Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Quota Species) Determination 2024 (Cth)

Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Quota Species) Determination 2024

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination.

Dated 16 March 2024

Wez Norris Chief Executive Officer for and on behalf of the Commission of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Cessation 4 Authority 5 Definitions 6 Determination of total allowable catch – whole fishery 7 Determination of total allowable catch – parts of the area of the fishery

1 Name This instrument is the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (Total Allowable Catch for Quota Species) Determination 2024.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Cessation This instrument ceases on 1 May 2025.

4 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 11(1) of the Management Plan for the purpose of paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act.

5 Definitions (1) In this instrument: Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991. Management Plan means the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003. (2) Any term used in this instrument that is defined for the purposes of the Management Plan has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in the Management Plan.

Note: Terms defined in the Act have the same meanings in this Instrument.

6 Determination of total allowable catch – whole fishery (1) This section applies to the 2024-25 fishing year commencing on 1 May 2024 and ending on 30 April 2025. (2) For a species of fish specified in an item in column 1 of the table, the total allowable catch, in tonnes, for that species is determined in column 2 on the basis of the preparation of the fish in accordance with column 3.