Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Total Allowable Commercial Catch (2011 Fishing Season) Determination (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

EASTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY

MANAGEMENT PLAN 2010

EASTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY

TOTAL ALLOWABLE COMMERCIAL CATCH (2011 Fishing Season)

DETERMINATION

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination under section 3.2 of Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.

Dated: 7 November 2011

The Common Seal of the Australian

Fisheries Management Authority

was affixed in accordance with a

   resolution of the Commission

Citation

1.    This Determination may be cited as the ETBF TACC Determination 2011.

Commencement

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

Interpretation

3.   A term used in this Determination has the meaning given to it in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.

Determination of Total Allowable Catch

4.    The Total Allowable Commercial Catches for quota species in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery for the fishing season commencing on 1 March 2011 are:

Quota species	Total Allowable Commercial Catch
Albacore Tuna	2500 tonnes	Whole weight
Bigeye Tuna	1056 tonnes	Whole weight
Broadbill Swordfish	1550 tonnes	Whole weight
Striped Marlin	390 tonnes	Whole weight
Yellowfin Tuna	2200 tonnes	Whole weight

Note:  Under a determination made under s1.3 of the Plan, the fishing season in the ETBF is the period starting on 1 March in a year and ending at the end of the last day of February in the following year.