Rule 3
Shark refuge area | Description of area | 1. | Blackman Bay | The waters within the area bounded | (a) in the west by the western entrance of the Denison Canal; and | (b) in the east by an imaginary straight line from the southern extreme of Long Spit due east to the opposite shore of Little Chinaman Bay | 2. | D'Entrecasteaux Channel | The waters within the area bounded | (a) in the south by an imaginary straight line from Scott Point (situated at the entrance of Port Esperance) to the northern point of Partridge Island and line of longitude 147º 5' 54" East between the southernmost point of Partridge Island and Labillardiere Peninsula on Bruny Island; and | (b) in the north by an imaginary straight line from Dennes Point on Bruny Island to Piersons Point situated on the western shore of the River Derwent | 3. | East Coast waters | The waters within 3 nautical miles of any part of the east coast of the State between Seaford Point and an imaginary straight line from Cape Bougainville to Cape Boullanger on Maria Island | 4. | Frederick Henry Bay and Norfolk Bay | The waters within | (a) an imaginary straight line between North West Head and Cape Contrariety; and | (b) Pitt Water and Pipe Clay Lagoon | apart from the waters in Eaglehawk Bay bounded in the west by an imaginary straight line from Sympathy Point to Heather Point | 5. | Georges Bay | The waters enclosed west of an imaginary straight line between Grants Point and St Helens Point | 6. | Great Oyster Bay | The waters enclosed north of an imaginary straight line from Weatherhead Point on Freycinet Peninsula to Seaford Point | 7. | Mercury Passage | The waters bounded in the north by an imaginary straight line from Cape Bougainville to Cape Boullanger and in the south by an imaginary straight line from Cape Peron to Cape Bernier | 8. | Pitt Water | The waters upstream of an imaginary straight line from Sandy Point to Tiger Head | 9. | Port Sorell | The waters upstream of an imaginary straight line from Griffiths Point in the east to Taroona Point in the west at the southern extremity of Hawley Beach | 10. | River Derwent | The waters upstream of an imaginary straight line from Dennes Point to Cape Direction | 11. | River Tamar | The waters upstream of an imaginary straight line from Low Head to West Head |