Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2017 (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 2017

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY pursuant to a resolution of the Commission performing and exercising the domestic fisheries management functions and powers of the Authority, makes the following Determination in accordance with 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: 27 November 2017

Made in accordance with a decision made by the Commissioners under section 23 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, this instrument is accepted on behalf of the Commission by:

Andrew Pearson

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 2017.

Commencement

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

Cessation

1. This Determination is repealed on 1 December 2018 unless earlier revoked. 

Revocation

4.    The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2016 (F2016L01788) is revoked from 1 December 2017.

Interpretation

5.   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

6.   The total allowable catch for target species and catch limits for other species in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery for the 2017/2018 fishing year commencing on 1 December 2017 and ending on 30 November 2018 are:

Target species:

Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)    3,525 tonnes

Mackerel Icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari)        526 tonnes

Other Species:

Macrourus Caml and M. whitsoni        409 tonnes

M. halotrachys and M. carinatus   360 tonnes

Unicorn Icefish (Channichthys rhinoceratus)           1,663 tonnes

Skates and Rays (Bathyraja spp.)     120 tonnes

Grey Rockcod (Lepidonotothen squamifrons)            80 tonnes

All other species       50 tonnes (for each species)

Note: this Determination which sets catch limits for the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery (HIMI) Fishery is additional to the Determination which sets trawl fishing capacity for the HIMI Fishery.