Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2015 (Cth)

DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsection 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 2015

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to subsection 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: 3 March 2015

Made in accordance with a decision made at a meeting of the Commissioners under s23 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, this instrument is accepted on behalf of the Commission by:

Andrew Pearson

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 2015.

Commencement

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

Cessation

1. This Determination ceases as if it was revoked on 1 May 2016 unless earlier revoked.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) In this Determination, the terms ‘Cascade Plateau’ and ‘Other’ in the table in clause 5, in relation to the species ‘Smooth Oreo Dory’ mean:

(i)  Cascade Plateau – the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of the fishery, as defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(ii)  Other – areas of the fishery outside the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of the fishery, as defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.

(c) 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.

Determination of total allowable catch

5.   The total allowable catch for each quota species in the fishery for the 2015 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2015 and ending on 30 April 2016 is:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	1,016 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight Redfish	2,358 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Eye Trevalla	335 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Grenadier	8,796 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue Warehou	118 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Flathead	1,150 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - East	47 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater Shark Basket - West	215 tonnes	Trunked weight
Elephant Fish	163 tonnes	Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed
Flathead	2,860 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish (eastern)	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish (western)	183 tonnes	Whole weight
Gummy Shark	1,836 tonnes	Trunked weight
Jackass Morwong	598 tonnes	Whole weight
John Dory	169 tonnes	Whole weight
Mirror Dory	437 tonnes	Whole weight
Ocean Perch	166 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy (GAB Albany & Esperance)	50 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy (Cascade Plateau)	500 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy (eastern)	465 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy (southern)	66 tonnes	Whole weight
Orange Roughy (western)	60 tonnes	Whole weight
Oreo, Basket	128 tonnes	Whole weight
Pink Ling	980 tonnes	Whole weight
Redfish	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Ribaldo	355 tonnes	Whole weight
Royal Red Prawn	386 tonnes	Whole weight
Saw Shark	482 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Shark	215 tonnes	Trunked weight
School Whiting	747 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Trevally	602 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver Warehou	2,417 tonnes	Whole weight
Smooth Oreo Dory – Cascade Plateau	150 tonnes	Whole weight
Smooth Oreo Dory – Other	23 tonnes	Whole weight