DETERMINATION OF FISHING SEASON
 
Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005
Section 3
 
WESTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY
FISHING SEASON DETERMINATION 2012
 
                                                                                                                                                           
 
The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to section 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 under section 3 of the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005.
 
 
Dated:                     23 January 2012
 
The Common Seal of the Australian
Fisheries Management Authority
was affixed in accordance with a
resolution of the Commission
 
 
 
 
Ryan Murphy
Executive Secretary
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
                                                                                                                                                           
 
Citation
1.   This Determination may be cited as the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Fishing Season Determination 2012.
 
Commencement
2.   This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Interpretation
3.   Terms used in this Determination that are defined for the purposes of the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005 have the same meanings in this Determination as they have 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
4.   The fishing season in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery is the period starting on 1 February in a year and ending on 31 January in the following year.