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Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Fishing Season and Australia's National Catch Allocation Determination 2016

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DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY
 
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Section 17(6)(aa)
Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995
Subclause 3.1 and Subclause 17.2
 
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY FISHING SEASON AND AUSTRALIA’S NATIONAL CATCH ALLOCATION DETERMINATION 2016
 
                                                                                                                                                           
 
The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to section 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under subclauses 3.1 and 17.2 of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995.
 
 
Dated:      2   September 2015
 
 
 
Signed in accordance with a
resolution of the Commission
 
 
 
Andrew Pearson
Executive Secretary
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
                                                                                                                                                           
 
Citation
1.   This Determination may be cited as the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Fishing Season and Australia’s National Catch Allocation Determination 2016.
 
Commencement
2.   This Determination commences on 30 November 2015.
Cessation
3.   This Determination is repealed on 1 December 2016 unless earlier revoked. 
Interpretation
4.   A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that Plan.
Notes:             1.    Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this determination.
Determination of the fishing season
5.   The fishing season in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery is the period starting on 1 December in a year and ending on 30 November in the following year.
Determination of Australia’s national catch allocation
6.   Australia’s national catch allocation for the season in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery which will commence on:
§  1 December 2015 and which will end on 30 November 2016 is 5,665,000 kilograms.