Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Overcatch and Undercatch) Determination 2019 (Cth)

Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Overcatch and Undercatch) 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   22 March 2019

Andrew Pearson

Executive Secretary
for and on behalf of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority

1  Name

This instrument is the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Overcatch and Undercatch) Determination 2019.

2  Commencement

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

3  Revocation

This instrument is revoked on 1 May 2020. 

4  Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act for the purpose of section 24 of the Plan.

5  Definitions

(1)  In this instrument:

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

‘Cascade Plateau’ and ‘Other’ in the table in section 6, in relation to the species ‘Smooth oreo dory’ mean:

(i)  Cascade Plateau – the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of the fishery, as defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(ii)  Other – areas of the fishery outside the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of the fishery, as defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

‘East’ and ‘West’ in the table in section 6, in relation to the species ‘Deepwater shark’ mean:

(i)  East – the Gemfish eastern zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(ii)  West – the Gemfish western zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 2 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

Management Plan means the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management 2003. 

(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 the Plan.

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

6  Determination of overcatch and undercatch

For the purposes of section 24 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003, the ‘determined amount’ and ‘determined percentages’ for each quota species for the fishery for the 2019 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2019 and ending on 30 April 2020 are:

Quota Species	Determined Percentage (Overcatch – s22 and s22A)	Determined Percentage (Undercatch – s23)	Determined Amount (s22A) (kg)
Alfonsino	10	10	2,000
Bight redfish	10	10	2,000
Blue eye trevalla	10	10	2,000
Blue grenadier	10	10	2,000
Blue warehou	None	None	2,000
Deepwater flathead	10	10	2,000
Deepwater shark basket – East	10	10	2,000
Deepwater shark basket - West	10	10	2,000
Elephant fish	10	10	2,000
Flathead	10	10	2,000
Gemfish (eastern)	None	None	2,000
Gemfish (western)	10	10	2,000
Gummy shark	10	10	2,000
Jackass morwong	10	10	2,000
John dory	10	10	2,000
Mirror dory	10	10	2,000
Ocean perch	10	10	2,000
Orange roughy (GAB Albany and Esperance zones)	None	None	2,000
Orange roughy (Cascade Plateau)	10	10	2,000
Orange roughy (eastern)	10	100	2,000
Orange roughy (southern)	None	None	2,000
Orange roughy (western)	None	None	2,000
Oreo, basket	10	10	2,000
Pink ling	10	10	2,000
Redfish	None	None	2,000
Ribaldo	10	10	2,000
Royal red prawn	10	10	2,000
Saw shark	10	10	2,000
School shark	None	None	2,000
School whiting	10	10	2,000
Silver trevally	10	10	2,000
Silver warehou	10	10	2,000
Smooth oreo dory – Cascade Plateau	10	10	2,000
Smooth oreo dory – Other	10	10	2,000