Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery) Overcatch and Undercatch Determination 2018 (Cth)

Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery) Overcatch and Undercatch Determination 2018

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following kind of instrument.

Dated   16 March 2018           

Made in accordance with a decision made by the Commissioners under s23 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, this instrument is accepted on behalf of the Commission by

Andrew Pearson

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Contents

1 Name......................................................................................................................................... 1

2 Commencement......................................................................................................................... 1

3 Cessation................................................................................................................................... 1

4 Authority................................................................................................................................... 1

5 Definitions................................................................................................................................. 1

6 Determination of overcatch and undercatch............................................................................... 2

1 Name

This Determination may be cited as the Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery) Overcatch and Undercatch Determination 2018.

2 Commencement

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

3 Cessation

This instrument is repealed on 1 May 2019 unless earlier revoked. 

4 Authority

This instrument is made pursuant to paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 22, 22A and 23 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

5 Definitions

Note:          A term used in this instrument that is defined for the purposes of the:

(a)   Fisheries Management Act 1991 has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that Act

(b)     Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that Plan.

In this instrument:

East and West in the table in clause 6, in relation to the species ‘Deepwater shark’ mean:

(a)   East – the Gemfish eastern zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(b)     West – the Gemfish western zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 2 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

Cascade Plateau and Other in the table in clause 6, in relation to the species ‘Smooth oreo dory’ mean:

(a)    Cascade Plateau – the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of the fishery, as defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(b)   Other – areas of the fishery outside the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of the fishery, as defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

6 Determination of overcatch and undercatch

For the purposes of section 24 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003, the ‘determined amount’ and ‘determined percentages’ for each quota species for the fishery for the 2018 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2018 and ending on 30 April 2019 are:

Quota Species	Determined Percentage (Overcatch – s22 and s22A)	Determined Percentage (Undercatch – s23)	Determined Amount (s22A) (kg)
Alfonsino	10	10	2,000
Bight redfish	10	10	2,000
Blue eye trevalla	10	10	2,000
Blue grenadier	10	10	2,000
Blue warehou	None	None	2,000
Deepwater flathead	10	10	2,000
Deepwater shark basket – East	10	10	2,000
Deepwater shark basket - West	10	10	2,000
Elephant fish	10	10	2,000
Flathead	10	10	2,000
Gemfish (eastern)	None	None	2,000
Gemfish (western)	10	10	2,000
Gummy shark	10	10	2,000
Jackass morwong	10	10	2,000
John dory	10	10	2,000
Mirror dory	10	10	2,000
Ocean perch	10	10	2,000
Orange roughy (GAB Albany and Esperance zones)	None	None	2,000
Orange roughy (Cascade Plateau)	10	10	2,000
Orange roughy (eastern)	10	100	2,000
Orange roughy (southern)	None	None	2,000
Orange roughy (western)	None	None	2,000
Oreo, basket	10	10	2,000
Pink ling	10	10	2,000
Redfish	None	None	2,000
Ribaldo	10	10	2,000
Royal red prawn	10	10	2,000
Saw shark	10	10	2,000
School shark	None	None	2,000
School whiting	10	10	2,000
Silver trevally	10	10	2,000
Silver warehou	10	10	2,000
Smooth oreo dory – Cascade Plateau	10	10	2,000
Smooth oreo dory – Other	10	10	2,000