Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery Management Plan 1993 — Areas Closed To Fishing For Prawns In The Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery For 2019

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FI401 FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 KIMBERLEY PRAWN MANAGED FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 1993 Areas Closed to Fishing for Prawns in the Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery for 2019 No. 1 of 2019 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 17 of the Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery Management Plan 1993 (the Plan) and being of the opinion that the prohibition is required in the better interests of the Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery, do hereby— 1. Cancel Notice of Areas Closed to Fishing for Prawns: Notice No. 1 of 2018, dated 19 March 2018; and 2. Prohibit fishing for prawns in those parts of the Kimberley Prawn Managed Fishery (the Fishery), between the times and dates provided for in items (a) to (e) below— (a) Fishing for prawns is prohibited in the waters described in Schedule 1 of the Plan from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 1 of 2019, until 0600 hours WST on 1 April 2019; (b) Fishing for prawns is prohibited in the waters described in Schedule 1 of the Plan during the period commencing at 0800 hours WST on 15 June 2019 and ending at 0600 hours WST on 1 August 2019; (c) Fishing for prawns is prohibited in the waters described in Schedule 1 of the Plan during the period commencing at 1630 hours WST on 30 November 2019 until 0600 hours WST on 1 June 2020; (d) Fishing for prawns is prohibited in the waters described in (i) to (ii) below from the date of gazettal of this Notice until 0800 hours on 15 June 2019— (i) Collier Bay Prawn Size Management Fish Ground Waters inshore of a line commencing at the intersection of 16° 15.34′ south latitude and 124° 00′ east longitude; thence extending due north along the meridian to the intersection of 15° 50′ south latitude and 124° 00′ east longitude; thence extending due east along the parallel to the intersection of 15° 50′ south latitude and 124° 24.50′ east longitude; bu