OG1 - Offshore Commercial Fishing

Date of notification 10 November 2006

Government Gazette: 135

 Fisheries Management Act 1994

Section 8 and Section 11 Notification – Fishing Closure

OG1 – Offshore Commercial Fishing

I, RENATA BROOKS, Deputy Director-General, Agriculture, Fisheries and Regional Relations, with the delegated authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and the Director-General of the NSW Department of Primary Industries pursuant to sections 227 and 228 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (“the Act”), do by this notification:

1. pursuant to section 11 of the Act, revoke the notification titled “OG1 – Offshore Commercial Fishing” published in Government Gazette No. 157 on 8 October 2004 on page 7945 (and any notification revived as a result of this revocation);
2. pursuant to section 8 of the Act, prohibit the taking of fish by all methods of fishing by the holder of a commercial fishing licence from ocean waters more than three nautical miles from the baselines from which the territorial sea is measured, except from a boat that has a fishing boat licence which is subject to a condition specified in the licence permitting that boat to operate in those waters (described on the licence as “OG1”).
This fishing closure is effective for a period of five (5) years from the date of publication of this notification, unless sooner amended or revoked.

Dated this 8th day of November 2006

Renata Brooks
Deputy Director-General
Agriculture, Fisheries and Regional Relations
NSW Department of Primary Industries