Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2024 (Cth)

Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) Determination 2024

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority makes the following determination.

Dated 14 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

1 Name This instrument is the Small Pelagic Fishery (Total Allowable Catch) 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 pursuant to subsection 17(1) of the Management Plan for the purpose of paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act.

5 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Management Plan, including the following: (a) total allowable catch or TAC (b) sub-area (c) western sub-area (d) eastern sub-area (e) Australian sardine sub-area In this instrument: Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991. Management Plan means the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009.

6 Determination of total allowable catch (1) This section applies to the 2024-25 fishing season commencing on 1 May 2024 and ending on 30 April 2025. (2) The total allowable catch determined in column 3 of the table is the total allowable catch of whole weight of fish listed in column 1.

Item Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Species of fish Sub-area of the fishery Total allowable catch 1 Australian sardine Australian sardine 8 130 tonnes 2 Blue mackerel Eastern 11 530 tonnes 3 Blue mackerel Western 3 240 tonnes 4 Jack mackerel Eastern 18 650 tonnes 5 Jack mackerel Western 2 100 tonnes 6 Redbait Eastern 5 390 tonnes 7 Redbait Western 3 340 tonnes