FISHERIES (COMMERCIAL FISHERIES) REGULATION 2019

Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

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FISHERIES (COMMERCIAL FISHERIES) REGULATION 2019

- Made under the Fisheries Act 1994
- As at 30 August 2019
- Reg 178 of 2019

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY

1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation

CHAPTER 2 - COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

PART 1 - GENERAL

4. Commercial fisheries
5. Management and operation of commercial fisheries
6. References in fishery provisions

PART 2 - AUTHORISATION FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

Division 1 - Restrictions on authorisation in fishery provisions

7. Purpose of this division
8. Where fish may be taken
9. What fish may be taken
10. Way fish may be taken
11. Additional restrictions on authorisation
12. Restriction on authorisation may apply in more than 1 way

Division 2 - Other restrictions on authorisation

13. Restriction on taking fish in more than 1 commercial fishery
14. Restriction on taking fish in commercial fisheries having same fishery symbol
15. Restriction on taking fish in particular Joint Authority fisheries

PART 3 - FISHING PRIORITY

Division 1 - Interpretation

16. Definitions for part
17. Meaning of ready to fish

Division 2 - Fishing priorities

18. Fishing priority—ocean beach fisheries
19. Fishing priority—other commercial fisheries
20. Duration of fishing priority
21. Joint fishers taken to be 1 fisher

Division 3 - Offences relating to fishing priorities

22. Interfering with ocean beach fishery flag
23. Obstructing exercise of a fishing priority

PART 4 - CONDITIONS ON AUTHORITIES RELATING TO BOAT MARKS

Division 1 - Preliminary

24. Application of part
25. Reference to a boat mark for a boat

Division 2 - Condition about fixing boat mark

26. Boat mark must be fixed on authorised boat
27. Colour and placement
28. Size of boat mark

Division 3 - Other conditions

29. Authorised boat must not be used without boat mark
30. Requirement to remove boat mark

PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

31. Particulars to be legible, visible and in English

CHAPTER 3 - LICENCES

PART 1 - COMMERCIAL FISHER LICENCE

Division 1 - Authorisation

32. Authorisation—commercial fisher
33. Authorisation—assistant fisher
34. Meaning of under direction—commercial trawl fishery (fin fish)
35. Meaning of under direction—east coast trawl fishery
36. Meaning of under direction—other commercial fisheries

Division 2 - Conditions

37. Application of division
38. Fish may not be taken under more than 1 licence in the same fishery—particular fisheries
39. Fish may not be taken under more than 1 licence in the same fishery—other fisheries
40. Commercial fisher to display notice

PART 2 - COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT LICENCE

Division 1 - Authorisation

41. Authorisation under a commercial fishing boat licence

Division 2 - Conditions

Subdivision 1 - General conditions

42. General conditions of a commercial fishing boat licence

Subdivision 2 - Additional conditions about boat modification and replacement for east coast trawl fishery

43. Modifying boats
44. Amending or replacing particular licences to allow boat modification or replacement
45. Amending or replacing M2 licences to allow boat modification or replacement
46. Modifying boats
47. Amending or replacing particular licences to allow boat modification or replacement

PART 3 - COMMERCIAL HARVEST FISHERY LICENCE

Division 1 - Authorisation

48. Authorisation—holder
49. Authorisation—other persons
50. Holder may nominate persons to take or sell fish
51. Chief executive may approve nominee for eel fishery

Division 2 - Conditions

52. Licence holder to display notice

PART 4 - FISHERY SYMBOLS

Division 1 - Writing fishery symbols on licences

53. Fishery symbol may only be written on commercial fishing boat licence or commercial harvest fishery licence
54. Restriction on writing particular fishery symbols unless primary commercial fishing boat identified
55. General restriction on writing fishery symbols
56. Restriction on writing multiple fishery symbols
57. Restrictions on writing fishery symbols ‘N3’, ‘N12’ and ‘N13’
58. Restrictions on writing particular east coast trawl fishery symbols
59. Restrictions on writing particular east coast trawl fishery symbols on licences allowing the use of boats of particular types
60. Restrictions on writing fishery symbols on licences allowing the use of boats of particular lengths

Division 2 - Moving fishery symbols

61. Definitions for division
62. Application to move fishery symbol to another licence
63. Deciding application
64. Amendments required if application approved
65. Information notice about refusal of conditions

CHAPTER 4 - QUOTA AUTHORITIES

PART 1 - EFFORT UNITS

Division 1 - Interpretation

66. Meaning of effort year
67. Reference to a day

Division 2 - Entitlement

68. Purpose of this division
69. Entitlement under effort units
70. When effort units entitlement is used for an effort year
71. No carrying forward of unused entitlement

Division 3 - Usage notices for T1 effort units

72. Chief executive to give usage notice
73. Obligations of T1 licence holders under usage notice

Division 4 - Evidentiary aids for use of entitlement

Subdivision 1 - Evidentiary aids for when location detected or reported

74. Location detected or reported
75. Exception—movement only at travelling speed
76. Exception—minimum boat movement
77. Exception—moving boat without fishing
78. Exception—moving boat to test fishing apparatus
79. Exception—acting exclusively under authority other than an ‘M1’, ‘T1’ or ‘T2’ fishery symbol
80. Exception—detection in particular regulated waters
81. Notices to chief executive under subdivision

Subdivision 2 - Other evidentiary aids

82. Location not detected or reported

PART 2 - SM UNITS

Division 1 - Interpretation

83. Meaning of SM year
84. Meaning of whole weight of spanish mackerel

Division 2 - Entitlement

85. Purpose of division
86. Entitlement under SM unit
87. When SM unit entitlement is used for an SM year
88. No carrying forward of unused entitlement

Division 3 - Evidentiary aids for use of entitlement

89. Unloaded fish notice is evidence of use of entitlement

PART 3 - LINE UNITS

Division 1 - Interpretation

90. Meaning of line year
91. Meaning of whole weight of regulated coral reef fin fish

Division 2 - Entitlement

92. Purpose of division
93. Entitlement under line unit
94. When line unit entitlement is used for a line year
95. No carrying forward of unused entitlement

Division 3 - Evidentiary aids for use of entitlement

96. Unloaded fish notice is evidence of use of entitlement

PART 4 - ITQ UNITS

Division 1 - Interpretation

97. Meaning of ITQ year

Division 2 - Entitlement

98. Purpose of division
99. Entitlement under ITQ unit
100. When ITQ unit entitlement is used for an ITQ year
101. No carrying forward of unused entitlement

PART 5 - T4-ITQ UNITS

Division 1 - Interpretation

102. Meaning of T4-ITQ year

Division 2 - Entitlement

103. Purpose of division
104. Entitlement under T4-ITQ unit
105. When T4-ITQ unit entitlement is used for a T4-ITQ year
106. No carrying forward of unused entitlement

PART 6 - COMMON PROVISIONS ABOUT QUOTA AUTHORITIES

Division 1 - Interpretation

107. Definitions for part

Division 2 - Unused entitlement notices

108. Particular notice is evidence of unused entitlement

Division 3 - Quota authority certificates

109. Application of division
110. Content of quota authority certificates
111. Only 1 line unit certificate to be issued for line units
112. Evidentiary provision for quota authority certificates

Division 4 - Unit PINS

113. Change of unit PIN

Division 5 - Fisher PINs

114. Change of fisher PIN

Division 6 - Transfers of quota authorities

Subdivision 1 - When quota authority not transferable

115. Purpose of subdivision
116. Only whole quota units may be transferred
117. Eligibility of transferee for particular quota units

Subdivision 2 - Requirements after transfer

118. Quota authority certificate changes required
119. Entitlement of transferee
120. Issue of fisher PIN for particular transferees

CHAPTER 5 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

121. Nominees under particular authorities continue
122. ITQ year before 1 July 2021

CHAPTER 6 - AMENDMENT OF FISHERIES QUOTA DECLARATION 2019

123. Declaration amended
124. Insertion of new s 7
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