Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Total Allowable Commercial Catch and Undercatch/Overcatch Determination 2018 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Paragraph 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 2018

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to paragraph 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: 8 January 2018

In accordance with a decision taken to have been made without a meeting of the Commissioners under s25 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, this instrument is accepted on behalf of the Commission by:

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 2018.

Commencement

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

Cessation

1. This Determination ceases as if revoked on 1 January 2019 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 2018 and ending on 31 December 2018 is:

Quota species	Total Allowable Commercial Catch
Albacore Tuna	2,351 tonnes	Whole weight
Bigeye Tuna	957 tonnes	Whole weight
Broadbill Swordfish	960 tonnes	Whole weight
Striped Marlin	311 tonnes	Whole weight
Yellowfin Tuna	2,054 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 2018 and ending on 31 December 2018 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