide

a po

wer

for t

he M

inis

ter t

o ca

ncel

an

aqua

cultu

re li

cenc

e in

circ

umst

ance

sw

here

the

licen

sed

aqua

cultu

re a

ctiv

ities

are

, in

the

Min

ister’so

pini

on, c

ausi

ngen

viro

nmen

tal d

amag

e, o

r are

at r

isk

of c

ausi

ng e

nviro

nmen

tal h

arm

(as m

ay b

e de

fined

by

the

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Act 1

986

s3A

).

40


41

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

44S9

7 G

rant

of a

quac

ultu

rele

ases

The

Act

cur

rent

ly d

oesn

ot sp

ecify

an

ycr

iteria

for t

he g

rant

of a

naq

uacu

lture

leas

e. C

riter

ia to

guid

eth

e M

inis

ter’

s dec

isio

non

whe

ther

togr

ant/r

enew

a le

ase

will

pro

vide

for a

m

ore

trans

pare

nt p

roce

ss.

It is

pro

pose

d to

am

end

the

curr

ent

arra

ngem

ents

for a

quac

ultu

rele

ases

to p

rovi

de fo

ra m

ore

flexi

ble

syst

emth

atcr

eate

s bus

ines

s opp

ortu

nitie

san

d ge

nera

tes i

nves

tmen

t. O

neel

emen

t of t

his i

s to

prov

ide

a m

ore

favo

urab

le sy

stem

for t

he li

cenc

e an

dle

aseh

olde

rs to

be

sepa

rate

ent

ities

–th

is is

add

ress

edbe

low

unde

rSe

ctio

n99

. Th

e ot

her i

s to

allo

wle

ases

to b

eus

ed in

way

s whi

ch a

rein

the

com

mer

cial

bes

t int

eres

ts o

f th

e in

dust

ry, a

nd to

prov

ide

the

Min

iste

r with

alte

rnat

ive

met

hods

of

allo

catio

nof

site

s.

Giv

en th

e pr

opos

ed a

rran

gem

ents

(abo

ve),

ther

e is

a n

eed

to re

vise

Sect

ion

97(3

)in

rela

tion

toow

ners

hip

of p

rodu

ct w

hich

will

mor

e ap

prop

riate

ly b

elon

g to

the

licen

see

rath

erth

an to

the

less

ee.

Prov

ide

a he

ad p

ower

to se

t the

crit

eria

for t

hegr

ant/r

enew

al o

f a le

ase

– to

incl

ude:

The

pers

on a

pply

ing

is a

fit a

nd p

rope

rper

son

toho

ld a

n aq

uacu

lture

leas

e;It

is in

the

bette

r int

eres

ts o

f the

aqu

acul

ture

indu

stry

to g

rant

or r

enew

the

leas

e;Th

e ap

plic

anth

as m

ade

effe

ctiv

e us

e (o

r will

mak

e ef

fect

ive

use)

of th

e si

tefo

r aqu

acul

ture

act

iviti

es;

The

prop

osed

pur

pose

ofth

e le

ase

isun

likel

y to

aff

ect o

ther

fish

or th

e aq

uatic

env

ironm

ent;

and

Oth

er m

atte

rs a

s pre

scrib

ed.

Not

e th

at a

Min

iste

rial P

olic

y G

uide

line

fora

quac

ultu

re le

ases

will

pro

vide

som

ede

finiti

on a

roun

d w

hat t

he M

inis

ter e

xpec

ts in

term

s of s

atis

fyin

g su

ch c

riter

ia.

Incl

ude

a ne

wse

ctio

nw

hich

prov

ides

the

Min

iste

r with

the

pow

er to

subd

ivid

e,su

blet

, am

alga

mat

e an

d tra

nsfe

r lea

ses i

n a

pres

crib

ed m

anne

r.Pr

ovid

e th

e po

wer

for t

he M

inis

ter t

o of

fer a

reas

for l

ease

by p

ublic

auc

tion,

publ

icte

nder

, bal

lot o

r priv

ate

treat

y.

Am

end

the

prov

isio

n to

cla

rify

that

it is

the

licen

see

who

unde

rtake

s the

activ

ities

and

who

owns

the

fish

with

in th

e le

ased

are

a.

41


42

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Giv

en th

e pr

opos

ed a

rran

gem

ents

whi

chw

ould

ena

ble

licen

cesa

ndle

ases

to b

e he

ld b

yse

para

teen

titie

s,it

is im

porta

nt to

ens

ure

that

the

legi

slat

ion

is c

lear

abo

ut li

abili

ty a

ndre

spon

sibi

lity

for o

ffen

ces.

Nee

d to

ens

ure

legi

slat

ion

is w

orde

d so

that

the

liabi

lity

for o

ffen

ces i

s cle

ar fo

r: Li

cens

ees o

pera

ting

on a

leas

e;Le

ase

hold

ersw

hose

leas

e an

off

ence

was

com

mitt

ed o

n;

Leas

e ho

lder

swho

com

mit

an o

ffen

ce; a

ndJo

int o

pera

ted

leas

es.

45N

ew se

ctio

nA

pena

lty m

ust b

e im

pose

d fo

r the

cont

rave

ntio

nof

a c

ondi

tion

of a

le

ase.

Prov

ide

a he

ad p

ower

for a

pen

alty

for t

he c

ontra

vent

ion

ofa

leas

e co

nditi

on,

cove

nant

orr

estri

ctio

n.

46N

ew se

ctio

n re

quire

dTh

eFR

MA

cur

rent

ly d

oesn

ot g

ive

the

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or o

r the

Min

iste

r the

pow

erto

requ

ire th

at a

bo

ndor

app

ropr

iate

insu

ranc

es b

e in

plac

e in

rela

tion

to a

n aq

uacu

lture

licen

ce.

It is

pro

pose

d to

incl

ude

a po

wer

for t

heEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

tode

man

d a

bond

whi

ch c

anbe

used

for c

lean

-up

or p

erio

dica

llyth

roug

hout

the

life

of th

e lic

ence

to-

for e

xam

ple

- fit

a m

arki

ng li

ght

whe

re th

e lic

ense

e ha

s not

don

e so

.

Am

end

the

FRM

A to

allo

w th

at fo

r any

aqu

acul

ture

act

ivity

und

erta

ken

unde

r thi

sAct

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or m

ay d

irect

the

pers

on u

nder

taki

ngth

at a

ctiv

ity to

lodg

e a

bond

and

be li

able

for a

ny c

osts

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fis

herie

s may

nee

d to

und

erta

ke a

s a

resu

ltof

that

act

ivity

.

47S9

9 A

quac

ultu

relic

ence

requ

ired

in c

onne

ctio

n w

ith a

le

ase

Sect

ion

99 p

rovi

dest

hata

naq

uacu

lture

lice

nce

is n

eede

dto

unde

rtake

aqu

acul

ture

act

iviti

es. A

pe

rson

can

notu

nder

take

aqu

acul

ture

activ

ities

if o

nly

a le

ase

is h

eld.

Thi

ssi

tuat

ion

will

rem

ain.

How

ever

, cu

rren

tly,9

9(2)

and

99(

3) se

t up

an

inte

rdep

ende

ncy

of th

e le

ase

and

licen

ce w

hich

mak

e en

terin

got

herw

ise

attra

ctiv

e co

mm

erci

alar

rang

emen

tsw

here

the

licen

ce a

nd

leas

e ho

lder

s are

sepa

rate

ent

ities

,un

desi

rabl

e.

Cre

ate

head

pow

ers f

or a

quac

ultu

re li

cenc

esan

dle

ases

to b

e he

ld b

yse

para

te e

ntiti

es,

and

mor

e sp

ecifi

cally

Del

ete

subs

ectio

n 99

(2);

Am

end

subs

ectio

n99

(3) t

opr

ovid

e th

at th

e lic

ence

isno

t aut

omat

ical

lyca

ncel

led

whe

n th

e le

ase

onw

hich

the

licen

sed

activ

ity is

occ

urrin

g is

ca

ncel

led;

and

Prov

ide

that

the

licen

ceho

lder

will

be

offe

red

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

take

up th

e le

ase

if th

e or

igin

al le

ase

hold

er h

as th

e le

ase

canc

elle

d.N

otic

e of

the

canc

ella

tion,

susp

ensi

on,e

xpiry

or n

on-r

enew

al o

f the

leas

e sh

all b

epu

blis

hed

toof

fer t

heop

portu

nity

to o

ther

s if t

he e

xist

ing

licen

ceho

lder

doe

s no

twan

t to

take

up

the

leas

e.

42


43

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

48N

ew se

ctio

n -e

mer

genc

yle

ases

Nee

d po

wer

s for

Min

iste

r to

issu

e sh

ort-t

erm

leas

es in

spec

ial

circ

umst

ance

s (e.

g. in

the

case

of a

nem

erge

ncy

like

anoi

l spi

ll w

hich

requ

ires t

he te

mpo

rary

rem

oval

of

aqua

cultu

rege

ar a

nd st

ock

from

a

leas

e si

te to

pro

tect

bot

h th

ege

ar a

nd

the

anim

als)

.

In a

new

subs

ectio

npr

ovid

e th

at if

the

Min

iste

r bel

ieve

s it i

s in

the

bette

r int

eres

tof

the

indu

stry

to d

o so

, he

may

gra

nt a

leas

e of

coa

stal

wat

ersf

or a

term

not

exc

eedi

ngsi

x m

onth

s and

may

wai

ve su

chre

quire

men

ts re

latin

g to

the

gran

ting

of le

ases

as h

em

ay c

onsi

der a

ppro

pria

te in

the

circ

umst

ance

s,pr

ovid

ed th

at th

e le

ssee

com

plie

s with

al

l cov

enan

ts u

nder

the

leas

es su

bjec

t to

the

circ

umst

ance

s pre

vaili

ngdu

ring

the

nom

inat

ed p

erio

d.

49S1

02 R

egul

atio

ns re

latin

g to

aqua

cultu

reC

urre

ntly

, the

re a

re n

o he

adpo

wer

sto

pro

hibi

t and

regu

late

rese

edin

gof

site

s, an

d th

e co

llect

ion

of sp

at a

ndbr

oods

tock

.If

, as p

ropo

sed,

the

defin

ition

of ‘a

quac

ultu

re’ i

sbr

oade

ned

to in

clud

e th

ese

activ

ities

,he

ad p

ower

s will

be

requ

ired

tore

gula

te re

seed

ing,

col

lect

ion

of sp

atan

d br

oods

tock

.

Cur

rent

ly th

ere

is n

opo

wer

to

regu

late

aqu

acul

ture

act

iviti

es w

hich

may

impa

ct o

n fis

h th

at a

reno

t the

su

bjec

tof t

he li

cens

ed a

ctiv

ity, o

r on

othe

r aqu

atic

faun

a (e

.g. s

ea li

ons)

.Th

is p

ower

is n

eces

sary

to p

rovi

depr

otec

tion

to th

e aq

uatic

eco

syst

em.

Prov

ide

a po

wer

to p

rohi

bit a

nd re

gula

te th

e re

seed

ing

of si

tes a

ndW

A w

ater

s, an

d th

eco

llect

ion

of sp

at a

ndbr

oods

tock

.

Incl

ude

a su

bsec

tion

whi

chpr

ovid

es p

ower

to re

gula

te a

quac

ultu

re a

ctiv

ities

whi

chm

ay im

pact

on

non-

targ

et fi

sh a

nd a

quat

icfa

una.

43


44

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T 9

– N

OX

IOU

SFI

SH

50Pa

rt 9

– N

oxio

us, d

isea

sed

orpr

ohib

ited

fish

Not

e: P

rovi

sion

s in

this

par

t nee

d to

be

com

plem

enta

ry a

nd

supp

lem

enta

ry to

the

Bio

secu

rity

and

Agr

icul

ture

Man

agem

ent B

ill.

Cur

rent

ly,t

his p

art r

efer

s onl

yto

‘nox

ious

’ fis

h. It

need

s to

also

incl

ude

‘dis

ease

d’ o

r‘pr

ohib

ited’

fish

and

‘tran

sloc

ated

live

fish

’ to

prov

ide

stro

nger

prot

ectio

n fo

rWA

’sen

dem

ic fi

sh a

nd a

quat

ic h

abita

ts.

Not

e: N

oxio

us, d

isea

sed

orpr

ohib

ited

fish

wou

ld in

clud

e fis

h si

mila

r to

thos

e sp

ecie

s cur

rent

lypr

escr

ibed

. T

hese

may

incl

ude

spec

ies t

hat r

epre

sent

a si

gnifi

cant

th

reat

to th

e en

viro

nmen

t,hu

man

heal

thor

indu

stry

.Fo

r ex

ampl

e gr

ass c

arp,

pir

anha

and

para

sitic

ca

tfis

h.

Am

end

head

erof

par

t to

‘Nox

ious

and

Tra

nslo

cate

d Li

ve F

ish’

and

cre

ate

two

divi

sion

s – ‘N

oxio

us, d

isea

sed

orpr

ohib

ited

fish’

,and

‘Tra

nslo

catio

n of

live

fish’

.

(new

) Div

isio

n1

– N

oxio

us,

dise

ased

or

proh

ibite

d fis

h

51S1

03 S

peci

es o

f fis

h m

ay b

e pr

escr

ibed

tobe

nox

ious

fish

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prov

isio

nne

eds t

o al

so e

nabl

e‘p

rohi

bite

d’fis

h to

be

pres

crib

ed fo

rth

e pu

rpos

es o

f thi

sAct

,whe

re‘p

rohi

bite

d fis

h ca

nbe

decl

ared

’ with

re

spec

tto

purp

ose

(e.g

. Tila

pia

may

be d

ecla

red

proh

ibite

d un

less

itis

used

for l

icen

sed

com

mer

cial

purp

oses

).

Mod

ify s1

03(1

) so

that

fish

may

als

obe

pres

crib

ed to

be

‘pro

hibi

ted’

fis

han

d th

atfo

rth

e pu

rpos

es o

f the

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,fis

hm

ay b

e pr

escr

ibed

as e

ither

noxi

ous,

or p

rohi

bite

d fis

h‘in

pres

crib

ed c

ircum

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.

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rt in

s103

(1) a

fter ‘

a sp

ecie

s of f

ish’ a

dd ‘i

n pr

escr

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circ

umst

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s’.

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rt in

s103

(2) a

fter ‘

area

s’ad

d,‘o

rby

refe

renc

e to

a p

urpo

se’.

44


45

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

52S1

04 N

oxio

us fi

sh m

ust n

ot

be k

ept,

etc.

S105

Nox

ious

fish

mus

t not

be

brou

ght i

nto

the

Stat

e, e

tc.

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nd to

incl

ude

dise

ased

and

proh

ibite

d fis

h.

Am

end

s104

, s10

5, s1

06 in

this

Div

isio

n to

incl

ude

‘nox

ious

, dis

ease

d or

proh

ibite

dfis

h’.

53S1

06 R

equi

rem

ents

rela

ting

to n

oxio

us, d

isea

sed

orpr

ohib

ited

fish

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rent

lyth

is se

ctio

n do

es n

otsp

ecifi

cally

prov

ide

pow

ers f

orFi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers t

o de

alw

ithno

xiou

s, di

seas

ed o

rpro

hibi

ted

fish.

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o do

es n

ot c

urre

ntly

incl

ude

dise

ased

or p

rohi

bite

d fis

h.

Inse

rt a

new

subs

ectio

nw

hich

pro

vide

s tha

t if a

per

son

fails

to c

ompl

y w

ith a

writ

ten

notic

e se

rved

on a

per

son

by a

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herie

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icer

,or t

hepe

rson

app

aren

tly re

spon

sibl

eis

not

imm

edia

tely

ava

ilabl

e, o

r whe

re a

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herie

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icer

susp

ects

on

reas

onab

legr

ound

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t a p

erso

n m

ay n

ot c

ompl

y, a

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herie

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icer

may

des

troy

the

noxi

ous,

dise

ased

or p

rohi

bite

dfis

h (w

here

the

susp

icio

n of

a d

isea

sein

a fis

h is

gro

unds

for

treat

ing

the

fish

as d

isea

sed)

.A

men

d to

incl

ude

‘dis

ease

dor

pro

hibi

ted

fish’

.

(new

) Div

isio

n2

– T

rans

loca

tion

of li

vefis

h

54N

ew se

ctio

nC

urre

ntly

, the

re a

re li

mite

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wer

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r the

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irect

or to

dea

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ough

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o th

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ate,

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oved

with

in th

e St

ate,

that

may

prov

ide

a th

reat

toW

A’s

end

emic

fish

and

aqua

tic h

abita

ts.

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w se

ctio

nis

requ

ired

topr

escr

ibe

the

spec

ies a

nd th

e pu

rpos

es fo

r whi

ch th

ese

spec

ies c

an

be im

porte

d an

d/or

tran

sloc

ated

with

in th

e St

ate

– e.

g. m

ovem

ent o

fliv

ePa

cific

oys

ters

into

or w

ithin

the

Stat

em

ay b

e pr

escr

ibed

as a

pe

rmitt

ed a

ctiv

ity fo

rhum

anco

nsum

ptio

n pu

rpos

es.

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erw

ise,

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ay b

e co

nsid

ered

as a

nof

fenc

e.

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rtne

w se

ctio

ns si

mila

r to

ss10

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108

prov

idin

g th

at th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

can

appr

ove

a sp

ecie

s to

bebr

ough

t int

o,or

tran

sloc

ated

with

in, t

he S

tate

if th

e sp

ecie

s is

incl

uded

on a

pre

scrib

ed sp

ecie

s lis

t.

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ate

offe

nces

forb

ringi

ng li

ve fi

sh th

at a

re n

ot p

resc

ribed

into

,or a

ttem

ptin

g to

brin

g in

to, t

heSt

ate.

45


46

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

In so

me

situ

atio

ns, l

ive

non-

ende

mic

fish,

ord

isea

sed

fish,

are

not

held

ina

secu

re p

lace

.

Infr

inge

men

ts d

o no

t cur

rent

ly e

xist

in re

latio

n to

tran

sloc

atio

nor

the

rele

ase

of fi

sh.

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y ill

egal

activ

ities

wou

ldbe

mor

e su

itabl

yad

dres

sed

thro

ugh

an in

frin

gem

ent

proc

ess.

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ate

an o

ffen

cefo

r the

kee

ping

of p

resc

ribed

or d

isea

sed

fish

with

outt

akin

gre

ason

able

pre

caut

ions

to p

reve

nt th

eir e

scap

e.

Cre

ate

offe

nces

for,

and

proh

ibit

and

regu

late

,the

rele

ase

of fi

sh in

to th

e en

viro

nmen

t,w

ith in

frin

gem

ent n

otic

epe

nalti

es.

Proh

ibit

rese

edin

g w

ithou

t app

rova

l fro

m th

eEx

ecut

ive

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ctor

.C

reat

e of

fenc

es fo

rany

pers

onw

hoha

s int

rodu

ced

spec

ies i

n th

eirp

osse

ssio

n an

dw

hofa

il to

take

reas

onab

lepr

ecau

tions

to p

reve

nt th

e es

cape

of t

hese

spec

ies.

Cre

ate

a po

wer

for t

he M

inis

ter t

o re

cove

r cos

ts e

xpen

ded

by th

eD

epar

tmen

t to

prev

ent t

he in

trodu

ctio

n/es

cape

of t

hese

spec

ies –

or t

o en

forc

e an

ord

erfo

rthe

per

son

to c

arry

out

the

dest

ruct

ion,

or f

orbr

each

ing

the

cond

ition

sof a

lice

nce.

Not

e: T

here

will

nee

d to

be

a ch

eck

of a

ny o

verl

ap w

ith th

eB

iose

curi

ty a

ndA

gric

ultu

re M

anag

emen

t Bill

with

thes

e se

ctio

ns.

PAR

T10

– D

ESI

GN

AT

ED

FISH

ING

ZO

NE

S

55S1

10 D

esig

nate

dfis

hing

zone

not

to b

e cr

eate

d in

mar

ine

natu

re re

serv

e or

mar

ine

park

Des

igna

ted

fishi

ng z

ones

are

used

toco

ntro

l fis

hing

act

iviti

eson

bea

ches

– e.

g. c

omm

erci

al sa

lmon

fish

ing

team

s hav

e pr

iorit

y on

desi

gnat

edbe

ache

s. U

nder

cur

rent

legi

slat

ion,

in a

reas

whe

rea

mar

ine

park

isde

clar

ed, d

esig

nate

d fis

hing

zone

sce

ase

to e

xist

.H

owev

er, i

t is

inte

nded

that

fish

ing

cont

inue

to b

epe

rmitt

ed in

som

e ar

eas o

f mar

ine

park

s and

, as s

uch,

ther

ew

ill st

ill b

ea

requ

irem

ent f

or d

esig

nate

dfis

hing

zone

s to

exis

twith

in m

arin

epa

rks

whe

re th

ey a

re n

ot in

con

flict

with

m

arin

e pa

rk le

gisl

atio

n.

Des

igna

ted

fishi

ng z

ones

to c

ontin

ue to

bein

exi

sten

ce a

ndop

erat

e to

the

exte

nt th

atth

ey d

ono

t con

flict

with

a m

anag

emen

t pla

nfo

r mar

ine

rese

rves

.

46


47

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

(new

) PA

RT

11A

–C

ON

SER

VA

TIO

N O

F T

HR

EA

TE

NE

D S

PEC

IES,

CR

ITIC

AL

HA

BIT

AT

A

ND

EC

OL

OG

ICA

LC

OM

MU

NIT

IES

56N

ew p

art

This

part

need

s to

act a

s a ‘t

rigge

r’fo

r whe

nth

eBi

odiv

ersi

tyC

onse

rvat

ion

Act t

akes

eff

ect,

and

mus

t be

supp

lem

enta

ry a

ndco

mpl

emen

tary

to th

atA

ct.

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ust

enab

lesh

ort-t

erm

con

serv

atio

n is

sues

to b

e de

altw

ithun

der t

he F

RM

A to

prov

ide

low

-leve

l pro

tect

ion

with

resp

ect t

ofis

herie

s man

agem

ent.

In th

e ab

senc

eof

spec

ific

prov

isio

ns u

nder

the

Biod

iver

sity

Con

serv

atio

nAc

t, th

eFR

MA

need

s to

have

spec

ific

pow

ers t

ode

clar

e, re

gula

te a

nd p

rote

ct th

reat

ened

spec

ies,

criti

cal h

abita

ts a

nd e

colo

gica

l com

mun

ities

.

PAR

T11

– F

ISH

HA

BIT

AT

PR

OT

EC

TIO

N

AR

EA

S A

ND

AB

RO

LH

OS

ISL

AN

DS

RE

SER

VE

57S1

21 R

egul

atio

ns re

latin

g to

Abr

olho

s Isl

ands

rese

rve

Cur

rent

ly je

tties

and

airs

trips

are

not

cove

red

in th

eex

istin

g pr

ovis

ion

inth

e FR

MA

– it

is c

onsi

dere

d th

atth

ese

need

to b

e sp

ecifi

cally

men

tione

d to

ens

ure

all s

ites a

ndfa

cilit

ies a

re c

over

edby

the

legi

slat

ion.

Incl

ude

jetti

esan

d ai

rstri

ps sp

ecifi

cally

in th

e am

ende

dpr

ovis

ion.

47


48

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T12

– R

EG

IST

ER

58S1

25 R

egis

ter

(ref

ers t

o th

e D

epar

tment’s

Regi

ster

ofa

utho

risa

tions

and

exem

ptio

ns)

The

blan

ket b

an o

ndi

sclo

sure

(s12

5(6)

– ‘.

.det

ails

of r

ecre

atio

nal

fishi

ng li

cenc

es m

ust n

otbe

mad

eav

aila

ble

to th

e pu

blic

.’)ha

s had

the

unin

tend

ed c

onse

quen

ce o

f the

sede

tails

not

bei

ng a

vaila

ble

to

appr

opria

te g

over

nmen

t aut

horit

ies

(e.g

. the

Pol

ice)

. Th

e R

egis

trar i

s the

acc

ount

able

entit

y fo

r the

mai

nten

ance

, acc

urac

y,in

tegr

ity, t

imel

ines

s and

com

plet

enes

s of t

he re

gist

erof

auth

oris

atio

ns, a

quac

ultu

rele

ases

and

exem

ptio

ns. T

hepo

wer

sof t

he

Reg

istra

r are

cur

rent

ly u

nabl

e to

bede

lega

ted

unde

r the

FR

MA

, whi

chca

uses

prob

lem

s in

case

of a

bsen

ceof

the

Reg

istra

r thr

ough

sick

ness

or

othe

r lea

ve.

Prov

ide

that

for t

he p

urpo

seso

f s12

5(6)

,the

publ

ic d

oes n

otin

clud

e a

pres

crib

edpr

osec

utin

g or

inve

stig

atin

g au

thor

ity w

heth

erin

WA

ori

n ot

her p

resc

ribed

juris

dict

ion.

Nee

d po

wer

for t

he R

egis

trart

o de

lega

tehi

spow

ersw

hen

requ

ired.

48


49

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T13

– G

EN

ER

AL

PRO

VIS

ION

S R

EL

AT

ING

TO

AU

TH

OR

ISA

TIO

NS

59N

ew se

ctio

n re

quire

dC

urre

ntly

,iti

s unc

lear

whe

ther

or

not a

n au

thor

isat

ion

and

its

asso

ciat

ed e

ntitl

emen

t for

m p

art o

f an

indi

vidu

al’s

‘per

sona

l est

ate’

that

can

be tr

ansf

erre

d to

ano

ther

on th

ede

ath

of th

e ho

lder

.

For t

he a

void

ance

of d

oubt

, add

a p

rovi

sion

that

prov

ides

that

com

mer

cial

auth

oris

atio

nsan

d th

eir e

ntitl

emen

t, an

d aq

uacu

lture

aut

horis

atio

ns a

nd a

quac

ultu

rele

ases

, are

to b

e ta

ken

to b

e pa

rt of

the

lega

l per

sona

l est

ate

of a

dec

ease

dau

thor

isat

ion

hold

er (s

ubje

ct to

the

licen

cebe

ing

activ

e an

d al

l fee

s hav

ing

been

paid

).If

the

auth

oris

atio

n an

d an

yas

soci

ated

ent

itlem

ent i

s not

tran

sfer

red

with

in tw

o ye

ars

(or a

ny su

ch fu

rther

per

iod

asis

app

rove

dby

the

Min

iste

r) o

f the

dea

thof

the

dece

ased

hold

er, i

t will

be

susp

ende

dpe

ndin

g su

ch tr

ansf

er.

60S1

39 R

enew

alaf

ter e

xpiry

Ther

e m

ay b

e oc

casi

ons w

here

ther

ear

eva

lid re

ason

s for

the

appl

ican

tno

t to

be a

ble

to m

eet t

he 6

0-da

y re

new

alpe

riod

). To

add

ress

this

, it

is p

ropo

sed

that

the

perio

dbe

exte

nded

to a

max

imum

of t

wel

vem

onth

s at t

hedi

scre

tion

of th

eM

inis

ter i

n ce

rtain

, lim

ited

circ

umst

ance

s. Th

isw

ould

app

lyon

lyfo

r aut

horis

atio

ns th

at e

xpire

afte

r the

ena

ctm

ent o

f thi

sam

endm

ent –

to a

void

retro

spec

tive

actio

ns.

Incl

ude

an a

dditi

onal

pro

visi

on th

at e

nabl

esa

hold

erof

a p

roce

ssin

g, c

omm

erci

alfis

hing

, or a

quac

ultu

re a

utho

risat

ion

to a

pply

to th

e M

inis

ter (

in th

e ap

prov

ed fo

rm)

forr

enew

alof

thei

r lic

ence

in c

erta

in c

ircum

stan

ces i

f the

ir lic

ence

exp

ired

mor

e th

an

60 d

ays b

ut le

ss th

an tw

elve

mon

ths a

fter t

he o

rigin

al e

xpiry

dat

e. T

his s

houl

don

lyap

ply

to li

cenc

es th

at e

xpire

subs

eque

nt to

the

enac

tmen

t of t

his a

men

dmen

t. In

orde

rto

be

cons

ider

edfo

rren

ewal

afte

r exp

iry w

ithin

this

perio

d, re

trosp

ectiv

efe

es (p

lus

inte

rest

)mus

t be

paid

.

49


50

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

61S1

40 T

rans

fer

An

auth

oris

atio

n th

at is

the

subj

ecto

fle

gal p

roce

edin

gsw

here

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fis

herie

s is s

eeki

ng a

re

duct

ion

of e

ntitl

emen

tmus

t not

betra

nsfe

rred

.Th

ispr

opos

al is

topr

even

tau

thor

isat

ion

hold

ers f

rom

esca

ping

licen

ce o

r ent

itlem

ent s

uspe

nsio

n,re

duct

ion

or c

ance

llatio

n by

trans

ferr

ing

thei

r lic

ence

, en

title

men

t,or

par

t oft

heir

entit

lem

ent p

rior t

o co

nvic

tion.

The

‘pre

scrib

ed g

roun

ds’f

or re

fusa

lto

trans

fer a

pplic

atio

ns (i

n th

e R

egul

atio

ns) t

oin

clud

e w

here

the

auth

oris

atio

n ho

lder

or it

s age

nt,o

r the

aut

horis

atio

n, is

the

subj

ect

of le

galp

roce

edin

gsw

here

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fis

herie

s iss

eeki

ng a

nor

der f

or a

re

duct

ion

in e

ntitl

emen

t, or

whe

re th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

con

side

rs th

at th

e ho

lder

ofth

e au

thor

isat

ion,

or a

per

son

actin

gon

that

pers

on’s

beh

alf,

may

be

liabl

e fo

rco

nvic

tion

for a

nof

fenc

e ag

ains

t the

Act

.

62S1

41Te

mpo

rary

tran

sfer

ofen

title

men

ts

Cur

rent

ly th

eA

ct d

oes n

otpe

rmit

the

tem

pora

ry tr

ansf

er (t

rans

ferf

or a

pe

riod

of le

ss th

an th

e lic

ence

perio

d)of

the

last

uni

t of e

ntitl

emen

tw

ithou

t, in

eff

ect,

void

ing

the

licen

ce(ie

cur

rent

ly a

lice

nce

is v

oid

if it

has

0un

its a

ttach

ed,f

or e

ven

a sh

ort

perio

d).

Nee

d ab

ility

to p

erm

it th

e te

mpo

rary

tran

sfer

of a

ll en

title

men

tshe

ldun

der a

lice

nce

–su

gges

t in

s141

(1)(

a) in

sert

‘or a

ll of

the

entit

lem

ent’

afte

r ‘pa

rt of

an

entit

lem

ent’.

63S1

42 V

aria

tion

The

scop

efo

r the

Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

orto

refu

se a

var

iatio

n sh

ould

bein

crea

sed

for s

peci

fic re

ason

s (e.

g. to

pr

even

t env

ironm

enta

l har

m, o

r for

any

othe

r pur

pose

seto

ut in

the

Reg

ulat

ions

or M

anag

emen

tPla

n).

Am

end

so th

atth

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

can

refu

se v

aria

tion

whe

re a

gro

und

is se

t out

ina

Man

agem

ent P

lan

or th

e re

gula

tions

.G

ive

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

orex

plic

it po

wer

to re

fuse

app

licat

ions

forv

aria

tion,

rene

wal

and

gra

nt a

s in

s140

.C

reat

e a

pow

er fo

r the

Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or to

var

y(in

any

resp

ect)

an a

utho

risat

ion

ifhe

is o

f the

opi

nion

it is

nec

essa

ry to

pre

vent

or m

itiga

te e

nviro

nmen

tal h

arm

(as

defin

ed b

y th

eEn

viro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n Ac

t 198

6 (s

3A) o

r the

risk

ofha

rm.

This

deci

sion

take

s eff

ect u

nles

s, or

unt

il,it

is o

vertu

rned

by

aSA

T de

cisi

on.

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Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

64S1

43 C

ance

llatio

n,su

spen

sion

and

non

-ren

ewal

Gro

unds

for r

efus

alto

rene

w a

n au

thor

isat

ion

shou

ld in

clud

e th

eno

n-pa

ymen

t of c

osts

aw

arde

dby

a C

ourt

in fa

vour

of th

e M

inis

tero

rEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

, and

the

non-

paym

ent o

f the

cos

tsof

any

rem

edia

lw

ork

that

the

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or h

asbe

en re

quire

d to

unde

rtake

tore

ctify

dam

age

caus

ed b

y th

e au

thor

isat

ion

hold

er –

e.g

. cle

anup

of a

site

.

Can

cella

tion,

susp

ensi

onan

d no

n-re

new

alof

an

auth

oris

atio

n sh

ould

appl

y if

the

hold

er h

as b

een

conv

icte

d of

an

offe

nce

that

rela

tes

to th

eaq

uacu

lture

, fis

hing

tour

or

ecot

ouri

sm in

dust

ries (

in a

dditi

on to

the

exis

ting

‘fis

hing

indu

stry

’).

Incl

ude

in s1

43(1

)(g)

the

wor

ds‘c

osts

eith

er a

war

ded

by a

Cou

rt in

favo

urof

and

in a

nac

tion

foro

r on

beha

lfof

the

Min

iste

r or t

he E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, or i

ncur

red

by th

eEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

in m

akin

ggo

odda

mag

e ca

used

by th

e au

thor

isat

ion

hold

er.’

In s1

43(1

)(a)

(ii) i

nser

t the

wor

ds‘a

quac

ultu

re, f

ishi

ng to

ur,o

r eco

tour

ism

’ afte

r ‘f

ishi

ng’.

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52

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

65N

ewse

ctio

n –

Rec

ogni

tion

of ‘d

emer

it sy

stem

s’ o

f oth

erst

ates

At t

his t

ime,

oth

er st

ates

of A

ustra

liaar

e ei

ther

con

side

ring,

orin

trodu

cing

, a d

emer

it sy

stem

for

vario

us fi

sher

ies o

ffen

ces i

n th

eir

juris

dict

ions

. To

dis

cour

age

fishe

rsw

ith m

ultip

le d

emer

its o

n th

eir

auth

oris

atio

n av

oidi

ng su

spen

sion

by

mov

ing

inte

rsta

te a

nd h

ence

bein

gco

nsid

ered

ash

avin

g a

‘cle

an sl

ate’

, it

is p

ropo

sed

to sp

ecifi

cally

take

acco

unto

f the

se d

emer

its in

the

cons

ider

atio

n of

an

appl

icat

ion.

Dem

erit

poin

ts a

ssig

ned

to a

nin

divi

dual

in a

noth

er st

ate

orte

rrito

ry m

ay b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

by th

e M

inis

ter o

r Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

or w

hen

cons

ider

ing

canc

ellin

g,su

spen

ding

or n

otre

new

ing

an a

utho

risat

ion

held

in

WA

by

that

indi

vidu

al, a

s the

cas

e m

ay b

e.

Prov

ide

that

for t

he p

urpo

seso

f thi

s sec

tion,

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or m

ay ta

ke a

ccou

ntof

con

vict

ions

and

dem

erit

poin

t sys

tem

s in

othe

r fis

herie

sjur

isdi

ctio

nsw

ithin

the

Com

mon

wea

lth,S

tate

, or t

errit

orie

s whe

nde

term

inin

g w

heth

erto

gra

nt,t

rans

fer,

rene

w, s

uspe

ndor

can

cel a

nau

thor

isat

ion

or it

s ent

itlem

ent.

66S1

44 V

olun

tary

surr

ende

rC

urre

ntly

, s14

4(2)

requ

ires t

hat a

n au

thor

isat

ion

ceas

es to

hav

e ef

fect

28da

ys a

fter t

he d

ay o

n w

hich

not

ice

is

give

n to

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

orof

its

volu

ntar

y su

rren

der.

Som

e ho

lder

s of

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

licen

cesw

ant t

obe

able

to g

o re

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

imm

edia

tely

upo

n su

rren

dero

f the

irC

omm

erci

al F

ishi

ng L

icen

ce.

Prov

ide

that

an

auth

oris

atio

n ce

ases

to h

ave

effe

ct 2

8 da

ys o

r any

such

oth

er n

umbe

rof

day

s tha

t the

Exe

cutiv

eD

irect

orde

term

ines

, afte

r the

vol

unta

ry su

rren

dero

f the

auth

oris

atio

n.

Prov

ide

in s1

44(3

) tha

t the

hold

erof

a C

FLm

ay su

rren

dert

hat l

icen

ce a

nd th

esu

rren

der m

ayta

ke e

ffec

t im

med

iate

ly in

the

cont

ext o

f an

appl

icat

ion

for a

RFL

.

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53

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

67S1

47 E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

tono

tify

pers

ons o

fcer

tain

deci

sion

s

Sect

ion

147

prov

ides

for a

per

son

toap

ply

for r

evie

w w

here

anap

plic

atio

n fo

r a li

cenc

e is

refu

sed

orw

here

a n

otic

eis

giv

en a

ddin

g ne

wco

nditi

onst

oa

licen

ce, b

ut n

otw

here

a lic

ence

is g

rant

edsu

bjec

t to

cond

ition

s. Th

is is

sue

was

not

addr

esse

dw

hen

the

SAT

legi

slat

ive

pack

age

was

dev

elop

ed a

nd

impl

emen

ted.

It w

ould

be

usua

l for

anA

ct to

incl

ude

a rig

ht to

app

ly fo

r re

view

whe

re a

lice

nce

is g

rant

edsu

bjec

t to

cond

ition

s tha

t are

not

acce

ptab

le to

the

appl

ican

t.

Am

end

to e

xpre

ssly

pro

vide

for a

righ

t to

appl

y fo

rrev

iew

in th

ere

leva

ntsi

tuat

ions

53


54

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T14

– R

IGH

TT

OO

BJE

CT

OR

APP

LY

FO

RR

EV

IEW

68S1

48 E

D to

pub

lish

notic

e of

ce

rtain

pro

posa

lsTh

ere

are

man

y cl

asse

s of p

ropo

sals

,so

me

of w

hich

are

mer

ely

min

orva

riatio

ns to

an

auth

oris

atio

n.It

is

very

exp

ensi

ve in

tim

e an

d m

oney

topu

blis

h ev

ery

prop

osal

.A

s a re

sult,

the

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or n

eeds

to h

ave

mor

e fle

xibi

lity

to d

ecid

ew

heth

eror

not c

erta

in th

ings

shou

ldbe

publ

ishe

d, w

ho sh

ould

bere

spon

sibl

efo

rpub

lishi

ngth

e no

tice

(e.g

. the

prop

onen

t rat

her t

han

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or in

som

e ci

rcum

stan

ces)

,or

how

dec

isio

ns sh

ould

be

com

mun

icat

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

the

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or n

eeds

toha

vedi

scre

tion

in re

latio

n to

the

adve

rtisi

ng o

fpro

posa

ls to

vary

or

trans

fer a

n aq

uacu

lture

lice

nce

or

fish

proc

essor’sl

icen

ce.

If:

- the

site

is la

nd-b

ased

and

app

rove

dby

the

rele

vant

shire

,or

- the

cla

ss o

f lic

ence

hasn

oco

nstra

into

n is

sue,

or

the

licen

ce is

not

subj

ect t

o an

y qu

ota

man

agem

ent a

rran

gem

ent,

then

only

not

ifica

tion

of th

ede

cisi

onne

eds t

o be

com

mun

icat

ed.

Prov

ide

in a

new

sub-

sect

ion

that

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or m

ay c

hoos

e no

t to

publ

ish

certa

in d

ecis

ions

whe

re h

e co

nsid

erst

hey

are

non-

sign

ifica

nt v

aria

tions

.Th

eEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

may

take

oth

er a

ppro

pria

tem

easu

res t

oin

form

pot

entia

lly a

ffec

ted

pers

ons(

e.g.

web

site

, mai

l), o

r req

uire

the

prop

onen

t to

publ

ish

the

notic

e.

. 54


55

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T 1

4A–

IND

ICT

AB

LE

OFF

EN

CE

S

69N

ew P

art -

Indi

ctab

leof

fenc

esTh

ere

is a

nee

d to

add

ress

nat

iona

lco

ncer

nson

org

anis

ed c

rime

and

asso

ciat

ed in

crea

sed

leve

ls o

f tra

ffic

king

and

oth

er se

rious

offe

nces

in th

efis

hing

indu

stry

(i.e.

targ

etin

gun

licen

sed

illeg

al c

omm

erci

al fi

shin

gop

erat

ions

) – se

e se

ctio

n 2.

3.6

of th

isdo

cum

ent.

Nee

d to

cre

ate

a se

ries o

f ind

icta

ble

offe

nces

rela

ting

to tr

affic

king

, tak

ing,

pos

sess

ion

and

deal

ing

with

hig

h-va

lue

fish

spec

iesw

hich

car

ry a

10-

year

term

of i

mpr

ison

men

tan

d si

gnifi

cant

fina

ncia

l and

s222

pena

lties

.N

eed

a po

wer

to c

reat

e a

sche

dule

ofpr

escr

ibed

hig

h va

lue

spec

ies a

nd q

uant

ities

that

crea

te in

dict

able

off

ence

s.

PAR

T 1

5–

MIS

CE

LL

AN

EO

US

OFF

EN

CE

S

70Pa

rt 15

M

isce

llane

ous O

ffen

ces

Ther

e ne

eds t

obe

a g

ener

alof

fenc

epr

ovis

ion

to e

nsur

e th

atpe

rson

s in

poss

essi

onof

fish

take

nor

dea

lt w

ithin

cont

rave

ntio

n of

the

Act

or

regu

latio

ns a

re a

dequ

atel

yde

alt w

ith.

Ther

e is

som

edo

ubt t

hatp

erso

nsw

ho a

ttem

pt to

com

mit

offe

nces

or

aid

and

abet

othe

r to

com

mit

offe

nces

is a

dequ

atel

y co

vere

d in

the

Act

.To

cla

rify

the

posi

tion,

spec

ific

prov

isio

ns a

re to

be

put i

n th

e FR

MA

ra

ther

than

rely

on

prov

isio

ns in

the

Cri

min

al C

ode.

New

gen

eral

off

ence

rela

ting

to p

osse

ssio

nof

fish

take

n by

the

use

ofun

auth

oris

edfis

hing

gear

orge

ar u

sed

in c

ontra

vent

ion

ofth

e A

ct, r

egul

atio

ns, o

r man

agem

ent

plan

.

“Atte

mpt

s to

com

mit”

to b

e tre

ated

the

sam

eas

off

ence

s aga

inst

the

Act

(as f

or s4

Cri

min

al C

ode)

“Pe

rson

s who

aid,

abe

t etc

.. ar

e ta

ken

toha

ve c

omm

itted

the

offe

nce”

(asa

bove

).

55


56

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

71S1

70 U

se o

f exp

losi

veso

rno

xiou

s sub

stan

cesf

orfis

hing

In g

ener

al, f

irear

ms s

houl

dbe

incl

uded

in th

is p

rovi

sion

, but

ther

ew

ill n

eed

to b

e ce

rtain

exc

eptio

ns(e

.g. f

or p

oten

tially

shoo

ting,

inse

lfde

fenc

e/fo

r saf

ety

reas

ons,

larg

esh

arks

that

are

lega

lly ta

ken

but p

ose

a ris

k to

the

crew

).

Met

hods

that

may

dam

age

non-

targ

eted

fish

(e.g

. a p

estic

ide

spill

inriv

er sy

stem

), st

ruct

ures

(e.g

.ph

ysic

alda

mag

e to

aqu

acul

ture

stru

ctur

es)o

r the

aqu

atic

envi

ronm

ent n

eed

to b

e in

clud

ed in

th

e pr

ovis

ion

to m

axim

ise

the

prot

ectio

nof

non

-targ

eted

fish

,aq

uatic

stru

ctur

es a

nd th

e aq

uatic

en

viro

nmen

t.

Incl

ude

‘fire

arm

s’ in

title

and

in s1

70(1

) and

pre

scrib

e th

eco

nditi

ons u

nder

whi

chth

ey m

ay b

e us

ed.

Prov

ide

that

ape

rson

may

not

dis

char

ge o

ruse

any

unau

thor

ised

mat

eria

l, m

etho

dor

mea

ns th

at c

an b

e re

ason

ably

expe

cted

to re

sult

in th

e in

jury

, dam

age

or d

eath

of a

nyno

n-ta

rget

ed fi

sh, o

r dam

age

toth

eaq

uatic

env

ironm

ent,

natu

rally

occ

urrin

g or

ot

herw

ise

(eg

reef

, jet

ty,f

ish

farm

stru

ctur

e).

72Ss

171

&17

2In

terf

eren

ce w

ith la

wfu

lfis

hing

act

iviti

es a

ndge

ar

Cur

rent

ly th

ere

is n

opr

otec

tion

unde

r the

Act

from

unl

awfu

lin

terf

eren

ce to

the

com

mer

cial

oper

atio

nsof

aqu

acul

ture

, cha

rter,

orec

o to

uris

m v

entu

res.

It is

prop

osed

to g

ive

such

oper

atio

ns th

esa

me

prot

ectio

n th

atre

crea

tiona

l and

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

activ

ities

curr

ently

hav

ein

the

FRM

A.

Red

raft

thes

e se

ctio

ns so

that

they

mak

eit

an o

ffen

ce to

inte

rfer

e w

ithaq

uacu

lture

,ch

arte

r, an

d m

arin

e ec

o-to

uris

m o

pera

tions

.

56


57

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

73S1

73Pu

rcha

se o

r sal

e of

fish

take

nin

con

trave

ntio

nof

Act

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s cur

rent

ly h

ave

diff

icul

ty p

rovi

ng th

at su

spic

ious

fish

foun

d at

reta

il an

d w

hole

sale

out

lets

,or

in a

per

son’

s pos

sess

ion,

wer

eta

ken

cont

rary

to th

eFR

MA

.It

is

prop

osed

to re

vers

eth

e on

us o

fpro

ofsu

ch th

at th

epe

rson

inpo

sses

sion

of

the

fish

mus

t dem

onst

rate

that

they

he

ld a

nho

nest

and

reas

onab

le b

elie

f th

at th

efis

h w

ere

take

nor

dea

lt w

ithla

wfu

lly.

Def

ence

s are

requ

ired

to e

nsur

e th

at

ordi

nary

mem

bers

of th

epu

blic

buyi

ngfis

h fr

om su

perm

arke

ts, e

tc,

are

notc

augh

t by

the

new

pro

visi

on.

Inve

stig

atio

ns in

toun

licen

sed

com

mer

cial

fish

sale

s (bl

ack

mar

ket)

are

diff

icul

t to

prov

e an

d re

quire

sign

ifica

nt re

sour

ces,

ofte

n in

volv

ing

man

yho

urs o

f cov

erts

urve

illan

ce.

Trac

king

the

mov

emen

t ofb

lack

mar

ket f

ish

thro

ugh

the

chai

nfr

omca

ptur

e to

fina

l des

tinat

ion

ofsa

le is

a

maj

or im

pedi

men

t to

succ

essf

ulap

preh

ensi

onso

f ser

ious

off

ende

rs.

Incl

ude

in s1

73(1

) tha

t a p

erso

n m

ust n

ot se

ll, d

ispo

se o

f, or

have

in th

eirp

osse

ssio

nan

y fis

hun

less

they

hav

e an

hone

st a

ndre

ason

able

belie

f tha

t the

fish

wer

eno

t tak

en,

proc

esse

dor

oth

erw

ise

deal

t with

in c

ontra

vent

ion

of th

eA

ct.

Am

end

s173

(2) s

o th

at it

is a

def

ence

if th

epe

rson

cha

rged

can

pro

ve th

at th

e fis

hw

ere

purc

hase

d:Fr

om a

per

son

who

seus

ualb

usin

ess w

as th

e re

tail

sale

of f

ish

to th

e pu

blic

;an

dIn

the

ordi

nary

cou

rse

of th

atbu

sine

ss(e

g m

embe

rsof

the

publ

ic b

uyin

gfis

hfr

om a

supe

rmar

ket,

orfr

oma

licen

sed

fishe

rman

).

Ina

new

sect

ion,

pro

vide

that

a p

erso

n fo

und

in p

osse

ssio

n of

, or w

hoha

s sol

dor

purc

hase

d an

yfis

h, sh

all o

n th

ere

ques

tof a

Fis

herie

s Off

icer

, im

med

iate

ly p

rovi

de

full

deta

ils a

nd c

ircum

stan

ces o

f how

the

fish

cam

e in

to th

eir p

osse

ssio

n an

d th

ere

ason

s why

they

bel

ieve

that

the

fish

wer

e no

t tak

en,p

roce

ssed

or o

ther

wis

e de

alt

with

in c

ontra

vent

ion

of th

eA

ct. A

nof

fenc

e w

ill b

ecr

eate

d fo

r fai

lure

to p

rovi

desu

chin

form

atio

n.

57


58

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Man

yin

vest

igat

ions

do

not s

ucce

edbe

caus

eof

the

lack

of e

vide

nce

in

rega

rd to

the

orig

inof

susp

ectf

ish.

It is

pro

pose

d to

faci

litat

e th

ein

vest

igat

ion

of th

is m

ost s

erio

uscl

asso

f off

ence

by re

quiri

ng p

erso

nsin

pos

sess

ion

of, s

ellin

gor

purc

hasi

ngfis

h to

imm

edia

tely

on

requ

est p

rovi

de F

ishe

ries O

ffic

ers

with

deta

ils o

f how

they

cam

e in

topo

sses

sion

of th

ose

fish.

74S1

74 U

se o

ffor

eign

boat

sfo

r fis

hing

Lack

of p

ower

s to

deal

fore

ign

fishe

rs in

Sta

te w

ater

s.N

ote:

Thi

s iss

ue h

as b

een

the

subj

ect o

f ase

para

te c

abin

et su

bmis

sion

,and

is n

olo

nger

req

uire

d in

thes

e am

endm

ents

.

75S1

76 F

alse

stat

emen

ts in

ap

plic

atio

nsTh

isse

ctio

n ne

edst

o be

bro

aden

edto

cov

er a

ll do

cum

ents

rela

ting

to

auth

oris

atio

nsan

d en

title

men

ts fr

omw

hich

a p

erso

n m

ay re

ceiv

e a

dire

ctor

indi

rect

ben

efit.

Cur

rent

ly o

ffen

cesu

nder

the

FRM

Aon

ly a

pply

to th

epe

rson

who

mak

esa

fals

e or

mis

lead

ing

stat

emen

t in

any

appl

icat

ion

and

not t

o th

epe

rson

who

gain

s the

bene

fit o

f suc

h an

act

(e.g

. a p

erso

nm

ay p

rovi

de a

fals

efis

hing

his

tory

toal

low

anot

her

pers

on to

mee

tacc

ess c

riter

ia fo

r a

fishi

ng li

cenc

e).

Exte

nd th

epr

ovis

ion

to c

over

all

docu

men

ts re

latin

g to

aut

horis

atio

ns a

nden

title

men

tsor

right

s und

er th

eFR

MA

.

Cre

ate

an o

ffen

cefo

r‘kn

owin

gly

usin

g a

fals

e do

cum

ent o

rgai

ning

a b

enef

it –

orca

usin

g an

othe

rper

son

to d

oso

’.

58


59

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

76N

ew se

ctio

nTo

add

ress

the

traff

icki

ngof

ille

gal

fish

prod

ucts

such

as a

balo

ne, l

obst

er

and

shar

kfin

, the

re is

a n

atio

nal

fishe

ries c

ompl

ianc

e ap

proa

ch to

crea

te c

ross

-juris

dict

iona

loff

ence

s.Th

isne

w se

ctio

n w

ill a

llow

eac

hst

ate

that

finds

an

offe

nder

with

ill

egal

pro

duct

from

ano

ther

stat

e to

char

geth

e of

fend

er (e

.g.i

f und

ersi

zeV

icto

rian

lobs

ter w

ere

foun

din

WA

the

offe

nder

cou

ldbe

pros

ecut

edun

der W

Ala

w).

New

sect

ion

that

cre

ates

cro

ss-ju

risdi

ctio

nalo

ffen

cesb

etw

een

the

Stat

es a

ndte

rrito

ries.

PAR

T16

– F

ISH

ER

IES

OFF

ICE

RS

77S1

82 R

outin

e in

spec

tion

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s cur

rent

ly h

ave

the

pow

er to

con

duct

rout

ine

insp

ectio

nsof

any

land

,wat

ers o

rpre

mis

essu

bjec

t to

a lic

ence

e.g

. an

aqua

cultu

re o

r pro

cess

ing

prem

ises

.So

met

imes

, suc

h lic

ence

s are

not

rene

wed

on ti

me

and

in su

ch c

ases

th

e Fi

sher

iesO

ffic

ers e

ither

can

not

carr

you

t the

rout

ine

insp

ectio

nor

wou

ld b

e ac

ting

outs

ide

his p

ower

ifth

e lic

ense

had

not b

een

rene

wed

.Fi

sher

iesO

ffic

ers n

eed

to b

e ab

leto

cond

uct r

outin

e in

spec

tions

of s

uch

prem

ises

as t

houg

h th

e bu

sine

ss w

ascu

rren

tly li

cens

ed a

ndon

goin

g.

Cla

rify

pow

ers o

f Fis

herie

sOff

icer

s to

enab

le th

em to

ent

er p

rem

ises

whi

ch a

Fi

sher

ies O

ffic

er c

ould

reas

onab

ly e

xpec

t to

be li

cens

ed, f

or ro

utin

e in

spec

tions

and

toin

spec

t rec

ords

.

59


60

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

78S1

87 W

arra

nts

As c

urre

ntly

dra

fted,

the

Fish

erie

sO

ffic

er th

at o

btai

ns a

sear

chw

arra

ntha

s to

be th

e of

ficer

that

exe

cute

s the

war

rant

. Th

is is

inco

nsis

tent

with

the

pow

ers o

f pol

ice

offic

ersa

nd o

f s71

1of

the

Cri

min

al C

ode.

Pow

ers a

re a

lso

need

edfo

r ent

ry a

ndse

arch

whe

re it

reas

onab

ly su

spec

ted

that

prio

rity

fish

(hig

h-va

lue

fish

spec

iesl

ike

abal

one

and

rock

lobs

ter)

ar

ebe

ing

held

. Th

is w

ill p

rovi

deFi

sher

ies O

ffic

ersw

ith a

n en

hanc

edab

ility

to se

arch

for c

omm

erci

alqu

antit

ies o

f bla

ck m

arke

t fis

h,pa

rticu

larly

in p

rivat

e pr

emis

es e

.g.

whe

re a

Fis

herie

s Off

icer

can

satis

fya

Just

ice

of th

e Pe

ace

that

ther

e ar

e re

ason

able

gro

unds

to su

spec

t tha

tco

mm

erci

al q

uant

ities

ofa

balo

ne a

re

bein

ghe

ld in

a p

rivat

e re

side

nce,

ase

arch

war

rant

coul

dbe

soug

ht.

It is

als

o pr

opos

ed th

at se

arch

war

rant

s will

be

able

to b

e ex

erci

sed

cove

rtly

in re

latio

n to

prio

rity

spec

ies

whe

re a

Just

ice

of th

e Pe

ace

issa

tisfie

d, o

nre

ason

able

gro

unds

,tha

tei

ther

the

prem

ises

or f

ish

may

form

part

of a

n or

gani

sed

crim

inal

ente

rpris

e. T

his a

llow

s the

Fish

erie

sO

ffic

er to

dete

rmin

e if

illeg

alco

mm

erci

al q

uant

ities

off

ish

are

bein

ghe

ld a

t a p

lace

with

out t

hesu

spec

ted

offe

nder

s bei

ng a

war

eth

atth

eyar

e un

der i

nves

tigat

ion.

Am

end

so th

at th

e of

ficer

obta

inin

g a

sear

ch w

arra

nt d

oes n

otne

cess

arily

hav

eto

be

the

offic

er e

xecu

ting

the

war

rant

.

Exte

nd p

ower

of F

ishe

ries O

ffic

ers t

o ob

tain

a w

arra

nt to

ent

er a

nd se

arch

pre

mis

esw

here

ther

e ar

e re

ason

able

grou

nds t

o su

spec

t hig

h-va

lue

fish

spec

ies a

rebe

ing

held

,in

clud

ing

a pr

ovis

ion

to a

llow

war

rant

s to

be c

over

tly e

xerc

ised

with

resp

ect t

opr

iorit

y fis

h (e

.g. i

ndic

tabl

e of

fenc

e in

vest

igat

ions

).

60


61

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

79S1

89Pr

ovis

ion

of in

form

atio

nC

larif

y th

at th

e ‘n

ame’

refe

rred

to in

the

prov

isio

n th

at is

requ

ired

to b

esu

pplie

d, is

the

full

nam

e of

the

rele

vant

per

son.

S189

requ

iresp

erso

ns e

ngag

ed in

fishi

ng a

nd th

e m

aste

rs o

f fis

hing

boat

s to

prov

ide

info

rmat

ion

toFi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers.

The

scop

e of

this

prov

isio

n ne

eds t

obe

exp

ande

d to

mee

t the

dem

ands

off

utur

e qu

ota

man

agem

ent a

rran

gem

ents

and

toal

so c

over

aqu

acul

ture

, cha

rter a

ndec

otou

rism

act

iviti

es.

This

will

incr

ease

the

rang

e of

pe

rson

sreq

uire

d to

giv

e in

form

atio

nto

cov

er th

ose

on a

ll bo

ats a

ndpr

emis

es fo

und

rece

ivin

g,tra

nspo

rting

and

war

ehou

sing

fish

,an

d pr

oces

sors

/reta

ilers

, etc

(thi

s is

esse

ntia

l, fo

r exa

mpl

e, fo

r tra

ckin

gan

d au

ditin

g lo

bste

r tra

nsac

tions

unde

rquo

ta m

anag

emen

t for

the

wes

tern

rock

lobs

ter f

ishe

ry).

Am

end

so F

ishe

ries O

ffic

ers c

anre

quire

pers

ons s

uspe

cted

of c

omm

ittin

g an

off

ence

to p

rovi

de th

eirf

ulln

ame.

Am

end

sect

ion

189

to e

xpan

d th

e sc

ope

of th

e pr

ovis

ion

to in

clud

e:Th

e m

aste

r of a

ny b

oat (

i.e.u

sed

for c

omm

erci

al fi

shin

g,re

crea

tiona

lfis

hing

, eco

tour

ism

, cha

rtero

r aqu

acul

ture

).Pe

rson

s eng

aged

in a

quac

ultu

re, c

harte

r fis

hing

or m

arin

e ec

o to

uris

m.

All

pers

ons o

na

boat

oro

ther

wis

e en

gage

d in

com

mer

cial

fish

ing,

recr

eatio

nal f

ishi

ng, e

co to

uris

m, c

harte

r ora

quac

ultu

re).

All

pers

ons o

n pr

emis

es, a

t any

pla

ce o

r in

any

vehi

cles

rece

ivin

g,tra

nspo

rting

orw

areh

ousi

ng fi

sh.

All

pers

onse

ngag

edin

fish

pro

cess

ing,

who

lesa

ling

or re

taili

ngof

fish

.

The

expa

nded

leve

l of i

nfor

mat

ion

requ

ired

shou

ld in

clud

epr

ovid

ing

deta

ils o

f how

, w

here

, whe

n an

d fr

om w

hom

fish

orf

ishi

ng/a

quac

ultu

rege

ar c

ame

into

a p

erso

n’s

poss

essi

on, o

r was

at a

pla

ce, i

n a

vehi

cle

orin

a p

rem

ises

.

61


62

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

80N

ew se

ctio

n: S

earc

h of

pe

rson

s for

prio

rity

spec

ies

Off

ende

rs a

reab

le to

con

ceal

fish

(e

.g. R

oe’s

aba

lone

) and

oth

erev

iden

ceon

thei

r bod

ies,

in o

r und

erth

eir c

loth

es.

Cur

rent

ly, F

ishe

ries

Off

icer

s hav

e no

pow

erto

phy

sica

lly

sear

ch su

ch p

eopl

e.It

is p

ropo

sed

toal

low

Fis

herie

s Off

icer

s to

sear

chpe

ople

who

are

reas

onab

ly su

spec

ted

of c

arry

ing

high

-val

ue a

ndhi

gh-r

isk

spec

ies.

It is

reco

gnis

ed th

at

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

swou

ld n

eed

be

high

ly a

ccou

ntab

le fo

r suc

h se

arch

esan

dth

ere

wou

ld n

eed

to b

e a

requ

irem

ent f

or a

n ap

prop

riate

leve

lof

repo

rting

and

ove

rsig

ht to

ens

ure

such

a p

ower

is n

ot m

isus

ed (s

ee

Vict

oria

n Fi

sher

ies A

ct19

94s1

01(G

)).

New

sect

ion

to a

llow

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s to

phys

ical

ly se

arch

peop

lefo

rhig

h-va

lue

spec

ies,

or fo

r evi

denc

e re

latin

g to

high

-val

ue fi

sh sp

ecie

s tha

t may

be

held

orco

ncea

led

on t

heir

pers

on.

62


63

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

81S1

91O

ther

pow

ers o

ffis

herie

sof

ficer

s

S191

cur

rent

ly g

ives

Fis

herie

sO

ffic

ers t

hepo

wer

to si

gnal

ordi

rect

a pe

rson

to st

op a

boa

t/veh

icle

orn

otto

mov

e a

boat

/veh

icle

. H

owev

er,

the

prov

isio

ndo

esno

t exp

ress

ly g

ive

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s the

pow

er to

mov

eth

e ve

ssel

/veh

icle

, or d

irect

the

vehi

cle/

vess

el to

be m

oved

toa

safe

st

oppi

ng p

lace

. Fi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers

requ

ireth

is p

ower

to d

irect

peo

ple

who

hav

e be

enst

oppe

d fo

rin

spec

tions

at r

oad

side

che

cks o

r on

wat

erw

ays t

om

ove

the

vehi

cle/

boat

outo

f the

way

of t

raff

ic fo

r saf

ety

reas

ons.

Cla

rific

atio

n is

requ

ired

of th

em

eani

ngof

‘rec

ords

’ and

‘doc

umen

ts’ r

efer

red

to in

s191

(1)(

i)to

incl

ude

finan

cial

reco

rdsr

elev

ant

to th

efis

hing

bus

ines

s.Th

is is

ne

cess

ary

for f

oren

sic

finan

cial

audi

tsof

bus

ines

ses i

nvol

ving

fish

or

conn

ecte

d w

ith fi

sh a

ndw

ill b

e es

peci

ally

impo

rtant

with

the

intro

duct

ion

of fu

rther

quot

am

anag

ed fi

sher

ies.

The

wor

d ‘p

hoto

grap

hs’(

ins1

91(1

)(l))

has

been

read

to m

ean

hard

cop

y ph

otog

raph

s.A

ll im

ages

,in

clud

ing

digi

tal i

mag

es, n

eed

to b

ein

clud

ed in

this

pro

visi

on.

Inse

rt a

new

para

grap

h to

ena

ble

Fish

erie

sOff

icer

s to

sign

al o

r dire

ct th

epe

rson

inco

ntro

l of a

boa

t orv

ehic

le “

to m

ove

the

boat

or v

ehic

le to

a sa

fe st

oppi

ng p

lace

” fo

rth

e pu

rpos

es o

f ins

pect

ion

or se

arch

.

‘Rec

ords

’ and

‘doc

umen

ts’ n

eed

to b

e m

ore

broa

dly

defin

ed to

giv

e Fi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers

the

pow

er to

requ

est a

bro

ad ra

nge

of in

form

atio

n, in

clud

ing

finan

cial

reco

rdsr

elat

edto

fish

ing

busi

ness

es.

Rep

lace

“ph

otog

raph

s” w

ith ‘i

mag

es h

owev

er st

ored

’.

63


64

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

s191

(10(

q)ha

s a p

oten

tial

com

plia

nce

loop

hole

in th

at th

epe

rson

bei

ng d

irect

edto

wai

t for

the

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

may

inte

rfer

e w

ithan

y po

tent

ial e

vide

nce

in th

atpe

riod.

Inse

rt in

s191

(q),

afte

r ‘w

ait a

t a p

lace

indi

cate

d by

the

Fish

erie

sOff

icer

’, ‘a

nd/o

rnot

to in

terf

ere

with

any

fish

ing

gear

and

fish

the

subj

ect o

f a d

irect

ion

until

the

Fish

erie

sO

ffic

er is

abl

eto

insp

ect’.

82S1

92 A

rres

tTo

be c

onsi

sten

t with

som

e ot

her

fishe

ries j

uris

dict

ions

, it i

s pro

pose

dto

pro

vide

the

pow

er fo

r the

arr

esto

fpe

rson

s atte

mpt

ing

to d

estro

yor

fabr

icat

eev

iden

ce (e

.g. w

here

ape

rson

atte

mpt

s to

thro

w u

nder

size

fish

over

the

side

ofa

boa

t), o

rin

terf

erin

g w

ith w

itnes

sesi

n a

case

.

It is

als

o ne

cess

ary

to e

nabl

e th

ear

rest

of a

per

son

whe

re a

war

rant

hasb

een

issu

ed,b

ut w

hich

for s

ome

reas

on(e

.g. t

he is

olat

edna

ture

of t

here

gion

) a c

opy

is n

ot a

vaila

ble.

Pow

ers o

f arr

est w

ithou

twar

rant

nee

d to

beex

pand

ed to

prev

ent t

he c

once

alm

ent,

loss

or d

estru

ctio

nof

evi

denc

e or

to p

reve

nt th

efa

bric

atio

nof

evi

denc

e in

rela

tion

to a

n of

fenc

e; a

nd to

pre

vent

the

hara

ssm

ent o

f, or

inte

rfer

ence

with

, a p

oten

tial w

itnes

s in

proc

eedi

ngsi

n re

spec

t of a

n of

fenc

e.

Als

oen

able

arr

est o

f a p

erso

nw

here

a w

arra

nt h

asbe

en is

sued

but

a c

opy

is n

otav

aila

ble.

64


65

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

83S1

93 S

eizu

re

Cur

rent

ly a

Fis

herie

sOff

icer

has t

hepo

wer

to se

ize

“any

boa

t, ve

hicl

e,ai

rcra

ftor

oth

er th

ing…

…’

Cur

rent

ly, t

he te

rmot

her t

hing

is

read

dow

n an

d it

may

be

infe

rred

that

it

refe

rs to

a fo

rm o

f tra

nspo

rt. B

y pr

ovid

ing

an e

xpan

ded

desc

riptio

n of

thin

gs th

at m

ay b

e se

ized

, the

rew

illbe

a b

ette

r cla

rific

atio

nof

term

s and

po

wer

s.

S193

(e) i

s too

narr

ow in

that

it o

nly

allo

ws t

hepr

ocee

dsof

the

sale

of a

nyfis

hta

ken

in c

ontra

vent

ion

of th

isA

ctto

be

seiz

ed.

Itis

pro

pose

dto

exte

nd th

e sc

ope

of th

is se

ctio

n to

prov

ide

for t

he se

izur

e of

any

reve

nue

that

has r

esul

ted

from

actio

ns a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e ill

egal

trade

of f

ish.

S193

(h)p

rovi

des f

or th

e se

izur

e of

fish

and

cont

aine

rs w

here

1/20

th o

f th

e fis

h ar

e to

tally

pro

tect

ed fi

sh. T

hese

ctio

nne

eds t

o al

so c

over

com

mer

cial

ly a

ndre

crea

tiona

llypr

otec

ted

fish.

In s1

93, s

peci

fical

ly in

clud

e ‘o

ther

form

sof t

rans

port,

gea

r equ

ipm

enta

ndot

her

thin

gs, i

nclu

ding

that

used

for a

quac

ultu

re a

nd e

coto

uris

mop

erat

ions

’.

Exte

nd s1

93(e

) to

cov

er n

otju

st ‘s

ale’

but

also

‘tra

ffic

king

,tra

nspo

rt,or

dea

ling

with

fish’

.

Am

end

s193

(h) t

o in

clud

e an

y pr

otec

ted

fish

(not

just

tota

llypr

otec

ted

fish)

.

65


66

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Cur

rent

ly,t

he p

ower

s of F

ishe

ries

Off

icer

s to

seiz

e co

ntai

ners

hol

ding

fish

is li

mite

d to

cer

tain

circ

umst

ance

s rel

atin

gon

ly to

tota

llypr

otec

ted

fish.

Itis

not

pra

ctic

al fo

rFi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers t

o ca

rry

thei

r ow

nco

ntai

ners

to st

ore

fish

whe

non

patro

l.It

ispr

opos

ed to

ext

end

the

pow

er to

allo

w th

e se

izur

eof

cont

aine

rs h

oldi

ngan

y fis

h su

spec

ted

of b

eing

ille

gally

obt

aine

dor

deal

tw

ith c

ontra

ry to

the

FRM

A.

Inse

rt a

new

subs

ectio

n to

als

ogi

vefis

herie

s off

icer

s a g

ener

al p

ower

to se

ize

cont

aine

rs h

oldi

ng fi

sh su

spec

ted

to b

eill

egal

ly o

btai

ned,

deal

t with

, tra

nspo

rted

or

proc

esse

d.

84S1

95 S

eizu

reof

aba

ndon

edet

c fis

hing

gea

rSe

ctio

n19

5 cu

rren

tly o

nly

deal

s with

the

forf

eitu

reof

aba

ndon

edfis

hing

gear

.It

ispr

opos

ed to

allo

wFi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers t

o al

so se

ize

aban

done

d ec

otou

rism

or a

quac

ultu

rege

ar (e

.g. w

here

an

aqua

cultu

re fa

rmis

aba

ndon

ed a

nd ro

pes a

nd fl

oats

are

left

and

pose

a th

reat

to sm

allb

oat

safe

ty, t

hese

may

be

seiz

ed).

Incl

ude

the

pow

er to

seiz

e ab

ando

ned

aqua

cultu

rege

ar, o

r eco

tour

ism

gear

.

85S1

97 G

ivin

gof

ass

ista

nce

Cur

rent

ly p

eopl

e w

ho g

ive

assi

stan

ceto

Fis

herie

sOff

icer

s may

app

ly fo

r co

mpe

nsat

ion

at a

ny ti

me

afte

r the

even

t. F

or e

ffic

ient

adm

inis

tratio

n, it

is

pro

pose

d to

lim

it th

e pe

riod

inw

hich

a p

erso

n m

ay a

pply

for

com

pens

atio

n to

90 d

ays.

Oth

erw

ise

ther

e m

ay b

e an

open

end

ed li

abili

tyfo

r Gov

ernm

ent.

The

right

to a

pply

for c

ompe

nsat

ion

shou

ldbe

lim

ited

to 9

0da

ys a

fter p

rovi

ding

assi

stan

ce.

66


67

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T 1

7–

LE

GA

LPR

OC

EE

DIN

GS

Div

isio

n 2

– R

espo

nsib

ility

of c

erta

in p

erso

ns

86S2

02 L

iabi

lity

of m

aste

rM

aste

rs a

re c

urre

ntly

liab

le fo

r any

of

fenc

e co

mm

itted

by

crew

s on

boat

s.It

is p

ropo

sed

to e

xten

d th

epr

ovis

ion

tosp

ecify

that

the

supe

rvis

or in

the

fish

hand

ling,

trans

port

and

proc

essi

ng a

reas

is a

lso

liabl

e fo

r any

offe

nce

his t

eam

co

mm

its –

e.g

. in

a fis

hre

ceiv

alde

pot t

he su

perv

isor

of th

ede

pot

wou

ld b

e lia

ble

for a

nof

fenc

e if

illeg

al n

on-q

uota

fish

wer

e ac

cept

edat

the

depo

tby

his s

taff

. Thi

spow

erex

ists

in o

ther

fish

erie

sjur

isdi

ctio

nsas

a pa

rt of

the

tool

s req

uire

d fo

ref

fect

ive

quot

a m

anag

emen

t.

Am

end

s202

to in

clud

e‘s

uper

viso

rs’ t

hrou

ghou

t.

87S2

04 L

iabi

lity

of o

ffic

ers f

or

offe

nce

bybo

dy c

orpo

rate

Cur

rent

ly, o

ffic

ers o

f aco

rpor

ate

body

are

liab

le fo

roff

ence

sco

mm

itted

by

the

corp

orat

ebo

dy if

the

Cro

wn

can

prov

e th

e of

ficer

cons

ente

dto

, or d

id n

ot e

xerc

ise

due

dilig

ence

with

rega

rd to

, the

offe

nce.

This

can

be d

iffic

ultt

o pr

ove

if th

eco

rpor

ate

body

does

not

coop

erat

ew

ith in

vest

igat

ors.

It is

pro

pose

d to

reve

rse

the

onus

ofp

roof

tobr

ing

this

sect

ion

in li

ne w

ith o

ther

fishe

ries j

uris

dict

ions

and

with

othe

rse

ctio

ns o

f the

FR

MA

.

Am

end

to re

quire

the

reve

rse

onus

of p

roof

such

that

off

icer

s of t

he c

orpo

rate

bod

y m

ust p

rove

that

they

did

not

con

sent

to,n

orw

ere

negl

igen

t in

thei

rdut

iesb

y fa

iling

to

prev

ent,

anof

fenc

e.

67


68

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Issu

e of‘s

tate

of m

ind’

ofb

ody

corp

orat

e, a

ndof

dire

ctor

s,em

ploy

ees o

r age

nts o

f tha

t bod

yco

rpor

ate.

If it

is n

eces

sary

to e

stab

lish

the

stat

e of

min

dof

the

body

cor

pora

te, i

t is s

uffic

ient

to

show

that

a d

irect

or, e

mpl

oyee

, or a

gent

of t

hebo

dy c

orpo

rate

, was

act

ing

with

in th

esc

ope

of th

at p

erso

n’s a

ctua

lor a

ppar

ent a

utho

rity.

88N

ew se

ctio

nTh

ere

have

been

cas

es w

here

unde

rsiz

efis

h (e

.g. r

ock

lobs

ter)

have

bee

nfo

und

atfis

hing

cam

ps.

The

adul

ts p

rese

nt, a

lthou

gh a

war

eof

the

unde

rsiz

ed n

atur

e of

the

fish,

have

cla

imed

that

the

fish

belo

nged

toth

ech

ildre

n in

the

grou

p. T

hisc

anbe

an

effe

ctiv

eap

proa

ch to

avo

idin

gpr

osec

utio

n in

som

e ca

ses.

It is

prop

osed

to m

ake

adul

ts in

cha

rge

ofch

ildre

n re

spon

sibl

e fo

rthe

fishi

ngac

tiviti

es(a

nd o

ffen

ces)

of c

hild

ren

in th

eir c

are.

Ane

w se

ctio

nbe

incl

uded

prov

idin

g th

at w

here

chi

ldre

n ar

e in

pos

sess

ion

of il

lega

llyta

ken

fish

or fi

sh ta

ken

with

ille

gal g

earo

rthr

ough

any

othe

roff

ence

, the

nth

e ad

ult i

n ch

arge

of th

ech

ild is

dee

med

to b

e in

poss

essi

on o

f suc

h fis

hor

toha

ve c

omm

itted

the

offe

nce.

Div

isio

n 3

– E

vide

ntia

rypr

ovis

ions

89N

ew se

ctio

nC

urre

ntly

, in

pros

ecut

ing

anof

fenc

ein

volv

ing

docu

men

ts, t

he C

row

nne

eds t

o pr

ove

the

auth

or o

f eac

hdo

cum

ent.

Thi

s can

be

a di

ffic

ult

and

oner

ous t

ask,

parti

cula

rly fo

rqu

ota

offe

nces

whi

chm

ayin

volv

eve

ry la

rge

num

bers

ofd

ocum

ents

.

Inse

rt a

new

sect

ion

that

pro

vide

s tha

t a re

turn

, rec

ord,

trans

actio

n, fo

rm,a

pplic

atio

n,or

oth

er in

form

atio

npu

rpor

ting

to b

e co

mpl

eted

,kep

t, pr

ovid

ed b

yor

on b

ehal

fof a

nype

rson

,sha

ll be

deem

edto

hav

e be

enco

mpl

eted

, kep

t or p

rovi

ded

byth

at p

erso

nun

less

the

cont

rary

ispr

oved

.

68


69

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

It is

pro

pose

d to

ado

pt le

gisl

atio

nfr

om o

ther

fishe

ries j

uris

dict

ions

–w

hich

stat

es th

at a

ny d

ocum

ent

purp

orte

dly

belo

ngin

g to

a p

erso

n is

deem

ed to

be

kept

,or c

ompl

eted

byth

at p

erso

n, u

nles

s the

pers

onpr

oves

the

cont

rary

(e.g

. if t

he A

CM

EFi

shin

g C

ompa

ny su

bmits

the

Dec

embe

r fis

hing

retu

rnfo

r F64

, th

en it

is a

ssum

ed th

at th

e re

turn

is

subm

itted

by

the

AC

ME

Fish

ing

com

pany

unl

ess t

he A

CM

Epr

oves

othe

rwis

e).

90S2

08 P

roof

ofc

onte

nts e

tcof

pack

age

S208

cur

rent

ly p

rovi

des t

hat u

nles

sot

herw

ise

prov

ed, t

he C

ourt

can

take

notic

eof

labe

ls o

n co

ntai

ners

of fi

shto

det

erm

ine

the

type

of f

ish,

the

quan

tity

and

who

pac

ked

orco

nsig

ned

the

fish.

For

the

purp

oses

of q

uota

man

agem

ent,

it is

pro

pose

dto

ext

end

the

sect

ion

to c

over

the

wei

ght o

ffis

hm

arke

d on

any

cont

aine

r.

Add

the

wor

d‘o

r w

eigh

t’ w

hich

allo

ws

forp

resu

mpt

ion

of w

eigh

toff

ish

in la

belle

dco

ntai

ners

.

69


70

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

91S2

09Pr

oof t

hat f

ish

wer

e ta

ken

for

sale

S209

isa

deem

ing

prov

isio

n w

hich

prov

ides

that

if fi

sh a

re so

ld, t

hen

they

wer

ede

emed

tobe

take

nfo

r the

purp

ose

of sa

le.

The

prov

isio

nw

asde

sign

ed to

ass

ist i

n th

epr

osec

utio

nof

peo

ple

who

take

fish

unde

r the

guis

e of

recr

eatio

nal f

ishi

ng a

nd th

ense

ll th

em o

n th

e ‘b

lack

mar

ket’.

The

conv

erse

situ

atio

nne

eds t

obe

addr

esse

dw

here

fish

, cau

ght b

yre

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

, are

bei

ngal

lege

dly

held

for p

rivat

epu

rpos

esbu

t are

foun

d on

com

mer

cial

fish

deal

ers’

prem

ises

. It i

s pro

pose

d th

at

all f

ish

foun

d on

prem

ises

invo

lved

in th

e co

mm

erci

al d

ealin

g of

fish

are

deem

ed to

be

on th

e pr

emis

es fo

r a

com

mer

cial

pur

pose

.N

ote:

ther

ew

ill n

eed

tobe

regu

latio

ns th

at p

rovi

defo

r the

man

agem

ent o

fbon

a fid

e bu

sine

sses

that

stor

e re

crea

tiona

lly-c

augh

t fis

has

par

t of a

legi

timat

e bu

sine

ss a

ndas

a se

rvic

efo

r the

ir cu

stom

ers e

.g.

at a

rem

ote

fishi

ngre

sort

whi

chin

corp

orat

es a

rest

aura

nt, t

he re

sort

owne

rs m

ay, a

s a se

rvic

e to

thei

rcu

stom

ers,

tem

pora

rily

stor

e fis

hca

ught

by th

eir c

lient

s.

Prov

ide

a de

emin

g pr

ovis

ion

that

whe

re a

ny fi

sh is

sold

, the

n it

is d

eem

ed th

at th

epe

rson

who

took

thos

efis

h to

ok th

em fo

r the

pur

pose

of sa

le.

70


71

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

92N

ew se

ctio

nTh

e la

wso

f evi

denc

e us

ually

requ

ire

the

orig

inal

cop

y of

doc

umen

tsto

be

subm

itted

to th

e C

ourt.

Ofte

n Fi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers c

ondu

ctin

gin

vest

igat

ions

take

cop

ies o

fbus

ines

sre

cord

sbut

allo

w th

e bu

sine

ss to

ke

ep it

s orig

inal

reco

rds s

o th

at it

can

co

ntin

ue o

pera

ting.

At s

ome

late

rtim

e, if

a p

rose

cutio

n is

com

men

ced,

itm

ay b

e fo

und

that

the

orig

inal

reco

rds m

ay h

ave

been

lost

orde

stro

yed.

To

addr

ess t

his,

it is

prop

osed

to a

llow

cop

ieso

fdo

cum

ents

tobe

subm

itted

inev

iden

ce.

Prov

ide

that

cop

ieso

fdoc

umen

ts ta

ken

by F

ishe

ries O

ffic

ers a

re to

bepl

aced

in

evid

ence

subj

ect t

o ce

rtain

pro

cedu

res(

this

is si

mila

r to

the

New

Zea

land

Fish

erie

sAc

t s23

9).

93N

ew se

ctio

nC

urre

ntly

, the

re is

no

pow

er to

requ

ire th

at fo

rms,

reco

rds a

ndre

turn

s be

com

plet

ed in

Eng

lish

and

in a

legi

ble

man

ner.

Thi

s can

resu

ltin

unu

sabl

e fo

rms,

retu

rns a

nd

reco

rds b

eing

subm

itted

.

Prov

ide

that

reco

rds a

ndre

turn

s,an

d al

lpre

scrib

edor

app

rove

d fo

rms,

mus

t be

com

plet

ed in

legi

ble

Engl

ish.

94S2

12 E

vide

nce

of li

cens

ing

mat

ters

Cur

rent

lyth

is se

ctio

n do

es n

otpr

ovid

epo

wer

for t

he R

egis

trar t

ogi

ve a

cer

tific

ate

stat

ing

who

is th

eho

lder

of s

peci

fic a

utho

risat

ions

,or

wha

t aut

horis

atio

ns a

re h

eld

by a

sp

ecifi

cpe

rson

. Th

is m

ay c

ause

pr

oble

ms w

hen

the

mer

e ho

ldin

g of

vario

us a

utho

risat

ions

may

be

the

cent

ral e

lem

ent o

f an

offe

nce

(e.g

. ho

ldin

g a

RFL

and

CFL

sim

ulta

neou

sly)

.

Am

end

to a

dditi

onal

ly p

rovi

de fo

r the

Reg

istra

r to

give

a c

ertif

icat

e as

to w

ho is

or

was

the

hold

erof

a li

cenc

e or

licen

ces a

t spe

cific

tim

es o

r dat

es a

nd w

hat l

icen

ces

are/

wer

e he

ldby

a p

erso

n at

cer

tain

tim

es o

r dat

es.

71


72

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

95S2

13Ev

iden

ce o

fsci

entif

icm

atte

rs

This

prov

isio

nis

to fa

cilit

ate

the

Cou

rt pr

oces

s by

allo

win

g ev

iden

ce

of a

scie

ntifi

cm

atte

r to

begi

ven

byce

rtific

ate.

S21

3(3)

per

mits

an

‘aut

horis

ed p

erso

n’ to

give

evi

denc

eby

cer

tific

ate

of te

chni

cal

info

rmat

ion

inre

gard

tofis

h an

dfis

hing

gear

. It

need

s to

bebr

oade

ned

to ta

ke a

ccou

ntof

aqua

cultu

re,i

dent

ifica

tion

of fi

shin

geq

uipm

ent,

fish

biol

ogy

and

path

olog

y.

Am

end

S213

tobr

oade

n th

e sc

ope

of sc

ient

ific

evid

ence

toin

clud

e aq

uacu

lture

,fis

hing

gea

r, fis

h bi

olog

yan

d pa

thol

ogy.

96S2

15 A

ccur

acy

of m

easu

ring

equi

pmen

tTh

is p

rovi

sion

cur

rent

lypr

ovid

esth

at m

easu

ring

equi

pmen

t use

dby

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s is a

ccur

ate

unle

ssth

e co

ntra

ry is

prov

ed.

It is

prop

osed

to e

xten

d th

e sc

ope

of th

epr

ovis

ion

to in

clud

ed m

oder

n el

ectro

nic

sate

llite

mon

itorin

gan

dco

mm

unic

atio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for

mon

itorin

g th

e po

sitio

n of

fish

ing

vess

els e

g. V

esse

l Mon

itorin

gSy

stem

.

Am

endm

ent t

o sp

ecifi

cally

incl

ude

VM

S or

sate

llite

com

mun

icat

ion

syst

ems l

inke

d to

Glo

bal P

ositi

onin

g Sy

stem

(GPS

).

Div

isio

n4

- For

feitu

re

97S2

17R

etur

n of

thin

gs se

ized

Fish

ing

equi

pmen

t and

fish

seiz

ed b

y Fi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers a

reno

t alw

ays

forf

eite

d. T

hey

may

inst

ead

bere

turn

ed to

the

pers

onfr

om w

hom

they

wer

e se

ized

. H

owev

er,s

ome

peop

ledo

not

col

lect

the

seiz

edgo

ods a

nd th

eD

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

erie

s cur

rent

ly h

asno

abi

lity

tode

al w

ith su

chca

ses.

Inse

rt a

new

subs

ectio

n al

ong

the

lines

ofs

219

crea

ting

a tim

e lim

it (th

ree

mon

ths)

with

in w

hich

seiz

edite

mss

houl

d be

retu

rned

/col

lect

ed o

nce

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

orha

s aut

horis

edth

eir r

etur

n. T

hose

seiz

ed it

ems w

hich

are

not

abl

e to

bere

turn

ed/c

olle

cted

in th

at ti

me

limit

are

forf

eite

d.

72


73

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

It is

pro

pose

d th

at a

thre

e- m

onth

perio

d be

giv

en to

col

lect

seiz

edite

ms a

nd if

they

are

not

col

lect

edw

ithin

that

perio

d th

ego

ods b

e fo

rfei

ted

to th

e C

row

n.

98S2

18O

rder

for f

orfe

iture

This

pro

visi

on n

eeds

tosp

ecifi

cally

cove

r all

seiz

able

item

s det

aile

d in

s1

93.

It is

not

alw

ays p

ossi

ble

forF

ishe

ries

Off

icer

s and

the

Cou

rt to

det

erm

ine

whi

ch fi

sh a

re th

e su

bjec

t of a

nof

fenc

e e.

g. a

traw

ler m

ay fi

sh in

both

ope

nan

d cl

osed

wat

ers o

na

sing

le n

ight

bef

ore

bein

gap

preh

ende

d. I

tisn

ot p

ossi

ble

tode

term

ine

whi

ch fi

sh w

ere

caug

htle

gitim

atel

yan

d w

hich

wer

e ill

egal

lyta

ken.

It is

pro

pose

d to

prov

ide

the

pow

er fo

r the

opt

ion

for t

heFi

sher

ies

Off

icer

to se

ize

the

who

le c

atch

in

such

circ

umst

ance

s, an

d on

conv

ictio

n al

low

the

Cou

rt th

e op

tion

of o

rder

ing

the

forf

eitu

reof

any

amou

ntof

the

catc

h th

e C

ourt

deem

sap

prop

riate

(whi

ch m

ay in

clud

e th

ew

hole

cat

ch).

Nee

d to

prov

ide

for t

he a

utom

atic

forf

eitu

re to

the

Cro

wn

of il

lega

l fis

han

d fis

hing

gear

seiz

ed in

the

even

tof

an

offe

nder

payi

ng a

nin

frin

gem

ent n

otic

e. C

urre

ntly

, suc

hite

ms c

an b

ere

turn

ed if

the

infr

inge

men

t is p

aid

and

this

may

be

inap

prop

riate

(e.g

. the

retu

rnof

an

illeg

alm

arro

ntra

p to

an

offe

nder

).

See

s193

(abo

ve).

Am

end

S218

topr

ovid

efo

r the

Cou

rt w

here

it is

not

pos

sibl

e to

dete

rmin

e w

hich

parti

cula

r fis

har

e su

bjec

t to

anof

fenc

e to

orde

r the

forf

eitu

reof

all

the

fish

seiz

edor

any

porti

on th

ereo

f.

Am

end

topr

ovid

e th

at if

an

offe

nce

has p

roce

eded

by

way

of a

n in

frin

gem

ent,

and

offe

nder

hasp

aid

the

infr

inge

men

t not

ice,

the

thin

gs se

ized

are

auto

mat

ical

ly fo

rfei

ted

to th

e C

row

n.

73


74

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

99S2

20C

erta

infis

h fo

rfei

ted

upon

seiz

ure

Som

e fis

h ar

e au

tom

atic

ally

forf

eite

dw

hen

seiz

edun

der t

he F

RM

A e

.g.

berr

ied

fem

ale

lobs

ters

;und

ersi

zed

mar

ron.

It is

pro

pose

d to

ext

end

the

auto

mat

icfo

rfei

ture

pro

visi

on to

incl

ude

fish

inex

cess

of th

e ba

gor

poss

essi

on li

mit.

Thi

s min

imis

es a

nd

sim

plifi

es th

e ad

min

istra

tive

proc

edur

e w

hich

oth

erw

ise

wou

ldin

volv

eFi

sher

ies O

ffic

ers m

anag

ing

the

stor

age,

the

late

r dis

posa

land

the

poss

ible

sale

of su

ch fi

sh.

Inse

rt a

new

subs

ectio

n to

pro

vide

that

all

fish

foun

d by

a F

ishe

ries O

ffic

er in

exc

ess

of th

eba

g im

it or

pos

sess

ion

limit

is a

utom

atic

ally

forf

eite

d.

74


75

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

Div

isio

n 5

– A

dditi

onal

pena

lties

100

S222

Add

ition

al p

enal

tyba

sed

onte

n tim

es v

alue

of f

ish

subj

ecto

f the

off

ence

The

addi

tiona

l s22

2 pe

nalty

curr

ently

appl

iesf

or e

ach

char

ge a

gain

st a

de

fend

ant,

even

thou

gh it

is th

e sa

me

fish.

It is

pro

pose

d th

at th

ead

ditio

nalp

enal

ty o

nly

appl

ies o

nce

fore

ach

defe

ndan

tin

resp

ect o

f the

sam

efis

h(s

ee se

ctio

n 2.

3.6

ofth

isdi

scus

sion

pap

er).

Cur

rent

ly s2

22 h

as th

e ca

paci

ty to

impo

seun

reas

onab

le a

nd u

nfai

rm

anda

tory

pen

altie

s whi

ch a

re b

ased

on te

n tim

es th

e va

lue

of th

efis

hsu

bjec

tof t

he o

ffen

ce(s

ee se

ctio

n2.

3.6

ofth

is d

iscu

ssio

n pa

per)

.Th

ere

is a

nee

d to

prov

ide

a di

scre

tiona

ryup

per l

imit

on th

ead

ditio

nalp

enal

ty in

circ

umst

ance

sw

here

the

full

addi

tiona

lpen

alty

wou

ld b

e to

oha

rsh

(e.g

. for

som

ere

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

offe

nces

and

for

min

oror

tech

nica

l com

mer

cial

fishi

ng o

ffen

ces)

.

Cur

rent

ly, t

hepr

ovis

ion

hasb

een

inte

rpre

ted

to re

fer o

nly

toco

mm

erci

alfis

hing

off

ence

s.O

ffen

cesb

y th

e ot

her s

ecto

rsne

ed to

be in

clud

ed.

Am

end

head

erto

refle

ct th

e cl

arifi

catio

n.

Am

end

to c

larif

y th

at a

dditi

onal

pen

altie

s are

onl

y to

be a

pplie

d on

ceon

ly,

irres

pect

ive

ofth

e nu

mbe

rofc

harg

es a

gain

st a

par

ticul

ar d

efen

dant

rela

ting

to th

ose

fish.

Am

end

s222

to p

rovi

de th

e ca

paci

ty to

pre

scrib

e th

e m

axim

um p

enal

ty th

at c

anbe

impo

sed

in re

spec

t to

circ

umst

ance

s,cl

ass o

f per

son,

or c

lass

off

ence

.

Tigh

ten

the

wor

ding

of s

ectio

n22

2 to

ens

ure

all a

utho

risat

ion

hold

ers a

resu

bjec

t to

addi

tiona

l pen

alty

prov

isio

ns.

75


76

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

101

S223

Cou

rt m

ay c

ance

l or s

uspe

ndau

thor

isat

ion

Cur

rent

ly, i

f an

auth

oris

atio

n is

ca

ncel

led

or su

spen

ded,

the

Cou

rtdo

esno

thav

e th

epo

wer

to h

ave

the

auth

oris

atio

n de

liver

edup

.

Prov

ide

in a

n ad

ditio

nal s

ubse

ctio

n th

at a

Cou

rt co

nvic

ting

a pe

rson

inre

latio

n to

an

offe

nce

whi

chre

quire

s the

pers

on’s

lice

nce

tobe

can

celle

dor

susp

ende

d to

have

the

pow

er to

ord

erth

at th

epe

rson

deliv

ers u

p th

eir l

icen

ce to

eith

er th

e C

ourt

or th

eEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

.

102

S224

Aut

omat

icca

ncel

latio

nof

aut

horis

atio

n if

thre

eof

fenc

es c

omm

itted

in 1

0-ye

ar p

erio

d

Cur

rent

ly, w

here

thre

e ‘b

lack

mar

ks’

(ser

ious

off

ence

s con

vict

ions

) hav

ebe

en re

cord

edag

ains

t a li

cenc

e in

a

10-y

earp

erio

d, th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

mus

tcan

cel t

he li

cenc

e, a

ndun

less

ther

e ar

e pr

ovis

ions

inth

eM

anag

emen

t Pla

n to

allo

w it

, the

licen

ce c

anno

t be

reis

sued

. Th

isha

sa

sign

ifica

nt im

pact

on

the

fishe

r –

but a

lso

crea

tes u

ncer

tain

ty in

the

finan

cial

sect

or, c

reat

ing

a pe

rcep

tion

that

the

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

indu

stry

is a

hig

h-ris

k in

vest

men

t opt

ion.

Less

fina

ncia

l inv

estm

ent i

n th

ein

dust

rym

eans

no g

row

th o

r ong

oing

pros

perit

y. It

is p

ropo

sed

that

the

prov

isio

n be

am

ende

d so

that

afte

r th

ree

blac

k m

arks

are

reco

rded

agai

nst a

lice

nce

in a

ten

year

per

iod,

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or is

requ

ired

to

auto

mat

ical

ly su

spen

d th

at li

cenc

e.

Am

end

head

er, a

nd th

e re

st o

f the

pro

visi

onto

repl

ace

‘can

cella

tion’

with

‘s

uspe

nsio

n’.

Con

side

ratio

nm

ay a

lso

be g

iven

to th

ede

velo

pmen

t of a

syst

em o

f tru

e ad

min

istra

tive

pena

lties

,whe

re c

ircum

stan

ces (

yet t

obe

iden

tifie

d) w

arra

nt th

e im

posi

tion

of a

n ad

min

istra

tive

pena

lty in

stea

d of

susp

ensi

onof

an

auth

oris

atio

n

Prov

ide

that

on

the

reco

rdin

g of

the

third

con

vict

ion,

the

auth

oris

atio

n m

ust e

ither

– as

ap

prop

riate

– b

e su

spen

ded,

or r

educ

ed,f

or a

per

iod

ofup

to5

year

s,w

ithth

eEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

pro

vidi

ng a

dvic

eto

the

Cou

rton

the

appr

opria

te le

ngth

of th

e pe

riod,

in a

ccor

danc

ew

ith M

inis

teria

lly e

ndor

sed

polic

y gu

idel

ines

. The

Cou

rt to

m

ake

its o

wn

dete

rmin

atio

nof

the

appr

opria

te le

ngth

of th

esu

spen

sion

perio

d..

With

resp

ect t

oqu

ota

man

aged

fishe

ries,

susp

endi

ng th

e lic

ence

for l

ess t

han

a fu

ll qu

ota

perio

d w

ill n

otbe

eff

ectiv

e. T

here

fore

, pro

vide

a p

ower

so th

at in

quot

a m

anag

edfis

herie

s,on

reco

rdin

gof

the

third

con

vict

ion,

the

entit

lem

ent r

elat

ing

to q

uota

mus

tbe

susp

ende

dor

redu

ced

for a

per

iod.

Tra

nsiti

onpo

wer

s may

be

requ

ired

to ta

keac

coun

tof a

utho

risat

ions

can

celle

dun

der t

he e

xist

ing

FRM

A p

rovi

sion

s.

Prov

ide

head

pow

ers t

o al

low

regu

latio

nsto

be

pres

crib

ed fo

rope

ratio

nan

dm

anag

emen

t of t

hiss

ectio

n.

Am

end

the

wor

ding

of s

ectio

n22

4 to

ens

ure

all a

utho

risat

ion

hold

ers,

incl

udin

g th

ose

hold

ing

the

licen

ce a

nd th

ose

fishi

ngon

beha

lf of

a li

cenc

e ho

lder

, are

subj

ect t

obl

ack

mar

kpr

ovis

ions

.

76


77

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Cur

rent

wor

ding

oft

he p

rovi

sion

allo

wsf

or so

me

auth

oris

atio

nho

lder

s who

have

thei

r lic

ence

‘fis

hed’

by o

ther

s to

esca

pe th

e im

posi

tion

of ‘b

lack

mar

ks’ (

see

sect

ion

2.3.

5 of

the

disc

ussi

onpa

per)

. The

prop

osed

cha

nges

mea

n,in

eff

ect,

that

all

auth

oris

atio

ns a

nd

the

units

of e

ntitl

emen

t bei

ngfis

hed

at th

e tim

e of

a ‘b

lack

mar

k’ o

ffen

ceha

ve a

bla

ck m

ark

attri

bute

d.B

lack

mar

ksov

er th

e un

its a

nd th

eau

thor

isat

ions

will

be

track

ed (a

ndw

illbe

reco

rded

on

the

regi

ster

).

103

S225

Cou

rt m

ay p

rohi

bit

pers

on fr

ombe

ing

on fi

shin

gbo

ats o

r cer

tain

plac

es e

tc.

Cur

rent

ly,t

he sc

ope

of s2

25(1

)am

eans

that

the

Cou

rt ca

n on

lypr

ohib

it se

rialo

ffen

ders

from

bei

ngon

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

boat

s.H

owev

er, i

t isi

mpo

rtant

that

the

ban

appl

ies t

o al

l boa

ts, a

s bla

ckm

arke

tof

fend

ers r

egul

arly

use

non-

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

boat

s.

The

Cou

rtne

eds t

obe

add

ition

ally

able

topr

ohib

it pe

rson

scon

vict

ed o

f of

fenc

es a

gain

st th

is A

ct fr

om b

eing

in o

r on

any

plac

es c

onne

cted

with

th

e co

mm

erci

al d

ealin

g of

fish

Rem

ove

the

wor

d‘f

ishi

ng’ f

rom

s225

(1)(

a)to

bro

aden

the

prov

isio

n.

Inse

rt a

new

subs

ectio

n th

atpr

ohib

its a

per

son

conv

icte

dof

an

offe

nce

agai

nst t

hisA

ctfr

om b

eing

inor

on

a pl

ace

or c

lass

of p

lace

s use

d as

a b

usin

ess i

nvol

ved

in o

r in

conn

ectio

nw

ith c

omm

erci

al d

ealin

g of

fish

’.

77


78

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Giv

en th

e ex

perie

nce

inot

her

juris

dict

ions

and

the

need

to e

nsur

ese

rial o

ffen

ders

can

not

eas

ily

cont

inue

to e

ngag

e in

ille

galf

ishi

ngor

bla

ck m

arke

t fis

hde

alin

g, it

ispr

opos

ed to

ext

end

the

scop

eof

this

prov

isio

n to

incl

ude

the

abili

ty fo

r th

e C

ourt

topr

ohib

it a

pers

on fr

ombe

ing

onor

in W

este

rn A

ustra

lian

wat

ers,

proh

ibiti

ng p

eopl

e fr

ombe

ing

in p

lace

s con

nect

edw

ithfis

hpr

oces

sing

and

all

plac

es a

ndac

tiviti

es c

onne

ct to

fish

ing

and

the

busi

ness

of se

lling

, tra

nspo

rting

and

deal

ing

infis

h(e

.g. i

n Ta

sman

ia, t

heC

ourts

ultim

atel

y ba

nned

a se

rial

abal

one

poac

herf

or b

eing

in a

ny

Tasm

ania

n w

ater

s, ex

cept

whe

n tra

velli

ng o

n th

e fe

rry

betw

een

Tasm

ania

and

Vic

toria

.)

Als

one

ed c

apac

ity to

reco

gnis

ein

ters

tate

ban

son

indi

vidu

also

rse

rial o

ffen

ders

.

The

pena

lties

nee

d to

bet

ter r

efle

ct

the

offe

nce.

Inse

rt a

new

subs

ectio

n in

s225

(1) t

opr

ohib

it a

pers

on fr

om b

eing

in o

ron,

spec

ified

,or

all,

wat

ers o

f the

Sta

te.

Inse

rt a

new

sect

ion

whi

chw

ill a

llow

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or to

app

ly to

the

Cou

rt at

an

y tim

e fo

r an

orde

rwhe

re th

eEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

is o

f the

view

that

a p

erso

n is

not

afit

and

prop

erpe

rson

and

is li

kely

toof

fend

agai

nst t

he F

RM

A (t

his w

ill in

clud

e a

cons

ider

atio

n of

the

pers

on’s

fishi

ng a

ctiv

ities

in a

nyot

her s

tate

). In

crea

se th

epe

nalti

es o

f s22

5(4)

and

(5) t

obe

mor

e ap

prop

riate

to a

con

tem

pt o

f cou

rtpe

nalty

.

78


79

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

107

Div

isio

n 6

– In

frin

gem

ent

notic

esA

men

d he

ader

to re

ad‘A

dmin

istra

tive

pena

lties

and

infr

inge

men

t not

ices

.’

104

New

sect

ion

It is

pro

pose

d th

at th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

can

seek

to h

ave

the

Cou

rtim

pose

adm

inis

trativ

e pe

nalti

es in

certa

in c

ases

rath

er th

an p

roce

edw

ith c

rimin

al p

rose

cutio

n. T

his

proc

ess w

ould

need

toop

erat

e un

der

rigid

gui

delin

es to

ens

ure

an o

pen,

trans

pare

nt, a

nd c

onsi

sten

tad

min

istra

tion.

Man

y fis

herie

s cas

es a

re st

rong

ly

defe

nded

, req

uire

con

side

rabl

ere

sour

ces,

and

take

sign

ifica

nt ti

me

to b

ring

to tr

ial.

For

som

e cl

asse

s of

offe

nces

it w

ill b

e m

ore

effic

ient

and

effe

ctiv

e fo

r bot

hth

e C

row

nan

d th

ede

fend

ant t

o ag

ree

topr

ocee

dby

adm

inis

trativ

e pe

nalty

.

The

pena

lties

coul

d be

eith

er (o

rbo

th) p

ecun

iary

, or l

icen

ceor

entit

lem

ent s

uspe

nsio

n, e

.g. w

here

a

fishi

ngop

erat

or c

omm

its a

n of

fenc

eco

ncer

ning

a se

rious

adm

inis

trativ

efa

ilure

to m

aint

ain

appr

opria

tere

cord

s but

whe

re th

eEx

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

is sa

tisfie

d th

eof

fenc

e w

as

an e

rror

of o

mis

sion

or c

arel

essn

ess

and

not a

n at

tem

pt to

che

at q

uota

, an

adm

inis

trativ

e pe

nalty

is a

ppro

pria

te.

Inse

rt a

new

sect

ion

to p

rovi

de fo

r an

adm

inis

trativ

e op

tion

as a

n al

tern

ativ

e to

pros

ecut

ion

– e.

g. fo

r off

ence

s lik

e ac

cide

ntal

ove

rrun

s of q

uota

in c

omm

erci

alfis

herie

s.

79


80

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

105

S228

Giv

ing

of n

otic

eC

urre

ntly

, Fis

herie

s Off

icer

shav

e 21

da

ys fr

om th

e da

te o

f an

offe

nce

tois

sue

an in

frin

gem

ent n

otic

e.

If th

e21

-day

per

iod

expi

res,

pros

ecut

ion

is th

eon

lype

nalty

optio

n av

aila

ble.

Thi

s is a

cos

tly

reso

urce

-dem

andi

ng p

roce

ss th

at is

not a

ppro

pria

te fo

r min

or o

r triv

ial

offe

nces

.

Con

sequ

ently

, thi

sper

iod

has p

rove

dto

be

too

shor

t.

The

curr

ent 2

1-da

y lim

it le

gisl

atio

nge

nera

lly o

nly

perm

its th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

to d

eal w

ithof

fenc

es w

here

the

Fish

erie

sOff

icer

act

ually

ap

preh

ends

the

offe

nder

. Th

e is

sue

of in

frin

gem

ent n

otic

esfo

r min

orof

fenc

es (e

.g. a

s a re

sult

ofpu

blic

com

plai

nt) o

ften

occu

rday

s afte

r the

afte

r the

off

ence

and

may

not

alw

ays

rece

ive

the

prio

rity

for i

nves

tigat

ion,

gi

ven

that

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s will

focu

s on

mor

e se

rious

mat

ters

.

Incr

ease

the

perio

dof

tim

e w

ithin

whi

ch a

n in

frin

gem

ent n

otic

e is

to b

e se

rved

from

21 d

ays a

fter t

heda

te o

f the

alle

ged

offe

nce

to 9

0da

ys a

fter a

Fis

herie

s Off

icer

be

com

es a

war

e of

the

offe

nce.

80


81

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Fish

erie

s Off

icer

s in

rem

ote

and

regi

onal

are

asca

nbe

aw

ay o

n ex

tend

ed p

atro

ls a

nd th

is li

mits

thei

rca

paci

ty to

follo

w u

pon

infr

inge

men

t not

ice

issu

es.

By

exte

ndin

g th

epe

riod

to in

vest

igat

ean

d is

sue

infr

inge

men

ts fo

rmin

orin

frac

tions

, Fis

herie

sOff

icer

s will

be

able

to d

eal w

ithth

iscl

ass o

f off

ence

outs

ide

of p

eak

dem

and

perio

dsan

dhe

nce

prov

ide

for a

mor

e ef

fect

ive

com

plia

nce

prog

ram

.

PAR

T18

– F

INA

NC

IAL

PRO

VIS

ION

S

Div

isio

n 2

– Fu

nds

106

S238

Fis

herie

s Res

earc

h an

dD

evel

opm

ent F

und

Cur

rent

ly, t

he fu

nd is

tobe

cre

dite

dw

ithfu

ndsf

rom

a n

umbe

r of

spec

ified

sour

ces w

hich

do

not

incl

ude

the

fees

and

cha

rges

from

the

prov

isio

n of

adv

isor

y, e

xten

sion

and

cons

ulta

ncy

serv

ices

, and

the

proc

eeds

of th

e sa

le o

f any

fish

take

nas

par

t of t

he re

sear

ch a

ctiv

ities

of

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fis

herie

s.Th

ese

sour

ces s

houl

d be

add

ition

ally

spec

ified

.

The

curr

ent u

ses o

f the

fund

shou

ldin

clud

e us

esfo

r the

ben

efit

of th

ere

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

sect

or,

ecot

ouris

m in

dust

ry a

nd fi

shin

gto

urs;

pay

men

t of m

embe

rs o

fM

anag

emen

t Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

s;an

dth

e pa

ymen

tof r

ewar

ds fo

rpe

ople

prov

idin

g in

form

atio

n th

atle

ads t

o a

conv

ictio

n.

Spec

ify th

at th

e fu

nd sh

ould

be c

redi

ted

with

fees

and

cha

rges

from

such

thin

gs a

s the

pr

ovis

ion

of a

dvis

ory,

ext

ensi

on a

nd c

onsu

ltanc

y se

rvic

es,a

nd th

epr

ocee

dsof

the

sale

of a

nyfis

h ta

ken

as p

art o

f res

earc

h ac

tiviti

es c

ondu

cted

for,

or o

nbe

half

of, t

heD

epar

tmen

t of F

ishe

ries.

Spec

ify th

at th

e fu

nd m

ay b

e us

ed fo

r the

ben

efit

of th

ere

crea

tiona

lfis

hing

sect

or, t

heec

otou

rism

indu

stry

and

fish

ing

tour

s, an

dto

pay

mem

bers

of p

resc

ribed

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agem

ent

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

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r the

pay

men

t of r

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ds to

pers

onsp

rovi

ding

info

rmat

ion

that

lead

s to

a co

nvic

tion.

81


82

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

107

S239

Rec

reat

iona

l Fis

hing

Fund

Cur

rent

ly,t

his s

ectio

n do

es n

otsp

ecify

that

mem

bers

of t

he

Rec

reat

iona

l Fis

hing

Adv

isor

yC

omm

ittee

may

be

paid

out o

f thi

sfu

nd.

It is

app

ropr

iate

that

this

fund

be th

e so

urce

of th

ese

paym

ents

.

Incl

ude

that

the

fund

may

be

used

for t

he p

aym

ent o

f Rec

reat

iona

l Fis

hing

Adv

isor

yC

omm

ittee

mem

bers

.

108

S241

AFM

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und

Arr

ange

men

ts w

ith th

e A

ustra

lian

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent A

utho

rity

(AFM

A) h

ave

chan

ged

sinc

eth

ispr

ovis

ion

was

deve

lope

d.

Ret

itle

the

sect

ion

as ‘S

ervi

ces F

und’

to c

over

all

fund

s fro

m e

xter

nal s

ourc

es (o

ther

than

from

the

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erie

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earc

h an

d D

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opm

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fors

ervi

ces

othe

r tha

nre

sear

ch d

eliv

ered

by th

eD

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tmen

t of F

ishe

ries.

109

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Fis

herie

s Res

earc

h an

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ent C

orpo

ratio

nFu

nd

The

head

ing

of th

is se

ctio

n is

too

spec

ific

and

limiti

ng.

It sh

ould

be

rew

ritte

n to

enco

mpa

ss a

ll so

urce

s of

fund

s ref

erre

dto

in th

is se

ctio

n.

Ret

itle

sect

ion

as ‘R

esea

rch

Fund

’ to

allo

w fu

ndsf

rom

sour

ces o

ther

than

the

FRD

Cto

be

cred

ited

to th

e fu

nd.

82


83

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

PAR

T 1

9–

MIS

CE

LL

AN

EO

US

110

New

sect

ion

In li

new

ithG

over

nmen

t pol

icy,

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fis

herie

s is m

ovin

g to

prov

idin

g fu

ll di

sclo

sure

ofth

epr

osec

utio

n ca

se p

rior t

o tri

al.

This

allo

wsf

or th

ede

fenc

e to

mor

epr

oper

ly a

sses

s the

cas

e ag

ains

t the

de

fend

ant a

ndpo

tent

ially

may

redu

ce th

e tri

al ti

me

and

cost

s to

the

Cro

wn

and

to th

ede

fend

ant.

It is

pr

opos

ed to

requ

ire si

mila

rdi

sclo

sure

for t

hede

fend

ant i

nre

spec

t to

any

defe

nces

tobe

relie

don

und

er th

e FR

MA

or t

heC

rim

inal

Cod

e,w

hich

will

allo

w th

e C

row

nsu

ffic

ient

tim

eto

ass

ess t

hede

fenc

eor

bet

terp

repa

re fo

r tria

l.

Prov

ide

that

the

defe

ndan

t may

not

rely

on

defe

nces

und

er th

e FR

MA

or th

eC

rim

inal

Cod

e un

less

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or h

asbe

en a

dvis

ed b

yde

fend

antn

ot le

ss th

at 6

0da

yspr

ior t

o tri

al o

f the

parti

cula

rsof

any

def

ence

(nat

ure

of a

ccid

ents

,cau

se, p

erso

nre

lied

on,e

tc).

111

S250

Con

fiden

tialit

yC

urre

ntly

, cat

ch a

nd e

ffor

t in

form

atio

n w

hich

may

iden

tify

fishe

rs m

ay o

nly

be re

leas

edw

ith th

ew

ritte

n co

nsen

t of a

ll pa

rties

invo

lved

. Th

is is

diff

icul

t to

adm

inis

ter a

nd in

smal

l fis

herie

s m

eans

that

info

rmat

ion

is n

otre

leas

ed a

t all.

Prov

isio

nof

info

rmat

ion

to a

ppro

ved

inve

stig

atin

g ag

enci

es.

Am

end

s250

(3) s

o th

atsu

mm

arie

s of c

atch

and

eff

ortd

ata

whi

chre

late

to m

anag

edfis

herie

s of s

igni

fican

t int

eres

t to

the

com

mun

itym

ay b

e re

leas

ed, e

ven

thou

gh it

may

lead

to th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of th

e pe

rson

/boa

t to

who

m th

e in

form

atio

n re

late

s.

Allo

w fo

r rel

ease

of c

onfid

entia

l inf

orm

atio

n to

othe

r app

rove

d (b

y th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

) gov

ernm

ent a

genc

ies (

Com

mon

wea

lth, S

tate

and

Terr

itorie

s)w

here

that

in

form

atio

n re

late

s to

a la

w e

nfor

cem

ent i

nves

tigat

ion

bein

g co

nduc

ted

by th

e ag

ency

.

83


84

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Nee

d to

ens

ure

that

whe

n a

licen

ce is

tra

nsfe

rred

the

catc

h hi

stor

yof

that

licen

ce c

an b

eav

aila

ble

to th

e ne

wlic

ense

e.

Whe

re a

per

man

ent t

rans

fer o

f an

auth

oris

atio

n oc

curs

, it w

ill in

clud

e th

eab

ility

of t

hene

w li

cens

ee to

acc

ess i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t cat

ch o

r pro

duct

ion

hist

ory

(e.g

. und

er

Reg

ulat

ion

64) a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e lic

ence

.

112

New

sect

ion

Cur

rent

ly,t

he p

ecun

iary

pen

altie

ssp

ecifi

ed in

the

FRM

A a

refix

ed a

ndov

er ti

me

mus

t be

indi

vidu

ally

amen

ded

by P

arlia

men

t eac

h tim

eth

ere

is a

requ

irem

ent t

o ch

ange

a

pena

lty.

In li

ne w

ith m

any

mor

em

oder

nA

cts,

it is

pro

pose

d to

cre

ate

a ‘p

enal

ty u

nit’

syst

em w

here

each

offe

nce

will

attr

act a

cer

tain

num

ber

of p

enal

ty u

nits

(whe

reon

epe

nalty

unit

has a

fixe

d do

llarv

alue

,whi

chis

set i

n th

e re

gula

tions

). T

his m

eans

that

per

iodi

c am

endm

ent t

o th

epe

nalty

val

ue c

anbe

mad

e by

are

gula

tion

amen

dmen

t, ra

ther

than

an

Act

am

endm

ent.

Prov

ide

for p

enal

ties t

obe

exp

ress

ed a

s pen

alty

uni

ts a

nd th

e ca

paci

ty to

pres

crib

e un

itva

lue.

84


85

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

113

S254

Min

iste

rto

be n

otifi

edof

cer

tain

wor

ks o

n a

wat

erw

ay

It sh

ould

be

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or(n

ot th

e M

inis

ter)

who

is n

otifi

ed o

f su

ch m

atte

rs, a

nd th

ispo

wer

shou

ldbe

dele

gabl

e to

oth

er a

ppro

pria

teag

enci

es e

.g. t

he E

nviro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

utho

rity.

This

sect

ion

curr

ently

requ

ires t

heM

inis

ter t

obe

notif

ied

(by

the

publ

icau

thor

ity p

lann

ing

tobu

ild th

est

ruct

ure)

bef

ore

a da

m o

r wei

r is

cons

truct

ed o

ver a

wat

erw

ay.

The

inte

nt o

f thi

s was

to e

nsur

e th

at th

em

ovem

ent o

f fis

h ca

nbe

con

side

red

and

prov

ided

for i

n an

y co

nstru

ctio

n.H

owev

er c

urre

ntly

,the

legi

slat

ion

does

not e

xten

d to

requ

iring

priv

ate

indi

vidu

als w

ho a

repl

anni

ngto

bui

ldsu

ch st

ruct

ures

to n

otify

the

Min

iste

r.Th

ere

is a

lso

no o

ffen

ce c

reat

ed,o

rpe

nalty

set,

for f

ailu

re to

notif

y th

eM

inis

ter o

f suc

hpl

ans.

Ther

e is

als

o cu

rren

tly n

o re

quire

men

t for

the

pers

on w

hobu

ilds a

n ill

egal

dam

on

a pu

blic

wat

erw

ay to

eith

er m

odify

orre

mov

eth

e da

m, o

r for

the

Exec

utiv

eD

irect

or to

dire

ct o

r com

mis

sion

the

rem

oval

of a

ny su

ch il

lega

l stru

ctur

esif

the

pers

on re

spon

sibl

edo

es n

ot.

Cur

rent

ly,t

he m

etho

d of

not

ifica

tion

is n

ot sp

ecifi

ed.

Cha

nge

all r

efer

ence

s to

the

‘Min

iste

r’ to

‘Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or’ a

nd a

llow

for t

his

func

tion

tobe

abl

eto

be

dele

gate

dto

oth

er a

ppro

pria

teag

enci

es.

In s2

54(2

) inc

lude

‘or p

erso

n’ a

s wel

l as a

pub

lic a

utho

rity.

Als

oen

sure

, in

s254

(2)(

b) th

at th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

‘may

requ

ire’r

athe

r tha

n ‘s

ore

ques

ts’.

Cre

ate

an o

ffen

ce(w

ith a

n in

frin

gem

ent p

enal

ty) f

or n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e.

Prov

ide

pow

ers f

or th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

to re

quire

the

rem

oval

(or c

omm

issi

on th

ere

mov

al) o

f any

stru

ctur

esbu

ilt in

con

trave

ntio

nof

this

sect

ion,

with

cos

ts to

be

met

from

the

pers

on in

con

trave

ntio

nof

the

sect

ion.

Spec

ify in

the

amen

ded

prov

isio

n th

at a

ny n

otifi

catio

nof

a p

ropo

sals

houl

dbe

inw

ritin

g.

85


86

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Ref

Num

ber

FRM

A S

ectio

n Is

sue

Prop

osed

Cha

nge

114

S255

Min

iste

rmay

pro

hibi

tac

tiviti

es th

at p

ollu

te w

ater

s C

urre

ntly

the

prov

isio

n ap

plie

s to

all

activ

ities

that

may

pol

lute

any

aq

uatic

env

ironm

ent.

The

spec

ial

natu

re o

f Fis

h H

abita

tPro

tect

ion

Are

as sh

ould

be

reco

gnis

ed b

y en

surin

g th

ere

are

incr

ease

dpe

nalti

esfo

r act

iviti

es th

at m

ay p

ose

a po

llutio

nris

k to

thes

e en

viro

nmen

ts.

Am

end

s255

(3) s

o th

atpe

nalti

es a

re in

crea

sed

whe

re th

e ac

tivity

pol

lute

s,or

is li

kely

to p

ollu

te,a

Fis

hH

abita

t Pro

tect

ion

Are

a.

115

S257

Reg

ulat

ions

– o

ther

licen

ces

With

the

intro

duct

ion

of IF

M,t

here

is a

nee

d to

ens

ure

that

the

regu

latio

ns p

rovi

de th

e ca

paci

ty fo

r th

e lic

ensi

ngof

all

activ

ities

(incl

udin

g fo

r exa

mpl

e,m

anag

emen

tof

recr

eatio

nalf

ishi

ng th

roug

hfis

hing

by ta

gs –

like

in th

e Sh

ark

Bay

recr

eatio

nal p

ink

snap

per

fishe

ry; a

nd th

e lic

ensi

ngof

div

ing

for a

quac

ultu

re, c

omm

erci

al fi

shin

g,

or e

coto

uris

m) w

ithin

eac

hof

the

sect

ors (

incl

udin

g,fo

r exa

mpl

e, th

elic

ensi

ng o

f cus

tom

ary

fishe

rs, a

nd

for t

he li

cens

ing

of m

aste

rs in

the

com

mer

cial

fish

ing

sect

or).

Thi

sw

ill in

crea

se th

e fle

xibi

lity

ofm

anag

emen

t arr

ange

men

ts in

to th

efu

ture

.

Am

end

so th

atth

e re

gula

tions

may

pro

vide

for t

he li

cens

ing

of ‘m

aste

rs’a

s par

t of t

hesu

ite o

f lic

ence

s with

in th

e co

mm

erci

al fi

shin

g se

ctor

.

Am

end

so th

at th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

may

issu

e to

pers

ons u

nder

taki

ng sp

ecifi

edre

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

act

iviti

esa

tag,

whi

ch e

ntitl

es th

e pe

rson

to ta

ke a

fish

of th

esp

ecie

s ide

ntifi

edby

the

tag.

Incl

ude

pow

ers f

orre

gula

tions

for t

he li

cens

ing

of c

usto

mar

y fis

hing

, and

for p

erso

nsen

gage

din

divi

ng fo

rthe

pur

pose

s of a

quac

ultu

re,c

omm

erci

alfis

hing

or e

coto

uris

m.

Cre

ate

a he

ad p

ower

for r

egul

atio

ns to

pro

vide

for t

he li

cens

ing

of a

ctiv

ities

of a

pr

escr

ibed

cla

ss in

a F

ish

Hab

itat P

rote

ctio

nA

rea.

86


87

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Cur

rent

ly, s

257(

f)st

ates

that

the

regu

latio

ns m

ay p

rovi

defo

r the

licen

sing

of c

harte

rboa

ts th

at a

re

unde

rtaki

ng re

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

.W

hile

cha

rterb

oat c

lient

s are

fish

ing

for r

ecre

atio

n, th

ey a

re p

ayin

g fo

r the

priv

ilege

– w

hich

is p

art o

fthe

char

ter b

oat’s

com

mer

cial

ope

ratio

n.To

avo

id c

onfu

sion

, the

refe

renc

e to

‘rec

reat

iona

lfis

hing

’ in

this

prov

isio

n sh

ould

be

rem

oved

.

Ins2

57(1

)(f)

rem

ove

refe

renc

eto

recr

eatio

nalf

ishi

ng.

116

S258

Reg

ulat

ions

–m

isce

llane

ous

Som

e W

A fi

shin

g ta

ckle

reta

ilers

are

se

lling

ille

gal f

ishi

ngge

ar, w

hich

can

ul

timat

ely

resu

lt in

it b

eing

used

illeg

ally

in th

eW

A w

ater

s (e.

g. c

rab

traps

whi

ch, i

f los

t, ca

n co

ntin

ue‘g

host

fish

ing’

-kill

ing

fish

and

crab

s whi

ch a

re lo

st to

the

fishe

ry).

Ther

e is

ane

ed fo

r a h

ead

pow

er to

spec

ify w

hatc

onst

itute

s rec

reat

iona

lfis

hing

and

who

can

eng

age

inre

crea

tiona

l fis

hing

, e.g

. it i

s in

appr

opria

te fo

r a o

ne-y

earo

ld c

hild

to

hol

d a

recr

eatio

nal l

obst

erlic

ence

,as

a c

hild

that

age

cou

ldno

t div

e fo

r lo

bste

rs o

r pul

lalo

bste

r pot

.A

ltern

atel

y, it

is re

ason

able

for t

wo

peop

le c

rabb

ing

from

a b

oat t

o ea

chha

ve a

bag

lim

it of

cra

bs, w

here

one

pers

onpu

lls th

e dr

opne

ts a

nd th

eot

her o

nly

driv

esth

e bo

at.

Cre

ate

pow

er to

regu

late

and

proh

ibit

the

sale

of f

ishi

ng e

quip

men

t tha

t is i

llega

l in

WA

.

Nee

d to

ens

ure

ther

e is

a h

ead

pow

erun

dert

here

gula

tions

whi

ch c

larif

ies w

hat e

ntai

ls‘in

volv

emen

t’ in

fish

ing

activ

ities

.

87


88

Fish

erie

s Man

agem

ent P

aper

No.

208

Futu

re m

anag

emen

t arr

ange

men

tsm

ay re

quire

the

cont

rol o

fper

sons

deal

ing

infis

hot

her t

han

the

curr

ent

licen

sed

fish

proc

esso

rs.

This

is

parti

cula

rly im

porta

nt in

trac

king

fish

thro

ugh

the

mar

ketin

g ch

ain

inre

latio

n to

quot

a fis

herie

s and

the

‘bla

ck m

arke

t’tra

de in

high

-val

uefis

h sp

ecie

s.

For c

ompl

ianc

e pu

rpos

es, i

t is

nece

ssar

y to

be a

ble

to id

entif

y th

em

aste

r of a

ves

sel a

t any

tim

e, a

nd to

ha

ve th

e ca

paci

ty to

pre

scrib

e th

ere

spon

sibi

litie

s, sk

ills a

ndqu

alifi

catio

nsre

quire

d of

thes

epe

ople

. Th

isw

ill a

lso

assi

st in

impr

ovin

g th

eco

mm

unity

per

cept

ion

of c

omm

erci

alfis

hers

.

The

regu

latio

ns c

urre

ntly

con

tain

a

larg

e nu

mbe

rof d

efen

ces,

reve

rse

onus

and

dee

min

g pr

ovis

ions

.To

prov

ide

lega

l sur

ety

that

thes

epr

ovis

ions

are

soun

dly

base

d, it

is

prop

osed

to c

reat

e a

spec

ific

head

pow

er.

Nee

d fo

r pow

ers f

orpr

otec

tion

ofaq

uatic

hab

itats

Legi

timat

e fis

hing

act

iviti

es c

anre

sult

in th

e ac

cide

ntal

taki

ng o

f fa

una

othe

rtha

n fis

h.e.

g. d

olph

insi

ntra

wln

ets.

It is

impo

rtant

that

such

acci

dent

al c

atch

es a

rere

cord

edfo

rm

anag

emen

t pur

pose

s.

Cre

ate

pow

er to

regi

ster

, lic

ense

, pro

hibi

t and

regu

late

fish

rece

iver

s and

dea

lers

.

Cre

ate

pow

erst

o lic

ense

, reg

iste

r, an

d re

gula

tem

aste

rs o

f ves

sels

(inc

ludi

ngpr

escr

ibin

g qu

alifi

catio

ns)s

o as

to p

rohi

bitu

nqua

lifie

dpe

rson

act

ing

as m

aste

r or a

nype

rson

taki

ng a

ves

sel t

o se

aw

ith a

unr

egis

tere

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SECTION 4 YOUR FEEDBACK IS NEEDED To ensure your views are considered, please provide your feedback – either on the attached form or through a handwritten or electronic submission by 7 July 2006. We are interested in comments on any aspect of the FRMA – not just on the Department of Fisheries’ proposed amendments listed in the matrix in Section 3. Your feedback is essential to ensure an effective legislative framework to sustainably manage fish and the aquatic environment into the future. Please forward your completed feedback form or submission, by close of business on 7 July 2006 to: Rae Burrows Executive Officer Ministerial Review Committee Reply Paid 61467 Locked Bag 39 CLOISTERS SQUARE WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6850; Tel: (08) 9482 7238 Or email to: [email protected]

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Reference Number

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APPENDIX 1 LIST OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS PAPER AFMA…………….. Australian Fisheries Management Authority

BCA……………… Biodiversity Conservation Act

CFL………………. Commercial Fishing Licence

ED…………………. Executive Director, Department of Fisheries

EPA……………….. Environmental Protection Authority

FAS……………….. Fisheries Adjustment Schemes

FO…………………. Fisheries Officers

FRDF……………… Fisheries Research and Development Fund

FRMA…………… Fish Resources Management Act 1994

GPS……………… Global Positioning System

IFM……………… Integrated Fisheries Management

LAA……………... Land Administration Act 1997

RFL……………… Recreational Fishing Licence

SAT………………. State Administration Tribunal

SHL……………….. Sustainable Harvest Level

VMS……………… Vessel Monitoring System

WA……………….. Western Australia

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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PAPERS No. 1 The Report of the Southern Western Australian Shark Working Group. Chairman P.

Millington (1986) No. 2 The Report of the Fish Farming Legislative Review Committee. Chairman P.Rogers

(1986) No. 3 Management Measures for the Shark Bay Snapper 1987 Season. P. Millington (1986) No. 4 The Esperance Rock Lobster Working Group. Chairman A. Pallot (1986). No. 5 The Windy Harbour - Augusta Rock Lobster Working Group. Interim Report by the

Chairman A. Pallot (1986) No. 6 The King George Sound Purse Seine Fishery Working Group. Chairman R. Brown (1986) No. 7 Management Measures for the Cockburn Sound Mussel Fishery. H. Brayford (1986) No. 8 Report of the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory meeting of 27 January 1987 . Chairman B.

Bowen (1987) No. 9 Western Rock Lobster Industry Compensation Study. Arthur Young Services (1987) No. 10 Further Options for Management of the Shark Bay Snapper Fishery. P. Millington (1987) No. 11 The Shark Bay Scallop Fishery. L. Joll (1987) No. 12 Report of the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee to the Hon Minister for Fisheries

24 September 1987. (1987) No. 13 A Development Plan for the South Coast Inshore Trawl Fishery. (1987) No. 14 Draft Management Plan for the Perth Metropolitan Purse Seine Fishery. P. Millington

(1987) No. 15 Draft management plan, Control of barramundi gillnet fishing in the Kimberley. R. S.

Brown (1988) No. 16 The South West Trawl Fishery Draft Management Plan. P. Millington (1988). No. 17 The final report of the pearling industry review committee . F.J. Malone, D.A. Hancock, B.

Jeffriess (1988) No. 18 Policy for Freshwater Aquaculture in Western Australia. (1988) No. 19 Sport Fishing for Marron in Western Australia - Management for the Future. (1988) No. 20 The Offshore Constitutional Settlement, Western Australia 1988. No. 21 Commercial fishing licensing in Western Australia. (1989) No. 22 Economics and marketing of Western Australian pilchards. SCP Fisheries Consultants Pty

Ltd (1988) No. 23 Management of the south-west inshore trawl fishery. N. Moore (1989) No. 24 Management of the Perth metropolitan purse-seine fishery. N. Moore (1989) No. 25 Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee report to the Minister for Fisheries November

1988. (1989) No. 26 A report on marron fishing in Western Australia. Chairman Doug Wenn MLC (1989) No. 27 A review of the Shark Bay pearling industry. Dr D.A.Hancock, (1989) No. 28 Southern demersal gillnet and longline fishery. (1989) No. 29 Distribution and marketing of Western Australian rock lobster. P. Monaghan (1989) No. 30 Foreign investment in the rock lobster industry. (1989) No. 31 Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee report to the Hon Minister for Fisheries

September 1989. (1989) No. 32 Fishing Licences as security for loans. P. Rogers (1989) No. 33 Guidelines for by-laws for those Abrolhos Islands set aside for fisheries purposes. N.

Moore (1989) No. 34 The future for recreational fishing - issues for community discussion. Recreational Fishing

Advisory Committee (1990) No. 35 Future policy for charter fishing operations in Western Australia. P. Millington (1990)

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No. 36 Long term management measures for the Cockburn Sound restricted entry fishery. P. Millington (1990)

No. 37 Western rock lobster industry marketing report 1989/90 season. MAREC Pty Ltd (1990) No. 38 The economic impact of recreational fishing in Western Australia. R.K. Lindner, P.B.

McLeod (1991) No. 39 Establishment of a registry to record charges against fishing licences when used as security

for loans. P. Rogers. (1991) No. 40 The future for Recreational Fishing - Forum Proceedings. Recreational Fishing Advisory

Committee (1991) No. 41 The future for Recreational Fishing - The Final Report of the Recreational Fishing

Advisory Committee. Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee (1991) No. 42 Appendix to the final report of the Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee. (1991) No. 43 A discussion of options for effort reduction. Southern Gillnet and Demersal Longline

Fishery Management Advisory Committee (1991) No. 44 A study into the feasability of establishing a system for the buy-back of salmon fishing

authorisations and related endorsements. (1991) No. 45 Draft Management Plan, Kimberley Prawn Fishery. (1991) No. 46 Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee, Chairman’s report to the Minister (1992) No. 47 Long term management measures for the Cockburn Sound restricted entry fishery.

Summary of submissions and final recommendations for management. P. Millington (1992)

No. 48 Pearl oyster fishery policy guidelines (Western Australian Pearling Act 1990) Western Australian Fisheries Joint Authority (1992)

No. 49 Management plan, Kimberley prawn fishery. (1992) No. 50 Draft management plan, South West beach seine fishery. D.A. Hall (1993) No. 51 The west coast shark fishery, draft management plan. D.A. Hall (1993) No. 52 Review of bag and size limit proposals for Western Australian recreational fishers. F.B.

Prokop (May 1993) No. 53 Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee, Chairman’s report to the Minister for

Fisheries. (May 1993) No. 54 Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee, Management proposals for 1993/94 and

1994/95 western rock lobster season (July 1993) No. 55 Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee, Chairman’s report to the Minister for

Fisheries on management proposals for 1993/94 and 1994/95 western rock lobster seasons (September 1993)

No. 56 Review of recreational gill, haul and cast netting in Western Australia. F. B. Prokop (October 1993)

No. 57 Management arrangements for the southern demersal gillnet and demersal longline fishery 1994/95 season. (October 1993)

No. 58 The introduction and translocation of fish, crustaceans and molluscs in Western Australia. C. Lawrence (October 1993)

No. 59 Proceedings of the charter boat management workshop (held as part of the 1st National Fisheries Manager Conference). A. E. Magee & F. B. Prokop (November 1993)

No. 60 Bag and size limit information from around Australia (Regulations as at September 1993) F. B. Prokop (January 1993)

No. 61 Economic impact study. Commercial fishing in Western Australia Dr P McLeod & C McGinley (October 1994)

No. 62 Management arrangements for specimen shell collection in Western Australia. J. Barrington, G. Stewart (June 1994)

No. 63 Management of the marine aquarium fish fishery. J. Barrington (June 1994) No. 64 The Warnbro Sound crab fishery draft management plan. F. Crowe (June 1994) No. 65 Not issued

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No. 66 Future management of recreational gill, haul and cast netting in Western Australia and summary of submissions to the netting review. F.B. Prokop, L.M. Adams (September 1994)

No. 67 Long term management strategies for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery. (4 volumes) Evaluation of management options Volume 1. B. K. Bowen (September 1994)

No. 68 Long term management strategies for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery. (4 volumes) Economic efficiency of alternative input and output based management systems in the western rock lobster fishery, Volume 2. R.K. Lindner (September 1994)

No. 69 Long term management strategies for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery. (4 volumes) A market-based economic assessment for the western rock lobster industry, Volume 3. Marec Pty Ltd (September 1994)

No. 70 Long term management strategies for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery. (4 volumes) Law enforcement considerations, Volume 4. N. McLaughlan (September 1994)

No. 71 The Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee Chairman's Report, October 1994, The Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Management proposals for the 1994/95 and 1995/96 seasons (November 1994)

No. 72 Shark Bay World Heritage Area draft management plan for fish resources. D. Clayton (November 1994)

No. 73 The bag and size limit review: new regulations and summary of submissions. F. Prokop (May 1995)

No. 74 Report on future management options for the South West trawl limited entry fishery. South West trawl limited entry fishery working group (June 1995)

No. 75 Implications of Native Title legislation for fisheries management and the fishing industry in Western Australia. P. Summerfield (February 1995)

No. 76 Draft report of the South Coast estuarine fishery working group. South Coast estuarine fishery working group. (February 1995)

No. 77 The Offshore Constitutional Settlement, Western Australia. H. Brayford & G. Lyon (May 1995)

No. 78 The Best Available Information - Its Implications for Recreational Fisheries Management. Workshop at Second National Fisheries Managers Conference, Bribie Island Queensland. F. Prokop (May 1995)

No. 79 Management of the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery. J. Fowler (June 1995) No. 80 Management arrangements for specimen shell collection in Western Australia, 1995. J.

Barrington & C. Campbell (March 1996) No. 81 Management Options (Discussion Paper) for the Shark Bay Snapper Limited Entry

Fishery. Shark Bay Snapper Limited Entry Fishery Working Group, Chaired by Doug Bathgate (June 1995)

No. 82 The Impact of the New Management Package on Smaller Operators in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery R. Gould (September 1995)

No. 83 Translocation Issues in Western Australia. Proceedings of a Seminar and Workshop held on 26 and 27 September 1994. F. Prokop (July 1995)

No. 84 Bag and Size Limit Regulations From Around Australia. Current Information as at 1 July 1995. Third Australasian Fisheries Managers Conference, Rottnest Island. F. Prokop (July 1995)

No. 85 West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery Management Plan 1995 - Draft for Public Comment. Edited by M. Moran (August 1995)

No. 86 A Review of Ministerial Policy Guidelines for Rock Lobster Processing in Western Australia from the Working Group appointed by the Minister for Fisheries and chaired by Peter Rich (December 1995)

No. 87 Same Fish - Different Rules. Proceedings of the National Fisheries Management Network Workshop held as part of the Third Australasian Fisheries Managers Conference. F. Prokop

No. 88 Balancing the Scales - Access and Equity in Fisheries Management - Proceedings of the Third Australasian Fisheries Managers Conference, Rottnest Island, Western Australia 2 - 4 August 1995. Edited by P. Summerfield (February 1996)

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No. 89 Fishermen's views on the future management of the rock lobster fishery. A report. Prepared on behalf of the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee by The Marketing Centre. (August 1995)

No. 90 A report on the issues effecting the use of the Dampier Archipelago. Peter Driscoll, Landvision Pty Ltd (March 1996)

No. 91 Shark Bay World Heritage Property - Management Paper for Fish Resources. Kevin A Francesconi (September 1996)

No. 92 Pearling and Aquaculture in the Dampier Archipelago - Existing and Proposed Operations. A report for public comment. Compiled by Ben Fraser (September 1996)

No. 93 Shark Bay World Heritage Property - Summary of Public Submissions to the Draft Management Plan for Fish Resources. Kevin A Francesconi (September 1996)

No. 94 Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee Report - Management arrangements for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery for the 1997/98 season. Frank Prokop (May 1997)

No. 95 Australian Salmon and Herring Resource Allocation Committee. P McLeod & F Prokop (in press)

No. 96 Summary Report of the Freshwater Aquaculture Taskforce (FAT) by Chris Wells (in press)

No. 97 (in press) No. 98 A Pricing Policy for Fisheries Agencies - Standing Committee on Fisheries and

Aquaculture Management Committee. P Millington (March 1997) No. 99 Management of the South Coast Purse Seine Fishery. J Fowler, R Lenanton, Kevin

Donohue,M Moran & D Gaughan. (n.d.) No. 100 The Aquaculture of non-endemic species in Western Australia - Redclaw crayfish (Cherax

quadricarinatus). Tina Thorne (June 1997) No. 101 Optimising the worth of the catch - Options and Issues. Marec Pty Ltd (September 1997) No. 102 Marine farm planning and consultation processes in Western Australia. Dave Everall

(August 1997) No. 103 Future management of the aquatic charter industry in Western Australia by the Tour

Operators Fishing Working Group (September 1997). No. 104 Management of the Houtman Abrolhos System (draft). Prepared by the Abrolhos Islands

Management Advisory Committee in conjunction with Fisheries Western Australia (October 1997)

No. 105 Plan for the Management of the Houtman Abrolhos Fish Habitat Protection Area (draft). Prepared by the Abrolhos Islands Management Advisory Committee in conjunction with Fisheries Western Australia (October 1997)

No. 106 The impact of Occupational Safety and Health on the management of Western Australian Fisheries. Cameron Wilson (in press)

No. 107 The Aquaculture of non-endemic species in Western Australia - Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus). Tina Thorne (June 1997)

No. 108 Issues affecting Western Australia's inshore crab fishery - Blue swimmer crab (Portunus pelagicus), Sand crab (Ovalipes australiensis). Cathy Campbell (September 1997)

No. 109 Abalone Aquaculture in Western Australia. Cameron Westaway & Jeff Norriss (October 1997)

No. 110 Proposed Voluntary Fishery Adjustment Scheme - South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery Report by Committee of Management (October 1997)

No. 111 Management Options for Pilbara Demersal Line Fishing. Gaye Looby (December 1997) No. 112 Summary of Submissions to Fisheries Management Paper No. 108 - issues affecting

Western Australia's inshore crab fishery. Compiled by Cathy Campbell (April 1998) No. 113 Western Rock Lobster Management - Options and Issues. Prepared by Kevin Donohue on

behalf of the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee. (June 1998) No. 114 A Strategy for the Future Management of the Joint Authority Northern Shark Fishery.

Prepared by Tim Bray and Jo Kennedy. (June 1998) No. 115 Guidelines for granting Aquaculture Leases. Prepared by Fisheries WA, the Aquaculture

Development Council & the Aquaculture Council of WA. (July 1998)

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No. 116 Future Management of the Aquatic Charter Industry in Western Australia - Final Report. By the Tour Operators Fishing Working Group (September 1998)

No.117 Management of the Houtman Abrolhos System. Prepared by the Abrolhos Islands Management Advisory Committee in conjunction with Fisheries Western Australia. (December 1998)

No. 118 Plan for the Management of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands Fish Habitat Protection Area (Schedule 1)

No. 119 Access to Wildstock for Aquaculture Purposes (not published) No. 120 Draft Management Plan for Sustainable Tourism at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.

Prepared by LeProvost, Dames and Moore for the Abrolhos Islands Managment Advisory Committee in conjunction with Fisheries WA. (December 1998)

No. 121 Future Directions for Tourism at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands - Draft for Public Comment. Prepared by LeProvost, Dames and Moore for the Abrolhos Islands Management Advisory Committee in conjunction with Fisheries WA. (December 1998)

No. 122 Opportunities for the Holding/Fattening/Processing and Aquaculture of Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus cygnus). A discussion paper compiled by Fisheries WA. (November 1998)

No. 123 Future directions for the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee and the Western Rock Lobster Managed Fishery. A discussion paper prepared by Kevin Donohue on behalf of the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee. (December 1998)

No. 124 A Quality Future for Recreational Fishing in the Gascoyne. Proposals for Community Discussion. A five-year management strategy prepared by the Gascoyne Recreational Fishing Working Group (May 1999).

No. 125 Changes to Offshore Constitutional Settlement Arrangements; North West Slope Trawl Fishery and Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery. A discussion paper by Fiona Crowe and Jane Borg (May 1999)[not published]

No. 126 The South Coast Estuarine Fishery. A discussion paper by Rod Pearn and Tony Cappelluti. (May 1999)

No. 127 The Translocation of Barramundi. A discussion paper by Makaira Pty Ltd.[July 1999] No. 128 Shark Bay Pink Snapper Managed Fisheries in WA No. 129 Review of the Western Australian Pilchard Fishery 12 - 16 April 1999. Prepared by K.L.

Cochrane, Fisheries Resource Division, Food and Agriculture Division of the United Nations (November 1999)

No. 130 Developing New Fisheries in Western Australia. A guide to applicants for developing fisheries Compiled by Lucy Halmarick (November 1999)

No. 131 Management Directions for Western Australia's Estuarine and Marine Embayment Fisheries. A strategic approach to management (November 1999)

No. 132 Summary of Submissions to Fisheries Management Paper No. 126 - The South Coast Estuarine Fishery - A Discussion Paper. Compiled by Rod Pearn (November 1999)

No. 133 Abalone Aquaculture in Western Australia, A Policy Guideline (December 1999) No. 134 Management Directions for WA’s Coastal Commercial Finfish Fisheries. Issues and

proposals for community discussion (March 2000) No. 135 Protecting and Sharing Western Australia's Coastal Fish Resources. The path to integrated

management. Issues and proposals for community discussion (March 2000) No. 136 Management Directions for WA’s Recreational Fisheries (March 2000) No. 137 Aquaculture Plan for the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (April 2000) No. 138 Information on Quota Management of Rock Lobster Fisheries in South Australia,

Tasmania and New Zealand. By Kevin Donohue and Eric Barker (May 2000) No. 139 A Quality Future for Recreational Fishing on the West Coast. Proposals for Community

Discussion. A five-year management strategy prepared by the West Coast Recreational Fishing Working Group (June 1999)

No. 140 Aquaculture Plan for the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia. (June 2000) No. 141 Fish Protection Measures in Western Australia (June 2001) No. 142 Fisheries Environmental Management Plan for the Gascoyne Region (June 2002)

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No. 143 Western Rock Lobster. Discussion paper for seasons 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 (July 2000)

No. 144 The Translocation of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) and Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) into and within Western Australia. Prepared by Jaqueline Chappell, contributions from Simon Hambleton, Dr Howard Gill, Dr David Morgan and Dr Noel Morrissy. (not published, superseded by MP 156)

No. 145 The Aquaculture of non-endemic species in Western Australia - Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus). As amended October 2000. Tina Thorne. This replaces Fisheries Management Paper No. 107.

No. 146 Sustainable Tourism Plan for the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (February 2001) No. 147 Draft Bycatch Action Plan for the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery (Full Report) (April

2002) No. 148 Draft Bycatch Action Plan for the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery (Summary Report)

(April 2002) No. 149 Final Plan of Management for the Lancelin Island Lagoon Fish Habitat Protection Area

(March 2001) No. 150 Draft Plan of Management for the Cottesloe Reef Proposed Fish Habitat Protection Area

(April 2001) No. 151 Inventory of the Land Conservation Values of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (July 2003) No. 152 Guidelines for the Establishment of Fish Habitat Protection Areas (June 2001) No. 153 A Five-Year Management Strategy for Recreational Fishing on the West Coast of Western

Australia. Final Report of the West Coast Recreational Fishing Working Group (August 2001).

No. 154 A Five-Year Management Strategy for Recreational Fishing in the Gascoyne. Final Report of the Gascoyne Recreational Fishing Working Group (September 2001)

No. 155 Plan of Management for the Cottesloe Reef Fish Habitat Protection Area (September 2001) No. 156 The Translocation of Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta) and Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus

mykiss) into and within Western Australia (June 2002) No. 157 Policy for the Implementation of Ecologically Sustainable Development for Fisheries and

Aquaculture within Western Australia. By W.J. Fletcher (May 2002) No. 158 Draft Plan of Management for the Miaboolya Beach Fish Habitat Protection Area (March

2002) No. 159 The Translocation of Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) for Aquaculture and Recreational

Fishery Enhancement in Western Australia. By Tina Thorne. No. 160 The Introduction and Aquaculture of Non-endemic Species in Western Australia: the

‘Rotund’ Yabby Cherax rotundus and the All-male Hybrid Yabby. A Discussion Paper. (June 2002)

No. 161 Plan of Management for the Miaboolya Beach Fish Habitat Protection Area (September 2002)

No. 162 Reseeding of grazing gastropods and bivalves into the marine environment in Western Australia – a discussion paper. By Jane Borg.

No. 163 Review of recreational take of coral in Western Australia – a discussion paper October 2002.

No. 164 Report of the Mackerel Independent Advisory Panel to the Executive Director, Department of Fisheries, on criteria for access to, and management arrangements for, the proposed Mackerel Fishery (Interim) Management Plan (November 2002)

No. 165 Report to the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries by the Integrated Fisheries Management Review Committee (November 2002)

No. 166 Fisheries Statutory Management Authority Inquiry. A background paper (February 2003) No. 167 Draft Fisheries Environmental Management Plan for the Northern Region (in press) No. 168 Aboriginal Fishing Strategy: Report to the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

by the Hon E. M. Franklyn QC, Chairman of the Aboriginal Fishing Strategy Working Group (May 2003)

No. 169 Hardy Inlet discussion paper (February 2004)

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No. 170 Management of the proposed Geographe Bay Blue Swimmer and Sand Crab Managed Fishery. By Jane Borg and Cathy Campbell (August 2003)

No. 171 Draft Aquaculture Plan for Shark Bay (April 2004) No. 172 Draft Aquaculture Plan for Exmouth Gulf (April 2004) No. 173 Draft Plan of Management for the proposed Point Quobba Fish Habitat Protection Area

(August 2003) No. 174 Translocation of Golden Perch, Murray Cod and Australian Bass into and within Western

Australia for the Purposes of Recreational Stocking, Domestic Stocking and Commercial and Non-commercial Aquaculture (December 2003)

No. 175 Fish Stock and Fishery Enhancement in Western Australia - a discussion paper. By Jane Borg (February 2004)

No. 176 Fish Stock and Fishery Enhancement in Western Australia - a summary report. By Jane Borg (February 2004)

No. 177 Fisheries Environmental Management Plan for the Gascoyne Region (in press) No. 178 Draft Plan of Management for the Kalbarri Blue Holes Fish Habitat Protection Area

(March 2004) No. 179 A Draft Policy for the Translocation of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) and Rainbow Trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) into and within Western Australia for the Purposes of Recreational Stocking, Domestic Stocking and Commercial and Non-Commercial Aquaculture (August 2004)

No. 180 The Sustainable Management of Western Australia's Temperate Shark Fisheries (July 2004).

No. 181 A Quality Future for Recreational Fishing in the Pilbara/Kimberley. Proposals for Community Discussion. A five-year strategy for managing the recreational component of the catch, prepared by the Pilbara/Kimberley Recreational Fishing Working Group (July 2004)

No. 182 A Quality Future for Recreational Fishing in the Southern Region of WA. Proposals for Community Discussion. A five-year strategy for managing the recreational component of the catch, prepared by the Southern Recreational Fishing Working Group (July 2004)

No. 183 Final Report of the Fisheries Statutory Management Authority Advisory Committee. Published by the Department of Fisheries (in press)

No. 184 South West Beach Seine Management Discussion Paper No. 185 Plan of Management for the Point Quobba Fish Habitat Protection Area (July 2004) No. 186 Management of the West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery - Advice to Stakeholders on

Resource Sustainability Matters. (in press) No. 187 Proposals for community discussion on the future management of pink snapper fishing in

Cockburn Sound and surrounding waters. (October 2004). No. 188 Plan of Management for the Kalbarri Blue Holes Fish Habitat Protection (in press). No. 189 Proposed Management Arrangements for the Gascoyne Commercial ‘Wetline’ Fishery. A

Discussion Paper Prepared By The West Coast And Gascoyne Wetline Review Management Planning Panel (January 2005).

No. 190 Management Arrangements for the West Coast Commercial ‘Wetline’ Fishery. A Discussion Paper Prepared By The West Coast And Gascoyne Management Planning Panel (January 2005).

No. 191 Access And Allocation Arrangements For The Commercial ‘Wetline’ Fisheries, Proposals For Discussion. A Report To The Minister For Fisheries Prepared By The Commercial Access Panel (January 2005).

No. 192 Integrated Fisheries Management Report - Western Rock Lobster Resource (February 2005)

No. 192A A Sustainable Future for Recreational Fishing in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Proposals for Community Discussion on a Five-Year Strategy for Managing the Recreational and Subsistence Catch (March 2005).

No. 193 A Five-Year Management Strategy for the Pilbara/Kimberley Region of Western Australia (June 2005).

No. 194 A Five-Year Management Strategy for the South Coast Region of Western Australia (June 2005).

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No. 195 Nature and Extent of Rights to Fish in Western Australia (June 2005). No. 196 The Aquaculture of Live Rock, Live Sand, Coral and Associated Products (in press). No. 197 Proposed Implementation of Sea Lion Exclusion Devices in the Western Rock Lobster

Fishery (June 2005). Internet publication. No. 198 A Quality Future for the Recreational Marron Fishery – Proposals for Community

Discussion. A Draft Five-Year Strategy to Ensure the Long Term Sustainability of the Marron Fishery. Produced by the RFAC Recreational Freshwater Fisheries Stakeholder Sub-Comittee (in press).

No. 199 Management of the Proposed South Coast Trawl Fishery (August 2005). No. 200 Integrated Fisheries Management Draft Allocation Report for the Western Rock Lobster

Resource (October 2005). No. 201 The Minister for Fisheries’ Decisions in Response to the Final Report of the

Pilbara/Kimberley Recreational Fishing Working Group (Fisheries Management Paper No. 193) (August 2005).

No. 202 The Minister for Fisheries’ Decisions in Response to the Final Report of the South Coast Recreational Fishing Working Group (Fisheries Management Paper No. 194) (August 2005).

No. 203 Western Rock Lobster Fishery. Ecological Risk Assessment 2005 Report (July 2005). Internet publication.

No. 204 Integrated Fisheries Management Report. Abalone Resource (September 2005). No. 205 Management Arrangements for the Gascoyne Commercial ‘Wetline’ Fishery. Prepared By

The West Coast And Gascoyne Wetline Review Management Planning Panel (January 2006).

No. 206 Management Arrangements for the West Coast Commercial ‘Wetline’ Fishery. Prepared By The West Coast And Gascoyne Management Planning Panel (January 2006).

No. 207 Access And Allocation Arrangements For The Commercial ‘Wetline’ Fisheries. A Report To The Minister For Fisheries Prepared By The Commercial Access Panel (January 2006).

No. 208 Proposed Amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (February 2006).

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