Parker Point Protected Area, Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) (Western Australia)

A statutory no-fishing area at Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) covering the reef and bays around Parker Point on the south-east side of Rottnest Island, a marked snorkel trail area. Clause 3(1) of the Prohibition on Fishing (Rottnest Island) Order 2007 (Order No. 4 of 2007, made under s.43 of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994) provides that a person must not fish by any means in a protected area, and the five protected areas are those in Schedules 1 to 5 of the order. Schedule 4 carries no permitted area or means at all, so the closure to all fishing is absolute. Spearfishing is therefore prohibited throughout this area. This is a stricter rule than the island-wide one: the order separately bans the use of a pointed instrument in the inshore band described in Schedule 8, but here all fishing is banned.