DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Subsection 17(6)(aa)

Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009

Sections 29 and 30

SMALL PELAGIC FISHERY OVERCATCH AND UNDERCATCH DETERMINATION 2015

The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 29 and section 30 of the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009.

Dated:           30 April 2015

Signed in accordance with a

resolution of the Commission

Andrew Pearson

Executive Secretary

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

1. This Determination may be cited as the Small Pelagic Fishery Overcatch and Undercatch Determination 2015.

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 This Determination ceases as if it was revoked on 1 May 2016 unless earlier revoked. 

Interpretation

4. Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009 (the Plan) have the same meanings in this Determination as they have in that Plan.

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

Determination of overcatch and undercatch

5. The ‘determined percentage’ and ‘determined weight’, for section 29 of the Plan (Obligation relating to overcatch), and the ‘determined percentage’ for section 30 of the Plan (Obligation relating to undercatch) for each quota species for the fishery for a sub-area for the 2015 fishing season commencing on 1 May 2015 and ending on 30 April 2016 are: