Fisheries Amendment Declaration 2024

1Short title

This declaration may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Declaration 2024.

2Declaration amended

This declaration amends the Fisheries Declaration 2019.

3Amendment of s 23 (Taking or possessing regulated coral reef fin fish in regulated periods—coral reef fin fish waters)

Section 23(2)(a) to (j)—
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(a)from 30 September 2024 to 4 October 2024;

(b)from 29 October 2024 to 2 November 2024;

(c)from 18 October 2025 to 22 October 2025;

(d)from 17 November 2025 to 21 November 2025;

(e)from 8 October 2026 to 12 October 2026;

(f)from 6 November 2026 to 10 November 2026;

(g)from 26 October 2027 to 30 October 2027;

(h)from 25 November 2027 to 29 November 2027;

(i)from 15 October 2028 to 19 October 2028;

(j)from 13 November 2028 to 17 November 2028;

(k)from 5 October 2029 to 9 October 2029;

(l)from 3 November 2029 to 7 November 2029;

(m)from 24 October 2030 to 28 October 2030;

(n)from 22 November 2030 to 26 November 2030;

(o)from 13 October 2031 to 17 October 2031;

(p)from 12 November 2031 to 16 November 2031;

(q)from 1 October 2032 to 5 October 2032;

(r)from 31 October 2032 to 4 November 2032;

(s)from 20 October 2033 to 24 October 2033;

(t)from 19 November 2033 to 23 November 2033.

4Amendment of s 35 (Taking or possessing snapper or pearl perch in regulated period—regulated tidal waters)

Section 35, heading and subsection (1), ‘regulated tidal waters’—
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snapper and pearl perch waters

5Insertion of new s 118

After section 117—
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118Recreational fisher taking spanish mackerel in Gulf of Carpentaria waters

(1)This section applies to a recreational fisher who is, or has been, on a boat and taking part in a licensed charter fishing trip that is conducted—

(a)for a continuous period of at least 48 hours; and

(b)entirely in the Gulf of Carpentaria waters.

(2)The recreational fisher may—

(a)during the licensed charter fishing trip, take twice the regulated maximum number of spanish mackerel; and

(b)possess the fish taken under paragraph (a).

6Amendment of sch 1 (Regulated waters)

(1)Schedule 1, part 1, after entry for sea cucumber waters—
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snapper and pearl perch waters

tidal waters east of longitude 142º31'49'' east

section 35

(2)Schedule 1, part 2, entry for regulated tidal waters, column 3, ‘sections 28 and 35’—
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section 28

7Amendment of sch 2 (Regulated fish declarations)

Schedule 2, part 2, entry for spanish mackerel, first row—
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	N	maximum—1	a recreational fisher taking the fish in tidal waters east of longitude 142º31'49'' east or possessing the fish taken in the waters
	N	maximum—3	a recreational fisher taking the fish in the Gulf of Carpentaria waters or possessing the fish taken in the waters