Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (quota species) Total Allowable Catch (2010 Fishing Year) Determination (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT

1991

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY

MANAGEMENT PLAN 2003

2010 SESSF TAC D1

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

(2010 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   29   March 2010

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 2010 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 in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery for the 2010 Fishing Year (1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011) are:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	500 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight Redfish	1,653 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Eye Trevalla	428 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Grenadier	4,700 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Warehou	183 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Flathead	1,100 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - East	85 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - West	95 tonnes	Trunked weight
Elephant Fish	65 tonnes	Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed
Flathead	2,750 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish Eastern	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish Western	109 tonnes	Whole weight
Gummy Shark	1,717 tonnes	Trunked weight
Jackass Morwong	450 tonnes	Whole weight
John Dory	221 tonnes	Whole weight
Mirror Dory	718 tonnes	Whole weight
Ocean Perch	300 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	150 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Smooth - Other	45 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Basket	188 tonnes	Whole weight
Pink Ling	1200 tonnes	Whole weight
Redfish	551 tonnes	Whole weight
Ribaldo	131 tonnes	Whole weight
Royal Red Prawn	400 tonnes	Whole weight
Saw Shark	255 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Shark	216 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Whiting	844 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Trevally	360 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Warehou	2,566 tonnes	Whole weight