Small Pelagic Fishery Fishing Method Determination 2017 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING METHOD

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsection 17(6)(e)

Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009

Subsection 27(1)

SMALL PELAGIC FISHERY

FISHING METHOD DETERMINATION 2017

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to subsection 17(6)(e) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under subsection 27(1) of the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009.

Dated:     9      May 2017

Made in accordance with a decision made at a meeting of the Commissioners under s23 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 Small Pelagic Fishery Fishing Method Determination 2017.

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 were revoked on 31 October 2018 unless earlier revoked. 

Interpretation

4.   Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009 have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in that Plan.

‘Pair Trawling’ means fishing using two vessels hauling a trawl net between them.

Notes:             1.    Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.

To whom this Determination applies

5.    This Determination applies to the holder of a statutory fishing right in the Small Pelagic Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder.

Determination of fishing method

6.   For the period commencing on the day after this Determination is registered and ending on 31 October 2018, the fishing method known as pair trawling may be used by persons, otherwise authorised, to fish in the Small Pelagic Fishery.