{"id":"F2024L01495","name":"Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (Fishing Season and Total Allowable Commercial Catch) Determination (No.2) 2024","slug":"f2024l01495","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319584,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2024L01495-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (Fishing Season and Total Allowable Commercial Catch) Determination (No.2) 2024.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made pursuant to paragraph 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and under sections 1.3 and 3.2 of the Management Plan.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n> Note : A number of the expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 1.3 of the Management Plan, including the following:\n\n> Note: fishing season;\n\n> Note: Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery;\n\n> Note: total allowable commercial catch; and\n\n> Note: quota species.\n\n In this instrument:\n Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.\n Management Plan means the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cessation","content":"#### 5 Cessation\n\n This instrument ceases on 31 December 2027 unless revoked earlier.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing Season","content":"#### 6 Fishing Season\n\n The fishing season for the purpose of section 1.3 of the Management Plan is the period commencing on 1 January in a year and ending on 31 December in the same year.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Total Allowable Commercial Catch","content":"#### 7 Total Allowable Commercial Catch\n\n The total allowable commercial catch for the following quota species in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery:\n\n for the fishing season, commencing on 1 January 2025 and ending on 31 December 2025 is:\n\n```html\n

Quota species

Total Allowable Commercial Catch (tonnes)

Albacore Tuna

2,500

Whole weight

Bigeye Tuna

1,056

Whole weight

Yellowfin Tuna

2,400

Whole weight

Broadbill Swordfish

1,047

Whole weight

Striped Marlin

351

Whole weight

\n```\n\n for the fishing season, commencing on 1 January 2026 and ending on 31 December 2026 is:\n\n```html\n

Quota species

Total Allowable Commercial Catch (tonnes)

Albacore Tuna

2,500

Whole weight

Bigeye Tuna

1,056

Whole weight

Yellowfin Tuna

2,880

Whole weight

Broadbill Swordfish

1,047

Whole weight

Striped Marlin

351

Whole weight

\n```\n\n for the fishing season, commencing on 1 January 2027 and ending on 31 December 2027 is:\n\n```html\n

Quota species

Total Allowable Commercial Catch (tonnes)

Albacore Tuna

2,500

Whole weight

Bigeye Tuna

1,056

Whole weight

Yellowfin Tuna

2,880

Whole weight

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function its title suggests: setting fishing seasons and total allowable commercial catches. It does not expand beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (7 sections, approximately 1 page of substantive content)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'Management Plan')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward tabular data presentation for quota amounts","Single cross-reference to parent legislation (Fisheries Management Act 1991) and Management Plan","No operative provisions beyond setting dates and numbers"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets calendar-year commercial fishing seasons and multi-year catch limits for tuna and billfish off Australia’s east coast for 2025–2027, specifying total allowable catches (in tonnes whole weight) for key species and changing quotas over the period.\n\nIt applies to commercial fishers in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery, their buyers, and stakeholders in fisheries management and conservation to prevent overfishing and support stock sustainability."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the Management Plan’s substantive scope or add new regulatory powers. It only specifies the fishing season (calendar year) and sets year-specific TACs (s.6–7), with a defined expiry date (s.5). It therefore narrows operational parameters (quantities and dates) but does not expand the law’s objects, species coverage, or decision-making authorities."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward primary effect: defines fishing season as calendar year (s.6) and specifies TACs in a simple table (s.7).","Multi-year schedule: TACs are set separately for 2025, 2026 and 2027, requiring year-by-year compliance and tracking.","Single substantive change across years: Yellowfin Tuna TAC increases between 2025 and 2026–27, while most other species’ TACs are constant (s.7).","Relies on external definitions in the Management Plan and Fisheries Management Act (s.4 references s.1.3 of the Management Plan and the Act), so implementers must reconcile terms with those instruments.","Temporal limit: instrument automatically ceases 31 Dec 2027 (s.5), requiring replacement or re‑determination for continuity.","Administrative and compliance tasks are implied: quota monitoring, reporting and enforcement to ensure catches do not exceed listed whole-weight TACs (s.7).","No new discretionary powers or novel regulatory mechanisms are created—the instrument exercises existing statutory authority (s.3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery’s fishing season as the calendar year and sets annual total allowable commercial catch (TAC) limits, by whole weight, for listed quota species for 2025, 2026 and 2027. It applies to commercial fishers and quota holders in that fishery. Mechanically, it records specific tonne limits (notably Yellowfin increases from 2,400 t in 2025 to 2,880 t in 2026–27) and will cease on 31 December 2027 unless revoked, thereby capping lawful commercial harvest each year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2024l01495","history":"/api/acts/f2024l01495/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2024l01495/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2024l01495/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2024l01495/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2024l01495/documents"}}