Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Quota Species) Determination 2020

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination in accordance with a decision made by the AFMA Commission under section 23 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.

Dated  17 March 2020  

Sally Weekes

Acting Executive Secretary
for and on behalf of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Revocation

4 Authority

5  Definitions

6  Determination of total allowable catch—whole fishery

7  Determination of total allowable catch—parts of the area of the fishery

1  Name

  This instrument is the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Quota Species) Determination 2020.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Revocation

  This instrument is revoked on 1 May 2021. 

4  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act for the purpose of subsection 11(1) of the Management Plan. 

5  Definitions

(1)    In this instrument:

  Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

  Management Plan means the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003. 

(2)    A term used in this instrument that is defined for the purposes of the Plan has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in the Plan.

Note:  Terms defined in the Act have the same meaning in this instrument (see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003). 

6  Determination of total allowable catch—whole fishery

(1)     This section applies to the 2020 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2020 and ending on 30 April 2021. 

(2)     For a species of fish specified in an item in column 1 of the table, the total allowable catch, in tonnes, for that species is determined in column 2 on the basis of the preparation of the fish in accordance with column 3. 

7  Determination of total allowable catch—parts of the area of the fishery

(1)     This section applies to the 2020 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2020 and ending on 30 April 2021. 

(2)     For a species of fish specified in an item in column 1 of the table in the zone, or zones, of the fishery in column 2, the total allowable catch, in tonnes, for that species in that part, or parts, of the area of the fishery is determined in column 3 on the basis of the preparation of the fish in accordance with column 4.