Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2016 (Cth)
DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 17(6)(aa)
Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006
Section 11
MACQUARIE ISLAND TOOTHFISH FISHERY
TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION 2016
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 Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006.
Dated: 11 March 2016
Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Commission
Andrew Pearson
Executive Secretary
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Citation
This Determination may be cited as the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2016.
Commencement
This Determination commences the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Cessation
This Determination is repealed on 15 April 2018 unless earlier revoked.
Revocation
4. The Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2015 (F2015L00328) is revoked from 15 April 2016.
Interpretation
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.
Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.
Determination of total allowable catch
The total allowable catch for Patagonian Toothfish and catch limits for other species in the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery for the 2016/2017 fishing year, commencing on 15 April 2016 and ending on 14 April 2017, and the 2017/18 fishing year, commencing on 15 April 2017 and ending on 14 April 2018 are:
Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) 450 tonnes for each fishing year
Other Species:
Singular catch limit for any one other species 50 tonnes for each fishing year
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