Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012 (Cth)

Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012

Fisheries Management Act 1991

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY determines this amendment of the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 under section 20 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated       4 December 2012

The Common Seal of the Australian

Fisheries Management Authority was

affixed in accordance with a resolution

of the Commission

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Accepted on 13 December 2012

The Hon. Joe Ludwig

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1. Name of Management Plan Amendment

This Management Plan Amendment is the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012.

1. Commencement

This Management Plan Amendment commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

1. Amendment of Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006

Schedule 1 amends the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]       Section 3, definition of fishing year

Substitute

fishing year means the period determined by AFMA.

[2]       Section 3

Insert

MAC means the Management Advisory Committee established under section 54 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.

[3]       Section 3

Insert

RAG means the Resource Assessment Group established by AFMA to provide advice in relation to the research needs, stock status, environment and economics of Southern Ocean fisheries.

[4]       Section 3, definition of SARAG

Omit

[5]       Section 3, definition of SouthMAC

Omit

[6]       Section 6, paragraph (d)

Omit

SARAG and SouthMAC

substitute

the RAG and the MAC

[7]       Section 6, paragraph (j)

Omit

[8]       Section 7, paragraph (1)(j)

Omit

[9]       Section 7, subsection (2)

Omit

SouthMAC

substitute

the MAC

[10]     Section 7, subsection (4)

Omit

SouthMAC

substitute

the MAC

[11]     Section 8, subsection (1)

Omit

implement a bycatch action plan to

[12]     Section 8, subsection (2)

Omit

The bycatch action plan

substitute

AFMA

[13]     Section 8, subsection (3)

Omit

[14]     Section 9, paragraph (3)(a)

Omit

SouthMAC, SARAG

substitute

the MAC, the RAG

[15]     Section 11, paragraph (3)(b)

Omit, substitute

(b)        must consult, and consider the views of, the MAC and the RAG.

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