This Act provides for commercial fishing authorizations and entitlements to be withdrawn from a fishery with appropriate compensation for affected licensed fishers in order to reduce the size of any fishery or fisheries. The Act establishes both voluntary and compulsory schemes as provided for in the text. The Minister is to be assisted in the administration of voluntary schemes by a committee of management. The Act provides for the establishment of the Fisheries Adjustment Schemes Trust Account for the payment of compensation to persons in respect of voluntary or compulsory fisheries adjustment schemes, for the purchase of their fishing gear or boat from a person, for the payment of the costs of administering this Act, etc.
澳大利亚 · 1987-11-05