Determination No. Himif TAC D4 Total Allowable Catch Determination 2005/2006 Season (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

HEARD ISLAND AND McDONALD ISLANDS FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002

DETERMINATION No. HIMIF TAC D4

TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION – 2005/2006 SEASON

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following Determination under section 11 of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002.

  Dated 25 November 2005

PETER WITHERIDGE

        Common seal of the

                             Australian Fisheries

          Management Authority

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

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Citation

1.       This Determination may be cited as the 2005/2006 HIMI TAC D4.

Commencement

2.       This Determination commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Interpretation

3.       A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that plan.

Determination of total allowable catch

4.  The total allowable catches for the season in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery which commences on 1 December 2005 and which will end on 30 November 2006 are:

Target species:

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)        2,584 tonnes

Mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari)          1,210 tonnes

Bycatch Species:

Macrourus spp     360 tonnes

Unicorn icefish (Channichthys rhinoceratus)   150 tonnes

Skates and Rays (Bathyraja spp.)     120 tonnes

Grey rockcod (Lepidonotothen squamifrons)               80 tonnes

All other species       50 tonnes (for each species)