Second Reading Speeches

Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries Arrangements and Other Matters) Bill 2005 [2006]

Type
Government
Portfolio
Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation
Originating house
Senate
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Fisheries Administration Act 1991
and
Fisheries Management Act 1991
to: clarify the meaning of certain Commonwealth fisheries management objectives; provide an express power for Commonwealth, State and Territory governments to amend or vary Offshore Constitutional Settlement fisheries arrangements; and facilitate cooperative fisheries management between Commonwealth, State and Territory governments by introducing regional fisheries arrangements.

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