Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 Determination No. MITF TAC D3 Total Allowable Catch Determination 2008/2009 Season (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

MACQUARIE ISLAND TOOTHFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2006

DETERMINATION No. MITF TAC D3

TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION – 2008/2009 SEASON

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following Determination under section 11 of the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006.

Dated              23 June 2008

PETER WITHERIDGE

        Common seal of the

          Australian Fisheries

             Management Authority

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

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Citation

1.       This Determination may be cited as the 2008/2009 MITF TAC D3.

Commencement

2.   This Determination commences on the day after it’s registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Application

3.   This Direction applies to the holder of a fishing concession in the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder of that fishing concession.

Interpretation

4.   A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that Plan.

Determination of total allowable catch

5.   The total allowable catches for the season in the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery which commences on 1 July 2008 and which will end on 30 June 2009 are:

Target species: Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

Aurora Trough                       390 tonnes

Macquarie Ridge                   150 tonnes (with a trigger TAC of 198 tonnes*)

* the 198 tonnes is triggered if catch rates reach a threshold of an average catch rate of 10 tonnes/km2 over 3 consecutive fishing days and revert back to 150 tonnes if catch rates were to fall below this rate, or, if more than 150 tonnes had been taken, the Macquarie Ridge would be closed.

Bycatch Species

200 tonnes for all bycatch species combined with a 50 tonnes limit on any one species.