Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2020
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination in accordance with a decision made by the 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 Commission of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority
This instrument is the Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2020.
This instrument commences on 1 May 2020.
This instrument is made pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Act for the purpose of subsection 17(1) of the Management Plan.
This instrument ceases to have effect as if it is revoked on 1 May 2021 unless earlier revoked.
Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Management Plan means the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009.
(2) A term used in this instrument that is defined for the purposes of the Management Plan has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that 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).
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
7 Determination of total allowable catch
(1) For a species of fish specified in an item in column 1 of the table within the sub-area of fishery specified in column 2 of the table the total allowable catch, in tonnes, for that species in that sub-area is determined in column 3.
Item | Column 1 Species of fish | Column 2 Sub-area of the fishery | Column 3 Total allowable catch |
1 | Blue mackerel | Eastern | 11,970 tonnes |
2 | Blue mackerel | Western | 3,210 tonnes |
3 | Jack mackerel | Eastern | 18,580 tonnes |
4 | Jack mackerel | Western | 4,170 tonnes |
5 | Redbait | Eastern | 3,420 tonnes |
6 | Redbait | Western | 6,640 tonnes |
7 | Australian sardine | Australian sardine | 9,190 tonnes |
(2) The total allowable catch determined in column 3 of the table is the total allowable catch of whole weight of fish listed in column 1 for the fishing season starting on 1 May 2020 and ending on 30 April 2021.
Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2019
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument