FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
EASTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY
MANAGEMENT PLAN 2010
 
 
EASTERN TUNA AND BILLFISH FISHERY
TOTAL ALLOWABLE COMMERCIAL CATCH (2011 Fishing Season)
DETERMINATION
 
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination under section 3.2 of Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.
 
Dated: 7 November 2011
 
The Common Seal of the Australian
Fisheries Management Authority
was affixed in accordance with a
                                                resolution of the Commission
 
 
 
Citation
1.    This Determination may be cited as the ETBF TACC Determination 2011.
 
Commencement
2.    This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
Interpretation
3.   A term used in this Determination has the meaning given to it in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.
 
Determination of Total Allowable Catch
4.    The Total Allowable Commercial Catches for quota species in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery for the fishing season commencing on 1 March 2011 are:
 

Quota species
Total Allowable Commercial Catch

Albacore Tuna
2500 tonnes
Whole weight

Bigeye Tuna
1056 tonnes
Whole weight

Broadbill Swordfish
1550 tonnes
Whole weight

Striped Marlin
390 tonnes
Whole weight

Yellowfin Tuna
2200 tonnes
Whole weight

 
Note:  Under a determination made under s1.3 of the Plan, the fishing season in the ETBF is the period starting on 1 March in a year and ending at the end of the last day of February in the following year.