Fisheries Act 1995 FISHERIES NOTICE 2017 I, Travis Dowling, CEO Victorian Fisheries Authority, as delegate of the Minister for Agriculture and having undertaken consultation in accordance with Section 3A of the (the Act), Fisheries Act 1995 make the following Fisheries Notice under Section 152 of the Act: Date: Travis Dowling CEO Victorian Fisheries Authority Fisheries (RECREATIONAL Abalone OPEN DAYS) Notice 2017 Title This Notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Recreational Abalone Open Days) Notice 2017 Objective The objective of this Notice is to specify open days during the period from 16 November 2017 when recreational fishing for abalone is permitted in central Victorian waters. Authorising provision This Notice is made under section 152(1)(b) of the Act. Commencement This Notice comes into operation on the day it is published in the Victoria Government and the Victorian Fisheries Authority website. Gazette Definitions The (the Regulations) define Victorian waters” as the Fisheries Regulations 2009 “central marine waters between longitude 143 27’ 36” East (mouth of the Aire River near Cape Otway) and 145 53’ 35” East, 38 50’ 19” South (north-western part of Arch Rock in Venus Bay) where the eastern boundary is a line running due west from the most north-western part of Arch Rock to the seaward limit of State waters. Permitted Recreational Abalone Fishing Days This Notice prevails over the abalone closed season specified in the table in regulation 237(1) of the Regulations and permits recreational abalone fishing in central Victorian waters on the following days: Every Every 25 Saturday Declared December and Public Holiday 2017 Sunday in the State of through between Victoria to the 16 between 16 second November November Sunday in 2017 and 2017 and 30 January 30 April April 2018, 2018, 2018,inclusive. inclusive. inclusive.
Fisheries Act 1995 FISHERIES NOTICE 2017 I, Travis Dowling, CEO Victorian Fisheries Authority, as delegate of the Minister for Agriculture and having undertaken consultation in accordance with Section 3A of the Fisheries Act 1995 (the Act), make the following Fisheries Notice under Section 152 of the Act: Date: Travis Dowling CEO Victorian Fisheries Authority Fisheries (RECREATIONAL Abalone OPEN DAYS) Notice 2017 Title This Notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Recreational Abalone Open Days) Notice 2017 Objective The objective of this Notice is to specify open days during the period from 16 November 2017 when recreational fishing for abalone is permitted in central Victorian waters. Authorising provision This Notice is made under section 152(1)(b) of the Act. Commencement This Notice comes into operation on the day it is published in the Victoria Government Gazette and the Victorian Fisheries Authority website. Definitions The Fisheries Regulations 2009 (the Regulations) define “central Victorian waters” as the marine waters between longitude 143 27’ 36” East (mouth of the Aire River near Cape Otway) and 145 53’ 35” East, 38 50’ 19” South (north-western part of Arch Rock in Venus Bay) where the eastern boundary is a line running due west from the most north-western part of Arch Rock to the seaward limit of State waters. Permitted Recreational Abalone Fishing Days This Notice prevails over the abalone closed season specified in the table in regulation 237(1) of the Regulations and permits recreational abalone fishing in central Victorian waters on the following days: Every Saturday and Sunday between 16 November 2017 and 30 April 2018, inclusive. Every Declared Public Holiday in the State of Victoria between 16 November 2017 and 30 April 2018,inclusive. 25 December 2017 through to the second Sunday in January 2018, inclusive.