Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination (No. 2) 2015 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 17(6)(aa)
Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002
Section 28

BASS STRAIT CENTRAL ZONE SCALLOP FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION (No 2) 2015

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY pursuant to a resolution of the Commission performing and exercising the domestic fisheries management functions and powers of the Authority, makes the following Determination in accordance with subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 28 of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.

Dated:    12 November 2015

Made in accordance with a decision taken to have been made at a meeting of the Commissioners under s25 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, this instrument is accepted on behalf of the Commission by:

Andrew Pearson
Executive Secretary to the Commission
Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1.   This Determination may be cited as the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination (No 2) 2015.

Commencement

2.   This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Cessation

1. This Determination is repealed on 31 December 2015 unless earlier revoked.

Interpretation

4.   Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002 (the Plan) have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in the Plan.

Notes:   1.      Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.

Determination of Total Allowable Catch

5.   The total allowable catch for each species in the 2015 fishing year in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery are:

Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus):   2500 tonnes (whole weight)

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

Revocation of previous Determination

6.   This Determination revokes the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2015 with effect from the commencement of this Determination.