Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2019 (Cth)

Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2019

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination in accordance with a decision made by the Commissioners under section 23 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991. 

Dated   13 March 2019

Andrew Pearson

Executive Secretary

for and on behalf of the Commission of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority

1  Name

This instrument is the Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2019.

2  Commencement

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

3  Authority

This instrument is made pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Act for the purpose of subsection 17(1) of the Management Plan.

4  Definitions

(1)  In this instrument:

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Management Plan means the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009. 

(2)  A term used in this instrument that is defined for the purposes of the Plan has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that Plan.

Note:          Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meaning in this instrument (see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003). 

5  Determination of total allowable catch

(1)  For a species of fish specified in an item in column 1 of the table within the sub-area of fishery specified in column 2 of the table the total allowable catch, in tonnes, for that species in that sub-area is determined in column 3. 

Item	Column 1 Species of fish	Column 2 Sub-area of the fishery	Column 3 Total allowance catch
1	Blue mackerel	Eastern	11,970 tonnes
2	Blue mackerel	Western	3,240 tonnes
3	Jack mackerel	Eastern	18,730 tonnes
4	Jack mackerel	Western	4,200 tonnes
5	Redbait	Eastern	3,150 tonnes
6	Redbait	Western	6,680 tonnes
7	Australian sardine	Australian sardine	9,050 tonnes

(2)  The total allowable catch determined in column 3 of the table is the total allowable catch of whole weight of fish listed in column 1.