NOTICES ARCHIVE

CONTACT DETAILS

PZJA Chair
Senator the Hon Eric Abetz
Australian Government Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation
GPO Box 1675
Hobart TAS 7001
Fax: (03) 6224 3709
Email: senator.abetz@aph.gov.au

PZJA Member
The Hon Tim Mulherin MP
Queensland Government Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries
GPO BOX 46
Brisbane QLD 4001
Fax: 07 3229 8541
Email: dpi@ministerial.qld.gov.au

PZJA Member
Mr John T Kris
Chair
Torres Strait Regional Authority
PO BOX 261
Thursday Island QLD 4875
Fax: 07 4069 1879
Email: toshi.kris@tsra.gov.au
Cc wayne.seekee@tsra.gov.au
Cc rosemary.loban@tsra.gov.au

PZJA Standing Committee Chair
Mr Glenn Hurry
Executive Manager
Fisheries and Forestry Branch
Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Fax: 02 6272 4215
Email: britt.maxwell@daff.gov.au
Cc jonathan.barker@daff.gov.au

PZJA out of session decision requirement

The difficult decision to postpone the 19th meeting of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA), scheduled for 14-15 December 2005, was made by the PZJA Chair, Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald on Friday 9 December 2005, following the resignation of the Hon Gordon Nuttall MP from the Queensland Cabinet. It was the shared view of the remaining PZJA Members that the meeting should not be convened in the absence of a Queensland Minister.

A decision on the 2006 management arrangements for the Tropical Rock Lobster (TRL) Fishery cannot be deferred to next year because important elements of the management arrangements in place in this fishery lapse on 31 December 2005. A decision on this item will be sought by Friday 23 December 2005.

In order for the PZJA to consider industry views on this urgent item, an information paper (PDF 28kb) has been made available on the PZJA website. The PZJA agencies will be contacting key stakeholder groups to bring this item to their urgent attention. The representative organisation’s views on this matter are requested by email or fax to all PZJA Members and the PZJA Standing Committee Chair by close of business on Tuesday 20 December 2005. The relevant contact details can be found below. The letters received by the PZJA will also be posted on the PZJA website, so that all stakeholders are aware of the views being taken into account.

The balance of the items that were on the PZJA 19 agenda (PDF 21kb) will need to be considered by the PZJA in early 2006. Information papers corresponding to these items will also be posted on the PZJA web site and stakeholder views on these items are invited through the representative organisations, in writing by close of business on Friday 20 January 2006.

Should you require any further information on these administrative arrangements, please contact Jonathan Barker of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry by phone on (02) 6272 4573 or by email at jonathan.barker@daff.gov.au.

Type	Title	Size
	Information papers
	Items for stakeholder consideration and response	21kb
	Information paper 01 TRL 2006 Arrangements	28kb
	Information paper 02 Prawn 2006 Arrangements	41kb
	Information paper 03 Finfish 2006 Arrangements	27kb
	Information Paper 04 Allocation Advisory Panels	189kb
	Information paper 05 Fisheries Strategic Assessments	2.8MB
	Information paper 06 Licensing Issues	42kb
	Please note: the 'Information Paper 7 - fisheries research priorities' is not yet available. This item is likely to be deferred to the next meeting of the PZJA
	Information paper 08 Turtle and Dugong TSRA Update	32kb
	Information paper 09 Fisheries Management Plans	37kb
	Stakeholder responses
	Community fisher group 21 December 2005	19kb
	Iama Fisheries Association 20 December 2005	308kb
	Queensland Rock Lobster Association 15 December 2005	22kb
	PZJA decisions
	PZJA out of session decisions 23 December 2005	12kb

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