FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
HEARD ISLAND AND McDONALD ISLANDS FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002
HIMIF 2008/2009 TAC D7 DETERMINATION
TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH DETERMINATION – 2008/2009 SEASON
 
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following Determination under section 11 of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002.
Dated   24    November 2008
 
 
                                                                                                                    PETER WITHERIDGE
                                                                                                                    Common Seal of the
                                                                                                                    Australian Fisheries
                                                                                                                    Management Authority
 
 
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
 
Citation
1.       This Determination may be cited as the HIMIF 2008/2009 TAC D7 Determination.
Commencement
2.       This Determination commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Application
3.       This Determination applies to a holder of a fishing concession in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery and to a person acting on behalf of the holder of that fishing concession.
Interpretation
4.       A term used in this Determination that is defined for the purposes of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in that Plan.
     [Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this Determination.]
Determination of total allowable catch
5.       The total allowable catches for target species and catch limits for bycatch species for the season in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery which commences on 1 December 2008 and which will end on 30 November 2009 are:
Target species:
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)    2,500 tonnes
Mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari)          102 tonnes
 
 
Bycatch Species:
Macrourus spp                                                           360 tonnes
Unicorn icefish (Channichthys rhinoceratus)             150 tonnes
Skates and Rays (Bathyraja spp.)                             120 tonnes
Grey rockcod (Lepidonotothen squamifrons)               80 tonnes
All other species                                                           50 tonnes (for each species)