Determination No. HIMIF TAC D5 Total Allowable Catch Determination 2006/2007 Season (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

HEARD ISLAND AND McDONALD ISLANDS FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002

DETERMINATION No. HIMIF TAC D5

TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION – 2006/2007 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              28 November 2006

        Executive Secretary

        Common seal of the

        Australian Fisheries

Peter Witheridge                       Management Authority

Citation

1.       This Determination may be cited as the 2006/2007 HIMIF TAC D5.

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 2006 and which will end on 30 November 2007 are:

Target species:

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)    2,427 tonnes

Mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari)            42 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)