{"id":"F2024L00773","name":"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Fishing Season) Determination 2024","slug":"bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442462,"registerId":"F2024L00773-fast-fetch-1775957457929","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Fishing Season) Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nBass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Fishing Season) Determination 2024\n\nI, Wez Norris, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, make the following determination.\n\nDated 20 June 2024\n\nWez Norris\n\nChief Executive Officer  for and on behalf of the Commission of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Cessation\n\n4  Authority\n\n5  Definitions\n\n6  Determination of fishing season\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (Fishing Season) Determination 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on 6 July 2024.\n\n3  Cessation\n\n  This instrument ceases on 1 January 2025.\n\n4  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Act for the purpose of section 3 of the Management Plan.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n(1)    In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.\n\nManagement Plan means Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002.\n\n(2)    Any term used in this instrument that is defined for the purpose of the Management Plan has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in the Management Plan.\n\nNote: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meaning in this instrument (see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003).\n\n6  Determination of fishing season\n\n  The fishing season in the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery is determined to be the period commencing 6 July 2024 and ending 31 December 2024.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1842},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains strictly limited to its original purpose of determining the fishing season dates for the specified fishery, exactly as authorised by the Management Plan."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation of definitions by reference from the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery Management Plan 2002","Single operational provision with no conditions, exceptions, or nested logic","Temporary instrument with aligned commencement and cessation dates"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, practical rule that sets the **dates for the 2024 scallop fishing season** in the Bass Strait Central Zone — the stretch of water between mainland Australia and Tasmania.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Opens the scallop fishery for commercial operators from **6 July 2024 to 31 December 2024**\n- Effectively acts as a 'green light' for licensed fishers to harvest scallops during this window; outside these dates, the fishery is closed under the management plan\n\n**Who needs to know:**\n- Commercial fishing operators holding permits for the Bass Strait Central Zone\n- The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), which enforces these seasonal rules\n\n**The bottom line:**\nFisheries managers use these seasonal windows to prevent overfishing and let scallop stocks replenish. This determination simply sets the 2024 calendar — once 1 January 2025 hits, this instrument automatically expires and a new one will take its place."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2024","history":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/bass-strait-central-zone-scallop-fishery-fishing-season-determination-2024/documents"}}