Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch Determination 2006 Season (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2003

2006 SESSF TAC D1

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY

TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION – 2006 SEASON

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    2nd    day of December 2005

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 the 2006 SESSF TAC D1

Commencement

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

Interpretation

3.A term used in this Determination:

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

(b.)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 period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006 are:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	500 tonnes             whole weight
Bight Redfish	1400 tonnes           whole weight
Blue-eye trevalla	560 tonnes             whole weight
Blue grenadier	3730 tonnes           whole weight
Blue warehou	650 tonnes             whole weight
Deepwater flathead	3000 tonnes           whole weight
Flathead	3000 tonnes           whole weight
Gemfish – East	100 tonnes             whole weight
Gemfish – West	167 tonnes             whole weight
Jackass morwong	1200 tonnes           whole weight
John dory	190 tonnes             whole weight
Mirror dory	634 tonnes             whole weight
Ocean perch	500 tonnes             whole weight
Orange roughy eastern zone	700 tonnes             whole weight
Orange roughy southern zone	10 tonnes               whole weight
Orange roughy western zone	250 tonnes             whole weight
Orange roughy Cascade zone	700 tonnes             whole weight
Orange roughy GAB Esperance zone	212 tonnes             whole weight
Oreo smooth, Cascade	100 tonnes             whole weight
Oreo smooth, other	50 tonnes               whole weight
Oreo basket, other	200 tonnes             whole weight
Pink Ling	1200 tonnes           whole weight
Redfish	900 tonnes             whole weight
Ribaldo	165 tonnes             whole weight
Royal red prawn	500 tonnes             whole weight
School whiting	1500 tonnes           whole weight
Silver trevally	270 tonnes             whole weight
Spotted (silver) warehou	4400 tonnes           whole weight
Deepwater shark basket east	92 tonnes             trunked weight
Deepwater shark basket west	108 tonnes           trunked weight
Elephant fish	130 tonnes        headed / gutted,
	bellyflaps removed
Gummy Shark	1717.2 tonnes        trunked weight
Saw Shark	434.4 tonnes        trunked weight
School Shark	228.06 tonnes       trunked weight