South Australia
Fisheries Act (Aquatic Reserves) Regulations 1989
under the Fisheries Act 1982

Contents
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Revocation
4	Interpretation
5	Access to and fishing activities in aquatic reserves
6	Regulations to have effect subject to Fisheries (General) Regulations
Schedule—Aquatic reserves—Access and permitted fishing activities
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Act (Aquatic Reserves) Regulations 1989.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 27 July, 1989.
3—Revocation
The Fisheries Act (Aquatic Reserves) Regulations 1984 (see , Gazette 28.6.1984 p1980) as varied, are revoked.
4—Interpretation
	(1)	In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
	(a)	the Act means the Fisheries Act 1982;
	(b)	words and expressions defined in the Fisheries (General) Regulations 1984, have the same meanings, respectively, as in those regulations;
	(c)	a reference to a named aquatic reserve is a reference to the aquatic reserve of that name as defined from time to time by proclamation made pursuant to section 47 of the Act.
	(2)	For the purposes of these regulations and any proclamation made pursuant to section 47 of the Act, a chart reference appearing at the foot of a boundary description of an aquatic reserve, or part of an aquatic reserve, is a reference to the published navigation chart in accordance with which that boundary description was plotted.
5—Access to and fishing activities in aquatic reserves
Pursuant to section 48G(1) of the Act, a person may—
	(a)	enter and remain in an aquatic reserve; and
	(b)	engage in a fishing activity in an aquatic reserve,
as permitted under the Schedule.
6—Regulations to have effect subject to Fisheries (General) Regulations
These regulations have effect subject to the Fisheries (General) Regulations 1984, and nothing in these regulations authorises any person to act in contravention of those regulations.

Schedule—Aquatic reserves—Access and permitted fishing activities

Aquatic reserve	Access permitted to aquatic reserve	Fishing activities permitted in aquatic reserve	
Aldinga Reef Aquatic Reserve	Any person	None	
American River Aquatic Reserve	Any person	None	
Barker Inlet—St Kilda Aquatic Reserve	Any person	Taking fish by using—
	(a)	a rod and line; or
	(b)	a hand line.	
	Any person	Taking bloodworms (Class Polychaeta) for bait by using a hand net.	
Blanche Harbour—Douglas Bank Aquatic Reserve	Any person	Taking fish by using a hand fish spear	
Goose Island Aquatic Reserve	Any person	None	
Point Labatt Aquatic Reserve	None	None	
Port Noarlunga Reef Aquatic Reserve	Any person	Taking fish by using a rod and line or a hand line—
	(a)	in the portion of the Reserve comprising waters bounded as follows:	
		Commencing at the point where latitude 35° 09.20′ S intersects with the high water mark, then in a generally westerly direction to the position latitude 35° 09.26′ S, longitude 138° 27.72′ E, then in a generally northerly direction to the position latitude 35° 08.82′ S, longitude 138° 27.62′ E, then in a generally easterly direction to the point where latitude 35° 08.77′ S intersects with the high water mark, and then along the high water mark in a generally southerly direction to the point of commencement,	
			(b)	in waters in any other part of the Reserve but not—
	(i)	in waters within 25 metres of any part of the southern Port Noarlunga Reef that is exposed at low water; or
	(ii)	in waters within 25 metres of any part of Horseshoe Reef that is exposed at low water.
(CHART REFERENCE: DMH
Small Boat Chart
Gulf St. Vincent
Marino to Maslin Beach).	
		Taking shrimp (Suborder Natantia) by hand net for bait in the waters of the estuary and Onkaparinga River upstream as far as the road bridge on the Main South Road Noarlunga Bypass.	
Seal Bay Aquatic Reserve	None	None	
Bales Beach Aquatic Reserve	Any person	None	
St Kilda—Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve	Any person	Taking blue crab (Portunus pelagicus) by—	
			(a)	hand; or
	(b)	a crab rake; or
	(c)	a crab net.	
Troubridge Hill Aquatic Reserve	Any person	Taking fish by using—
	(a)	a rod and line; or
	(b)	a hand line.	
West Island Encounter Bay Aquatic Reserve	Teachers and students while engaged in the teaching or study of a marine science.	Any fishing activity engaged in by teachers and students for the purposes of the teaching or study of a marine science.	
	Any person except in relation to the portion of the Reserve comprising waters bounded as follows:
Commencing at the high water mark at Restless Point on the western shore of West Island, then due west for a distance of 100 metres, then following the outer boundary of West Island in a generally north easterly direction maintaining a distance of 100 metres from the high water mark to a point due north of Penguin Rock on the northern shore of West Island, then due south to the high water mark on the shore of the island, then in a generally south westerly direction along the high water mark back to the point of commencement.	Taking fish by using—
	(a)	a rod and line; or
	(b)	a hand line,
in the portion of the Reserve comprising waters bounded as follows:
Commencing at position latitude 35°36.75′S, longitude 138°35.4′E (being a point 200 metres seaward of the low water mark at the south east extremity of section 189, north east of King Beach on Fleurieu Peninsula), then in a generally south easterly direction to a point 100 metres off the north eastern extremity of West Island at position latitude 35°37.1′S, longitude 138°35.9′E, then in a westerly, south westerly, southerly and south easterly direction maintaining a distance of 100 metes from West Island to a point 100 metres off the south western extremity of West Island at position latitude 35°37.45′S, longitude 138°35.6′E, then in a generally north westerly direction to position latitude 35°37.15′S, longitude 138°35.2′E (being a point 200 metres seaward of the low water mark at King Head on Fleurieu Peninsula), then in a generally north easterly direction maintaining a distance of 200 metres from the low water mark back to the point of commencement.	
		No fishing activity in the portion of the Reserve comprising waters bounded as follows:
Commencing at high water mark at Restless Point on the western shore of West Island, then due west for a distance of 100 metres, then following the outer boundary of West Island in a southerly, easterly, northerly and north westerly direction maintaining a distance of 100 metres from the high water mark to a point due north of Penguin Rock on the northern shore of West Island, then due south to the high water mark on the shore of the island, then in a south easterly, southerly, westerly and northerly direction along the high water mark back to the point of commencement.	
Whyalla—Cowled's Landing Aquatic Reserve	Any person	Taking blue crab (Portunus pelagicus) by—
	(a)	hand; or
	(b)	a crab rake; or
	(c)	a crab net,
otherwise than for the purpose of trade or business in the portion of the Reserve comprising waters bounded as follows:
Commencing at a point where latitude 33°05.7′S meets high water mark on the western shore of Spencer Gulf (near 8 Mile Creek), then south-easterly to position latitude 33°06.4′S, longitude 137°33.2′E, then south-westerly to position latitude 33°06.8′S, longitude 137°32.8′E, then north-westerly to a point where latitude 33°06′S meets high water mark on the western shore of Spencer Gulf, then generally north-easterly along the high water mark back to the point of commencement (CHART REFERENCE: AUS 778)	
Yatala Harbour—Upper Spencer Gulf Aquatic Reserve	Any person	None.	

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.
Revocation of regulations
The Fisheries Act (Aquatic Reserves) Regulations 1989 were revoked by Sch 2 of the Fisheries (Aquatic Reserves) Regulations 2004 on 1.9.2004.
Principal regulations and variations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
1989	151	Gazette 27.7.1989 p260	27.7.1989: r 2	
1991	104	Gazette 27.6.1991 p2121	27.6.1991: r 2	
1994	118	Gazette 14.7.1994 p104	14.7.1994: r 2	
1994	155	Gazette 1.9.1994 p688	1.9.1994: r 2	
Provisions varied
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
r 5	varied by 155/1994 r 3	1.9.1994	
Sch	varied by 104/1991 r 3	27.6.1991	
	varied by 118/1994 r 3	14.7.1994	
	varied by 155/1994 r 4	1.9.1994