Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019 (Qld)

Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019

1   Short title

This declaration may be cited as the Fisheries Quota Declaration 2019.

2   Commencement

This declaration commences on 28 May 2019.

3   Application of declaration

(1)This declaration declares total quota entitlements for particular fisheries, or particular parts of a fishery, for section 37 of the Act.

(2)Unless this declaration provides otherwise, terms used in it have the meaning given under the Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019.

(3)Subsection (2) is not limited to a term defined under the Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 but also applies to a provision of the regulation that aids the interpretation of a term mentioned in the regulation.

Note—

See, for example, section 11 of that regulation in relation to references to quota authorities by name.

4   Total quota entitlements

(1)The total quota entitlement for a commercial fishery, or a part of a commercial fishery, mentioned in schedule 1 for fish mentioned in column 1 of the schedule is the amount stated opposite the fish in column 2.

(2)The total quota entitlement applies to—

(a)for fish taken in the commercial trawl fishery (fin fish)—each calendar year; or

(b)for fish taken in another commercial fishery or a part of another commercial fishery—each quota year, as defined in the Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019, section 107, for the quota authority authorising the taking of the fish in the fishery or the part of the fishery.

(3)A reference to a part of a commercial fishery in schedule 1 by name is a reference to the part of the fishery of that name described in a fishery provision about the fishery.

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Schedule 1 Total quota entitlements

section 4

Part 1    Commercial net fisheries

East coast inshore management region 5
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
grey mackerel	20,393kg
school mackerel	69,085kg
whiting	162,000kg

Part 2    Commercial crab fisheries

Division 1 Commercial crab fishery

Blue swimmer crab management region
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
blue swimmer crab	263,000kg
Mud crab east coast management region
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
mud crab	770,000kg
Mud crab Gulf of Carpentaria management region
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
mud crab	108,000kg

Division 2 Commercial spanner crab fishery (managed area A)

Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
spanner crab	797t

Part 3    Commercial hand-harvest fisheries

Sea cucumber fishery (east coast)
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
black teatfish	29,988kg
white teatfish	53,001kg
other sea cucumber	307,999kg
Coral fishery
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
specialty coral	50,570kg
select coral—
•  Acanthophyllia deshayesiana	600kg
•  Cycloseris cyclolites	600kg
•  Euphyllia glabrescens	926kg
•  Fimbriaphyllia ancora	1,863kg
•  Homophyllia cf. australis	1,065kg
•  Micromussa lordhowensis	3,715kg
•  Trachyphyllia geoffroyi	701kg
other coral	140,012kg
Shell grit fishery
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
shell grit	200,000kg
Trochus fishery (east coast)
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
trochus	190,000kg
Commercial crayfish and rocklobster fishery
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
red champagne lobster and tropical rocklobster	195,000kg

Part 4    Other commercial fisheries

Spanish mackerel fishery
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
spanish mackerel	165t
Reef line fishery
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
regulated coral trout	912t
redthroat emperor	558t
other regulated coral reef fin fish	955.597t
Commercial trawl fishery (fin fish)
Column 1—fish	Column 2—amount
goatfish	100t
prescribed whiting	1,393t
yellowtail scad	100t