Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Non-Quota Species) Determination 2012 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Section 17(6)(aa)

Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003

Section 15

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH (NON-QUOTA SPECIES) DETERMINATION 2012

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to section 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 15 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

Dated:           28 March 2012

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 Total Allowable Catch (Non-Quota Species) Determination 2012.

Commencement

2.   This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Cessation

1. This Determination ceases on 1 May 2013 unless earlier revoked. 

Interpretation

4.  A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that Plan.

Note:               1.    Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.

Determination of total allowable catch

5.   The total allowable catch for non-quota species in the East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector of the fishery for the 2012 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2012 and ending on 30 April 2013 is:

Non-quota species	Total Allowable Catch
Boarfish	200 tonnes	Whole weight (trigger limit)
Orange Roughy	50 tonnes	Whole weight (incidental catch)