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 2014
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: 25 February 2014
The Common Seal of the Australian
Fisheries Management Authority
was affixed in accordance with a
resolution of the Commission
Ryan Murphy
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 2014.
Commencement
2. This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Cessation
3. This Determination ceases as if it was revoked on 1 May 2015 unless earlier revoked.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) 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.
Note: 1. Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.
Determination of total allowable catch
5. The total allowable catch for each quota species in the fishery for the 2014 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2014 and ending on 30 April 2015 is:
Quota Species | Total Allowable Catch | |
Alfonsino | 1,017 tonnes | Whole weight |
Bight Redfish | 2,358 tonnes | Whole weight |
Blue Eye Trevalla | 335 tonnes | Whole weight |
Blue Grenadier | 6,800 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 | 109 tonnes | Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed |
Flathead | 2,878 tonnes | Whole weight |
Gemfish Eastern | 100 tonnes | Whole weight |
Gemfish Western | 199 tonnes | Whole weight |
Gummy Shark | 1,836 tonnes | Trunked weight |
Jackass Morwong | 568 tonnes | Whole weight |
John Dory | 221 tonnes | Whole weight |
Mirror Dory | 808 tonnes | Whole weight |
Ocean Perch | 195 tonnes | Whole weight |
Orange Roughy – Albany & Esperance | 50 tonnes | Whole weight |
Orange Roughy Cascade | 500 tonnes | Whole weight |
Orange Roughy Eastern | 25 tonnes | Whole weight |
Orange Roughy Southern | 35 tonnes | Whole weight |
Orange Roughy Western | 60 tonnes | Whole weight |
Oreo, Smooth - Cascade | 150 tonnes | Whole weight |
Oreo, Smooth - Other | 23 tonnes | Whole weight |
Oreo, Basket | 132 tonnes | Whole weight |
Pink Ling | 996 tonnes | Whole weight |
Redfish | 138 tonnes | Whole weight |
Ribaldo | 252 tonnes | Whole weight |
Royal Red Prawn | 344 tonnes | Whole weight |
Saw Shark | 459 tonnes | Trunked weight |
School Shark | 215 tonnes | Trunked weight |
School Whiting | 809 tonnes | Whole weight |
Silver Trevally | 615 tonnes | Whole weight |
Silver Warehou | 2,329 tonnes | Whole weight |