Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch – Non-Quota Species) Fishing Capacity Determination 2018 (Cth)

Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch – Non-Quota Species) Fishing Capacity 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 total allowable catch....................................................................................... 1

1 Name

This Determination may be cited as the Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch – Non-Quota Species) Fishing Capacity 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This instrument is repealed on 1 May 2019 unless earlier revoked. 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 15 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.

6 Determination of total allowable catch

The total allowable catch for non-quota species in the East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector of the fishery for the 2018 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2018 and ending on 30 April 2019 is:

Non-quota species	Total Allowable Catch
Boarfish	200 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange roughy	50 tonnes	Whole weight