Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012
Fisheries Management Act 1991
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority determines this amendment of the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006 under section 20 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
Dated       4 December 2012
 
The Common Seal of the Australian
Fisheries Management Authority was
affixed in accordance with a resolution
of the Commission
 
 
 
 
Executive Secretary
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
 
Accepted on 13 December 2012
The Hon. Joe Ludwig
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
  
  
1              Name of Management Plan Amendment
                This Management Plan Amendment is the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012.
2              Commencement
                This Management Plan Amendment commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
3              Amendment of Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006
                Schedule 1 amends the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(section 3)
 
[1]       Section 3, definition of fishing year
            Substitute
            fishing year means the period determined by AFMA.
 
[2]       Section 3
            Insert
            MAC means the Management Advisory Committee established under section 54 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.
 
[3]       Section 3
            Insert
            RAG means the Resource Assessment Group established by AFMA to provide advice in relation to the research needs, stock status, environment and economics of Southern Ocean fisheries.
 
[4]       Section 3, definition of SARAG
            Omit
 
[5]       Section 3, definition of SouthMAC
            Omit
 
[6]       Section 6, paragraph (d)
            Omit
            SARAG and SouthMAC
            substitute
            the RAG and the MAC
 
[7]       Section 6, paragraph (j)
            Omit
 
[8]       Section 7, paragraph (1)(j)
            Omit
 
[9]       Section 7, subsection (2)
            Omit
            SouthMAC
            substitute
            the MAC
[10]     Section 7, subsection (4)
            Omit
            SouthMAC
            substitute
            the MAC
 
[11]     Section 8, subsection (1)
            Omit
            implement a bycatch action plan to
 
[12]     Section 8, subsection (2)
            Omit
            The bycatch action plan
            substitute
            AFMA
 
[13]     Section 8, subsection (3)
            Omit
 
[14]     Section 9, paragraph (3)(a)
            Omit
            SouthMAC, SARAG
            substitute
            the MAC, the RAG
 
[15]     Section 11, paragraph (3)(b)
            Omit, substitute
            (b)        must consult, and consider the views of, the MAC and the RAG.
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