Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2018 (Cth)

Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2018

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following Determination

Dated               10 July 2018   

Made in accordance with a decision made by the Commissioners under section 23 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, this instrument is accepted on behalf of the Commission by

Andrew Pearson

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

1 Name

This Determination may be cited as the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2018.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Cessation

This Determination is repealed on 1 January 2019. 

4 Authority

This instrument is made pursuant to paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 27 of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Plan).

5 Definitions

Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Plan have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in the Plan.

Note:          Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination

6 Determination of Total Allowable Catch

The total allowable catch for each species in the 2018 fishing year ending on 1 January 2019 in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery are:

Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus): 3876 tonnes (whole weight).

Doughboy scallop (Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimus): 100 tonnes (whole weight).