FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT
1991
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY
MANAGEMENT PLAN 2003
2008 SESSF TAC D1
 
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SCALEFISH AND SHARK FISHERY (quota species) TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH
(2008 Fishing Year) DETERMINATION
 
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination under section 11 of Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
 
Dated this 19 March 2008
 
The Common seal of the Australian
Fisheries Management Authority
was affixed in accordance with a
resolution of the Board
 
Peter Witheridge
 
Citation
This Determination may be cited as 2008 SESSF TAC D1.
 
Commencement
This Determination commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
Interpretation
3.      (a)        In this determination, the terms ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the table in clause 4, in relation to the species ‘Deepwater shark’ mean:
(i)   East – the Gemfish eastern zone, as defined in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
(ii)  West – the Gemfish western zone, as defined in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
 
(b)        Otherwise, a term used in this Determination:
(i)   Takes the meaning given to it in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003; or
(ii)  If no meaning is given to the term in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003, takes the meaning given to that term under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
 
Determination of total allowable catch
The Total Allowable Catches for quota species under all quota Statutory Fishing Rights in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery for the 2008 Fishing Year (1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009) are:
 
 

Quota Species
Total Allowable Catch

Alfonsino
500 tonnes
Whole weight

Bight Redfish
2,000 tonnes
Whole weight

Blue Eye Trevalla
560 tonnes
Whole weight

Blue Grenadier
4,368 tonnes
Whole weight

Blue Warehou
365 tonnes
Whole weight

Deepwater Flathead
1,400 tonnes
Whole weight

Deepwater Shark Basket - East
50 tonnes
Trunked weight

Deepwater Shark Basket - West
50 tonnes
Trunked weight

Elephant Fish
94 tonnes
Headed/gutted bellyflaps removed

Flathead
2,850 tonnes
Whole weight

Gemfish Eastern
100 tonnes
Whole weight

Gemfish Western
167 tonnes
Whole weight

Gummy Shark
1,800 tonnes
Trunked weight

Jackass Morwong
560 tonnes
Whole weight

John Dory
190 tonnes
Whole weight

Mirror Dory
634 tonnes
Whole weight

Ocean Perch
500 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Cascade
700 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Eastern
25 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Southern
25 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy Western
50 tonnes
Whole weight

Orange Roughy GAB Esperance Zone
25 tonnes
Whole weight

Oreo, Smooth - Cascade
80 tonnes
Whole weight

Oreo, Smooth - Other
40 tonnes
Whole weight

Oreo, Basket
150 tonnes
Whole weight

Pink Ling
1,080 tonnes
Whole weight

Redfish
850 tonnes
Whole weight

Ribaldo
165 tonnes
Whole weight

Royal Red Prawn
400 tonnes
Whole weight

Saw Shark
312 tonnes
Trunked weight

School Shark
240 tonnes
Trunked weight

School Whiting
750 tonnes
Whole weight

Silver Trevally
296 tonnes
Whole weight

Silver Warehou
3,227 tonnes
Whole weight