Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2017 (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 2017

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:            14 March 2017

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:

Brodie Macdonald

Acting 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 2017.

Commencement

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

Cessation

1. This Determination is repealed on 1 May 2018 unless earlier revoked.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 2017 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2017 and ending on 30 April 2018 is:

Quota Species	Total Allowable Catch
Alfonsino	1,017 tonnes	Whole weight
Bight redfish	800 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue eye trevalla	458 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue grenadier	8,765 tonnes	Whole weight
Blue warehou	118 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater flathead	1,128 tonnes	Whole weight
Deepwater shark basket - East	46 tonnes	Trunked weight
Deepwater shark basket - West	215 tonnes	Trunked weight
Elephant fish	114 tonnes	Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed
Flathead	2,712 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish (eastern)	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Gemfish (western)	199 tonnes	Whole weight
Gummy shark	1,774 tonnes	Trunked weight
Jackass morwong	513 tonnes	Whole weight
John dory	175 tonnes	Whole weight
Mirror dory	235 tonnes	Whole weight
Ocean perch	190 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	1154 tonnes	Whole weight
Redfish	100 tonnes	Whole weight
Ribaldo	355 tonnes	Whole weight
Royal red prawn	384 tonnes	Whole weight
Saw shark	442 tonnes	Trunked weight
School shark	215 tonnes	Trunked weight
School whiting	986 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver trevally	613 tonnes	Whole weight
Silver warehou	605 tonnes	Whole weight
Smooth oreo dory – Cascade Plateau	150 tonnes	Whole weight
Smooth oreo dory – Other	90 tonnes	Whole weight