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Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2025

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination.  

Dated     7 July 2025

             Helen Kroger

Ian Dutton

Brett McCallum

  Chair

Commissioner

Commissioner

Wez Norris

Sevaly Sen

Scott Spencer

Commissioner

Commissioner

Commissioner

 

 

 

 

Sally Troy

 

 

Commissioner

 

 

 

 

 

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Cessation

4  Authority

5  Definitions

6  Determination of total allowable catch

 

  This instrument is the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2025.

  This instrument commences on 13 July 2025.

  This instrument ceases on 1 January 2026.

  This instrument is made under paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act for the purpose of section 27 of the Management Plan.

  (1) In this instrument:

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Management Plan means Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.

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

Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meaning in this instrument (see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003).

  (1) This section applies for the fishing season commencing on 13 July 2025.

  (2) For each species of fish specified in an item in column 1 of the table, the total allowable catch, in tonnes, in whole weight including shells for that species is determined in column 2.

Item

Column 1

Species of fish

Column 2

Total allowable catch

1

Pecten fumatus (commercial scallop)

3,841 tonnes

2

Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimus (doughboy scallop)

100 tonnes