Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (quota species) Total Allowable Catch (2011 Fishing Year) Determination (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY

MANAGEMENT PLAN 2003

Section 11

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

(2011 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  30  March 2011

The Common Seal of the Australian

Fisheries Management Authority

was affixed in accordance with a

resolution of the Commission

Ryan Murphy

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1. This Determination may be cited as the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (quota species) Total Allowable Catch (2011 Fishing Year) Determination.

Commencement

2. This Determination commences on the day after it is registered 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 section 1 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 section 2 of Schedule 1 to the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(b)  Otherwise, a term used in this Determination takes the meaning given to it in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

Determination of total allowable catch

4. The Total Allowable Catch for quota species in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery for the 2011 Fishing Year (1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012) are:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	750 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight Redfish	1,556 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Eye Trevalla	326 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Grenadier	4,700 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Warehou	133 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Flathead	1,650 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - East	85 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - West	143 tonnes	Trunked weight
Elephant Fish	89 tonnes	Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed
Flathead	2,750 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish Eastern	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish Western	94 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	113 tonnes	Whole weight
Pink Ling	1200 tonnes	Whole weight
Redfish	276 tonnes	Whole weight
Ribaldo	168 tonnes	Whole weight
Royal Red Prawn	303 tonnes	Whole weight
Saw Shark	226 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Shark	176 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Whiting	641 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Trevally	540 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Warehou	2,566 tonnes	Whole weight