Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1992 - REG 4C

         (1)   For the purposes of the management of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery, the Fishery is taken to be divided into the following sectors:

                (a)    the ML Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna by any method, except pelagic longlining, purse-seining or poling; or

                (c)    the PL Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna by the poling method; or

               (d)    the PLL (Sub-area 1) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 1 by the pelagic longlining method; or

                (e)    the PLL (Sub-area 2) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 2 by the pelagic longlining method; or

                (f)    the PLL (Sub-area 4) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 4 by the pelagic longlining method; or

               (g)    the PLL (Sub-area 5) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 5 by the pelagic longlining method; or

               (h)    the PLL (Sub-area 6) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 6 by the pelagic longlining method; or

                (i)    the PLL (Sub-area 7) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 7 by the pelagic longlining method; or

                (j)    the PLL (Sub-area 8) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 8 by the pelagic longlining method; or

               (k)    the PLL (Sub-area 9) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 9 by the pelagic longlining method; or

              (ka)    the PLL (Sub-area 10) Sector, being commercial fishing for tuna in Sub-area 10 by the pelagic longlining method.

         (2)   In subregulation (1), a reference to a Sub-area by number
is a reference to the Sub-area of that number described in Division 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 1A.

         (3)    In this regulation, tuna means:

                (a)    fish of the family Scombridae (commonly known as tuna and tuna-like fish) except:

                          (i)    fish of the genera Scomberomorus , Scomber , Acanthocybium , Grammatorcynus and Rastrelliger , commonly known as mackerels; and

                         (ii)    Southern Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau)) and Northern Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ); and

               (b)    fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae (commonly known as billfish); and

                (c)    fish of the family Bramidae (commonly known as pomfrets or rays bream).