This instrument is the Fishing Levy Amendment (2025‑2026 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2025.

(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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	16 December 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Authority

This instrument is made under the Fishing Levy Act 1991.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Fishing Levy Regulations 2018

1 Subsection 5(1) (definition of new levy day)

Omit “Fishing Levy Amendment (2024‑2025 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2024”, substitute “Fishing Levy Amendment (2025‑2026 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2025”.

2 Subsection 8(2)

Omit “$1.0985”, substitute “$1.05048”.

3 Paragraph 9(2)(a)

Omit “$11,142.42”, substitute “$15,271.40”.

4 Subsection 9(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy for a sector of the Coral Sea Fishery
Item	Sector	Amount ($)
1	Aquarium	1,402.27
2	Line	5,609.07
3	Line—autobait	5,609.07
4	Lobster and trochus	1,402.27
5	Sea cucumber	1,402.27

5 Subsection 10(2)

Omit “$1,308.19”, substitute “$2,323.44”.

6 Subsection 11(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable ETBF Albacore Tuna SFR	0.15054
2	Leviable ETBF Bigeye Tuna SFR	0.13977
3	Leviable ETBF Broadbill Swordfish SFR	0.25509
4	Leviable ETBF longline boat SFR	5,216.47
5	Leviable ETBF minor line boat SFR	2,673.50
6	Leviable ETBF Striped Marlin SFR	0.03968
7	Leviable ETBF Yellowfin Tuna SFR	0.68831

7 Subsection 12(2)

Omit “$21.54”, substitute “$25.18”.

8 Subsection 13(2)

Omit “$28.36”, substitute “$25.06”.

9 Subsection 14(2)

Omit “$73.91”, substitute “$67.48”.

10 Subsection 15(2)

Omit “$17,717.86”, substitute “$10,727.88”.

11 Subsection 16(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Small Pelagic Fishery
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable SPF Australian Sardine quota SFR	0.01479
2	Leviable SPF Eastern sub‑area Blue Mackerel quota SFR	0.05309
3	Leviable SPF Eastern sub‑area Jack Mackerel quota SFR	0.01237
4	Leviable SPF Eastern sub‑area Redbait quota SFR	0.01237
5	Leviable SPF Western sub‑area Blue Mackerel quota SFR	0.01237
6	Leviable SPF Western sub‑area Jack Mackerel quota SFR	0.01237
7	Leviable SPF Western sub‑area Redbait quota SFR	0.01237

12 Subsection 17(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—SFRs (other than quota SFRs)
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable SESSF GAB trawl boat SFR	53,706.85
2	Leviable SESSF gillnet boat SFR	7,377.34
3	Leviable SESSF scalefish hook boat SFR	3,212.39
4	Leviable SESSF shark hook boat SFR	5,274.09
5	Leviable SESSF trawl boat SFR	14,199.62

13 Subsection 17(3) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—quota SFRs
Item	Quota species	Amount ($)
1	Alfonsino	0.00166
2	Bight redfish	0.00564
3	Blue eye trevalla	0.21795
4	Blue grenadier	0.33462
5	Blue warehou	0.00024
6	Deepwater flathead	0.00573
7	Elephantfish	0.15188
8	Flathead	0.11310
9	Gummy shark	0.48216
10	Jackass morwong	0.00664
11	John dory	0.04313
12	Mirror dory	0.02965
13	Ocean perch	0.12424
14	Oreodory	0.00686
15	Pink ling	0.49454
16	Redfish	0.00667
17	Ribaldo	0.04530
18	Royal red prawn	0.04226
19	Saw shark	0.14226
20	School shark	0.57642
21	School whiting	0.03075
22	Silver trevally	0.01052
23	Silver warehou	0.02344

14 Subsection 17(4) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—quota SFRs for species in particular sectors or zones
Item	Quota species	Sector or zone	Amount ($)
1	Deepwater shark	Eastern	0.00517
2	Deepwater shark	Western	0.01706
3	Gemfish	Eastern	0.07520
4	Gemfish	Western	0.03935
5	Orange roughy	Albany and Esperance	0.00000
6	Orange roughy	Cascade Plateau	0.00113
7	Orange roughy	Eastern	0.04386
8	Orange roughy	Southern	0.00241
9	Orange roughy	Western	0.01902
10	Smooth oreodory	Cascade Plateau	0.00001
11	Smooth oreodory	A sector or zone other than the Cascade Plateau	0.00244

15 Subsection 18(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—fishing permits (other than leviable SESSF quota fishing permits)
Item	Fishing permit	Amount ($)
1	Leviable SESSF autolongline fishing permit	5,001.93
2	Leviable SESSF ECDT fishing permit	591.65
3	Leviable SESSF GHT fishing permit	3,032.93
4	Leviable SESSF GHT trap fishing permit	27,494.11
5	Leviable SESSF VCW fishing permit	760.69

16 Subsection 18(3) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—leviable SESSF quota fishing permits
Item	Quota species	Amount ($)
1	Deepwater shark in the Eastern zone	0.01551
2	Deepwater shark in the Western zone	0.05119
3	Oreodory	0.02059
4	Ribaldo	0.13590
5	Smooth oreodory in the Cascade Plateau zone	0.00002
6	Smooth oreodory in a sector or zone other than the Cascade Plateau zone	0.00732

17 Paragraphs 18(4)(a) and (b)

Omit “2025”, substitute “2026”.

18 Subsection 19(2)

Omit “$0.3075”, substitute “$0.35087”.

19 Subsection 20(2)

Omit “$17.284”, substitute “$21.90”.

20 Subsection 21(2)

Omit “$8,378.82”, substitute “$8,609.36”.

21 Subsection 22(2)

Omit “$1,308.19”, substitute “$2,323.44”.

22 Subsection 23(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable WTBF Bigeye Tuna quota SFR	0.05889
2	Leviable WTBF boat SFR	1,105.77
3	Leviable WTBF Broadbill Swordfish quota SFR	0.05889
4	Leviable WTBF Striped Marlin quota SFR	0.05889
5	Leviable WTBF Yellowfin Tuna quota SFR	0.05889