Small Pelagic Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2015 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 17(6)(aa)
Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009
Section 17

SMALL PELAGIC FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH (QUOTA SPECIES) DETERMINATION 2015

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

Dated:    30 April 2015

Signed in accordance with a
resolution of the Commission

Andrew Pearson
Executive Secretary
Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1.   This Determination may be cited as the Small Pelagic Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2015.

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 This Determination ceases as if it was revoked on 1 May 2016 unless earlier revoked. 

Interpretation

4.  A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that Plan.

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

Determination of total allowable catch

5.   The total allowable catch for each quota species in the fishery for the 2015 fishing season commencing on 1 May 2015 and ending on 30 April 2016 is:

Quota Species	Sub-Area	Total Allowable Catch
Blue Mackerel	Eastern	2,630 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Mackerel	Western	6,200 tonnes	Whole weight
Jack Mackerel	Eastern	18,670 tonnes	Whole weight
Jack Mackerel	Western	3,600 tonnes	Whole weight
Redbait	Eastern	3,310 tonnes	Whole weight
Redbait	Western	2,880 tonnes	Whole weight
Australian Sardine	Australian Sardine	1,880 tonnes	Whole weight