Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery Management Plan 1993 — Notice Of Areas Closed To Fishing For Prawns In The Shark Bay Prawn Managed

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FI403 FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 SHARK BAY PRAWN MANAGED FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 1993 NOTICE OF AREAS CLOSED TO FISHING FOR PRAWNS IN THE SHARK BAY PRAWN MANAGED FISHERY NOTICE NO. 2 OF 2026 I, Hayley Perhavec, Executive Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture 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. At 0800 hrs on 22 May 2026, cancel Notice of Areas Closed to Fishing for Prawns in the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery: Notice No. 1 of 2026 dated 28 April 2026. 2. Permit the trialling of gear between 0800 and 1600 hours each day in the area described as the Gear Trial Area in the Schedule to this Notice from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 2 of 2026 to 0800 hours on 20 October 2026, provided the cod-end is open. 3. Except as provided for under Clause 2 of this Notice, prohibit fishing for prawns in the following parts of the Fishery, between the times and dates provided for in items (a) to (f) below— (a) fishing for prawns in the Fishery is prohibited during the following moon closure times and dates— i. 0800 hours on 28 May to 1700 hours on 7 June 2026 ii. 0800 hours on 25 June to 1700 hours on 6 July 2026 iii. 0800 hours on 24 July to 1700 hours on 6 August 2026 iv. 0800 hours on 24 August to 1700 hours on 4 September 2026 v. 0800 hours on 22 September to 1700 hours on 2 October 2026. (b) fishing for prawns in the Fishery is prohibited from the date of the gazettal of Notice No. 2 of 2026 to 0800 hours on 20 October 2026 in the following areas defined in the Schedule to this Notice— i. Withnell Point Closure ii. Red Cliff Point Closure iii. Snapper Trawl Line Closure iv. Snapper Trawl Line Extension Closure v. Northern Carnarvon Peron Line Closure vi. Central Carnarvon Peron Line Closure vii. Southern Carnarvon Peron Line Closu