Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009

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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

This item is authorised by the following title:

Fisheries Management Act 1991

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F2010L00081

12 January 2010 - 19 December 2011

Table of contents

1 Name of Management Plan
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Origin of geographical coordinates
5 Meaning of holds a sequence of permits or licences
6 Meaning of sequence of Zone A purse seine permits
7 Meaning of sequence of Zone D permits
8 Meaning of sequence of Mackerel B licences.
9 Meaning of uncaught quota
10 Periods of fishing
11 Objectives of Management Plan
12 Measures by which objectives attained
13 Performance criteria for assessing measures to achieve objectives
14 By-catch action plans
15 Harvest Strategy
16 Purpose of Division 3.1
17 Determination of TAC — quota species
Note A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument: see subsection 17 (6B) of the Act. 18 Consultation and matters that must be taken into account
19 Notice of TAC — quota species allocation
20 Purpose of Division 3.2
21 Determination of TAC — non-quota species
22 Consultation and matters that must be taken into account
23 Notice of TAC — non-quota species
24 Notice that TAC taken — non-quota species
25 Fishing in the fishery — quota species
26 Fishing in the fishery — non-quota species
27 AFMA may determine fishing method
28 Carrying, transhipping or processing fish
29 Obligation relating to overcatch
Note A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument: see subsection 17 (6B) of the Act. 30 Obligation relating to undercatch
31 Conditions for registration as an eligible person
32 Availability of SFRs to holders of fishing permits for purse seine only — Zone A permit or Mackerel B licence
33 Availability of SFRs to holders of Mackerel A licences — Zone A
34 Availability of SFRs to mid-water trawl permit holders — Zone A
35 Availability of SFRs to permit holders — Zone B
36 Availability of SFRs to permit holders — Zone C
37 Availability of SFRs to permit holders — Zone D
38 Availability of SFRs to sequence permit holders — Zone D
39 Availability of eastern sub-area blue mackerel SFRs to holders of Informally Managed Fishery permit — Australian sardine and blue mackerel
40 Availability of Australian Sardine SFRs
41 Request for grant
42 Certificate showing grant
43 Nomination of boat
44 Removal of boat from Register
45 Request to cancel boat nomination
46 Transfer of SFR
47 Issue of certificates for transferred SFRs
48 Leases of SFRs
49 Purpose of Part 7
50 General obligations
51 Obligations relating to fishing in more than 1 area
52 Obligations relating to interactions with certain species and communities
53 Directions not to engage in fishing
54 Delegation
55 Approved form
56 Agents
57 Notices
58 Transitional
- Schedule 1 Sub-areas of the fishery
- Schedule 2 Zones A, B, C and D
- Schedule 3 IMF 1 and IMF 2 sub-areas
- Schedule 4 Quota species

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