Southern Bluefin Tuna Verified Count Determination 2010-2011 (Cth)

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 1995

SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA VERIFIED COUNT DETERMINATION     2010 - 2011

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination under subclause 22B.2 of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995.

Dated    21 December 2010

Common seal of the

Australian Fisheries

Management Authority

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Citation

1.         This Determination may be cited as the Southern Bluefin Tuna Verified Count Determination 2010-2011.

Commencement

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

Interpretation

3.         A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Southern 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 Verified count method

1. Southern bluefin tuna must not be transferred from a tow cage to a farm without a verified count of the fish, conducted by AFMA or an agent of AFMA using the procedures set out in clause 5 below.

Verified count procedure

1. A verified count of fish transferred is to be conducted in the following manner:

a.At least 40 live fish of 10 kilograms or greater are to be taken from the tow cage and the average weight of those fish determined to 2 decimal places;

b.A video recording is to be made of the transfer of the fish from the tow cage to the farm;

c.The video is to depict a side view covering the opening between the tow cage and the farm in order that all southern bluefin tuna transferred will appear on the video recording;

d.Once the transfer is complete, a farm representative and AFMA or an Agent of AFMA are to view the recording and tally the number of fish transferred;

e.The weight of fish in the verified count is the weight obtained by multiplying the average weight determined under paragraph (a) by the number of fish determined under paragraph (d).

Note: A count is a verified count only if it meets the requirements of 5 above.