Fisheries notice No. AFZ1: Australian fishing zone prohibition of pelagic gillnet and driftnet fishing. Country/Territory Australia Document type Miscellaneous Date 1989 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Fishing gear/fishing method Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The Notice, issued by the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy under section 8 Fisheries Act 1952 prohibits the taking of fish in proclaimed waters with the use of gillnet or drift net of a kind specified in the Schedule and prohibits persons to have in their possession or charge, in a boat in the proclaimed waters, equipment of a kind specified in the Schedule unless that equipment is stowed and secured below deck. The Schedule specifies equipment of which the use is prohibited. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Implements Fisheries Act 1952. Legislation | Australia | 1952 (1988) Keyword: Basic legislation, Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX