Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Total Allowable Commercial Catch and Undercatch/Overcatch Determination 2015 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 17(6)(aa)
Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010
Subsection 3.2(1)

EASTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE COMMERCIAL CATCH AND UNDERCATCH/OVERCATCH DETERMINATION 2015

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:  15   January 2015

Signed in accordance with a
resolution of the Commission

Andrew Pearson
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 2015.

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 2016 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 (‘the Plan’) 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 2015 and ending on 29 February 2016 is:

Quota species	Total Allowable Commercial Catch
Albacore Tuna	2500 tonnes	Whole weight
Bigeye Tuna	1056 tonnes	Whole weight
Broadbill Swordfish	1381 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 2015 and ending on 29 February 2016 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