Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 2006/07 SBT Australian National Catch Allocation Determination (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY  MANAGEMENT PLAN 1995

2006/07 SBT AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CATCH ALLOCATION DETERMINATION

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination under subclause 17(2) of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995.

Dated    27   October 2006

Peter Witheridge

Common seal of the

Australian Fisheries

 Management Authority

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Citation

1.         This determination may be cited as the 2006-07 SBT Australian National Catch Allocation Determination.

Commencement

2.         This determination commences on 30 October 2006.

Interpretation

3.         A term used in this determination that is defined for the purposes of theSouthern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 has the same meaning in this determination as it has in that Plan.

[Notes:            1.    Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this determination.

2.    Terms defined in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan include "Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery”.]

Determination of Australia’s national catch allocation

4.         Australia’s national catch allocation for the season in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery which will commence on 1 December 2006 and which will end on 30 November 2007 is 5,265,000 kilograms.