The Commercial Dive Fishery is divided into 5 dive zones. Each of the zones has a separate annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC) allocated for short-spined sea urchin and periwinkles. Once the TAC is reached, the zone is closed for that species for the remainder of the licensing year. For the 2022/23 licensing year, being 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023, the zones are defined as:
Zone
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Inclusive of Sub-blocks |
Northern
| sub-blocks 5A to 31B
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North-Eastern
| sub-blocks 31A to 27D
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Central-Eastern
| sub-blocks 27C to 24E
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South-Eastern
| sub-blocks 23B to 13C
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Western
| sub-blocks 13B to 5B
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Northern Zone
being that area of State waters on the north coast of Tasmania (including the Kent group of islands, the Furneaux group of islands and King Island) bounded in the west by an imaginary straight line running due west from Bluff Point to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the east by an imaginary line from the northern side of the mouth of the Great Musselroe River at Musselroe Bay running due west for 100 metres, then following the shoreline 100 metres from shore to the northernmost tip of Musselroe Point, then running due north until intersection with the line of latitude 40°48'00"S, and running due east to the outer limit of State waters; and
North-Eastern Zone
being that area of State waters on the north-east coast of Tasmania bounded in the north by an imaginary line from the northern side of the mouth of the Great Musselroe River at Musselroe Bay running due west for 100 metres, then following the shoreline 100 metres from shore to the northernmost tip of Musselroe Point, then running due north until intersection with the line of latitude 40°48'00"S, and running due east to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the south by an imaginary straight line running north-east from a point at lat 42°10'19"S long 148°18'03"E to lat 42°09'51"S long 148°18'56"E, and then running due east to the outer limit of State waters; and
Central-Eastern Zone
being that area of State waters on the east coast of Tasmania bounded in the north by an imaginary straight line running north-east from a point at lat 42°10'19"S long 148°18'03"E 18'E to lat 42°09'51"S long 148°18'56"E, then running straight due east to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the south by an imaginary straight line running due east from a point at lat 42°46'02"S long 147°52'50"E to the outer limit of State waters; and
South-Eastern Zone
being that area of State waters on the south-eastern coast of Tasmania bounded in the north by an imaginary straight line running due east from a point at lat 42°46'02"S long 147°52'50"E to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the south by an imaginary straight line running due south from Whale Head near South East Cape to the outer limit of State waters; and
Western Zone
being that area of State waters on the west coast of Tasmania bounded in the south by an imaginary straight line running due south from Whale Head near South East Cape to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the north by an imaginary straight line running due west from Bluff Point to the outer limit of State waters.
View the sub-block map at LISTmap where you can zoom in to see the boundary details.
Alternatively, the Department sub-block map with zone borders can be viewed and downloaded below.
Commercial Dive Fishing Sub-blocks and Zones