DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY
 
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Subsection 17(6)(aa)
Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003
Section 24
 
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY OVERCATCH AND UNDERCATCH DETERMINATION 2015
 
                                                                                                                                                           
 
The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 24 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
 
 
Dated: 3 March 2015
 
 
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:
 
 
 
Andrew Pearson
Executive Secretary
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
                                                                                                                                                           
 
Citation
1.   This Determination may be cited as the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Overcatch and Undercatch Determination 2015.
 
Commencement
2.   This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
 
Cessation
3.   This Determination ceases as if it was revoked on 1 May 2016 unless earlier revoked.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 overcatch and undercatch
5.   For the purposes of section 24 of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003, the ‘determined amount’ and ‘determined percentages’ for each quota species for the fishery for the 2015 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2015 and ending on 30 April 2016 are:
 

Quota Species
Determined Percentage (Overcatch – s22 and s22A)
Determined Percentage (Undercatch – s23)
Determined Amount (s22A) (kg)

Alfonsino
10
10
2,000

Bight Redfish
10
10
2,000

Blue Eye Trevalla
10
10
2,000

Blue Grenadier
10
10
2,000

Blue Warehou
None
None
2,000

Deepwater Flathead
10
10
2,000

Deepwater Shark Basket – East
10
10
2,000

Deepwater Shark Basket - West
10
10
2,000

Elephant Fish
10
10
2,000

Flathead
10
10
2,000

Gemfish (eastern)
None
None
2,000

Gemfish (western)
10
10
2,000

Gummy Shark
10
10
2,000

Jackass Morwong
10
10
2,000

John Dory
10
10
2,000

Mirror Dory
10
10
2,000

Ocean Perch
10
10
2,000

Orange Roughy (GAB Albany and Esperance zones)
None
None
2,000

Orange Roughy (Cascade Plateau)
10
10
2,000

Orange Roughy (eastern)
10
100
2,000

Orange Roughy (southern)
None
None
2,000

Orange Roughy (western)
None
None
2,000

Oreo, Basket
10
10
2,000

Pink Ling
10
10
2,000

Redfish
None
None
2,000

Ribaldo
10
10
2,000

Royal Red Prawn
10
10
2,000

Saw Shark
10
10
2,000

School Shark
None
None
2,000

School Whiting
10
10
2,000

Silver Trevally
10
10
2,000

Silver Warehou
10
10
2,000

Smooth Oreo Dory – Cascade Plateau
10
10
2,000

Smooth Oreo Dory – Other
10
10
2,000