DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 17(6)(aa)
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003
Section 11
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY
TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH (QUOTA SPECIES) DETERMINATION
2017
The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following
Determination pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under
section 11 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
Dated:
14 March 2017
Made in accordance with a decision made at a meeting of the Commissioners under s23 of
the Fisheries Administration Act 1991, this instrument is accepted on behalf of the
Commission by:
Brodie Macdonald
Acting Executive Secretary
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Citation
1. This Determination may be cited as the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark
Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2017.
Commencement
2. This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of
Legislation.
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Cessation
3. This Determination is repealed on 1 May 2018 unless earlier revoked.
Interpretation
4. (a) In this Determination, the terms ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the table in clause 5, in relation to
the species ‘Deepwater shark’ mean:
(i) East – the Gemfish eastern zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 1 of the
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
(ii) West – the Gemfish western zone, as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 section 2 of
the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
(b) In this Determination, the terms ‘Cascade Plateau’ and ‘Other’ in the table in clause 5,
in relation to the species ‘Smooth oreo dory’ mean:
(i) Cascade Plateau – the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of the fishery, as
defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish
and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
(ii) Other – areas of the fishery outside the orange roughy Cascade Plateau zone of
the fishery, as defined in clause 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Southern and
Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
(c) A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Southern and
Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003 has the same meaning in
this Determination as it has in that Plan.
Determination of total allowable catch
5. The total allowable catch for each quota species in the fishery for the 2017 fishing year
commencing on 1 May 2017 and ending on 30 April 2018 is:
Quota Species
Alfonsino
Total Allowable Catch
1,017 tonnes
Whole weight
Bight redfish
800 tonnes
Whole weight
Blue eye trevalla
458 tonnes
Whole weight
Blue grenadier
8,765 tonnes
Whole weight
Blue warehou
118 tonnes
Whole weight
1,128 tonnes
Whole weight
Deepwater shark basket - East
46 tonnes
Trunked weight
Deepwater shark basket - West
215 tonnes
Elephant fish
114 tonnes
Trunked weight
Headed/gutted
bellyflaps removed
Whole weight
Deepwater flathead
Flathead
2,712 tonnes
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Quota Species
Gemfish (eastern)
Total Allowable Catch
100 tonnes
Whole weight
Gemfish (western)
199 tonnes
Whole weight
1,774 tonnes
Trunked weight
Jackass morwong
513 tonnes
Whole weight
John dory
175 tonnes
Whole weight
Mirror dory
235 tonnes
Whole weight
Ocean perch
Orange roughy (GAB Albany &
Esperance)
Orange roughy (Cascade Plateau)
190 tonnes
Whole weight
50 tonnes
Whole weight
500 tonnes
Whole weight
Orange roughy (eastern)
465 tonnes
Whole weight
Orange roughy (southern)
66 tonnes
Whole weight
Orange roughy (western)
60 tonnes
Whole weight
Oreo, basket
128 tonnes
Whole weight
Pink ling
1154 tonnes
Whole weight
Redfish
100 tonnes
Whole weight
Ribaldo
355 tonnes
Whole weight
Royal red prawn
384 tonnes
Whole weight
Saw shark
442 tonnes
Trunked weight
School shark
215 tonnes
Trunked weight
School whiting
986 tonnes
Whole weight
Silver trevally
613 tonnes
Whole weight
Silver warehou
Smooth oreo dory – Cascade
Plateau
Smooth oreo dory – Other
605 tonnes
Whole weight
150 tonnes
Whole weight
90 tonnes
Whole weight
Gummy shark
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