Southern Squid Jig Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2022

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                  22 November 2022

Wez Norris

Chief Executive Officer
for and on behalf of the Commission of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Cessation

4  Authority

5  Definitions

6  Determination of total allowable effort

1  Name

  This instrument is the Southern Squid Jig Fishery (Total Allowable Effort) Determination 2022.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 January 2023.

3  Cessation

  This instrument ceases on 1 January 2024.

4  Authority

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

5  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the definitions section of the Management Plan, including the following:

(a)        fishing year;

(b)       standard squid jigging machine; and

(c)        total allowable effort or TAE;

  In this instrument:

Management Plan means Southern Squid Jig Fishery Management Plan 2005.

Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

6  Determination of total allowable effort

  The total allowable effort for the Southern Squid Jig Fishery for the 2023 fishing year, commencing on 1 January 2023 and ending on 31 December 2023 (inclusive), is 550 standard squid jigging machines.