Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Total Allowable Commercial Catch and Undercatch/Overcatch Determination 2014 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsection 17(6)(aa)

Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010

Subsections 3.2(1) and 3.2(2)

EASTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE COMMERCIAL CATCH AND UNDERCATCH/OVERCATCH DETERMINATION 2014

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under subsections 3.2(1) and 3.2(2) of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.

Dated:   28 January 2014

The Common Seal of the Australian

Fisheries Management Authority

was affixed in accordance with a

resolution of the Commission

Ryan Murphy

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1.   This Determination may be cited as the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Total Allowable Commercial Catch and Undercatch/Overcatch Determination 2014.

Commencement

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

Cessation

1. This Determination ceases as if revoked on 1 March 2015 unless earlier revoked. 

Interpretation

4.   Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010 have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in that Plan.

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

Determination of total allowable commercial catch

5.   The total allowable commercial catch for quota species for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery fishing season commencing on 1 March 2014 and ending on 28 February 2015 is:

Quota species	Total Allowable Commercial Catch
Albacore Tuna	2500 tonnes	Whole weight
Bigeye Tuna	1056 tonnes	Whole weight
Broadbill Swordfish	1378 tonnes	Whole weight
Striped Marlin	351 tonnes	Whole weight
Yellowfin Tuna	2200 tonnes	Whole weight

Determination of overcatch and undercatch

6.   The determined percentage and determined weight, for section 4.5 of the Plan (Obligations relating to overcatch), and the determined percentage for section 4.6 of the Plan (Obligations relating to undercatch) for each quota species for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery fishing season commencing on 1 March 2014 and ending on 28 February 2015 are:

Quota Species	Determined Percentage (Overcatch – s4.5)	Determined Percentage (Undercatch – s4.6)	Determined weight (s4.5)
Albacore Tuna	10%	10%	2,000 Kg
Bigeye Tuna	10%	10%	2,000 Kg
Broadbill Swordfish	10%	10%	2,000 Kg
Striped Marlin	10%	10%	2,000 Kg
Yellowfin Tuna	10%	10%	2,000 Kg

Revocation of previous Determinations

7.   This Determination revokes the following Determinations with effect from the commencement of this Determination:

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

• Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Overcatch and Undercatch (2011 Fishing Season) Determination.