Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2014 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsection 17(6)(aa)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002

Section 11

HEARD ISLAND AND McDONALD ISLANDS FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION 2014

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 11 of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002.

Dated:  13 November 2014

Signed in accordance with a

resolution of the Commission

Ryan Murphy

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1.   This Determination may be cited as the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2014.

Commencement

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

Cessation

1. This Determination ceases as if it was revoked on 30 November 2015 unless earlier revoked. 

Interpretation

4.   Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002 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 catch

5.   The total allowable catch for target species and catch limits for other species in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery for the 2014/2015 fishing year commencing on 1 December 2014 and ending on 30 November 2015 are:

Target species:

Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)    4,410 tonnes

Mackerel Icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari)        309 tonnes

Other Species:

Rat Tails or Grenadiers (Macrourus spp.)                360 tonnes

Unicorn Icefish (Channichthys rhinoceratus)           150 tonnes

Skates and Rays (Bathyraja spp.)     120 tonnes

Grey Rockcod (Lepidonotothen squamifrons)            80 tonnes

All other species       50 tonnes (for each species)