Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery — Areas Closed to Fishing for Prawns

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I, Rick Fletcher, Executive Director Fisheries and Agriculture Resource Management of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, in accordance with clause 10 of the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery Management Plan 1993, consider it in the better interest of the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery (Fishery) to hereby— 1. Cancel Notice of Areas Closed to Fishing for Prawns in the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery: Notice No. 3 of 2021 dated 29 June 2021. 2. Permit the trialling of gear between 0800 and 1600 hours each day from 3 April 2022 to 24 April 2022 provided no fish are held on board, or landed from, the authorised boat and from 24 April 2022 to 1 October 2022 provided the cod-end is open, in the area described as the Gear Trial Area in the Schedule to this Notice. 3. Except as provided for under Clause 2 of this Notice, prohibit fishing for prawns in those parts of the Fishery, between the times and dates provided for in items (a) to (i) below— (a) fishing for prawns is prohibited from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2022 to 0800 hours on 1 October 2022 in the area defined as the Withnell Point Closure in the Schedule to this Notice. (b) fishing for prawns is prohibited from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2022 to 1700 hours on 22 May 2022 and from 0800 hours on 11 June 2022 to 0800 hours on 1 October 2022 in the area defined as the North Carnarvon Peron Line Closure in the Schedule to this Notice. (c) fishing for prawns is prohibited from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2022 to 1700 hours on 22 May 2022 in the area defined as the West Carnarvon Peron Line Closure in the Schedule to this Notice. (d) fishing for prawns is prohibited from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2022 to 1700 hours on 24 June 2022 in the area defined as the Central Carnarvon Peron Line Closure in the Schedule to this Notice. (e) fishing for prawns is prohibited from 0800 hours on 11 June 2022 to 1700 hours on 20 August 2022 in the area defined as the Denham Sound Closure in the Schedule to this Notice. (f) fishing for prawns is prohibited from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2022 to 0800 hours on 11 June 2022 in the area defined as the Snapper/Trawl Closure in the Schedule to this Notice. (g) fishing for prawns is prohibited from 1700 hours on 20 August 2022 to 0800 hours on 1 October 2022 in the area defined as the Extended Snapper/Trawl Closure in the Schedule to this Notice. (h) in parts of the Fishery within the area defined as North of Koks Island in the Schedule to this Notice where fishing for prawns is not otherwise prohibited, fishing for prawns is prohibited between 1000 hours and 1700 hours each day between the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2022 and 1 October 2022. (i) in parts of the Fishery within the area defined as South of Koks Island in the Schedule to this Notice where fishing for prawns is not otherwise prohibited, fishing for prawns is prohibited between 0800 hours and 1700 hours each day between the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2022 and 1 October 2022. 4. Except as provided for under Clause 2 of this Notice, fishing for prawns is prohibited in all parts of the Fishery outside of the fishing season which is from 1700 hours on 24 April 2022 to 0800 hours on 1 October 2022.