This plan may be cited as the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) (Scallops) Amendment Management Plan 2016 .
This plan amends the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 2010 .
3Amendment of s 10 (Declaration and regulation of east coast trawl fishery waters)
(1)Section 10(2)—
renumber as section 10(3).(2)Section 10—
insert—(2)A person must not, in the east coast trawl fishery waters, take or possess scallops (family Pectinidae) during the regulated period.(3)Section 10—
insert—(4)In this section—regulated period means the period beginning at midday on 1 May in a year and ending at midday on 31 October in the same year.
4Amendment of s 21 (Prohibited activities and regulated periods)
(1)Section 21, heading, ‘and regulated periods’—
omit.(2)Section 21(1) and (3), ‘in the relevant regulated period for the waters’—
omit.(3)Section 21(4)—
omit.
5Amendment of s 40 (How to comply)
Section 40(b), before ‘scallops’—
insert—bugs or
6Amendment of s 116 (Maximum net length)
Section 116(5)(b)(i) and (ii), before ‘scallops’—
insert—bugs or
7Amendment of s 117 (Minimum and maximum net mesh size)
Section 117, before ‘scallops’—
insert—bugs or
8Amendment of s 128 (Maximum net length)
Section 128(2)(a) and (b), before ‘scallops’—
insert—bugs or
9Amendment of s 129 (Minimum and maximum net mesh size)
Section 129, before ‘scallops’—
insert—bugs or
10Amendment of sch 1, hdg (Particular regulated waters)
Schedule 1, heading, ‘10(2)’—
omit, insert—10(3)
11Amendment of sch 1, pt 2, hdg (Regulated waters and periods for scallop replenishment)
Schedule 1, part 2, heading, ‘and periods’—
omit.
12Amendment of sch 1, s 4 (Hervey Bay scallop replenishment area A)
Schedule 1, section 4(2)—
omit.
13Amendment of sch 1, s 5 (Hervey Bay scallop replenishment area B)
Schedule 1, section 5(2)—
omit.
14Amendment of sch 1, s 6 (Bustard Head scallop replenishment area A)
Schedule 1, section 6(2)—
omit.
15Amendment of sch 1, s 7 (Bustard Head scallop replenishment area B)
Schedule 1, section 7(2)—
omit.
16Amendment of sch 1, s 8 (Yeppoon scallop replenishment area A)
Schedule 1, section 8(2)—
omit.
17Amendment of sch 1, s 9 (Yeppoon scallop replenishment area B)
Schedule 1, section 9(2)—
omit.