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

Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch – 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....................................................................................... 2

1 Name

This instrument is the Fisheries Management (Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch – 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This instrument is repealed on 1 May 2019 unless earlier revoked. 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 11 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 total allowable catch

The total allowable catch for each quota species in the fishery for the 2018 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2018 and ending on 30 April 2019 is:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	1,017 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight redfish	800 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue eye trevalla	462 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue grenadier	8,810 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue warehou	118 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater flathead	1,128 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater shark basket - East	23 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater shark basket - West	264 tonnes	Trunked weight
Elephant fish	114 tonnes	Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed
Flathead	2,507 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish (eastern)	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish (western)	200 tonnes	Whole weight
Gummy shark	1,763 tonnes	Trunked weight
Jackass morwong	505 tonnes	Whole weight
John dory	263 tonnes	Whole weight
Mirror dory	253 tonnes	Whole weight
Ocean perch	241 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange roughy (GAB Albany & Esperance)	50 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange roughy (Cascade Plateau)	500 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange roughy (eastern)	698 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange roughy (southern)	84 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange roughy (western)	60 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, basket	185 tonnes	Whole weight
Pink ling	1117 tonnes	Whole weight
Redfish	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Ribaldo	430 tonnes	Whole weight
Royal red prawn	381 tonnes	Whole weight
Saw shark	430 tonnes	Trunked weight
School shark	215 tonnes	Trunked weight
School whiting	820 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver trevally	307 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver warehou	600 tonnes	Whole weight
Smooth oreo dory – Cascade Plateau	150 tonnes	Whole weight
Smooth oreo dory – Other	90 tonnes	Whole weight