Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (quota species) Total Allowable Catch (2008 Fishing Year) Determination (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT

1991

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY

MANAGEMENT PLAN 2003

2008 SESSF TAC D1

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY (quota species) TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH

(2008 Fishing Year) DETERMINATION

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination under section 11 of Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

Dated this 19 March 2008

The Common seal of the Australian

Fisheries Management Authority

was affixed in accordance with a

resolution of the Board

Peter Witheridge

Citation

1. This Determination may be cited as 2008 SESSF TAC D1.

Commencement

2. This Determination commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Interpretation

1. (a)        In this determination, the terms ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the table in clause 4, in relation to the species ‘Deepwater shark’ mean:

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

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

(b)        Otherwise, a term used in this Determination:

(i)   Takes the meaning given to it in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003; or

(ii)  If no meaning is given to the term in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003, takes the meaning given to that term under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Determination of total allowable catch

4. The Total Allowable Catches for quota species under all quota Statutory Fishing Rights in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery for the 2008 Fishing Year (1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009) are:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	500 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight Redfish	2,000 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Eye Trevalla	560 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Grenadier	4,368 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Warehou	365 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Flathead	1,400 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - East	50 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - West	50 tonnes	Trunked weight
Elephant Fish	94 tonnes	Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed
Flathead	2,850 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish Eastern	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish Western	167 tonnes	Whole weight
Gummy Shark	1,800 tonnes	Trunked weight
Jackass Morwong	560 tonnes	Whole weight
John Dory	190 tonnes	Whole weight
Mirror Dory	634 tonnes	Whole weight
Ocean Perch	500 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Cascade	700 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Eastern	25 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Southern	25 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Western	50 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy GAB Esperance Zone	25 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Smooth - Cascade	80 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Smooth - Other	40 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Basket	150 tonnes	Whole weight
Pink Ling	1,080 tonnes	Whole weight
Redfish	850 tonnes	Whole weight
Ribaldo	165 tonnes	Whole weight
Royal Red Prawn	400 tonnes	Whole weight
Saw Shark	312 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Shark	240 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Whiting	750 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Trevally	296 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Warehou	3,227 tonnes	Whole weight