Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction Variation No. 1 2011 (Cth)

DIRECTION NOT TO ENGAGE IN FISHING

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsections 41A(3)

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY (Closures) DIRECTION VARIATION NO. 1 2011

I, JAMES FINDLAY, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as delegate under delegation No. 1 of 2011 made on 28 January 2011 from the Commission, vary, under sub-section 41A(3) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991, the  Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 5 2010.

Dated:      25 October 2011

James Findlay

Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1. This Direction variation may be cited as Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction Variation No. 1 2011. 

Commencement

1. This Direction variation commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Variation of Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 5 2010

3.  The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Closures) Direction No. 5 2010, dated 2 December 2010, is varied as follows:

Subclause 6(2)(a)

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(2)        For the purposes only of undertaking an assessment of Snapper catch and discard levels for AFMA, the holder may take on a trip in excess of 50 kg of Snapper provided:

a.   Fishing only take place prior to the assessment being terminated on:

i.30^th April 2012; or

ii.the taking of an aggregated amount of 20 tons of Snapper under the assessment prior to 30th April 2011; or

iii.the taking of an aggregated amount of 20 tons of Snapper under the assessment after 1^st May 2011 and prior to 30^th April 2012;

with AFMA to notify holders in writing of such terminating event.

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(2)        For the purposes only of undertaking an assessment of Snapper catch and discard levels for AFMA, the holder may take on a trip in excess of 50 kg of Snapper provided:

b.   Fishing only take place prior to the assessment being terminated on:

i.30^th April 2012; or

ii.the taking of an aggregated amount of 20 tons of Snapper under the assessment prior to 30th April 2011; or

iii.the taking of an aggregated amount of 27 tons of Snapper under the assessment after 1^st May 2011 and prior to 30^th April 2012;

with AFMA to notify holders in writing of such terminating event.