DETERMINATION OF FISHING CAPACITY
 
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Section 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 2012
 
                                                                                                                                                           
 
The AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY makes the following Determination pursuant to section 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:               28 March 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 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2012.
 
Commencement
2.   This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
Cessation
3.   This Determination ceases on 1 May 2013 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) 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.
Note:               1.    Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.
Determination of total allowable catch
5.   The total allowable catch for each quota species in the fishery for the 2012 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2012 and ending on 30 April 2013 is:
 

Quota Species
Total Allowable Catch

Alfonsino
750 tonnes
Whole weight

Bight Redfish
2,334 tonnes
Whole weight

Blue Eye Trevalla
388 tonnes
Whole weight

Blue Grenadier
5,208 tonnes
Whole weight

Blue Warehou
118 tonnes
Whole weight

Deepwater Flathead
1,560 tonnes
Whole weight

Deepwater Shark Basket - East
85 tonnes
Trunked weight

Deepwater Shark Basket - West
215 tonnes
Trunked weight

Elephant Fish
89 tonnes
Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed

Flathead
2,750 tonnes
Whole weight

Gemfish Eastern
100 tonnes
Whole weight

Gemfish Western
141 tonnes
Whole weight

Gummy Shark
1,717 tonnes
Trunked weight

Jackass Morwong
568 tonnes
Whole weight

John Dory
221 tonnes
Whole weight

Mirror Dory
1,077 tonnes
Whole weight

Ocean Perch
234 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy – Albany & Esperance
50 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Cascade
500 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Eastern
25 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Southern
35 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Western
60 tonnes
Whole weight

Oreo, Smooth - Cascade
150 tonnes
Whole weight

Oreo, Smooth - Other
23 tonnes
Whole weight

Oreo, Basket
113 tonnes
Whole weight

Pink Ling
1,000 tonnes
Whole weight

Redfish
276 tonnes
Whole weight

Ribaldo
168 tonnes
Whole weight

Royal Red Prawn
303 tonnes
Whole weight

Saw Shark
226 tonnes
Trunked weight

School Shark
150 tonnes
Trunked weight

School Whiting
641 tonnes
Whole weight

Silver Trevally
678 tonnes
Whole weight

Silver Warehou
2,566 tonnes
Whole weight