Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch (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 11

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH (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 11 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 (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) In this Determination, the terms ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the table in clause 5, in relation to the species ‘Deepwater shark’ mean:

(i)  East – the Gemfish eastern zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(ii)  West – the Gemfish western zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 2 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(b) 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 each quota species in the fishery for the 2012 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2012 and ending on 30 April 2013 is:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	750 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight Redfish	2,334 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Eye Trevalla	388 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Grenadier	5,208 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Warehou	118 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Flathead	1,560 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - East	85 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - West	215 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	141 tonnes	Whole weight
Gummy Shark	1,717 tonnes	Trunked weight
Jackass Morwong	568 tonnes	Whole weight
John Dory	221 tonnes	Whole weight
Mirror Dory	1,077 tonnes	Whole weight
Ocean Perch	234 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	23 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Basket	113 tonnes	Whole weight
Pink Ling	1,000 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	150 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Whiting	641 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Trevally	678 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Warehou	2,566 tonnes	Whole weight