Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (quota species) Total Allowable Catch (2009 Fishing Year) Determination (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT

1991

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY

MANAGEMENT PLAN 2003

2009 SESSF TAC D1

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

(2009 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 25 March 2009

The Common Seal of the Australian

Fisheries Management Authority

was affixed in accordance with a

resolution of the Commission

Peter Witheridge

Citation

1. This Determination may be cited as 2009 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 2009 Fishing Year (1 May 2009 to 30 April 2010) are:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	500 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight Redfish	2000 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Eye Trevalla	560 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Grenadier	4,700 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Warehou	183 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Flathead	1,300 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - East	75 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - West	63 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	125 tonnes	Whole weight
Gummy Shark	1,717 tonnes	Trunked weight
Jackass Morwong	450 tonnes	Whole weight
John Dory	190 tonnes	Whole weight
Mirror Dory	718 tonnes	Whole weight
Ocean Perch	400 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy – Albany & Esperance	50 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Cascade	500 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Eastern	25 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Southern	35 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy Western	60 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Smooth - Cascade	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Smooth - Other	30 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Basket	188 tonnes	Whole weight
Pink Ling	800 tonnes	Whole weight
Redfish	678 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	1125 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Trevally	360 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Warehou	3,000 tonnes	Whole weight