Rule 35 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting after paragraph (k) the following paragraph:

(ka) at Southport at the boat ramp on the northern side of the Southport narrows, an area that is within 50 metres of the landward side of the high-water mark of that boat ramp, including Kingfish Beach Road in an easterly direction of that boat ramp until that road intersects with the Huon Highway, and an area 30 metres in any direction from the centre of that intersection;

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 11 December 2002

These rules are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These rules amend the Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2000 in relation to the taking of blacklip abalone in the Bass Strait area and the northern area.